Indie publishers and developers are once again teaming up to show off the fruits of their labor in a gaming showcase from The Triple-i Initiative. The second edition will take place on April 10 (the same date as last year’s show) at noon ET.
The first showcase included the announcements of The Rogue Prince of Persia and Slay the Spire 2, along with expansion reveals for Brotato and Vampire Survivors. Major updates for Palworld, Risk of Rain 2 and V Rising were unveiled as well.
This time around, you can expect 45 minutes of world premieres, gameplay reveals, release dates, demo drops and more from 30-plus games. V Rising will be on show again this year, alongside the likes of Enshrouded and Deep Rock Galactic. The showcase trailer includes a peek at Sifu developer Sloclap‘s intriguing 5v5 arcade soccer game, Rematch, so it looks like we’ll get an update on that one. Vampire Survivors studio Poncle is also among the list of developers with something to reveal.
Not only that, Playstack, the publisher of a little game called Balatro, has something up its sleeve. “We had been saving our big announcement for a special showcase,” Marta Matyjewicz, marketing manager at Playstack, said in a statement. “We were amazed by the quality of last year’s Triple-i, so when the opportunity came to be a part of it, we knew we had to take it. It’s truly an honor to showcase our game alongside so many awesome titles.” Insert three side eyes emoji here.
You’ll be able to watch the showcase on several platforms, including YouTube, Twitch, Bilibili and Steam. After the main event, there will be a post-show including deep dives on some of the games. A week-long sale featuring games from both editions of Triple-i Initiative will go live on Steam, Epic Games Store, Humble and elsewhere on the same day as the showcase.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/the-triple-i-initiative-indie-game-showcase-returns-on-april-10-160402636.html?src=rss
Fox has released a new 36SL trail fork, while updating its 36 all-mountain fork, with the brand going all-in on the 36 chassis for the trail category.
The new 36SL is a lightweight evolution of the 36 chassis designed for 120mm to 140mm travel bikes, replacing the existing 34 and boasting a claimed 20 per cent more torsional stiffness.
Fox’s 36 is still aimed at all-mountain riding, with its updated chassis and increase in bushing overlap adding 20% torsional stiffness over the previous model.
Both models feature the brand’s optimised, generatively designed fork arch, as seen on the 32 Step-Cast as well as the 34SL released last week.
The 36SL has a claimed weight of 1,755g for a 140mm fork, while the beefier 36 is said to rest on the scales at 1,920g for a 160mm fork.
Prices range from £806 / $699 / €939 / AU$1,199 to £1,259 / $1,149 / €1,539 / AU£1,999 for the 36SL, with the Performance being the cheapest and the Factory the most expensive.
The 36 is more expensive, ranging from £879 / $749 / €999 / AU$1,299 to £1,399 / $1,199 / €1,609 / AU$2,099.
All new arch
The new arch is similar to that found on the new 34SL. Fox
The arch of the new fork is somewhat familiar, with the 32 SC debuting the generative design concept when it launched last year.
Cutaways expose more Kashima on the Factory model. Fox
This time, Fox has decided to keep the arch on the front of the fork, as opposed to the rear, and has used cutaways for greater weight savings.
Fox says the design increases torsional stiffness by 20 per cent.
On the 36, this is said to make the torsional stiffness 87 per cent of the brand’s 38 enduro fork, up from 75 per cent.
For the 36SL, this has resulted in a 20 per cent increase compared to the 34.
Compliant air spring
The 36 comes with 140mm, 150mm or 160mm travel. Fox
Both the 36 and 36SL feature a redesigned Float air spring that has built-in compliance to prevent binding when a bending force is applied to the fork.
The new air spring decouples the stanchion from the air shaft, enabling the piston to move with the fork while under bending loads, decreasing resistance.
Compliance is added by using polymer mounts in the air spring. Fox
This is said to result in a smoother suspension action overall, especially when the fork is experiencing high loads from speed or the weight of a rider.
Increased bushing overlap
Increased bushing overlap should lead to more suppleness. Fox
Also in the interest of reducing this bending force, both forks feature increased bushing overlap.
The force creates resistance between the lower leg and the stanchion, causing an increase in friction and a less supple feel through the suspension travel.
