Benchmark test results from Phoronix show KDE Plasma 6.6 consistently outperforming GNOME 50 on Ubuntu 26.04 while using both AMD and Nvidia graphics cards. While these results could vary based on distro and hardware, gamers might want to opt for KDE over GNOME as the desktop environment for their next Linux gaming PC.
It’s still using Meta’s Private Processing AI setup to avoid sharing the content of your messages to anyone, even Meta. Other new features announced Thursday include AI image editing directly in chats, improved cross-platform chat transfers, and the option to have two WhatsApp accounts logged in on the same device on iOS.
As part of a deal announced in January, Apple reportedly has ‘complete access’ to Gemini in its data centers, according to The Information. That includes the option to use Gemini to train “student” AI models via distillation that could be specially-tuned for Apple’s devices and require less computing power.
[The Information]
