Torvalds and the Linux maintainers are taking a pragmatic approach to using AI in the kernel. AI or no AI, it's people, not LLMs, who are responsible for Linux's code. If you try to mess around with ...

Amazon's e-commerce site suffered major outages in recent weeks. One outage was linked to internal use of an AI coding tool. Amazon SVP Dave Treadwell proposes new code controls in documents obtained ...

Anthropic Claude Code is leading a shift away from manual code, favoring agentic AI. Agentic AI demands more CPU computing power, which fits Arm's strength. Arm just saw data center royalty revenue ...

FreeBSD and Slackware are both outstanding OSes. FreeBSD is more UNIX-like, while Slackware is more Linux-like. One is geared for servers, while the other is a bit more general. FreeBSD and Slackware.

Through the looking glass: A half-century-old magnetic tape containing the only known copy of Unix v4 has been found and recovered by the University of Utah's School of Computing. The nine-track 3M ...

Developers are navigating confusing gaps between expectation and reality. So are the rest of us. Depending who you ask, AI-powered coding is either giving software developers an unprecedented ...

$ uname -a Linux pop-os 5.17.5-76051705-generic #202204271406~1651504840~22.04~63e51bd SMP PREEMPT Mon May 2 15: x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ ldd --version ldd (Ubuntu GLIBC 2.35-0ubuntu3) 2.35 $ ...

QR codes are quickly replacing the traditional barcode as the new essential tool shaping modern retail. A decade ago, they were just a simple way to connect in-store and online shopping, but now they ...

For those who hate repeatedly entering usernames and passwords, some of the biggest online companies are pushing an alternative: passkeys. Passkeys work by using a pair of unique mathematical values—a ...

The new science of “emergent misalignment” explores how PG-13 training data — insecure code, superstitious numbers or even extreme-sports advice — can open the door to AI’s dark side. There should ...