Increasing the bushing overlap reduces the amount of friction.
Fox has increased the overlap by 20mm on the 36, compared to the 34, and by 30mm on the 36 compared to the previous model.
GRIP X and GRIP X2 dampers
Fox also offers the GRIP X damper in the new 36 for riders looking for a more trail-oriented fork. Fox
The 36 uses the GRIP X2 damper released last year, which features increased tunability over the GRIP 2 damper.
This sees base diameter values up to 24mm, with 23 valves resulting in an increase of the overall four-way tuning range of high/low-speed rebound and high/low-speed compression, all with less cross-talk.
The GRIP X2 is designed for riders who want to push hard on enduro and downhill trails.
The 36SL uses a lightweight GRIP X damper, which is said to exude the descending performance of the GRIP X2 while maintaining a light weight and making it easier to access firm mode for pedalling efficiency.
Inboard bypass channels
As we saw with the 34SL, Fox has moved its bypass channels inboard on the 36 and 36SL.
The brand says this helps curb pressure ramping for increased small-bump sensitivity, as well as recirculating oil to lubricate bushings and seals.
It also says the new location puts the channels out of the fore-aft load path, further reducing friction and wear, as well as increasing the overall sensitivity of the fork.
Easier to live with
The previous mudguard design posed some compatibility issues when putting a bike on a chairlift. Fox
Both new forks feature added utility, with a new low-profile bleeder featuring on the rear of the fork redesigned for the air to escape around your finger while pressing them.
Shimano’s cassette tool is now used instead of a 15mm spanner. Fox
As we saw with the 34SL, the fork’s air-spring top cap can now be removed with a Shimano cassette tool, which should make air-volume changes a lot easier.
There is also a new mudguard design that attaches to the fork’s seal, as opposed to the bleeders, which should help them stand up to chairlift wheel holders.
Paramount+ is light on original content in April, though there are a handful of titles for viewers looking for music and sports. Following the music features that debuted in March, Paramount+ will debut An Evening with Elton John and Brandi Carlile (April 6), a primetime concert special—filmed on March 26 at London’s Palladium Theatre—with live performances from both artists. There’s also the premiere of the two-part documentary The Carters: Hurts to Love You (April 15), which gives an intimate look at the family of pop stars Nick and Aaron Carter through the eyes of their sister Angel.
Paramount+ is exclusively streaming matches from the UEFA Champions League Quarterfinals, and Paramount+ With Showtime subscribers can also watch the third and final rounds of The Masters (April 12–13) and coverage of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Final four (April 6).
Here’s everything else coming to the service in April, including a host of horror films. Note that titles with an asterisk are exclusive to Paramount+ With Showtime; everything else is also available to subscribers on the ad-supported plan. Those with two asterisks are available to Paramount+ With Showtime users streaming live on CBS and to all subscribers the following day.
Paramount+ Originals and premieres coming in April 2025
Available April 1
The Last Stop in Yuma County*
Before Dawn*
Available April 6
An Evening with Elton John and Brandi Carlile, special**
Available April 15
The Carters: Hurts to Love You, documentary premiere
Available April 21
The Return*
TV shows coming to Paramount+ in April 2025
Available April 9
Nick Cannon Presents: Wild ‘N Out (season 21)
Available April 16
Inside the Factory (season 8)
Available April 23
The Challenge (season 40)
Available April 30
Blaze and the Monster Machines: Super Wheels special
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It’s rare to see a deal on a premier Apple device so soon after release, but that’s exactly what’s going on with the M4 MacBook Air right now. Announced just a few weeks ago, it’s now $50 off (or $60 off if you go for an upgrade) as part of Amazon’s Big Spring Sale event. While not the biggest discount in the world, that’s a pretty quick turnaround on our favorite MacBook Air right now.
What makes the M4 MacBook Air specifically so attractive? Well, aside from being the most recent model, it features the same processor as current base-level MacBook Pros, albeit with slightly fewer GPU cores unless you shell out a little bit more. Luckily, both GPU core loadouts are on sale here—simply choose the model with 16GB of memory and 512GB of storage for the upgrade. But regardless of what you choose, this is a significant power bump over the MacBook Airs of the past, which had fallen into using last-gen chips until now.
