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IOmap Improvement For Linux 7.3 Takes EXT4 & XFS Performance Further

Phoronix | Aug. 18, 2026, 1:25 p.m. | Original

As part of the VFS pull requests now merged to the Linux 7.3 development kernel was an improvement to the IOmap framework used by various file-systems for mapping logical file byte offsets in memory to their physical locations on storage. With the now-merged code, this modern block mapping framework is allowing better performance at least for the EXT4 file-system.

With Linux 7.3, IOmap has finished its conversion to an iterator model with moving to a single iomap_next() callback. With the

山火燒毀奧肯納根果園農民設法做醬汁守住農業命脈

Singtao | Aug. 18, 2026, 1:23 p.m. | Original

【星島綜合報道】卑詩省鮑德山脈(Bald Range)山火突如其來並迅速蔓延，一夜摧毀果園，讓薩默蘭(Summerland)的農民沙倫(Chamkaur Saran)收成盡失，距離收穫農作物只剩12個小時，然而，有著相同遭遇的當地農民不只他一人。

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高手成功將 Doom 射擊遊戲移植至 Canon EOS 550D DSLR 相機

HKEPC | Aug. 18, 2026, 1:19 p.m. | Original

【痴線 😂】近日，有高手宣布成功將這款 1993 年的經典第一人稱射擊遊戲《毀滅戰士》(DOOM)，移植至 Canon EOS 550D DSLR 相機上執行，確保遊戲畫面能在相機的 LCD 屏幕上即時渲染，並成功將快門鈕、方向鍵等實體按鍵重新定義

Earthquake rocks Spain's historic Granada, injuring three

BBC World News | Aug. 18, 2026, 1:15 p.m. | Original

The tremor struck at 10:37 local time (08:37 GMT) near the town of Alhendín, the IGN said. It was recorded at the depth of under 10km.

Alfonso Malpica said he felt his ground floor flat in Granada shaking, telling El País newspaper that the quake was "stronger than the ones that happen from time to time, the ones we're used to".

"Everything came crashing down. It was terrifying," Cristina Ruiz

12 Tips To Know Before You Start Playing Mortal Shell 2

Kotaku | Aug. 18, 2026, 1:10 p.m. | Original

Here are the settings to change and the pitfalls to avoid

Musician Ashley MacIsaac ends lawsuit over Google AI summary falsely labelling him a sex offender

CBC News | Aug. 18, 2026, 1:10 p.m. | Original

Juno-award winning musician Ashley MacIsaac has ended his defamation suit against Google over its AI overview falsely labelling him as a sex offender. He was originally seeking $1.5 million in damages, but filed a notice of discontinuance in July.

Anthropic says Claude Cowork is now available on mobile for all paid plans

9to5mac | Aug. 18, 2026, 1:09 p.m. | Original

Last month, Anthropic announced plans to expand Claude Cowork from the Mac to iPhone and iPad. The rollout started with Anthropic’s most expensive paid plan.

Apple releases public beta 4 for iOS 27, macOS 27, iPadOS 27, tvOS 27 [U: watchOS 27]

9to5mac | Aug. 18, 2026, 1:07 p.m. | Original

Update, August 18, 1:06 p.m. ET: Apple has now published watchOS 27 Public Beta 4 (Build: 24R5353a). The original story follows below

After releasing developer betas 6 earlier today, Apple is now rolling out iOS 27 public beta 4, alongside corresponding updates for some of its other platforms. Here are the details.

Will Washington’s tech crackdown test fragile US-China truce?

SCMP | Aug. 18, 2026, 1:07 p.m. | Original

FCC restrictions on Chinese technology are challenging Beijing’s restraint as Trump and Xi prepare for an expected summit next month

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Technology has become an increasingly contested front in the strategic competition between the US and China. Photo: Reuters

Published: 1:07am, 19 Aug 2026 Updated: 1:55am, 19 Aug 2026

Ahead of next month’s expected summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Washington, a low profile US regulatory agency has opened a new front in the technology battle between the world’s

Thermal Grizzly now sells pre-delidded Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 for $1,403 with its own warranty

VideoCardz | Aug. 18, 2026, 1:07 p.m. | Original

Thermal Grizzly delids the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2

Thermal Grizzly has added AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 to its lineup of professionally delidded processors. The company is currently listing the CPU for $1,402.83 including VAT. Unlike a user-delidded processor, this version comes with a warranty provided by Thermal Grizzly.

AMD launched the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 in April at a $899 suggested price

FCC restrictions on Chinese technology are challenging Beijing’s restraint as Trump and Xi prepare for an expected summit next month

Thermal Grizzly delids the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2

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