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Creating custom ISO images - DIY Imager

If you are looking to customize your Linux distribution, we show you three graphical front ends for creating bootable ISO images.

Unlocking the Benefits

The Open Data Institute’s Lisa Allen explains why open data matters and what it will take for more widespread adoption.

Circuit simulation with hardware description languages - Test Run

Designing field-programmable gate arrays is only half the job: The hardest part is the simulation, but Linux is the best place to tackle certain challenges.

Start from Scratch

Coreboot lets you build your own custom firmware while learning more about Linux.

CHIPMAKER NVIDIA JOINS EXCLUSIVE CLUB OF COMPANIES WITH A $1 TRILLION MARKET CAPITALIZATION

Nvidia has joined the exclusive club of companies with a $1 trillion market capitalization as the chipmaker benefits from the growing use of artificial intelligence

US SAFETY AGENCY TO REQUIRE AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING ON NEW VEHICLES AND SET TOUGHER STANDARDS

The U.S. government's auto safety agency plans to require that all new passenger cars and light trucks include potentially life-saving automatic emergency braking and meet stricter safety standards within three years

TOYOTA TO INVEST $2.1 BILLION MORE IN N.C. BATTERY PLANT, WILL BUILD BIG SUV AT FACTORY IN KENTUCKY

Toyota will invest another $2.1 billion in an electric and hybrid vehicle battery factory that's under construction near Greensboro, North Carolina

Open Up

The open data movement extends the ideals of open source to government data and, ultimately, all the world’s knowledge.

Fast Track

CKAN, a versatile data management system, lets you build a portal to share your open data.

Espanso: Text expander and more - Abbreviated

Espanso is a cross-platform text expander that can do far more than simply replace text modules.

MADDOG'S DOGHOUSE

There are many FOSS databases available inexpensively today, and they might serve new projects well.

One-stop solutions for Linux - Coming of Age

Linux users can now experience what Windows and macOS users have enjoyed for decades: hardware, software, and services bundled together. We look at six of these one-stop solutions for Linux.

Six new security features Windows Server 2022 for Shielded

Configure the Secured-core server components to reduce the attack surface of your system with minimal overhead.

Cooperation with Cyn.in Fast Action

Cyn.in open source groupware focuses on connecting employees quickly and easily. We show you how to set up a Cyn.in environment, exchange knowledge, collaborate on projects, and manage processes. By Holger Reibold

Reverse engineering a BLE clock - Perfect Time

What do you do when all your Bluetooth clocks show slightly different times? With some reverse engineering, you can write a Python program to synchronize your clocks.

Manage projects in SMEs with OpenProject Best-Laid Plans

OpenProject supplies sensible, comprehensive project management for SMEs with few financial inputs.

Synchronize passwords in KeePass Digital Safe

Usernames and passwords play an important role in security. In this article, we show you how to set up the KeePass password manager and keep it synchronized across multiple devices.

WHAT'S NEW IN ROBOTS? AN AI-POWERED HUMANOID MACHINE THAT WRITES POEMS

Ameca can speak French, Chinese or dozens of other languages, instantly compose a poem or sketch a cat on request. Ask for a smile, and you'll get a clenched grin on her rubbery blue face

REGULATORS TAKE AIM AT AI TO PROTECT CONSUMERS & WORKERS

As concerns grow over increasingly powerful artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT, the nation's financial watchdog says it's working to ensure that companies follow the law when they're using Al

APPLE TO COMMENCE TRADE-INS FOR TRIO OF APPLE SILICON MACS FOLLOWING WWDC 2023 PRESENTATION

It is expected that Apple will begin trade-ins for three fresh Mac models starting June 5, syncing with Apple's WWDC 2023 presentation day

THE EASIEST WAY TO GET A $7,500 TAX CREDIT FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE? CONSIDER LEASING

Thanks to a boost from the government, leasing - not buying is becoming the most affordable way to get your hands on an electric vehicle

US ENDS PROBE INTO TESLA ALLOWING VIDEO GAMES WHILE VEHICLES ARE MOVING. SAYS FEATURE WAS DISABLED

U.S. highway safety regulators have closed an investigation into Tesla allowing video games to be played on center touch screens while vehicles are moving

UAE ANNOUNCES GROUNDBREAKING MISSION TO ASTEROID BELT, SEEKING CLUES TO LIFE'S ORIGINS

The United Arab Emirates unveiled plans to send a spaceship to explore the solar system's main asteroid belt, the latest space project by the oilrich nation after it launched the successful Hope spacecraft to Mars in 2020

Powerful iOS - THE MAGIC BEHIND THE IPHONE SUPREMACY

When Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone in 2007, he revolutionized the phone industry and changed how we interact with technology forever. One of the key elements that made the iPhone a game-changer was its operating system, iOS, now the company's superpower

HYUNDAI & LG ANNOUNCE $4.3 BILLION PLANT IN GEORGIA TO BUILD BATTERIES FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES

Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution announced they will build a $4.3 billion electric battery plant as part of Hyundai's new electric vehicle assembly plant in southeast Georgia

Q&A: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & CYBERSECURITY IN MILITARY TECH

Josh Lospinoso’s first cybersecurity startup was acquired in 2017 by Raytheon/Forcepoint

TWITTER ACCUSES MICROSOFT OF MISUSING ITS DATA, FORESHADOWING A POSSIBLE FIGHT OVER AI

A lawyer for Twitter owner Elon Musk accused Microsoft of misusing the service’s data and demanded an audit from the software giant.

META FINED RECORD $1.3 BILLION AND ORDERED TO STOP SENDING EUROPEAN USER DATA TO US

The European Union slapped Meta with a record $1.3 billion privacy fine this week and ordered it to stop transferring users’ personal information across the Atlantic by October, the latest salvo in a decadelong case sparked by U.S. cybersnooping fears

DO NOT CALL: STATES SUE TELECOM COMPANY OVER BILLIONS OF ROBOCALLS

Attorneys general across the U.S. joined in a lawsuit against a telecommunications company accused of making more than 7.5 billion robocalls to people on the national Do Not Call Registry

BEST BUY POSTS MIXED 10 RESULTS BUT GADGET SLUMP WILL BOTTOM OUT AS SHOPPERS REPLACE THEIR DEVICES

Best Buy turned in a first-quarter profit that beat Wall Street expectations, while the nation’s largest consumer electronics chain continued to wrestle with weak consumer demand for gadgets.