All of this comes with pretty good value, too. Even without a sale, the M4 MacBook Air is the first in a while to offer the most recent available chip at an entry-level price point, replacing the M2 MacBook Air in the sub-$1,000 arena. That’s a two-generation upgrade at no extra cost.
Really, unless you want a beefy M4 Pro or M4 Max chip, there’s little reason to shell out for an MacBook Pro right now, since the M4 Air can easily keep up with the current entry-level Pro model. The only caveat is that this sale only applies to the 13-inch version of the Air; the 15-inch version is still full price.
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Just a few months after releasing its first Gemini 2.0 AI models, Google is upgrading again. The company says the new Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental is its “most intelligent” model yet, offering a massive context window, multimodality, and reasoning capabilities. Google points to a raft of benchmarks that show the new Gemini clobbering other large language models (LLMs), and our testing seems to back that up—Gemini 2.5 Pro is one of the most impressive generative AI models we’ve seen.
Gemini 2.5, like all Google’s models going forward, has reasoning built in. The AI essentially fact-checks itself along the way to generating an output. We like to call this “simulated reasoning,” as there’s no evidence that this process is akin to human reasoning. However, it can go a long way to improving LLM outputs. Google specifically cites the model’s “agentic” coding capabilities as a beneficiary of this process. Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental can, for example, generate a full working video game from a single prompt. We’ve tested this, and it works with the publicly available version of the model.
Gemini 2.5 Pro builds a game in one step.
Google says a lot of things about Gemini 2.5 Pro; it’s smarter, it’s context-aware, it thinks—but it’s hard to quantify what constitutes improvement in generative AI bots. There are some clear technical upsides, though. Gemini 2.5 Pro comes with a 1 million token context window, which is common for the big Gemini models but massive compared to competing models like OpenAI GPT or Anthropic Claude. You could feed multiple very long books to Gemini 2.5 Pro in a single prompt, and the output maxes out at 64,000 tokens. That’s the same as Flash 2.0, but it’s still objectively a lot of tokens compared to other LLMs.
The Levoit LVAC-200 cordless vacuum has been discounted to $150 as part of the Amazon Spring Sale. That’s 25 percent off and close to a record-low price. The sale only applies to the standard white model and not the blue one.
The LVAC-200 made our list of the best cordless vacuums. We loved the lightweight design. It only weighs three pounds and it can easily be disassembled for storage. Just pop the cleaning head from the extension arm and the arm from the motor base. It also features a locking mechanism, so it can stand upright between cleaning sessions.
The cleaning power here is more than sufficient. We found that it did a good job with “all kinds of dry messes.” It has three suction modes, so it can handle both hard and carpeted floors. It can even suck up pet hair, which is the true test of any vacuum. The design allows for the vacuum to easily reach underneath couches and beds, which is a fantastic bonus.
On the downside, the dustbin is pretty small, at just 0.75 liters. We found during our testing that the bin could fill up with just one full cleaning session. The vacuum also includes a five-stage filtration system, but it doesn’t include a true HEPA filter.
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Apple has officially announced the date for its annual Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC), where it announces the latest and greatest software updates for many of its platforms, including the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch.
This year, the event kicks off on June 9th with the public keynote, followed by a developers conference that will run until June 13. This is shaping up to be a big event for Apple, with sweeping changes in the iPhone user experience, including redesigned icons, menus, and apps. And we might even see a hardware announcement (but likely not any new MacBooks, as we just got an M4 MacBook Air).
Updates to all major Apple operating systems
As this is a developer conference, we can expect to see updates announced for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and even the Vision Pro’s visionOS.
These will almost certainly include new features and functionality, although at time of writing, there aren’t any concrete details about new features.
However, one thing that has been confirmed by multiple reputed leakers is a visual overhaul of the Apple interface that spans the iPhone, iPad, and the Mac.
iOS 19 and the new “glassy” interface
The big focus this year is on the iPhone interface. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has reported that a “dramatic software overhaul” is coming to the iPhone, iPad, and Mac, and now we might have an idea of what that will look like.
