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Ubuntu 25.04 Beta Delivering Some Nice Performance Improvements Over Ubuntu 24.10  Phoronix

Stealth platformer Kiyo puts up a new playtest with improved Linux and Steam Deck support  GamingOnLinux

Stealth platformer Kiyo puts up a new playtest with improved Linux and Steam Deck support  GamingOnLinux

Stealth platformer Kiyo puts up a new playtest with improved Linux and Steam Deck support  GamingOnLinux

Stealth platformer Kiyo puts up a new playtest with improved Linux and Steam Deck support  GamingOnLinux

Stealth platformer Kiyo puts up a new playtest with improved Linux and Steam Deck support  GamingOnLinux

Stealth platformer Kiyo puts up a new playtest with improved Linux and Steam Deck support  GamingOnLinux

China's ambitious AI infrastructure push has resulted in hundreds of idle data centers with local media reporting up to 80% of newly built computing resources remaining unused. The country announced over 500 data center projects during 2023-2024, with at least 150 completed facilities now struggling to secure customers in a rapidly changing market. The rise of DeepSeek's open-source reasoning model R1, which matches ChatGPT o1's performance at a fraction of the cost, has fundamentally altered hardware demand. Computing needs now prioritize low-latency infrastructure for real-time reasoning rather than facilities optimized for large-scale training workloads. Technical misalignment compounds the problem, as many centers were constructed by companies with little AI expertise, MIT Technology Review reports. The facilities, often built in remote regions to capitalize on cheaper electricity and land, now face obsolescence as AI companies require proximity to tech hubs to minimize transmission delays. GPU rental prices have collapsed, with eight-GPU Nvidia H100 server clusters now leasing for 75,000 yuan ($10,333) monthly, down from peaks of 180,000 yuan, making operations financially unsustainable for many data center operators.

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Akamai Now Providing The Hosting Infrastructure For Kernel.org  Phoronix

Want to learn Linux from legends? This mentorship pairs you with top developers  ZDNET

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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Tom's Hardware: Qualcomm has reportedly filed secret complaints against Arm with the European Commission, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and the Korea Fair Trade Commission. Qualcomm argues that Arm's open licensing approach helped build a robust hardware and software ecosystem. However, this ecosystem is under threat now as Arm moves to restrict that access to benefit its chip design business, namely compute subsystems (CSS) reference designs for client and datacenter processors and custom silicon based on CSS for large-scale clients. Qualcomm has presented its case to the EC, U.S. FTC, and Korea FTC behind closed doors and through formal filings, so it does not comment on the matter now. Arm rejected the accusations, stating that it is committed to innovation, competition, and upholding contract terms. The company called Qualcomm's move an attempt to shift attention from a wider commercial dispute between the two companies and use regulatory pressure for its benefit. Indeed, the antitrust complaints align with Qualcomm's arguments in a recent legal clash with Arm in Delaware. Qualcomm won that trial, as the court ruled that the company did not break the terms of its architecture license agreement (ALA) and technology license agreement (TLA) by acquiring Nuvia and using its IP in its Snapdragon X processors for client PCs. Arm said it would seek a retrial. However, Qualcomm seems to want to ensure that it will have access to Arm's instruction set architecture and technologies by filing complaints with antitrust regulators.

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Zstd 1.5.7 Lands In Linux 6.15 For Better Performance & APIs For Intel QAT Acceleration  Phoronix

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Q4OS is a Debian-based distribution which is available in KDE Plasma and Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) flavours. The project's latest update is Q4OS 5.8 which introduces fresh translations to the Calamares system installer and Flatpak support is now included in the project's Desktop Profiler tool. The project's release....

Akamai Delivers Infrastructure Support to Ensure Uninterrupted Linux Kernel Development  Huntsville Item

Akamai Delivers Infrastructure Support to Ensure Uninterrupted Linux Kernel Development  Huntsville Item

Akamai Delivers Infrastructure Support to Ensure Uninterrupted Linux Kernel Development  Huntsville Item

Akamai Delivers Infrastructure Support to Ensure Uninterrupted Linux Kernel Development  Huntsville Item

Akamai to host kernel.org, bolstering Linux development  Investing.com