AMD Working On A New Backend For Improving ROCm Compute In QEMU/VMs

AMD engineers are working on enhancing the open-source ROCm compute stack for better handling GPU virtualized compute under QEMU.

Last year was a merge request adding ROCm native context support for Virglrenderer. That ROCm native context support has yet to be merged into Virglrenderer for the AMD GPU compute stack for virtualized GPU computing. But now they are looking at a new implementation for providing better support in virtualized environments.

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Toronto man charged after suspected hate‑motivated assault in North York, police say

Toronto police have arrested a man following an alleged hate‑motivated assault involving racial slurs in the York Mills Road and Don Mills Road area early Sunday.

Investigators say the incident happened around 12 a.m. on Aug. 16, when the accused became involved in an interaction with a victim who was visibly identifiable as a South Asian male. According to police, the man allegedly directed repeated anti‑South Asian racial slurs toward the victim.

When the victim attempted to leave, police say the accused assaulted him

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Pro Jank Footy Is A Game Of Two Halves

'Pro Jank doesn't want to respect the intricacies of Australia Rules Football, it wants to make you scream at a screen with a friend'

Claude Code taught me ESP32 development, and my smart home projects got way faster

I didn't think I could use Claude code for this, but it worked

Why the Arctic sea route has become so important for China and Russia

Global shipping disruptions, along with oil and gas projects, have added to the strategic value of the Northern Sea Route

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Since Chinese container ships began plying the Northern Sea Route three years ago, the Arctic shipping lane has gained global importance.

Houthi attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea later that year disrupted traffic through the


The Toy Maker Behind Barbie And Hot Wheels Wants To Make Its Own Video Games

Mattel is looking to succeed where Hasbro failed

The Sinking City 2 Review – Eldritch Survival Horror Done Right

The Sinking City is a bit of a favourite of mine, having previewed it way back in 2019 . While I didn't review it, Francesco gave it a respectable 7.8 out of 10 . It's a game I enjoyed playing in my own time, and one I was always interested in revisiting, something I'm now able to do in the now-released The Sinking City 2 .

I will say that my interest isn't only in the game itself

An in-game screen from Mykhailo S. showing X-ray images of a lower limb and a diary entry detailing an encounter with a drone strike in the Donetsk region on 08.05.2025.
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The Sinking City 2 review

An improved sequel that doubles down on the basics.

2 men charged with attempted murder in stabbing near Broadview and Danforth

Two men are facing attempted murder charges in relation to a near-fatal stabbing in the Danforth and Broadview avenues area, Toronto police announced on Monday.

Emergency crews were called to the area on Tuesday, August 11, 2026 after a passerby found an injured man lying on the ground and called 9-1-1.

The victim was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries, but survived.

Investigators later learned that he was approached by two suspects he knew, and one of them allegedly stabbed

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Trump threatens to bomb US ally Oman if it 'gets in the way' over Iran issue

President Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Oman - a US ally - if it "gets in the way" of his administration's own talks with Iran, Fox News reports.

The US and Oman have separately been negotiating with Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway that is vital to the global economy. It has been largely closed for nearly six months during the US-Iran war.

A reporter for Fox said the US president made the threat to Oman while using an expletive during a phone interview.