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Predictable AI: Announcing the January and February validated model batches

Red Hat News - Tue, 02/24/2026 - 08:00
The transition from AI experimentation to production-grade deployment is often the most difficult hurdle for an enterprise. At Red Hat, we believe that choosing a model should come with predictable outcomes, rather than uncertainty. Our third-party model validation initiative is designed to remove the guesswork, providing the guidance and predictability organizations need to scale their AI infrastructure effectively.The January and February 2026 batches of validated models are now available on the Red Hat AI Hugging Face page, coinciding with the Red Hat AI 3.3 release. These model releases in

Migrate your VMs faster with the migration toolkit for virtualization 2.11

Red Hat News - Tue, 02/24/2026 - 08:00
Organizations must balance the need for fast virtual machine (VM) migrations with predictable, low-risk execution. Red Hat has released the general availability (GA) of storage offload migrations in the migration toolkit for virtualization 2.11, included in Red Hat OpenShift. This update allows you to migrate with speed and confidence. Migrate with speed: Storage offloading is now generally availableStorage offload migrations are now generally available to help you move critical VM workloads quickly with minimal downtime. This feature uses your existing storage systems for smoother migrations.

Linus Torvalds Drops Old Linux Kconfig Option To Address Tiresome Kernel Log Spam

Phoronix - Tue, 02/24/2026 - 05:16
Following yesterday's Linux 7.0-rc1 release, Linus Torvalds authored and merged a patch to get rid of the Linux kernel's WARN_ALL_UNSEEDED_RANDOM Kconfig option. While that option was added with good intentions, on some systems it can yield a lot of unnecessary kernel log spam...

Qualcomm Posts Patches For New DSP Accelerator Linux Driver

Phoronix - Tue, 02/24/2026 - 04:00
The newest driver proposed for the Linux kernel's accelerator "accel" subsystem is named QDA and is a Qualcomm DSP Accelerator driver...

Intel Releases OpenVINO 2026 With Improved NPU Handling, Expanded LLM Support

Phoronix - Tue, 02/24/2026 - 02:19
Intel's open-source OpenVINO AI toolkit is out with its first major release of 2026. With today's OpenVINO 2026.0 release there is expanded large language model (LLM) support, improved Intel NPU support for Core Ultra systems, and a variety of other enhancements for benefiting Intel's CPU / NPU / GPU range of products for AI...

Firefox 148 Now Available With The New AI Controls / AI Kill Switches

Phoronix - Tue, 02/24/2026 - 00:40
Firefox 148 release binaries are now available ahead of the official release announcement on Tuesday. Most notable is the new AI controls found with Firefox 148 for those wishing to disable Firefox's growing AI capabilities...

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