ARM64

Brave Software has announced that Brave Browser for Windows now runs natively on the ARM64 architecture. It means that the web browser should now require fewer resources to run, resulting in improved battery life and faster system performance, and run more smoothly on devices with ARM chipsets, such as the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3, Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3, and Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2, compared to before. From what we could gather, the company is offering this improvement with the latest version of the web browser, which…

A large downside to Windows PCs with Arm64 processors like Microsoft's own Surface Pro 9 5G has been a lack of native support for Chrome, the world's most popular browser. Now, Google has finally released a Chrome Canary beta version that fully supports the Arm64 architecture, Windows Central has reported.The new version should significantly accelerate Chrome performance on Arm64 PCs, negating the need to run Chrome in emulation mode. The download can be installed on PCs running recent versions of Windows 11 for Arm…

Seamlessly switch between arm64 and x86_64 Python dependencies on M1 Apple SiliconPhoto by Laura Ockel on UnsplashThe release of the M1 Apple Silicon in the new MacBook Pros can be considered one of the biggest generational leaps in chip technology. The new M1 chip, with the improved power and compute efficiency, is based on the arm64 architecture which is unlike previous generations’ Intel x86_64 chips.While the change have caused many compatibility issues, the M1 chip boasts significantly higher single- and multi-thread…

Microsoft could release the next big Windows 11 update, version 22H2 next month. Ahead of it, the tech giant Wednesday started rolling out a preview build 25182 of Windows 11. The update comes with an updated Camera app with a version number of 2022.2207.29.0 that brings native Arm64 support and a new privacy feature. With the latest update, the camera can understand the state of the privacy shutter on the supported hardware. This can detect and notify the user if the camera is inaccessible or if anything is disabling the…

Getty ImagesMicrosoft has rolled out the Windows 11 Insider Preview build 25182 to testers on the Dev Channel with updates to the Camera app, a minor update for the Microsoft Store, and a larger array of fixes across the OS. With this build, the Windows 11 Camera app is gaining awareness of the status of the privacy shutter on supported hardware, which includes Microsoft's Modern Webcam and integrated devices on laptops like HP's Spectre x360 16 and Dell's latest Latitude 9420 and 5420. Automatically sliding camera…

A Linux OS and Nintendo Switch enthusiast has mind-melded the two disparate systems to create Horizon Linux. In brief, a Redditor by the name of Kent J Hall has patched the Arm64 Linux kernel to run Nintendo Switch games natively. Hall stresses this isn’t an attempt to recreate Nintendo’s Horizon OS, and it isn’t meant to run on Switch hardware – rather the project simply hopes to make Switch games on any Arm64 hardware platform.After a false start or two, Hall decided to spend a chunk of his free time on the Horizon…