• Rust-Written Linux Scheduler Continues Showing Promising Results For Gaming

    "A Canonical engineer has been experimenting with implementing a Linux scheduler within the Rust programming language..." Phoronix reported Monday, "that works via sched_ext for implementing a scheduler using eBPF that can be loaded during run-time."
    The project was started "just for fun" over Christmas, according to a post on X by Canonical-based Linux kernel engineer Andrea Righi, adding "I'm pretty shocked to see that it doesn't just work, but it can even outperform the default Linux schedule
  • The Rabbit R1 Will Offer Up-To-Date Answers Powered By Perplexity's AI

    Despite many questions going unanswered, a startup called Rabbit sold out of its pocket AI companion a day after it was debuted at CES 2024 last week. Now, the company finally shared more details about which large language model (LLM) will be powering the device. According to Engadget, the provider in question is Perplexity, "a San Francisco-based startup with ambitions to overtake Google in the AI space." From the report: Perplexity will be providing up-to-date search results via Rabbit's $199

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