No more Java refills for Intel Macs after JDK 27, says Oracle

Oracle is moving to stop maintaining the macOS/x64 port of the Java Development Kit (JDK) from version 27, which is expected ...
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I’ve been using Apple Siri AI so here are my initial thoughts – and why it surprised me

Apple’s AI-infused version of Siri is late. Two years late to be exact. It was first trailed alongside broader Apple Intelligence features at Apple’s developer conference in June 2024. But it never ...
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I asked Apple’s new Siri AI and Google Gemini the same 10 questions – here’s how they responded

How Google Gemini and Apple Siri responded to a standard set of questions - and what I thought of the responses ...

Apple's WebKit performance tax leaves iOS browsers stuck in the slow lane, says Microsoft

Now Microsoft engineers have documented a performance tax – the performance hit that iOS users today endure because Apple requires iOS browsers, with theoretical exceptions, to use the WebKit browser ...

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 ...
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Million PDFs: Building a Modern Document Infrastructure with Rust and Typst

Erik Steiger discusses the operational pain of legacy PDF generation in regulated banking and manufacturing. He explains how ...