Aug 24, 2026 from It's FOSS Linux 7.3 is Shaping Up to Be One of The Most Performance-Focused Kernel Releases in Years The merge window is still open, but faster filesystems, a smarter scheduler, and real-time latency fixes are already in.
Aug 24, 2026 from Hackaday Tech in Plain Sight: Vacuum Blood Collection If you’re blessed enough that you haven’t had blood drawn in a while, you might not have thought much about the process. You might imagine that a needle goes in, …read more
Aug 24, 2026 from It's FOSS Omarchy Linux Just Got $8 Million From Tech's Biggest Names A new nonprofit is being setup that would house all that money, and Hyprland is the first external project to benefit.
Aug 24, 2026 from Hackaday Combining Photogrammetry Utilities into a Simple GUI Tool One of the fun aspects of open source software is that you can often find so many libraries and tools that implement the functionality you need, but ease of use …read more
Aug 24, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Waterfox 6.7 brings full redesign, native tree tabs, improved ad blocking, and much more Waterfox 6.7 “Supernova” is now available as the latest release of this privacy-focused, Firefox-based browser. This update shifts Waterfox’s core from Gecko ESR 140 to Gecko ESR 153, bringing a fu...
Aug 24, 2026 from Hackaday An Early History of Space Stations: Where’s My Wheel? Last time we found out the idea of space stations is surprisingly old. By the 1950s, everyone knew we’d be working in beautiful space stations that rotated like a wheel …read more
Aug 24, 2026 from Fatbobman's Blog AI Wanted to Give Up. The Human Didn’t. - Fatbobman's Swift Weekly #150 Recently, while debugging an issue in the Intel Xe GPU driver, Linus Torvalds went through what he himself called a “debug session from hell.” The eventual fix was almost absurdly simple: changing...
Aug 24, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Mac utility PopClip 2026.8 adds a function key shortcut, a source viewer window, and more PopClip 2026.8 for macOS introduces several usability upgrades, starting with the ability to assign a function key as the sole shortcut for activating PopClip. This makes triggering the utility mor...
Aug 24, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Rust 1.98 adds algebraic floating-point methods, buffered integer formatting, and more Rust 1.98 has been released as the latest version of this general-purpose programming language known for its performance, type safety, concurrency, and memory safety. Among the core updates, the fl...
Aug 24, 2026 from Hackaday Making Better Rubies At Home Sapphires and rubies aren’t just pretty, they also got a range of practical uses. This makes it even more useful to be able to make them at home for obviously …read more
Aug 24, 2026 from Kev Quirk 2026-08-24 11:01: A friend asked for help setting up a blog, so I went with #Pureblog (obviously).... A friend asked for help setting up a blog, so I went with #Pureblog (obviously). We went from nothing to fully working blog, with all the customisations she wanted in about 25 minutes. I know I'm b...
Aug 24, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Wine 11.16 brings VA-API hardware video decoding, improved ARM64 support, and 35 bug fixes Wine 11.16 is now available for Linux, macOS, and BSD, reinforcing its role as a compatibility layer for running Windows applications and games on POSIX-compliant systems. This release stands out b...
Aug 24, 2026 from Jordi Villar 2026W33 Software Engineering fundamentals matter more than ever — The welding analogy is the part I keep coming back to, he learned to build things in his 20s that he couldn’t lift or get out the door of t...
Aug 24, 2026 from Hackaday The Casio F-91W As A Contactless Payment Device. The Casio F-91W digital watch is perhaps one of the most successful pieces of consumer electronics ever made, having quietly supplied the essential function of an inexpensive and accurate LCD …read...
Aug 24, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Floorp 12.17 adds tab stacks, container choice, workspace icon picker & improved Zen mode Floorp 12.17 is now available, delivering a range of new customization and workflow features for users of this Firefox-based web browser. This release introduces tab stacks for more advanced tab or...
Aug 24, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Things 3.23 adds early completion and flexible rescheduling for repeating to-dos Things 3.23 introduces more flexible repeating to-dos, allowing users to complete them early or easily reschedule individual tasks with Make Exception or Update Rule options. Generated copies of re...
Aug 24, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Gemini Notebook rolls out upgraded experience to all users The upgraded Gemini Notebook experience is now available to all users, with mobile support coming soon. Users can also access their notebooks in AI Mode directly within Google Search. Updates inclu...
Aug 24, 2026 from It's FOSS TeamSpeak Will Let You Call Your Friends Directly The feature is in alpha testing now and is set to bring 4K screensharing and picture-in-picture support.
Aug 24, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Adobe adds new AI audio generation tools for music, speech, and sound effects to Firefly Adobe has announced that Firefly, its suite of AI-powered creative tools, can now generate music, speech, and sound effects, expanding the platform beyond images and video. Generate Music uses the ...
Aug 24, 2026 from Hackaday Neo-Cyclostyle: Automatic Document Copying Devices in 1890 Document duplication has been a highly desirable feature, long before medieval monks slaved over yet another illuminated manuscript by flickering candle light. Fortunately one part of the Industria...
