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To 'Infinity' ... and beyond: MX Linux 25 has arrived

2 months ago
Systemd-free option still available if you choose that download

MX Linux 25 "Infinity" is now available, and the new version has some significant differences from the 2023 release, with things that used to be boot-time choices having become pre-install decisions.…

Liam Proven

States that aren't nice to ICE still sharing key database full of personal info

2 months ago
Lawmakers warn of ‘information gap’ lets immigration agents sidestep states’ data safeguards

Democratic lawmakers say some states that don't want to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) may be unintentionally allowing the agency access to residents' driver and criminal records through a law-enforcement data network.…

Brandon Vigliarolo

Mozilla Launches AI Window for Firefox

2 months ago
Mozilla announced on Thursday that it is building an AI Window for Firefox, a new opt-in browsing mode that will let users interact with an AI assistant and chatbot. The feature will become one of three browsing experiences in Firefox alongside the existing classic and private windows. Users will be able to select which AI model they want to use in the AI Window, according to a post on the Mozilla Connect forum. The company opened a waitlist for users who want to receive updates and be among the first to test the feature. Mozilla described the AI Window as an "intelligent and user-controlled space" that it is developing in the open through community feedback. Users who try the feature and decide against it can switch it off entirely.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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HPE Reveals Compute And Networking for GX5000 Supercomputers

2 months ago

Space has always been a premium in the datacenter, but the heat is on – quite literally – to drive up the density of GPU and XPU compute not just because real estate is expensive, but because latency is perhaps more expensive. …

HPE Reveals Compute And Networking for GX5000 Supercomputers was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

Timothy Prickett Morgan