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Mac shipments grow strongly, outpace all PC-makers

Mac shipments in Q4 2024 rose sharply by 17.3% year-over-year, outpacing its top rivals.
For the entire year of 2024, Apple shipped 22.9 million Macs, showing a 4.5% annual increase compared to 2023.
Apple's market share in the global PC market increased from 6.6% in 2019 to 8.7% in 2024.
Lenovo experienced a 4.8% YoY growth in Q4 2024, while HP and Dell saw declines of 1.7% and 0.2% respectively.

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My Zig with Ghostty

Ghostty is a fast, feature-rich, and cross-platform terminal emulator written in Zig.
You can install Ghostty on MacOS using Homebrew.
Ghostty supports various actions like version check, help, listing fonts, keybindings, themes, and colors.
Many keybindings are available for actions such as toggle fullscreen, close window, reload config, new tab or split, copy and paste, and more.

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Apple: We have a longstanding privacy commitment with Siri

Apple has affirmed its commitment to privacy of user data, including those of Siri.
Siri uses on-device processing where possible to personalize experiences without having to transfer and analyze personal information on Apple servers.
Apple minimizes the amount of data collected for Siri requests and uses random identifiers to keep track of data without tying it to a user's identity through their Apple account or phone number.
Apple no longer retains audio recordings of Siri interactions unless users explicitly opt in to help improve Siri; even then, the recordings are used solely for that purpose.
Apple has developed a breakthrough technology, Private Cloud Compute, that extends the privacy and security of iPhone into the cloud to unlock even more intelligence which gives users the ability to get things done effortlessly with built-in intelligence features that make Siri more capable, personal, and helpful every day.
Apple strives to do its best in protecting users' privacy at every step by using data minimization principles, on-device intelligence, transparency and control, and strong security protections.
Apple believes that privacy is a fundamental human right and will continue to focus on designing products and services that protect it.

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Nobuto Murata: How to prevent TrackPoint or touchpad events from waking up ThinkPad T14 Gen 5 AMD from suspend

Frequent wakeups due to events touching the TrackPoint or the lid touch the red cap is a known problem with ThinkPad T14 Gen 3 AMD and T14 Gen 5 AMD.
The touchpad device, ELAN0676:00 04F3:3195 Touchpad, can be found in the udev device tree and touchpad events as a wakeup source can easily be disabled.
Disabling the TrackPoint device as a wakeup source can prove to be difficult since none of the parent devices including the ACPI Sleep Button stop it from waking up the system.
The solution is in ignoring wakeup triggers from GPIO pin #0 with the kernel option with the help of amd_s2idle.py.
The limitation is coming from firmware, and the models are few years old, so there is no hope of fixes from the manufacturer.
However, the author in the end enabled the touchpad as a wakeup source to tap when the system is asleep.
The issue of frequent wakeups from different events can cause battery Drain and heating up of the system in confined spaces.
Disabling the wakeup events from the keyboard is a side effect of disabling touchpad events as a wakeup source.
Gen 3 AMD is harder to solve, and in the end, the author had to enable the touchpad explicitly as a wakeup source, as it is less sensitive than the TrackPoint.
The custom udev rule for disabling touchpad and TrackPoint events is applicable for T14 Gen 5 AMD.

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Apple reiterates: Siri data has never been sold or used for marketing purposes

Apple reaffirms that Siri data has never been sold or used for marketing purposes
Apple recently settled a lawsuit regarding the alleged recording and disclosure of private conversations
The company denies the claims and reiterates that Siri data is not used for marketing or sold to anyone
Apple clarifies its privacy policy regarding Siri in its 'Siri, Dictation & Privacy' document

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Ubuntu Handbook

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RetroArch 1.20.0 Released with PipeWire Audio Driver, Qt6 Support

RetroArch 1.20.0 was released with various enhancements and new features.
Linux users can now enjoy illuminance sensor support and audio/microphone driver support for PipeWire.
Wayland support includes cursor-shape-v1 and content-type-v1 protocol, lightgun input simulation, and more.
Other updates include new CRT beam simulation shader, East Asian relay server for netplay, and CloudSync improvements.

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Steve Jobs Announced the iPhone and Apple TV 18 Years Ago Today

Today marks 18 years since Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the original iPhone and Apple TV at Macworld Expo 2007.
Jobs introduced the iPhone as a revolutionary device combining an iPod, phone, and internet communications.
The iPhone consolidated multiple devices into one and laid the groundwork for future innovation.
Apple also introduced the Apple TV, a set-top box bringing iTunes content to the television.