That’s because sometimes reliable leaker Jon Prosser reportedly gotten an early look at the iOS 19 redesign, and managed to recreate some of what he saw. He refers to it as a “glassy” interface, calling it “more rounded aesthetic and glossy, almost glassy styling” with the interface’s edges popping up from the screen. The key example of this being a new keyboard design that makes it look like it’s floating on top of the screen.
The new look, according to Prosser, will be seen across the whole OS, from notifications to popups. The overall design will be similar to the newly released Apple Invites app.
Gurman, on the other hand, believes that the redesign will be much bigger, with new round home screen icons and redesigned elements leading to a fresh look for all built-in Apple apps.
The artwork for WWDC 2025 lends some credence to these rumors. The “25” in the image is heavily inspired by the visionOS interface, with glass-like elements.
macOS won’t be left behind
From what we know so far, macOS 16 will also get the same overhauled look, or at least some version of it. This will lead to more visual consistency between the Mac and iPhone.
According to Mark Gurman, macOS will feature more of a translucent look, similar to visionOS and what’s coming to iOS 19. This will extend to apps, menus, and system features like popups as well.
A wild Mac Pro may appear
The Mac Pro is the last Mac to not be updated with the M3 or M4 generation, currently boasting the M2 Ultra chip.The Mac Pro is rumored to be updated with a new M3 Extreme chip that would surpass the M3 Ultra chip found in the latest Mac Studio refresh.
The rumors, once again reported on by Gurman, say that the Mac Pro is supposed to be updated sometime in the first half of the year, and it’s possible that Apple will at least unveil it at WWDC. The WWDC keynote usually does not feature any hardware announcements, but it does make exceptions from time to time.
Being Red Bull Racing 1 teammates with Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen is a hard ask. The Dutch driver took his fourth consecutive world championship last year, dominating the sport to such an extent that he led the points table across a 63-race, 1,029-day streak that only ended with McLaren and Lando Norris’ victory in Australia earlier this month. Now we believe he’s going to have his second teammate of the year, after just two races, as Red Bull gets ready to drop Liam Lawson for Yuki Tsunoda.
For three of its championship years, Red Bull built the fastest car in F1, and Verstappen’s teammate Sergio Perez scored race wins and plenty of points to help the team secure the constructors championships in 2021, 2022, and 2023. But Red Bulls’ designers have been evolving a concept that even its former design boss Adrian Newey thinks is flawed, and in 2024, we saw Perez’ form evaporate after the first handful of races that year.
Verstappen was able to fight for the title thanks to his considerable skill in the car. But the team lost out to both McLaren and Ferrari in the constructors’ standings, something that will have had a very considerable impact upon the end-of-year bonuses for Red Bull’s hundreds of employees.
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You know that I love a good running watch, but there’s a soft spot in my heart for the more lifestyle-y Garmin Vivoactive 5. It’s a sleek touchscreen watch with plenty of fitness features, and it’s going for as little as $209 today in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale.
The original price of the Vivoactive 5 is $299, and depending on the color you want, you can get it for somewhere between $209 and $219 in today’s sale. It’s available in black, white, navy blue, and orchid purple.
This watch is one of the most underrated out there, in my opinion. It beat out the Pixel Watch 3 in my comparison of the two watches, due to its week-long battery life and built-in fitness features. Its GPS accuracy is great, and while its heart rate accuracy is only OK, it can connect to a chest strap for the best possible data. (Pixels and Fitbits cannot.)
The Vivoactive 5 uses a touchscreen for most of its functions, but still has two buttons that you can use to start and lap an activity—essential for when you’re fumbling around at the end of a hard interval. During everyday use, it’s sleek and simple, with fitness features and stats only a swipe or button press away.
The aesthetic is a bit more fashionable than something like a Forerunner; where the Forerunner is chunky and sporty, the Vivoactive 5 will blend in nicely with a regular (i.e., non-sweatpants-based) outfit. Heck, get the black or white model, and pair it with a fancier-looking strap for a further visual upgrade. The Vivoactive 5 takes standard 20-millimeter watch bands.
On the other hand, if you’re looking for something with more running-specific features, consider the Garmin Forerunner 165, which is a similar price right now at $225 (normally $249). Or lean into the smartwatch features with a Venu 3, which is slightly larger and has some extra features, like the ability to take calls from your wrist if your phone is nearby. The Venu 3 is $410 today, normally $449.
