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Dr. Tim King, the developer behind AmigaDOS and the Tripos operating system, has passed away. He made significant contributions to the Amiga's software history.

The Linux kernel community mourns the passing of longtime developer Dan Williams, known for his work on NVDIMM and his service on the Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board.

John C. Dvorak, a prominent tech journalist known for his columns in PC Magazine and InfoWorld and co-host of the No Agenda podcast, has died at age 80 from complications of heart bypass surgery.

John C. Dvorak, pioneering technology journalist and podcaster, has passed away.

Professor Emeritus Dimitri Bertsekas, a pioneering computer scientist known for his work in optimization, reinforcement learning, and AI, and author of over 20 influential books, has passed away at age 83.

Wally Funk, the last surviving member of the Mercury 13 program and the oldest woman to fly in space, has died at age 87. She was a pioneering aviator and flight instructor who later flew on Blue Origin's New Shepard in 2021.

John Gruber pays tribute to his late friend Om Malik, a renowned tech journalist and investor, remembering his kindness, sharp analysis, and enduring presence at Apple events.

Om Malik, a pioneering tech journalist and founder of Gigaom, has passed away, prompting an outpouring of tributes from colleagues, friends, and readers who remember his insight, generosity, and impact on the tech community.

A personal tribute to Om Malik, a renowned tech journalist and founder, reflecting on his mentorship and impact on the author's life.

A tribute to Tony Krueger, the Microsoft developer who pioneered the red and green squiggly underlines for spell and grammar checking in Word, a feature now ubiquitous in word processors.

François Englert, the Belgian theoretical physicist who co-discovered the Higgs mechanism, has passed away at age 93. His work, along with Robert Brout and Peter Higgs, led to the discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012 and the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2013.

Claude Guillemot, co-founder of Ubisoft, died in a plane crash.

Bobby Prince, the composer for classic video games Doom, Wolfenstein 3D, and Duke Nukem 3D, has passed away.

Aleksandr Samokutyaev, a Russian cosmonaut and former ISS crew member, has died at age 56, becoming the first former ISS crew member to die. He flew on two missions and performed two spacewalks.

Pioneering Australian melanoma doctor Richard Scolyer has died at 59 after undergoing a world-first experimental immunotherapy treatment for glioblastoma. His work with Georgina Long dramatically improved survival rates for advanced melanoma patients.

Cleve Moler, cofounder of MathWorks and creator of MATLAB, passed away at age 86. His contributions to numerical computing, including LINPACK and EISPACK, profoundly impacted science and engineering.

Peter Neumann, a pioneering computer security researcher and Multics contributor, has passed away at a hospital in Santa Clara due to complications from a fall and surgery.

Peter Salus, author of 'A Quarter Century of Unix' and a key figure in Unix history, has passed away on May 15.