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Latest FSR 4 source code 'leak' lets you run AMD's AI upscaling tech on nearly any GPU — no Linux required  Tom's Hardware

Gallup: Americans have been placing less importance on the value of a college education over the past 15 years, to the point that about a third (35%) now rate it as "very important." Forty percent think it is "fairly important," while 24% say it is "not too important." When last asked to rate the importance of college in 2019, just over half of U.S. adults, 53%, said it was very important, but that was already lower than the 70% found in 2013 and 75% in 2010. Meanwhile, the percentage viewing college as not too important has more than doubled since 2019 and compares with just 4% in 2010. The views of parents of children under age 18 in the Aug. 1-20 poll are similar to the national average, with 38% rating college as very important, 40% somewhat important and 21% not too important.

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Learn Your Way uses AI to transform textbook materials into interactive guides.

Will Pi Network’s Linux Node & Version 23 Upgrade Finally Unlock Its Potential?  CCN.com

AMD Begins Plumbing APCI C4 Support In The Linux Kernel For Greater Power Savings  Phoronix

An anonymous reader shares a report: Apollo is exploring a sale of early internet darling AOL after receiving inbound interest in the business, according to people familiar with the matter. Any deal could value AOL at around $1.5 billion, the people said. It is also possible the talks won't result in any deal, they cautioned. Apollo bought AOL in 2021 as part of a $5 billion deal to acquire that business and Yahoo from Verizon. AOL generates around $400 million in annual earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, the people familiar with the matter said. Its main business lines include software for internet privacy and protection, and the AOL.com website and email domain.

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AI will enable three to four-day workweeks, Zoom CEO Eric Yuan told The New York Times, joining Microsoft's Bill Gates, Nvidia's Jensen Huang and JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon in predicting shorter schedules. Yuan also acknowledged AI will eliminate some positions, particularly entry-level engineering roles where AI can write code, but argued new opportunities will emerge managing AI agents. Gates previously suggested two to three-day weeks within 10 years during a February appearance on The Tonight Show.

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Alternatives to popular games that don't work on Linux, Steam Deck and SteamOS  GamingOnLinux

Alternatives to popular games that don't work on Linux, Steam Deck and SteamOS  GamingOnLinux

Getting an MBA in the US has gotten a little more expensive and a little less profitable, according to a Bloomberg analysis of salary and tuition data. From the report: This year's update of Bloomberg's Business School ROI Calculator, based on surveys of more than 9,500 students and alumni, projects a typical return on investment of 12.3% a year for the decade after graduation. That's down from 13.3% last year. The S&P 500 index, by comparison, returned 14.6% over the decade ending Aug. 31. The main reason for the decline: This year's respondents reported 6.2% better pre-MBA salaries than last year's, while projected postdegree earnings increased only 1.7%. In other words, the MBA pay edge -- the compensation boost graduates get for the degree -- shrank. In the broader US workforce, the average high-skilled worker's earnings rose 4.7% in the year ended July 31, Federal Reserve data show. Other factors didn't help: The increase in pre-MBA salaries meant students were forgoing more income during their studies. Tuition and other expenses increased 2.4%, some of that financed with bigger loans at higher rates. In all, the typical total investment to get an MBA in the US rose 6.8%, to almost $300,000.

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YouTube announced new tools for creators at Made on YouTube 2025.

We’re releasing 10 AI Policy Gold Standards that offer actionable steps for emerging economies to seize the AI opportunity.We’re releasing 10 AI Policy Gold Standards that offer actionable steps for emerging economies to seize the AI opportunity.

Today, we’re launching a new experimental Google app for Windows in Labs to help you find what you need, faster.Now you can search without switching windows or interrupt…

Here’s how to use our latest Pixel devices, announced at Made by Google 2025, plus what makes them better than ever.

Here’s how to use our latest Pixel devices, announced at Made by Google 2025, plus what makes them better than ever.

A search for "AI chat" in the Mac App Store returns dozens of applications sporting black-and-white icons nearly identical to ChatGPT's official logo. OpenAI's ChatGPT desktop application isn't available through the Mac App Store and can only be downloaded from the company's website. The copycat applications use various combinations of "AI," "Chat," and "Bot" in their names, including "AI Chat Bot : Ask Assistant," "AI Chatbot: Chat Ask Assistant," and dozens of similar variations. One application named itself "Al Chatbot" using a lowercase L instead of a capital I in "AI." Additional lookalike icons mimicking Claude, Grok, and Gemini applications also appear in search results.

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The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The Murena team have annouonced a update to their mobile /e/OS platform. The new version, 3.1.1, focuses on bug fixes and minor improvements to the user experience. "Users of the new Fairphone (Gen. 6) will especially benefit, with key features like Mobile Data and VoLTE now enabled by....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. This week in DistroWatch Weekly:
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The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The Q4OS team have published a new stable version of their lightweight, Debian-based operating system. "Q4OS 'Andromeda' is based on Debian 'Trixie' 13.1 and Plasma 6.3.6, optionally Trinity 14.1.5 desktop environment, and it's immediately available for 64-bit/x64 computers. An aarch64 edition is also planned for later. According to....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Rodolphe Bachelart has announced the release of Voyager Live 13, the latest version of the project's Debian-based desktop Linux distribution featuring a customised GNOME desktop: "I present to you Voyager 13 'Debian', based on Debian 13 'Trixie'. It features all the updates and almost all the new features....