by nouman | Jul 14, 2026 | Firefox, Hardware, News, Nvidia, vulkan
Firefox is adding hardware-accelerated Vulkan Video decoding, saving Nvidia users on Linux the hassle of manually configuring the nvidia-vaapi-driver package. The change will be included in Firefox 153, out July 21, but it will not be enabled by default – not to start...
by nouman | Jul 14, 2026 | Hardware, News, pine64
Open-hardware manufacturer Pine64 has launched a $50 smart speaker that runs open-source software on a RISC-V chip. PineVoice (previously known as PineVox) is built around a Bouffalo Lab BL606P RISC-V SoC with integrated Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0 and Zigbee radio...
by nouman | Jul 14, 2026 | arm, Canonical, livepatch, News
Canonical has brought Livepatch to Arm64 devices for the first time, allowing Ubuntu systems on Arm hardware to apply critical kernel security patches without a full reboot. Livepatch is one of Ubuntu’s best hidden security features – it’s not enabled by default,...
by nouman | Jul 14, 2026 | News, note taking apps, Whisp
Whisp is a Linux notes app with a difference. A gesture-driven GTK4/libadwaita UI offering a scratchpad for note taking. Inspired by Antinote for macOS. You’re reading Fed up with complex note taking apps? Try Whisp for Linux, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do...
by nouman | Jul 14, 2026 | AI News, News
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the company’s latest flagship model can complete agentic coding work while consuming 54% fewer tokens. Altman discussed GPT-5.6 Sol during an interview with CNBC at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference. He said corporate leaders...
by nouman | Jul 14, 2026 | AI News, News
Anthropic just built a dashboard that tells you how addicted to Claude you actually are. Reflect launched in beta on July 9, 2026. It turns your chat history into peak hours, repeat requests, and a fluency score you never asked for. Here’s what it tracks, what it...