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Spring is back in the air and that means an inexplicably strong desire to partake in one of our favorite words beginning with the letter ‘S’. Hey now, get your mind out of the gutter! We’re talking about SAVINGS, folks! You know, the kind that make you moan with delight, like when you save hundreds of dollars on a flagship Android handset.
Streaming platforms are increasingly indistinguishable to consumers despite high brand awareness, according to Hub Entertainment Research. The annual Evolution of Video Branding report shows major services like Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, and Max experiencing year-over-year declines in viewers’ ability to articulate what makes each platform unique.
Fewer consumers (37% in 2025, down from 41% in 2023) report signing up for services to watch specific shows, while many can’t correctly identify where signature programs like Game of Thrones or The Bear can be viewed. While 58% know Stranger Things streams on Netflix, less than half can properly place other major titles.
GeoGuessr, the geography game that tasks players with guessing a location in the world based on a random Google Street View image, is coming to Steam. It’s slated to hit early access on the platform sometime in April. That should hopefully make the game much easier to access on Steam Deck without having to fiddle with browser settings on desktop mode.
The developers are taking the early access approach on Steam so they can “refine the gameplay, introduce new features and ensure the best possible experience with direct feedback from players” with the aim of making “the ultimate competitive and casual geography game.” The early access version on Steam will at the very least have a competitive solo mode and casual Team Duels, though there are plans to add more modes and competitive features in the coming months.
GeoGuessr has a fairly thriving competitive scene — this year’s world championship has a $100,000 prize pool — so you could stand to cash in if you become great at the game. But be warned: if you think pro GeoGuessr might be your calling, you’ll be up against some incredibly skilled players. They can pinpoint parts of the world based on corn growing at the side of a road, clouds in the sky and room decor. GeoGuessr pros are absolutely absurd.
It’s not clear how much the full Steam version will cost. A free version will include unlimited access to the amateur division, which is GeoGuessr’s lowest rank, as well as unranked Team Duels. A Steam Pass that’s available to purchase inside the game will be required to access the full Solo Duels mode.
The store page notes that the price won’t change during the time the game is in early access (a period that’s expected to be at least six months). Nor do the developers expect to increase the price when the game exits early access.
The original, 12-year-old web version allows players to make three free daily guesses, but to play more you have to pay for a subscription, which starts at $2.50 per month. Unlimited access on the mobile apps is available on the $3 per month Pro Unlimited plan. While there will be cross-play between Steam and the browser/mobile versions, the current GeoGuessr plans don’t include full access to the Steam edition.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/pc/geoguessr-is-coming-to-steam-in-april-150001770.html?src=rss
A discredited anti-vaccine advocate who has no medical background and who has been disciplined for practicing medicine without a license will reportedly lead a questionable federal study on vaccines and autism—despite a large volume of existing research that has found no link between the two and despite a thorough debunking of claims that vaccines cause autism.
Late Tuesday, The Washington Post reported that David Geier has been hired as a “data analyst” by the Department of Health and Human Services, which is now headed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a prominent and fervent anti-vaccine advocate. Kennedy and Geier have both long touted the false claim that vaccines cause autism, despite the extensive evidence showing that they do not. In March, HHS directed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to reexamine the nonexistent link between vaccines and autism, using funds from taxpayers that could have been directed at other research.
David Geier earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, in 2002. Since then, he has largely worked with his father, Mark Geier, also an anti-vaccine advocate who falsely blames vaccines for autism. In 2011, Mark Geier was stripped of his medical license by the Maryland State Board of Physicians for misrepresenting his credentials, failing to meet state and federal regulations on safety oversight, and allegedly putting the safety and welfare of autistic children at risk.
Unrelenting in its efforts to dig to the very bottom of my murse, LEGO is releasing a Lord of The Rings: The Shire build set. The set will cost $270*spit-takes Miruvor* when it’s released April 5th and contains 2,017 pieces, including nine minifigs and a very tiny One Ring. I can’t fit that on my finger! But I want to rule them all! “Do you though?” God no, that sounds like a lot of responsibility. And if there’s one thing houseplants have taught me, it’s everyone will die if I’m left in charge for a week.
