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Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2's new "Enhanced" version just launched on more platforms — that includes PS5, believe it or not
Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 stood tall as one of the best Xbox games of 2024, and now it's on PS5 — with a free upgrade to the "Enhanced" version available on Xbox and PC.
2025-08-17 11:12
Nightdive and id Software are a match made in gaming heaven — As I play Heretic + Hexen, I'm hopeful for more remasters across Activision and Bethesda
Nightdive and id Software's collaborations set an industry standard for remasters, so I'm hopeful regarding what could be next.
2025-08-17 10:02
Hashtag Jakarta EE #294
Hashtag Jakarta EE #294 Welcome to issue number two hundred and ninety-four of Hashtag Jakarta EE! This is another short update due to the vacation period. After JCrete, I had a week of vacation where I was more or less totally off the grid. That also...
2025-08-17 09:59
UK government unveils new AI tools to cut public sector paperwork
The UK government has unveiled a new AI tool that aims to speed up hospital discharges to help clear up the backlog in the NHS. Read more...
2025-08-17 09:46
Microsoft Weekly: PowerToys updates, Microsoft Store updates, Windows updates, and more
This week's Microsoft Weekly news recap is here with new features for File Explorer, useful tweaks, details about the end of Edge support on Windows 10, and more. Read more...
2025-08-17 09:30
Linux 6.17-rc2 To Better Tune Attack Vector Controls For SRSO Mitigation
One of the new exciting security features with Linux 6.17 is Attack Vector Controls as a means of easier managing CPU security mitigations depending upon the system/server use-case. It drastically simplifies CPU security mitigation management for only ...
2025-08-17 09:23
Linux Merges Headset Detection Workaround For Framework 13 Ryzen AI 300 Series
Merged this week as part of the sound fixes for the Linux 6.17 cycle and now to be back-ported to the stable kernel versions is a headset detection fix/workaround for the Framework 13 Laptop powered by the AMD Ryzen AI 300 series...
2025-08-17 08:29
Scientists "break impossible Century-Old Physics Barrier" with this new research
Scientists have managed to "break a theoretically impossible century-old barrier" about a fundamental physics property. Read more...
2025-08-17 08:06
Top Senate Democrats raise alarms about selling AI chips to China 
Donald Trump's reversal on selling AI chips to China has raised national security concerns among top Senate Democrats. Read more...
2025-08-17 06:52
Shotcut 25.08 Brings More Bug Fixes To This Open-Source Video Editor
Released last month was Shotcut 25.07 with many improvements to this popular open-source and cross platform video editor. Released today was Shotcut 25.08 to provide more fixes atop that latest video editor release...
2025-08-17 05:24
iOS 26: Four new Safari features you may have missed
9to5Mac is brought to you by Incogni: Protect your personal info from prying eyes. With Incogni, you can scrub your deeply sensitive information from data brokers across the web, including people search sites. Incogni limits your phone number, addres...
2025-08-17 00:28
Star Citizen Alpha 4.3 lands with 100 mysterious Onyx Facilities for new mission chain
The new Alpha 4.3 update for Star Citizen is carrying over 100 abandoned research facilities for players to explore, solve puzzles at, and more. Read more...
2025-08-17 00:16
Deal alert: 75 years of MagellanTV is now a whopping 84% off
Subscribe to your new source of great documentaries with new weekly content, 4K videos, and ad-free streaming. Read more...
2025-08-17 00:00
Is now a good time to buy an Apple Watch?
Next month, Apple should be refreshing its entire Apple Watch lineup. It also recently reintroduced the Blood Oxygen feature that was previously missing from the , Series 10, and – so if you were someone who depended on that feature, there’s no lon...
2025-08-16 23:30
Microsoft Store application updates can no longer be disabled
We removed ads from OSNews. Donate to our fundraiser to ensure our future! One of the most hated “features” of Windows is its update system – it’s slow, error-prone, and most annoyingly of all, tends to interrupt users at the worst possible...
2025-08-16 23:24
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Microsoft Word for the PowerPC version of Windows NT uncovered and archived
We removed ads from OSNews. Donate to our fundraiser to ensure our future! We all know the earlier versions of Windows NT were available not only for x86, but also for MIPS, Alpha, and PowerPC (and there were unreleased ports to SPARC and Clipper)....
2025-08-16 22:50
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Guide: FreeBSD, KDE Plasma, and Wayland
We removed ads from OSNews. Donate to our fundraiser to ensure our future! But what if your friends and relatives are more interested in FreeBSD than Linux? Well, here we have a detailed guide to setting up a FreeBSD desktop using KDE Plasma and Wa...
2025-08-16 21:14
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Various desktop Linux tips for newcomers
We removed ads from OSNews. Donate to our fundraiser to ensure our future! It’s weekend, you might be visiting friends or relatives, and perhaps some of them are curious about switching away from Windows or macOS to Linux. There’s countless gui...
2025-08-16 21:06
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Fedora Copr Repository Offers XLibre Packages For Alternative X Server
While a proposal to replace the upstream X.Org Server with the XLibre fork was ultimately withdrawn prior to voting by the Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee (FESCo), a Fedora Copr repository has now surfaced for those wanting to try out this al...
2025-08-16 20:30
Security Bite: Mac.c is shaking up the macOS infostealer market, rivaling AMOS
9to5Mac Security Bite is exclusively brought to you by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform. Making Apple devices work-ready and enterprise-safe is all we do. Our unique integrated approach to management and security combines state-of-the-art Apple...
2025-08-16 20:30