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  • Tune Linux kernel with AI -ByteDance

    Tune Linux kernel with AI -ByteDance

    Linux works well for most jobs, but to get it to work great requires kernel tuning, and that’s never easy. ByteDance has a proposal to make this easier. At the Linux Plumbers Conference, the invite-only meeting for the top Linux kernel developers, ByteDance Linux Kernel Engineer Cong Wang, proposed that we use artificial intelligence (AI)…

  • Crypto Keys Stolen: New Attack

    Crypto Keys Stolen: New Attack

    An error as small as a single flipped memory bit is all it takes to expose a private key. For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that a large portion of cryptographic keys used to protect data in computer-to-server SSH traffic are vulnerable to complete compromise when naturally occurring computational errors occur while the connection…

  • OpenAI’s Chief Scientist’s Worries

    OpenAI’s Chief Scientist’s Worries

    Rogue superintelligence and merging with machines: Inside the mind of OpenAI’s chief scientist.An exclusive conversation with Ilya Sutskever on his fears for the future of AI and why they’ve made him change the focus of his life’s work. Ilya Sutskever, head bowed, is deep in thought. His arms are spread wide and his fingers are…

  • Linux Foundation Launches DAOS

    Linux Foundation Launches DAOS

    The newly launched DAOS Foundation is an initiative aimed at advancing the governance and development of the Distributed Asynchronous Object Storage (DAOS) project. Distributed Asynchronous Object Storage (DAOS) is an open source storage system technology that aims to redefine performance for a wide spectrum of High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence AI workloads. DAOS is…

  • Deploy Kali as a Docker Container

    Deploy Kali as a Docker Container

    How do you know if your systems are secure? Penetration testing is one way to find out. Here is how to set up Kali Linux, which has a full suite of security testing tools. Penetration testing is a requirement for so many businesses. After all, you’re going to need to know if your systems have…

  • Fedora Slimbook Now Available

    Fedora Slimbook Now Available

    About a month ago, Fedora announced their collaboration with Slimbook, launching the Fedora Slimbook 16 laptop. This partnership marked a significant step towards bringing Fedora Linux preinstalled on more devices. The response from the Linux community was overwhelmingly positive. Building on this success, the two parties are expanding their partnership. Recognizing the demand for a…

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