Feed aggregator

uninet writes: The same year Apple launched the iPhone, it unveiled a massive upgrade to Mac OS X known as Leopard, sporting "300 New Features." Two years later, it did something almost unheard of: it released Snow Leopard, an upgrade all about how little it added and how much it took away. Apple needs to make it snow again. Current releases of MacOS Sequoia and iOS/iPadOS 18 are riddled with easily reproducible bugs in high-traffic areas, the author argues, suggesting Apple's engineers aren't using their own software. Messages can't reliably copy text, email connections randomly fail, and Safari frequently jams up. Even worse are the baffling design decisions, like burying display arrangement settings and redesigning Photos with needless margins and inconsistent navigation. Apple's focus on the Vision Pro while AI advances raced ahead has left them scrambling to catch up, the author argues, with Apple Intelligence features now indefinitely delayed. The author insists that Apple's products still remain better than Windows or Android alternatives -- but "least bad" isn't the premium experience Apple loyalists expect. With its enormous resources, Apple could easily have teams focus on cleaning up existing software while simultaneously developing AI features. Further reading: 'Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino' .

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

PTC to Launch Kepware Edge to Support Scalable, Linux-Based Industrial Connectivity  ARC Advisory Group

These efforts, including new responsible AI curriculum and a $1 million grant to MIT RAISE.These efforts, including new responsible AI curriculum and a $1 million grant to MIT RAISE.

4 things you should do to make the ultimate Linux gaming PC  XDA

Everything to grab from Prime Gaming, March 28th edition for Steam Deck / Linux  GamingOnLinux

Navigating Linux security and management in a multi-OS landscape [Q&A]  BetaNews

Two Years In The Making, Intel Linux Driver Enables CPS Compression For Alchemist GPUs  Phoronix

Linux 6.15 Better Handles PS5 Controllers, AMD Human Presence Detection Off By Default  Phoronix

Which Terminal Emulator on Linux Is Your Favorite?  How-To Geek

In the previous posts about the Robots Exclusion Protocol (REP) we explored what's already possible to do with its various components — namely robots.txt and the URI level controls. In this post we will explore how the REP can play a supporting role in the ever-evolving relation between automatic clients and the human web.

To provide more choice to developers offering apps in the UK Play Store and in light of concerns raised by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority, we are rolling out…

Fixing a Steam Deck OLED bug for the Linux kernel 6.14 release was a major challenge  GamingOnLinux

Fixing a Steam Deck OLED bug for the Linux kernel 6.14 release was a major challenge  GamingOnLinux

Fixing a Steam Deck OLED bug for the Linux kernel 6.14 release was a major challenge  GamingOnLinux

Fixing a Steam Deck OLED bug for the Linux kernel 6.14 release was a major challenge  GamingOnLinux

Fixing a Steam Deck OLED bug for the Linux kernel 6.14 release was a major challenge  GamingOnLinux

Fixing a Steam Deck OLED bug for the Linux kernel 6.14 release was a major challenge  GamingOnLinux

Fixing a Steam Deck OLED bug for the Linux kernel 6.14 release was a major challenge  GamingOnLinux

The Register: Following our report last week on IBM's ongoing layoffs, current and former employees got in touch to confirm what many suspected: The US cuts run deeper than reported, and the jobs are heading to India. IBM's own careers site numbers back that up. On January 7, 2024, Big Blue listed just 173 open positions in India. On November 23, 2024, there were 2,946 jobs available in the nation. At the time of writing, the IT titan listed 3,866 roles in India. American jobs listed for these three periods are 192, 376, and 333, respectively, though at least among those being laid off, there's doubt those roles will be filled with job seekers in the States. A current IBMer who won't be there much longer said that after being told to teach recently hired workers in India "everything I know," the reward was a resource action, or RA -- Big Blue's euphemism for a layoff. After receiving an RA notification, employees typically have a set period of time to apply for open roles elsewhere in the mega-corporation. But just because there are open positions listed in the US doesn't mean IBM is making much of an effort to fill them, we are told.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Download Transmission (free) for Windows, macOS and Linux  Gizmodo