Microsoft plans to revamp Recall in Windows 11 with these new features
Windows Recall is gaining some interesting new features designed to enhance privacy and usability on Windows 11.
2025-07-05 12:00
DXVK 2.7 Released With Many Improvements & Better Support On Newer Intel GPUs
DXVK 2.7 released today as a major feature update for this translation layer for enabling Direct3D 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 based games and applications to run atop the Vulkan API. DXVK is a critical piece of Valve's Steam Play (Proton) software stack for enabl...
2025-07-05 11:45
Taiwan NSB Alerts Public on Data Risks from TikTok, Weibo, and RedNote Over China Ties
Taiwan's National Security Bureau (NSB) has warned that China-developed applications like RedNote (aka Xiaohongshu), Weibo, TikTok, WeChat, and Baidu Cloud pose security risks due to excessive data collection and data transfer to China. The alert comes...
2025-07-05 11:42
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Alert: Exposed JDWP Interfaces Lead to Crypto Mining, Hpingbot Targets SSH for DDoS
Threat actors are weaponizing exposed Java Debug Wire Protocol (JDWP) interfaces to obtain code execution capabilities and deploy cryptocurrency miners on compromised hosts. "The attacker used a modified version of XMRig with a hard-"coded configuratio...
2025-07-05 11:14
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Xbox layoffs and game cuts wreak havoc on talented developers and the company's future portfolio — Weekend discussion 💬
It's unfortunate, but the Microsoft and Xbox layoffs, cuts, and cancellations have dominated the week's news cycle. But we want to hear your opinions.
2025-07-05 11:13
Apple @ Work: Macs have never been more expensive to repair, but never been more reliable
Apple @ Work is exclusively brought to you by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform. Mosyle is the only solution that integrates in a single professional-grade platform all the solutions necessary to seamlessly and automatically deploy, manage & prot...
2025-07-05 11:00
Log your weight in Apple Health quickly and cheaply with this iPhone-compatible smart scale
After my last WiFi-enabled smart scale broke and refused to connect to the Internet anymore, I sought something simpler and cheaper to replace it. The old scale had all sorts of fancy service integrations that I never used. I just wanted something that...
2025-07-05 09:53
Weekend PC Game Deals: Ongoing summer sales and fresh bundles
This weekend's PC game deals include fresh giveaways from the Epic Store and more bundles to peruse, as well as plenty of ongoing summer sale promos. Read more...
2025-07-05 09:30
SUSE's Agama Installer Switches From X.Org To Wayland For Installation GUI
SUSE developers working on their new operating system installer "Agama" have been making steady progress and on Friday debuted Agama 16. With Agama 16 they have moved from X.Org to Wayland for powering their installer UI along with a number of other ch...
2025-07-05 09:12
Fedora 43 GNU & LLVM 21 Toolchain Updates Planned
It shouldn't be particularly surprising as Fedora Linux has always been known for shipping with a leading-edge compiler toolchain, but the formalities have now been submitted for Fedora 43 to ship with the latest GNU and LLVM toolchain components...
2025-07-05 09:00
KDE is fixing blurry screens by snapping almost-1x scale factors back to 1x on Wayland
The KDE team just dropped their weekly update, with bug fixes for Plasma 6.4.2, upcoming scaling tweaks in 6.4.3, and a bunch more improvements. Read more...
2025-07-05 08:36
NVIDIA is full of shit
Since the disastrous launch of the RTX 50 series, NVIDIA has been unable to escape negative headlines: scalper bots are snatching GPUs away from consumers before official sales even begin, power connectors continue to melt, with no fix in sight, market...
2025-07-05 07:18
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KB5001716: Microsoft stops stealthily upgrading Windows 11/10 PCs automatically
Microsoft promises it has stopped automatically downloading and installing feature updates on Windows 11 and 10 PCs via the KB5001716 update it sneakily installs on your system. Read more...
2025-07-05 07:00
Redox gets network booting, work on UNIX domain sockets continues
Redox continues to make progress, and as another month has passed us by, it’s time for another monthly update. This past month, the focus has been on UNIX domain sockets, which are needed for Redox’ goal of running Wayland. As we continue to move f...
2025-07-05 06:58
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Is an Intel N100 a better value than a Raspberry Pi?
All of this to say: value is complicated. The Pi 5 is much more compact and slightly more power efficient (especially at idle) compared to the cheapest N1XX Intel systems. The Intel systems are better suited for a desktop use case. The Pi 5 can be ru...
2025-07-05 06:48
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Intel Wildcat Lake HID Support & Dell + ASUS Additions Ahead Of Linux 6.16-rc5
Ahead of the Linux 6.16-rc5 kernel expected to be released tomorrow, a round of x86 platform driver updates were merged this week with several fixes as well as some new device additions...
2025-07-05 06:41
GNOME's Glycin Continues Being Built Out, Papers Ready For Document Viewing
It was another exciting week in the GNOME space to kick off July...
2025-07-05 06:27
KDE Working On New Virtual Keyboard, Many Plasma Improvements Kick Off July
KDE developer Nate Graham is out with his usual weekly summary to highlight all of the interesting Plasma desktop developments for the past week...
2025-07-05 06:13
Tone-deaf Xbox executive urges laid off employees to talk to Copilot for emotional support
Following 9,000 layoffs, a seemingly tone-deaf Xbox executive has recommended those impacted to turn to AI tools like Copilot for emotional clarity. Read more...
2025-07-05 04:36