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Linux Mint 22.2 beta nears release

July 14, 2025 by Brian Fagioli
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Linux Mint 22.2 is nearly ready for beta testing and brings fingerprint support, updated themes, Wayland tweaks, and more. LMDE 7 follows in September.

Categories Linux Tags Cinnamon, Debian 13, fingerprint login, Linux desktop, Linux Mint, Linux Mint 22.2, LMDE 7, Open Source, Ubuntu 24.04, Wayland

OWC launches USB-C Quad and Dual HDMI 4K adapters

July 14, 2025 by Brian Fagioli
Owc quad scaled

OWC has launched new Quad and Dual USB-C HDMI adapters that help Mac and PC users connect multiple 4K displays without juggling multiple dongles.

Categories Hardware Tags 4K display, Apple Silicon, Chromebook, DisplayLink, MacBook, multi-monitor, OWC, Thunderbolt, USB-C Dual HDMI 4K Adapter, USB-C Quad HDMI 4K Adapter

Elon Musk didn’t start Tesla. He just bent the truth until people believed it.

July 13, 2025 by Brian Fagioli
elon musk bending the truth

Elon Musk didn’t actually start Tesla. The truth is more complicated, and it’s time more people knew it.

Categories Tesla, Elon Musk Tags electric vehicle, Elon Musk, Elon Musk Tesla, Marc Tarpenning, Martin Eberhard, Tesla, Tesla cofounder, Tesla founder, Tesla history, Tesla origin story

Silicon Power Hypera microSD Express card brings PCIe speeds and Switch 2 support

July 13, 2025 by Brian Fagioli
silicon power hypera microsd

Silicon Power launches the Hypera microSD Express card with PCIe performance, Switch 2 compatibility, and capacities up to 1TB.

Categories Storage, Hardware, Nintendo, Switch 2 Tags 4K recording, gaming storage, high-speed microSD, Hypera, MicroSD Express, Nintendo Switch 2, NVMe, PCIe Gen3, Silicon Power, V30 video

Tesla adds Grok AI to new cars but older models miss out

July 13, 2025 by Brian Fagioli
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Grok AI is coming to newer Tesla vehicles but not older ones. With the in-car rollout still in beta and public concerns growing, many owners are left frustrated.

Categories Artificial Intelligence, Automotive, Tesla Tags AI chatbot, Cybertruck, electric vehicles, Elon Musk, Grok, Model Y, Tesla, Tesla Grok AI, Tesla software update, xAI

GParted 1.7.0 Linux distro drops 32-bit support and improves device handling

July 26, 2025July 13, 2025 by Brian Fagioli
gparted live linux distro

GParted Live 1.7.0 ends support for 32-bit systems, upgrades its Linux base, and improves boot device handling.

Categories Linux Tags 32-bit support, Debian Sid, disk utility, GParted, GParted Live, GParted Live 1.7.0, Linux distro, live USB, open-source, partition manager

CachyOS makes Linux gaming smoother while Windows 11 keeps falling behind

July 13, 2025 by Brian Fagioli
CachyOS screenshot

CachyOS July 2025 introduces shell choice improved Wine patches and AMD Anti Lag 2 making Linux gaming better and Windows 11 feel even more bloated.

Categories Linux, Windows Tags Anti Lag 2, Arch Linux, CachyOS, CachyOS July 2025, Firefox Pure, Linux gaming, Proton, Steam Deck, Wayland, Windows 11 alternative

Amazon says Prime Day 2025 was its biggest yet but the numbers are missing

July 12, 2025 by Brian Fagioli
amazon prime day doubt

Amazon says Prime Day 2025 was the biggest yet but without real data the bold claims feel more like spin than fact.

Categories Amazon Tags Alexa Plus, Amazon, Amazon AI, Amazon Prime, ecommerce, online sales, Prime Day, Prime Day 2025, Rufus, shopping event

Wine 10.12 boosts Linux compatibility for Windows apps with EGL and BLE support

July 11, 2025 by Brian Fagioli
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Wine 10.12 brings EGL backend support, Bluetooth LE services, and ARM64 CI builds, along with fixes for 17 bugs affecting popular Windows apps and games.

Categories Linux, Mac, Software, Windows Tags ARM64, Bluetooth LE, Direct3D, EGL backend, Linux, macOS, Windows apps on Linux, Wine, Wine 10.12, WineHQ

McDonald’s brings back the Snack Wrap while quietly leaking data from 64 million job applicants

July 11, 2025 by Brian Fagioli
mcdonalds hackers im hacking it

While McDonald’s fans celebrate the return of the Snack Wrap, researchers found the company’s hiring system exposed millions of job applications.

Categories Security Tags chatbot hiring system, data leak, fast food hiring, job applications, McDonald’s, McHire, Olivia AI, Paradox.ai, security breach, Snack Wrap

NVIDIA warns your GPU may be vulnerable to Rowhammer attacks

July 11, 2025 by Brian Fagioli
gamer nvidia gpu rowhammer warning

NVIDIA confirms researchers demonstrated a Rowhammer attack on a GPU without ECC enabled and urges users to check their settings.

Categories NVIDIA, Security Tags A6000, data center, ECC, GDDR6, GPU, Linux, NVIDIA, Rowhammer, security, workstation

Calibre 8.6 improves speed and Kindle defaults for Linux, Windows, and macOS users

July 11, 2025 by Brian Fagioli
calibre

Calibre 8.6 brings big performance boosts and smarter defaults for Kindle users, along with useful tag browser tweaks and new news sources.

Categories Open source, Linux, Mac, Software, Windows Tags Calibre, Calibre 8.6, database restore, e-book manager, e-book viewer, Kindle AZW3, MOBI obsolete, news scraper, open source e-book, tag browser
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