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April brings the highly anticipated return of some of Netflix’s most popular series, including Season 7 of Black Mirror (April 10) and Season 5 of You (April 24).
The former—Charlie Brooker’s dystopian sci-fi anthology series—is getting six new episodes, including a sequel to “USS Callister” from season 4. The new season includes appearances from Paul Giamatti, Issa Rae, Will Poulter, Chris O’Dowd, Rashida Jones, Awkwafina, and Tracee Ellis Ross. And in the final 10-episode season of psychological thriller You, serial killer Joe Goldberg (played by Penn Badgley) returns to New York to live peacefully but is haunted by his past.
Also debuting in April is Western romance Ransom Canyon (April 17) starring Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly. An adaptation of the Jodi Thomas books, the Yellowstone-esque series follows ranching families in Texas Hill Country. And medical drama Pulse (April 3), set in a Miami trauma center, may capture fans of Max’s hit show The Pitt. On the film side, Tom Hardy plays a detective navigating the criminal underworld on a rescue mission in the gritty thriller Havoc (April 25).
Finally, Netflix’s documentary lineup includes sports series Carlos Alcaraz: My Way (April 23) and The Clubhouse: A Year with the Red Sox (April 8); another installment of Turning Point, this one focused on the Vietnam War (April 30); and Chef’s Table: Legends (April 28), a new season of the Emmy-nominated culinary series with episodes following Jamie Oliver, José Andrés, Alice Waters, and Thomas Keller.
Here’s everything coming to Netflix in April, and everything that’s leaving.
It turns out Nintendo Directs are like buses. You wait ages for one then get two in quick succession. Days before Nintendo fully spills the beans on the Switch 2 during a dedicated showcase on April 2, the company is hosting a surprise Direct on March 27 at 10AM ET. You can watch it above.
The stream will run for around 30 minutes and focus on upcoming Switch games. There won’t be any Switch 2 info, but pretty much every game you see here will run on the new console anyway, thanks to backwards compatibility.
Since this isn’t billed as an Indie World Direct (those focus on indie games), it’s not really clear what we can expect from this one. Nintendo’s developers will largely be focused on making Switch 2 games at this point. Still, the Switch has a massive install base — the company has sold more than 150 million of those consoles — so Nintendo probably won’t want to leave all those players behind any time soon.
To that end, we can expect a stream of games for the original Switch to keep coming for the foreseeable future. Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, for instance, is still slated to hit the Switch sometime this year. Third-party games will still be coming to the Switch as well, including a certain one from Team Cherry that we expect to show up in every single gaming showcase but won’t mention here because we don’t want to jinx it.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/nintendo/a-switch-2-less-nintendo-direct-will-stream-on-march-27-145809333.html?src=rss
VMware is suing the US arm of industrial giant AG Siemens. The Broadcom company claims that Siemens outed itself by revealing to VMware that it downloaded and distributed multiple copies of VMware products without buying a license.
VMware filed the lawsuit (PDF) on March 21 in the US District Court for the District of Delaware, as spotted by The Register.
In the complaint, VMware says that it has had a Master Software License and Service Agreement with Siemens since November 28, 2012. The virtualization company claims that in September, Siemens sent VMware a purchase order for maintenance and support services. Siemens was reportedly looking to exercise a previously agreed-upon option for a one-year renewal of support services. However, the list of VMware technology that Siemens was seeking support for “included a large number of products for which [VMware] had no record of Siemens AG purchasing a license,” the complaint says.
As you may already know, GNU Octave is a high-level programming language and numerical computing environment designed for scientific computing, data analysis, and machine learning. It provides a powerful interactive interface with extensive support for numerical operations, matrix manipulation, data visualization, and algorithm development. Octave is widely used in academia, research, and engineering fields as a free and open-source alternative to MATLAB.
The x86 platform drivers co-maintainer Ilpo Järvinen sent out the pull request today of all the feature additions set for the in-development Linux 6.15 kernel. As usual, most of the platform-drivers-x86 material is around improvements to benefit modern Intel Core and AMD Ryzen laptops…
