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Linux 6.14 With Rust: "We Are Almost At The 'Write A Real Driver In Rust' Stage Now"

Phoronix - Wed, 01/29/2025 - 08:26
Greg Kroah-Hartman today sent out the pull request of all the driver core updates for Linux 6.14, which ends up being a big deal for those interested in the prospects of Rust drivers for the Linux kernel...

Nominations now open for the OpenShift Superhero Awards

Red Hat News - Wed, 01/29/2025 - 08:00
Each member of the OpenShift community is a hero, helping contribute to the project’s success and growth. But some members really stand out - they are the advocates and champions that make the community strong and successful. These are our superheroes.The vibrant OpenShift community is built on the contributions of its members and we are now giving users the opportunity to recognize those that help to advance the community. Nominations are currently open for the OpenShift Superhero Awards, acknowledging users for their contributions, participation and innovation.OpenShift superheroes are ma

AMD ROCm 6.3.2 Supports Microsoft Azure Linux 3.0, HIP Improvements & Better Docs

Phoronix - Wed, 01/29/2025 - 05:05
Following last month's release of ROCm 6.3.1, ROCm 6.3.2 was just tagged today from its various open-source repositories and binaries beginning to come down the pipeline. ROCm 6.3.2 is another point release but brings a decent set of refinements for this AMD graphics compute stack...

Apple CPUs Affected By New SLAP & FLOP Side-Channel Attacks

Phoronix - Wed, 01/29/2025 - 03:00
Apple is the latest CPU vendor being affected by side-channel attacks. All Mac laptops since 2022, all Mac desktops since 2023, and all iPhones / iPad Pro / iPad Air / iPad Mini models since 2021 are affected by these new SLAP and FLOP attacks...

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