InfoQ

Hardwood Promises High-Speed JVM Apache Parquet Processing with Zero Mandatory Dependencies

Hardwood, the project Gunnar Morling kick-started handling of Parquet files in Java, reached version 1. Its multi-threaded approach and zero mandatory external dependencies promise a simpler, more ...

AI prompts a memory-chip boom — and electronics inflation. Get used to it.

Google’s going to the movies, as it invested $75 million in the hot indie studio A24, along with a pledge to provide AI to ...
ZDNet

I install these 11 apps on every new Linux system, and you should, too - here's why

I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen Best laptop cooling pads Best flip ...
CBS News

House candidate who started Pastors for Trump drops out of race after text messaging scandal

Jackson Lahmeyer has dropped out of the House race in Oklahoma's 1st Congressional District — one day after advancing to a runoff in the Republican primary — amid a text-messaging scandal. "After ...
theregister

Linux Lite 8.0 sheds Chrome, slims down, and finds its name fits better than ever

Linux Lite 8.0 is now available, rebuilt atop Ubuntu 26.04 and with its custom helper apps rewritten around GTK4. It arrives almost exactly two years after we looked at Linux Lite 7, itself two years ...
NewsNation

Auburn student’s cause of death won’t be released, but no foul play: Police

James “Weston” Higginbotham m was last confirmed to be in the Kyoto area May 29, according to a post circulating online attributed to his mother, Nancy Higginbotham. James “Weston” Higginbotham, 20, ...
gematsu

Gears of War: E-Day launches October 6

Gears of War: E-Day will launch for Xbox Series and PC via Steam and Microsoft Store on October 6, publisher Xbox Game Studios and developer The Coalition announced. It will also be available via Game ...