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Initial Linux Driver Patches For Smart Data Accelerator Interface "SDXI"

Phoronix - Tue, 04/21/2026 - 18:22
Recently sent out on the Linux kernel mailing list was the initial patches for implementing the Smart Data Accelerator Interface (SDXI) as a vendor-neutral architecture for memory-to-memory data movement offload...

Linux 7.1 Staging Ushered In More Developers To Make Their First Kernel Contributions

Phoronix - Tue, 04/21/2026 - 18:00
Over the weekend Greg Kroah-Hartman sent out his various pull requests for the areas of the kernel he oversees. Among those is the staging area where this time around the notable activity isn't too much about feature work but many developers making some of their first contributions to the upstream kernel...

Coolify: Deploy Any Web App on Your Own Linux Server

Tecmint - Tue, 04/21/2026 - 14:50
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Coolify is an open-source, self-hosted platform that deploys web apps, databases, and services on your own server without the monthly

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AMD's GAIA Makes It Easier To Import/Export Custom AI Agents Across PCs

Phoronix - Tue, 04/21/2026 - 08:36
AMD on the software side continues investing heavily in GAIA "Generative AI Is Awesome" as their cross-platform solution built around the Lemonade SDK for running local AI agents on your AMD-powered hardware from CPUs to GPUs and NPUs. With today's GAIA update, custom-generated AI agents are now portable with easy import and export support...

HarfBuzz Continues Improving Its New GPU-Accelerated Text Shaping Library

Phoronix - Tue, 04/21/2026 - 08:23
Released at the beginning of the month was a new version of HarfBuzz, a widely-used, open-source text shaping engine. With this HarfBuzz 14.0 release it introduced a GPU-based text rasterization library that supported GLSL shaders as well as HLSL, WGSL, and APple's Metal MSL. Since then this GPU-accelerated library has been seeing more improvements...

Unlock enterprise-ready, secure AI with Red Hat Lightspeed Agent for Google Cloud

Red Hat News - Tue, 04/21/2026 - 08:00
As enterprise IT enters the era of autonomous workflows, we are excited to introduce the Red Hat Lightspeed Agent for Google Cloud, now available on the Google Cloud Marketplace.The Red Hat Lightspeed Agent for Google Cloud is an enterprise-ready tool designed specifically for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) to help Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) and IT administrators manage their Red Hat infrastructure on Google Cloud using natural language. Built on the Agent-to-Agent (A2A) protocol using Google’s Gemini models, the agent integrates directly into the Gemini Enterprise environment. The a

The Open Accelerator joins the Google for Startups Cloud Program to empower the next generation of innovators

Red Hat News - Tue, 04/21/2026 - 08:00
In the tech world, we often talk about the "next big thing." But as I’ve shared before, real innovation isn’t just about the initial spark of an idea; it’s about the collective effort required to move that idea from a research lab into a resilient, production-grade environment. It’s about the "and"—combining research and innovation with enterprise operations. That’s why I’m proud to announce that The Open Accelerator is joining the Google for Startups Cloud Program. With this collaboration, participants in The Open Accelerator will gain access to a breadth of Google resources des

Open source transparency defines the future of sovereign AI in Europe

Red Hat News - Tue, 04/21/2026 - 08:00
In early 2025, I wrote that uncertain times call for greater operational control and IT resiliency. Today, those uncertainties have materialized into a permanent shift in how European organizations view their digital future. By moving AI from the sandbox to the center of the enterprise, the industry has placed a massive new burden on IT infrastructure, making rigorous operational oversight the new baseline for success. Enterprises need greater control over how and where AI runs and a consistent way to govern fast moving technologies like agentic AI.To understand how IT leaders are navigating t

Now generally available: Red Hat Confirmed Sovereign Support drives digital autonomy for global enterprise

Red Hat News - Tue, 04/21/2026 - 08:00
Geopolitical shifts and evolving regulatory frameworks like the EU AI Act, the NIS2 Directive, and the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) continue to redefine the landscape for global enterprises. This has shifted digital sovereignty from an abstract compliance concept to a critical strategic mandate for risk mitigation. For organizations in highly regulated industries, achieving true digital autonomy requires more than just localizing physical data centers. It demands developing a strong sovereign support model to help build, deploy and run critical workloads in-jurisdiction. This requ

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