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The Linux handheld Steam Deck utilizes a lot of open source software, the operating system is based on Arch Linux, the desktop environment KDE Plasma, other Mesa drivers and Vulkan API, and the Proton compatibility layer of the branch of Wine. Valve also knows that the success of Steam Deck cannot be separated from open […]

The Linux handheld Steam Deck utilizes a lot of open source software, the operating system is based on Arch Linux, the desktop environment KDE Plasma, other Mesa drivers and Vulkan API, and the Proton compatibility layer of the branch of Wine. Valve also knows that the success of Steam Deck cannot be separated from open

The Webb Telescope (JWST) has observed for the first time a set of highly anticipated targets — seven Earth-sized planets orbiting the star TRAPPIST-1, as well as the atmospheres surrounding some of the planets. The seven planets are located about 39.13 light-years from Earth, in or near the star’s habitable zone, where liquid water may

OpenAI’s new general-purpose chatbot prototype, ChatGPT, has demonstrated amazing problem-solving and question-answering abilities (with not necessarily correct answers) to help you write papers, raising concerns that students are using ChatGPT to cheat. Academics, higher education consultants and cognitive scientists recommend that universities develop new assessment models to address the threat AI poses to academic integrity.

Home prices and rents in San Francisco were once prohibitive, but the city’s office vacancy rate has risen from 5% in 2019 to 24% in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the telecommuting epidemic, about seven places lower than the average for major U.S. cities percentage point. The current occupancy rate of office buildings

Streaming companies have been pouring huge sums of money into adding content over the past few years, but that trend has slowed in the second half of this year. The number of adult shows ordered by TV networks and streaming companies fell 24% from a year earlier and 40% from 2019, according to Ampere Analysis.

Stack Overflow released its annual developer survey and found that 74% of developers are actively looking for new jobs or are open to new job opportunities. The highest proportion of active job seekers are 20-24 year olds (27%), 25-34 year olds 21%, 35-44 year olds 17%, 45-54 year olds only 12%. The percentage of developers

The Linux Foundation, Amazon AWS, Meta, Microsoft, and TomTom have announced a new open map project, Overture Maps, creating the new Overture Maps Foundation. Overture Maps seeks to integrate data from the open map project OpenStreetMap, as well as new map data contributed by project members, using computer vision and AI/ML to create a living

The World Health Organization estimates that at least 30 percent of the world’s population is infected with Toxoplasma gondii. Scientists have discovered the mechanism of how Toxoplasma gondii spreads to the brain, according to a study published in the journal Cell Host & Microbe. Researchers have discovered a protein that reprograms the immune system in

Paul Graham, a well-known programmer, author of “Hackers and Painters” and co-founder of startup incubator Y Combinator, announced that he was leaving Twitter to join Mastodon, and then his account was briefly blocked. The move once again sparked widespread controversy, and Elon Musk ‘s Twitter was later unblocked. Twitter also announced a new policy banning

Google announced on Friday that it is offering end-to-end encryption—what Google calls Gmail CSE—to some Gmail users. Once enabled, the email body, attachments, and embedded images will be encrypted by the client’s browser before being transmitted and stored on the network disk, and the Google server will not be able to obtain the encryption key,

Some gut bacteria can activate gut nerves that promote the desire to exercise, according to a study in mice published in the journal Nature. The study sheds light on a gut-to-brain pathway that explains why some bacteria boost athletic performance. In the study, researchers found that in a large group of laboratory mice, differences in

Multiple Twitter users reported trying to modify their usernames or profiles to include links to the decentralized microblogging service Mastodon. The result returned an error message, “Account update failed: Description is considered malware.” Some users reported that they posted their own Mastodon links in tweets, but were warned by Twitter that they contained “sensitive content”