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Grok Now Available as Standalone App in the US

Grok, the AI chatbot built into the X (Twitter) social network, is now available as a standalone app in the United States.
Grok is described as a chatbot that's more casual and funny than other chatbots.
The app is designed to be maximally truthful, useful, and curious.
Grok features Grok 2, the latest version of the chatbot, and includes image generation and up-to-date information for queries using current X and web data.

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Apple Seemingly Working on New 'Invites' App to Manage Events

Apple could be developing a new app called 'Invites' to help users organize meetings and events.
References in iOS 18.3 beta 2 suggest the app will show invited people and indicate confirmed attendees.
The app may integrate with iCloud, and it utilizes Apple's GroupKit daemon.
It is unclear if the app will be standalone or integrated with existing apps.

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How To Easily Update Drivers In your Windows PC

To ensure your PC hardware is working efficiently, you must update your Windows drivers to their latest versions.
Using Windows Device Manager to update drivers is easy and more reliable.
Windows Device Manager updates drivers for devices like printers, WiFi adapters, Sound, Video, etc.
Windows Update can also be used to install all pending system updates and required drivers in one go.
Driver Booster is a lightweight software application that helps you manage outdated drivers for all your devices.
DriverPack Solution is one of the best options available in the market to bulk download and install multiple drivers.
Driver Reviver automatically scans and lists all needed driver updates in one place.
Driver Easy periodically scans for driver updates and notifies you when the latest version is available.
Slim Drivers use a cloud-based scan system to find outdated drivers, making it extremely lightweight.
Driver Talent automatically scans for outdated drivers, and provides download links to the updated version.

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Search Which Files include Given Text/String in Linux (Examples)

In this tutorial, we will show you how to search and print which files contain your specified text or string in Ubuntu and other Linux in command line, with examples.
Method 1: Use grep commandThis command comes useful when you want to filter the output.
The command options which can be used in grep are: -l or --files-with-matches means only print names of files containing matches, -r or --recursive, to search sub-folders for given directory.
You may print names of files, matched lines, as well as line numbers of files contain “GParamSpecClass”.
To show more file content, you may add -A NUM or --after-context=NUM to print NUM lines of trailing context after matching lines, and -B NUM or --before-context=NUM to print NUM lines of leading context before matching lines.
Sometimes, there may be multiple files or multiple lines match what you search.
grep supports regex expressions to make searching more flexible.
Method 2: Use ag command, ag for file searching.
It prints all the names of files, lines and line numbers that matches. ag command is super fast!
For example, search “gparamspecclass” under current directory, and only show file-names and how many matches.

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How we used Flask and 12-factor charms to simplify Canonical.com development

Canonical.com's rebrand included the adoption of Python Flask as the preferred web framework.
The introduction of 12-factor charms simplified web team's development process.
12-factor charms provide an easy way to create integrated and observable Kubernetes environments for Flask apps.
The solution uses Juju, charms, Charmcraft, and Rockcraft to streamline the development and deployment of Flask applications.

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FOSS Weekly #25.02: Absolute Linux, ShredOS, AI in Kdenlive, Fossify File Manager and More

It's FOSS lifetime membership now also gets you lifetime Reader-level membership of Linux Handbook, our other portal focused on sysadmin, DevOps, and self-hosting.
Nobara 41 is the first Linux distro release of 2025.
Absolute Linux is discontinued in 2025.
Kdenlive is working on adding an AI-powered background removal tool.
Rumors suggest a 16 GB variant of the Raspberry Pi 5 could be coming soon.
ShredOS is a dedicated Linux distribution for wiping disks.
Sourav switched to ProtonVPN after many other VPN services and shared his experience.
Learn how to install and use Neovim on various distros, update your Python packages effortlessly with pip, and auto-start AppImages on your Linux workstation.
Mullvad Browser is a very solid privacy-focused alternative to Google Chrome.
If you are looking for a change in file management on Android, then Fossify File Manager can be an option.

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LaCie announces Rugged SSD Pro5 Thunderbolt 5 portable storage drive with break-neck data speeds

LaCie has announced the Rugged SSD Pro5 Thunderbolt 5 portable storage drive.
The drive comes in 2TB and 4TB options with Thunderbolt 5 connectivity.
It offers read speeds of 6700MB/s and write speeds of 5300MB/s.
The Rugged SSD Pro5 is shock resistant and weatherproof, making it suitable for on-the-go professionals.

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Festivas developer shows off entertaining macOS app that lets the user ‘smash’ their display(s)

Developer Simon Støvring has created a macOS app that lets users 'smash' their display(s).
The app allows users to virtually break the window into pieces by using a hammer tool.
Users can then clean up the shattered window using a broom tool.
The app may include customization options to enhance the window shattering experience.

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