Eight years later, Apple quietly shuts the door on AI chief John Giannandrea

April 12th, 2026 02:56 PM

Since his retirement was announced in 2025, Apple Intelligence head John Giannandrea has been reduced to the role of an advisor, but is now expected to exit Apple Park shortly.John Giannandrea - image credit: AppleIf you spend your notice period at home, you're on gardening leave. If you spend it at work and you're waiting for when your contracted stock bonuses realize, it's called "rest and vest".It appears that the stock options agreed for John Giannandrea's contract when Apple hired him in...

Heroes of Might and Magic 2 project fheroes2 version 1.1.15 is out now

April 12th, 2026 04:46 PM

A brand new version of fheroes2 is out now, the open source and cross-platform Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine reimplementation.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

CPUID Offline After Reports of Malware in CPU-Z and HWMonitor Downloads

April 10th, 2026 08:13 AM

A potential software supply-chain incident is unfolding around CPUID, the developer behind CPU-Z and HWMonitor, after multiple reports claimed that official download links were serving malware rather than the expected installers.

Explicit query: and body: kwargs for integration tests and more!

April 10th, 2026 05:17 PM

Hi, I’m Emmanuel Hayford. Here’s what caught my eye in Rails this week.Fix GET+JSON+params in integration tests for API-only appsparams: in integration test helpers was ambiguous for GET requests with as: :json — it wasn’t clear whether params should go in the query string or request body. The original workaround converted GET to POST with X-Http-Method-Override, which broke API-only apps that exclude Rack::MethodOverride. New query: and body: kwargs give explicit control: query: always...

CONVERGE Announces Second Album Of 2026, The Hum Of Hurt

March 31st, 2026 03:55 PM

Converge are set to continue their very prolific modern era, with a second full-length album in 2026 titled Hum Of Hurt. The post CONVERGE Announces Second Album Of 2026, The Hum Of Hurt appeared first on Metal Injection.

‘Lee Cronin’s The Mummy’ Will Please Gross Horror Fans

April 12th, 2026 04:25 PM

If you're into nasty horror that's plenty mean, early reactions say 'Lee Cronin's The Mummy' has your number.

Katy Perry shares PDA-filled Coachella photos with boyfriend Justin Trudeau during weekend festival

April 12th, 2026 06:26 PM

Katy Perry and boyfriend Justin Trudeau are quite literally heating things up in the desert.In a series of photos posted on the pop star's Instagram, Perry and Trudeau - who attended the Coachella music festival over the weekend - put their budding romance on full display.In one snapshot, the duo walked hand-in-hand throughout the fairgrounds, and in another, Perry cozied up to Trudeau as the pair enjoyed a snack break.NEWLY SINGLE KATY PERRY ENJOYS INTIMATE DINNER WITH FORMER CANADIAN PRIME...

Dynatrace to Acquire Bindplane to Process and Route Telemetry Data

April 10th, 2026 06:41 PM

Dynatracethis week revealed it has agreed to acquire Bindplane, a provider of a platform for pre-processing and routing telemetry data. Bob Wambach, vice president of market and customer insights for Dynatrace, said the addition of the Bindplane platform will further accelerate a rapid expansion of the log management capability that Dynatrace already provides. However, instead of requiring all telemetry data to be processed in the backend on its observability platform, IT teams will have the...

Botched IT Upgrade Ended Liquor Sales for the Entire State of Mississippi

April 12th, 2026 05:34 PM

Mississippi has one warehouse — run by a contractor — that sells all the liquor for the entire state of 2.9 million people. "If a restaurant or store anywhere in Mississippi wanted a bottle of Jim Beam, they had to order it from the wholesale warehouse," reports the Washington Post. But then Mississippi's warehouse-managing contractor implemented a new computer system that wasn't compatible with the state's delivery system (like they'd promised it would be back in 2023). And then things got...

Cuba's president warns US against attacking island or trying to depose him

April 12th, 2026 06:06 PM

President Díaz-Canel says the U.S. has no valid reason to try to depose him.

California Democrats Rushed to Back Eric Swalwell — and Quickly Abandoned Him

April 12th, 2026 05:44 PM

Representative Eric Swalwell, a Washington figure, was largely unknown in the California State Capitol. But influential groups began backing him for governor in the weeks before he was publicly accused of sexual assault.