Qbo Is an AI-Driven Ubuntu-Powered Cute Little Robot – Video

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March 3, 2015

We’ve seen some interesting devices coming out of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and the small Ubuntu-powered Qbo robot is just one them.

Linux fans already kind of knew what to expected to see in Barcelona. Many Ubuntu fans were looking to check out the first Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition phone and their curiosity was satisfied, but now we have something that it’s equally interesting, and that is a small robot.

The Qbo robot is built by a company called Thecorpora th… (read more)

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How a Chinese Smartwatch Became the Surprise Hit of Mobile World Congress

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The Verge

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March 3, 2015

Did you hear the one about the Chinese telecom giant that tried to turn into a hip watchmaker?

That’s been one of the more surprising stories to come out of this year’s Mobile World Congress. Huawei, a colossal company that makes most of its money on networking equipment and infrastructure, has launched its most overt play for consumers yet by unveiling its first smartwatch. The Huawei Watch is a circular device that looks closer to a traditional watch than the Moto 360, LG G Watch R, or any other Android Wear product to date. One week before Apple is set to reveal the final details of its own watch, Huawei has presented a very different vision informed by the principles of classical watch design.

The shift is notable for an…

Automate Your Infrastructure with Ansible

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DevX

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March 3, 2015

Learn more about why Ansible is a valuable tool that provides a coherent model for safely provisioning, configuring and orchestrating multiple remote machines.

Ubuntu MATE Is One of the Last Major Distros to Officially Support PowerPC

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Softpedia

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March 3, 2015

Ubuntu MATE has been providing PowerPC support for some time now, but the developers have made some serious improvements to this particular feature in the latest 15.04 Beta 1 update.

The Ubuntu MATE devs had quite a changelog for the 15.04 Beta 1 release, and most of the stuff they posted were very interesting. We already covered the “panel selection” that allows users to change the look and feel of the system with just a single click. It might not seem like much, but not t… (read more)

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Future Valve Games & SteamOS Will Use Vulkan Next-Gen OpenGL API

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Softpedia

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March 3, 2015

Valve confirms that its next games, not to mention the SteamOS operating system will use the Vulkan API, the next-generation OpenGL iteration made by the Khronos consortium of companies, which includes not only Valve but also Nvidia, AMD, and much more.

Valve mentioned a few weeks ago that it’s going to hold a special panel at the GDC 2015 event this week concerning glNext, the new iteration of the OpenGL API that powers quite a few games and technologies on computers.

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PC Gaming Expected to Grow to 35 Billion Dollars by 2018

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Softpedia

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March 3, 2015

It would seem that PC gaming is not only alive and kicking, but that it’s set to continue its solid growth over the course of the next few years.

The projection comes from game business analysis group Open Gaming Alliance, who claims that the PC gaming industry is set to grow to an astounding $35 / €31 billion, up from today’s approximation of $26 / €23 billion.

The information is based on data collected by research firm DFC Intelligence, and the main reason behind the e… (read more)

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Understanding The Linux Kernel’s BPF In-Kernel Virtual Machine

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Phoronix

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March 3, 2015

BPF continues marching forward as a universal, in-kernel virtual machine for the Linux kernel. The Berkeley Packet Filter was originally designed for network packet filtering but has since been extended as eBPF to support other non-network subsystems via the bpf syscall. Here’s some more details on this in-kernel virtual machine…

China Wants Silicon Valley’s Encryption Keys: Good Business, or Get Out?

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ZDNet

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March 3, 2015

China wants the encryption keys from U.S. technology companies as part of a counter-terrorism law. The draft law leaves U.S. tech giants with two options: Play ball or get out.

Clusters For Dummies

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insideHPC

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March 3, 2015

Clusters FOR DUMMIES is an excellent read for both experienced and novice administrators, users, purchasing departments, and developers who are considering purchasing or specifying a cluster.

Imagination Already Has A Vulkan Driver In The Works For PowerVR GPUs

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Phoronix

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March 3, 2015

While hearing “PowerVR” tend to make Linux users cringe over memories of past Linux driver issues with Imagination’s binary blobs, Imagination is among the vendors now experimenting with the new Vulkan graphics API and SPIR-V IR. Imagination too has already put out one of the first demos using this new graphics API…