The FOSS Force News Wire pulls mostly FOSS related news stories from a variety of sources and is updated every 30 minutes. The News Wire is also available as an RSS feed at http://fossforce.com/newswire.
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Rust Coreutils 0.0.29 Brings Improved Compatibility, New Performance Optimizations
Following the release a few days ago of GNU Coreutils 9.6, the Rust Coreutils "uutils" project as a re-implementation of these core utilities within the Rust programming language is out with a fresh update...... Read more
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Linux 6.14 EDAC Preps For Intel Clearwater Forest, Adds LoongArch Driver For ECC Memory
The Error Detection And Correction (EDAC) subsystem updates have been sent out in advance of the Linux 6.14 merge window opening...... Read more
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Orbbec Unveils Gemini 215 Stereo 3D Camera and Pulsar SL450 at CES 2025
At CES 2025, Orbbec introduced the Gemini 215 Stereo 3D Camera and the Pulsar SL450 dToF Single-Line LiDAR. The Gemini 215, designed for high-precision scanning, features depth measurement accuracy of less than 0.5 millimeters, multi-camera synchronization, and a lightweight build, making it suitable for various short-range 3D scanning applications.... Read more
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Defensive Medicine: When Complicated Cases Are Left to Suffer or Die
How negative defensive medicine endangers patient safety and leaves complex cases untreated. Explore its hidden impact on healthcare and what can be done to ensure better outcomes.... Read more
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Doc2Podcast Turn any PDF into an Engaging Podcast with this Open-source Free AI App
In recent years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has revolutionized the way we create and consume content. Among the myriad of innovations, the ability to turn text into engaging spoken audio stands out, particularly in the world of podcasting. Commercial entities like Descript and Adobe Podcast have pioneered these technologies, often with... Read more
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Apple lists all apps it removed alongside TikTok in the U.S.
Amid the TikTok shutdown, in a rare move, Apple published a statement and a support document listing all affected apps that are inaccessible in the U.S. The iPhone maker typically doesn’t publish information for when it blocks apps. Notably, other ByteDance apps, including CapCut, Lemon8 — which surged in the... Read more
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Year Of The BSD Desktop? Theres Going To Be A BSD Desktop Conference At Least
Technical BSD conferences aren't quite as common as the many Linux conferences these days. For the BSD conferences that do happen they tend to be more general in nature than carrying a desktop focus. But being announced this week was GhostBSDCon 2025 as a forthcoming developer conference largely focused on... Read more
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Android Leftovers
New Hisense A9 Android smartphone features an e-ink display... Read more
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Linux Apps for Chromebooks in 2025: Our Top Picks and Why You Need Them
Owning a Chromebook doesn’t mean you're limited to just basic apps... Read more
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CMYK support in Inkscape could be a game-changer for professional print designers
As a digital artist and long-time user of free and libre graphic software... Read more