If you use KDE for Linux and you've noticed that it has been crashing on you more often than usual, you're not alone. As it turns out, a bug caused people using a Chromium-based browser with KDE Plasma to run into some pretty nasty issues. Fortunately, it seems a patch has just been pushed out, so give your system an update and see if that fixes the problem.

For months, people have wondered when OpenAI will go public. CEO Sam Altman says it won't happen until the company can make better promises about model safety, with no firm timeline in sight. "We intend to continue with AI progress … but as the models have had this surge forward in capability, and we see more of that ahead of us, we have got to be able to make confident safety claims," Altman said Tuesday during a Q&A with reporters after his DevDay keynote. At the same time, he said, waiting too long for an IPO would be "bad for the world." Altman's comments come after months of controversy about whether or not OpenAI and its rivals can c …Read the full story at The Verge.

Apple's long-rumored smart home hub will reportedly be revealed on October 13th. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports that the smart home device will be revealed alongside a new HomePod mini and an upgraded Apple TV device.All three products are set to showcase Siri AI, Apple's overhauled AI-powered assistant. The smart home hub, a new product category for Apple, will be the centerpiece. It will reportedly feature a 6-inch display which can be mounted on a wall or sit on a countertop. The hub is "about as thick as an iPhone," according to Gurman, and has bezels similar to older iPads.It sounds like the hub will look a little similar to Apple' …Read the full story at The Verge.

If there's anything I've learned about people and their handhelds, it's that someone, at some point, will try to get Linux running on it. And while any form of Linux operating on a proprietary handheld is really cool, there's something to be said for someone running a whole desktop off it. Such is the case of this person who managed to get Arch Linux, KDE Plasma, and Steam running off their Switch Lite.

Getting games running on Linux has never been easier, but it still requires a little bit of elbow grease. That being said, it feels like you need less and less grease the more time goes on and the more compatibility layers like Proton evolve. Now, Linux gamers have managed to get their hands on The Witcher 3: Remastered, and they've already got it running pretty well a few hours after release.

I’ve got a few ESP32 boards sitting in a drawer, left over from past projects and doing nothing. Meanwhile, a few sensors stationed around the house struggle to report back because of a Wi-Fi coverage problem. A motion and light sensor in the other bedroom would drop off some evenings and turn into decorative pieces. I’d priced out a mesh Wi-Fi upgrade before I realized that the fix was already sitting in my drawer. The spare ESP32 boards just needed to talk to each other without a Wi-Fi network.

For some lines of work, just having a powerful gadget is not enough. A portable device can sport top-of-the-line hardware, but if it crumbles when brought into harsh conditions that some workplaces operate in on a daily basis, it's no better than a paperweight. For those who need something tougher, Panasonic has revealed the Toughbook 34 and G3.

When I switched to AM4 in 2020, I was surprised by just how much hotter my CPU was running out of the box. My 5900X was averaging 80–85C while playing AAA titles, and that's despite me using a 360mm AIO. Of course, I assumed something was wrong with my cooler, or perhaps even the mounting, so I repasted the CPU with Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut and remounted the cooler, tightening the screws in a cross pattern, only to see temps barely improve. At one point, I even considered switching to an AIO with a thicker radiator.

For years, my morning routine involved opening Feedly and skimming the news while I sipped my coffee. It was a quiet way to start the day, and it kept me up-to-date on anything happening in the industry. The downside was that I would often see the same story from a dozen different sources, especially during major events like Google I/O or Apple WWDC. It made it hard to parse specific information, and stories with less coverage would get lost in the avalanche.

When you really think about how most people use Claude or ChatGPT on their phones, it's really not that deep. For example, most simply use it to reword an email before it goes out, or ask for an explanation of a word they hadn't heard before. Most of these tasks don't need a frontier model in a data center, but that's where they end up anyway because the app is on your home screen and an easy reach.

If you went a decade back in time and asked someone in the Linux community what the best beginner distro was, there's a good chance they'd reply with Ubuntu. It's what I heard a lot about when I first dipped my toe into the world of FOSS operating systems, and for good reason.

Every couple of weeks, my 1TB SSD starts to fill to the brim for one reason or another. And every time, the fix is to open WizTree, go through the biggest files and folders one after another, and decide what can go. WizTree is excellent at showing me where the space went, but it won't tell me which of those files are safe to remove, and that's something that takes up a huge chunk of my time.