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Musk Fires Back at OpenAI, Vows to Open Source xAI's Grok Chatbot
The AI battle is heating up as Elon Musk has promised to open source Grok, the advanced chatbot created by his startup xAI, sometime this week. The move comes just days after Musk sued OpenAI, the company he co-founded nearly a decade ago, accusing it of abandoning its principles of open source and benefiting all humanity.
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DuckDuckGo Delivers Private Sync For Passwords and Bookmarks
DuckDuckGo has built its reputation on a dedication to user privacy. Its search engine and web browser promise not to track your online activity or data. However, this commitment makes it difficult for DuckDuckGo to offer expected browser features like synchronizing passwords, bookmarks and settings across devices.
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Apple Bursts Into Open Source AI With Ferret Release
In an exciting move for the AI community, Apple unexpectedly released Ferret, an open source multimodal large language model (LLM), back in October 2023. The news flew under the radar at first, but Ferret’s introduction signals Apple’s commitment to impactful AI research and solidifies its position as a leader in multimodal AI. As conversations heat up about potential uses for local LLMs on devices like iPhones, Ferret provides a glimpse into the future of on-device AI.
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Godot 4.3 Released with Direct3D 12 Rendering
Godot engine developers have gifted users an early holiday present with the first development snapshot of the upcoming Godot 4.3 release. This build contains major improvements to the rendering system, laying groundwork for even more enhancements on the horizon. It also introduces an optional Direct3D 12 rendering driver for Microsoft platforms, expanding Godot’s cross-platform capabilities while retaining its open source spirit.
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Linux Leaps to Apple Silicon with Fedora Asahi Remix 39
Fedora Asahi Remix 39 delivers a polished Linux experience focused on Apple M1 and M2 devices like the MacBook, Mac Mini, Mac Studio, and iMac systems. It defaults to the KDE Plasma desktop environment and Wayland display server protocol for a refined user interface tailored for Macs. With this Fedora-derived distro, Asahi Linux provides an easy way for Mac users to install a fully-featured Linux OS while taking advantage of hardware support on Apple Silicon. Give Fedora Asahi Remix a try if you want to experience Linux on your M1 or M2 Mac!
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Debian May End 32-bit x86 Support
The future of 32-bit x86 (i386) support in Debian GNU/Linux is looking dim. Following a recent Debian developer sprint, it was announced that the Debian kernel, installer, and image teams will likely cease supporting i386 “in the near future.”
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Move Over Twitter, Threads is Going Fediverse
In a surprise announcement, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared that Threads, the company’s Twitter-competitor app, will soon become interoperable with the fediverse via decentralized protocols. This means Threads content and profiles will be viewable on Mastodon and other ActivityPub-based social platforms.
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Blast into the Past with Sigil 2 & Doom's 30th anniversary
After 30 years, the iconic first-person shooter Doom is still going strong. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the genre-defining game, co-creator John Romero has released Sigil 2, a new free episode that pays homage to Doom while bringing some modern touches.
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Windows 10 to Reach End of Support in October 2025 | Switch to Linux?
Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 will reach its end of support (EOS) lifecycle date on October 14, 2025. At that point, the operating system will no longer receive security updates, bug fixes, time zone refreshes or technical support.
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Firefox for Android Getting Over 400 More Extensions
Mozilla is significantly expanding support for add-ons and extensions in the Android version of the Firefox browser, with over 400 new options becoming available starting December 14th.