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Linutronix Pivots to Product Focus on Real-Time Linux After Intel Buy  WebProNews

Windows XP home users should upgrade to Linux -- not Windows 8.1  BetaNews

Mercedes-Benz is pausing the roll-out of Drive Pilot, an "eyes off" conditionally automated driving feature that was available in Europe and the US. From a report: As first reported by German publication Handelsblatt, the revised S-Class will not have the Level 3 system when it arrives at the end of this month. Mercedes was one of the first automakers to offer a Level 3 driving system to its customers when it launched Drive Pilot with the electric EQS sedan and the gas-powered S-Class in the fall of 2023. At up to 40mph in traffic jam situations on highways, Drive Pilot provided hands-free, eyes-off driving that allows the driver to look away from the road at something else, like a game or a movie. It was big leap up from hands-free Level 2 systems -- Tesla's Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) included -- which still require the driver to be in full control, looking ahead and paying attention while the system is active. But now Mercedes says it is temporarily scrapping the feature, citing middling demand and the high production costs of developing the technology.

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Linux 6.19-rc5: Driver Fixes Boost Stability for AI and Enterprise  WebProNews

Wine 11.0 Brings Fully Supported WoW64 Mode and Linux Kernel NTSync Support  Linuxiac

The Federal Communications Commission is letting Verizon lock phones to its network for longer periods, eliminating a requirement to unlock handsets 60 days after they are activated on its network. From a report: The change will make it harder for people to switch from Verizon to other carriers. The FCC today granted Verizon's petition for a waiver of the 60-day unlocking requirement. While the waiver is in effect, Verizon only has to comply with the CTIA trade group's voluntary unlocking policy. The CTIA policy calls for unlocking prepaid mobile devices one year after activation, while devices on postpaid plans can be unlocked after a contract, device financing plan, or early termination fee is paid. Unlocking a phone allows it to be used on another carrier's network. While Verizon was previously required to unlock phones automatically after 60 days, the CTIA code says carriers only have to unlock phones "upon request" from consumers. The FCC said the Verizon waiver will remain in effect until the agency "decides on an appropriate industry-wide approach for the unlocking of handsets."

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Linux Mint 22.3 Released, This is What’s New  OMG! Ubuntu

Linux Mint 22.3 Released, This is What’s New  OMG! Ubuntu

Wine 11 is here with big improvements for Windows apps on Linux  How-To Geek

Using GNOME On Linux  commandlinux.com

America's largest power-grid operator, PJM, which delivers electricity to 67 million people across a 13-state region from New Jersey to Kentucky, is approaching a supply crisis as AI data centers in Northern Virginia's "Data Center Alley" consume electricity at an unprecedented rate. The nonprofit expects demand to grow by 4.8% annually over the next decade. Mark Christie, former chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, said the reliability risk that was once "on the horizon" is now "across the street." Dominion Energy, the utility serving parts of Virginia, has received requests from data-center developers requiring more than 40 gigawatts of electricity -- roughly twice its Virginia network capacity at the end of 2024. Older power plants are going out of service faster than new ones can be built, and the grid could max out during periods of high demand, forcing rolling blackouts during heat waves or deep freezes. In November, efforts to establish new rules for data centers stalled when PJM, tech companies, power suppliers and utilities couldn't agree on a plan. Monitoring Analytics, the firm that oversees the market, warned that unless data centers bring their own power supply, "PJM will be in the position of allocating blackouts rather than ensuring reliability."

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GOG's new owner can't stand Windows either: 'It's such poor-quality software… I can't believe it!'  PC Gamer

GOG's new owner can't stand Windows either: 'It's such poor-quality software… I can't believe it!'  PC Gamer

GOG's new owner can't stand Windows either: 'It's such poor-quality software… I can't believe it!'  PC Gamer

GOG's new owner can't stand Windows either: 'It's such poor-quality software… I can't believe it!'  PC Gamer

GOG's new owner can't stand Windows either: 'It's such poor-quality software… I can't believe it!'  PC Gamer

Over 1 million Windows users have jumped ship — Zorin OS 18 is booming  Windows Central

Over 1 million Windows users have jumped ship — Zorin OS 18 is booming  Windows Central

Over 1 million Windows users have jumped ship — Zorin OS 18 is booming  Windows Central

Over 1 million Windows users have jumped ship — Zorin OS 18 is booming  Windows Central