Google updates Display Ads with broader reach, creative tools and greater consumer relevance
Google unveils major updates to its Display Ads platform, expanding reach, creative options, and quality controls for advertisers, with a promise of a more relevant experience for consumers. Read more...
2025-03-01 10:22
The Xbox TV show everyone loves to hate on is now available on Netflix
Halo, the Xbox game turned into a TV show, is now available to watch on Netflix, marking the first time it has broken free of its Paramount+ exclusivity.
2025-03-01 10:00
Microsoft Edge Dev gets improved tab grouping and various fixes
This week's Microsoft Edge Dev update brings better tab groups, fixes for browser crashes, and other improvements. Read more...
2025-03-01 09:46
Weekend PC Game Deals: Ubisoft specials, a massive charity bundle, and more
This weekend's PC game deals include a massive charity bundle with over 400 indie games to grab, a magic-filled freebie to claim, major publisher promotions, and much more. Read more...
2025-03-01 09:30
AMD Readies More Graphics Driver Improvements For Linux 6.15
Last week AMD sent out a big batch of new graphics driver code for Linux 6.15 including new GPU support, OEM i2c support for RGB lighting and other features, and other updates. Another round of AMDGPU/AMDKFD feature code targeting the upcoming Linux 6....
2025-03-01 08:45
Microsoft explains how Windows 11/10 Update can now reliably update PowerShell installs
Microsoft has explained how its Microsoft Update service will now be able to deliver PowerShell updates in a reliable way. Read more...
2025-03-01 08:40
Microsoft Edge reaches new all-time high desktop market share
According to the latest findings, Microsoft Edge has reached a new all-time high desktop market share. However, Chrome is still light years away. Read more...
2025-03-01 08:24
Windows 11 becomes more popular as the end of Windows 10 gets closer
With the end of Windows 10 support being only seven months away, Windows 11 is reaching a new all-time high market share. In some countries, it is now the most popular Windows version. Read more...
2025-03-01 07:54
Intel Core 2 CPUs Have Been Affected By An Annoying Linux Kernel Bug For 5+ Years
A fix was merged to the Linux 6.14 kernel on Friday -- and also for back-porting to existing Linux stable kernels over the coming days -- for fixing an annoying problem with Intel Core 2 processors. The problem, which was introduced to the Linux kernel...
2025-03-01 06:41
NVIDIA Blackwell, Continued AMD Zen 5 Benchmarking & Rust Drama Dominated February
While a shorter month, there were still 263 original articles published on Phoronix during February. A lot of exciting hardware in the lab to notable open-source milestones and interesting kernel developments made for an interesting month besides the u...
2025-03-01 06:38
GNOME's Mutter Now Supports The Wayland Cursor Shape Protocol
Racing toward the GNOME 48 finish line, developers have remained busy squeezing some remaining bits into place for this big open-source desktop release...
2025-03-01 06:26
KDE Developers Begin More Feature Work On Plasma 6.4
With the Plasma 6.3 desktop settling down and the early bugs being addressed, KDE developers have begun spending more time on feature work toward the Plasma 6.4 release...
2025-03-01 06:12
Microsoft wants you on AES as Windows 11 24H2, Server 2025 ditches ancient DES encryption
Microsoft is killing DES encryption on Windows 11 24H2 and Windows Server 2025 very soon and is recommending users to move to AES. Read more...
2025-03-01 06:06
9to5Rewards: MacBook Pro giveaway & Chargeasap Flash Pro Ultra deal
Together with Chargeasap, we’re giving away Apple’s latest MacBook Pro to one reader this month to kick off the launch of the company’s new Flash Pro Ultra, the world’s first dual OLED 275W powerbank. Keep reading to learn more about the new Fl...
2025-03-01 01:37
9to5Rewards: MacBook Pro giveaway & Chargeasap Flash Pro Ultra deal [Sponsored]
Together with Chargeasap, we’re giving away Apple’s latest MacBook Pro to one reader this month to kick off the launch of the company’s new Flash Pro Ultra, the world’s first dual OLED 275W powerbank. Keep reading to learn more about the new Fl...
2025-03-01 01:37
TrapC proposal to fix C/C++ memory safety
TrapC, a fork of the C language, is being developed as a potential solution for memory safety issues that have hindered the C and C++ languages. TrapC is a proposed C-language extension compiler intended to be implemented as a cybersecurity compiler f...
2025-02-28 23:33
Azure DevOps Basic usage included with GitHub Enterprise
Many customers want to use both GitHub and Azure DevOps together. Until now, unless you purchased Visual Studio subscriptions with GitHub Enterprise, you had to pay separately for both products. With the Sprint 252 release, Azure DevOps Basic usage rig...
2025-02-28 23:09
An update on our Terms of Use
On Wednesday we shared that we’re introducing a new Terms of Use (TOU) and Privacy Notice for Firefox. Since then, we’ve been listening to some of our community’s concerns with parts of the TOU, specifically about licensing. Our intent was just t...
2025-02-28 23:09
Instagram delays launch of new CapCut competitor app ‘Edits’
Instagram last month announced Edits, a new video editor app for mobile platforms that aims to compete with CapCut (owned by ByteDance, which is behind TikTok). Although Meta promised to launch the new app on March 13, it now appears that it will be re...
2025-02-28 22:33