At its Google I/O conference, Google announced a major AI-powered overhaul of its search engine, replacing the traditional list of links with interactive AI experiences and tools that can dispatch "in…
Hands-on introduction to the Futhark programming language through a series of commented example programs, organized by increasing complexity. It directs readers to the Futhark homepage and suggests al…
OpenBSD 7.9 has been released, introducing delayed hibernation support on amd64 and improved handling of low disk space during system upgrades. The release also adds VA-API and open Widevine support t…
The managing editor of OSNews is running a fundraiser to celebrate 21 years and 20,000 posts, with a goal of €20,000 (€1 per post). The site is ad-free and relies entirely on donations to remain indep…
The Haiku operating system's ARM port has been successfully booted on Apple M1 Macs, running directly on the hardware without a virtual machine. While USB support is currently broken, all eight CPU co…
A developer named ThroatyMumbo has successfully ported Microsoft Windows CE 2.11 to run on original Nintendo 64 hardware. The project uses a custom Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) to run the unmodifi…
Flathub's infrastructure works, focusing on its CDN and caching layer, which relies on the American company Fastly as a key component. The author notes that while Fastly supports Flathub for free, thi…
Google's new AI-powered Health Coach, integrated into Fitbit products as a paid replacement for Fitbit Premium, immediately generated false data during its first use, including fabricating a run and t…