Operating Systems

Is this Windows 11 'bug' the feature we've been waiting for? Say goodbye to Copilot (for now)
Copilot vanishes from some Windows 11 PCs after an update. Microsoft says it's a bug, but users might have a different opinion.
2025-03-17 13:57
Our Apple Intelligence privacy reports are empty – how about yours? [Poll]
Apple handles AI tasks on-device wherever possible, but where more power is needed it can call on Apple Intelligence servers, aka Private Cloud Compute (PCC). If you want to see exactly what data has been sent to PCC, you can call up privacy reports on...
2025-03-17 13:55
NETGEAR Nighthawk 6-Stream Dual-Band Wi-Fi 6 router drops to its lowest price once again
The NETGEAR Nighthawk 6-Stream Dual-Band Wi-Fi 6 Router (RAX54S) is once again back to its lowest price. Read more...
2025-03-17 13:32
Audi A6 Avant E-Tron gets Car Key support; coming to Porsche EVs next
The Audi A6 Avant E-Tron is the first of the company’s cars to support Car Key – and a shared platform means we can also be confident it’s coming soon to some Porsche EVs. Audi hasn’t yet formally announced Car Key support for its latest statio...
2025-03-17 13:05
Big Rust Update Merged For GCC 15 - Lands The Polonius Borrow Checker
Some 145 patches for the Rust "gccrs" front-end were posted today and subsequently merged to GCC Git ahead of the upcoming GCC 15.1 stable release...
2025-03-17 13:05
New Qualcomm Snapdragon G Series chips will power upcoming handhelds — One looks like a Nintendo Switch that can turn into a DS
Qualcomm has announced its three new Snapdragon G Series chips for Android handhelds. Here is info and specs for each one.
2025-03-17 13:04
New Qualcomm Snapdragon G Series chips will power upcoming handhelds — I've never seen anything quite like this one
Qualcomm has announced its three new Snapdragon G Series chips for Android handhelds. Here is info and specs for each one.
2025-03-17 13:04
I picked 7 of the best Microsoft games of all time to celebrate its 50th anniversary — disagree with these classics if you dare
Microsoft is turning 50, so I decided to rank the top seven most influential Microsoft video games of the past five decades. Let's see if you agree with me.
2025-03-17 13:00
I ranked 7 of the best Microsoft games of all time to celebrate its 50th anniversary — disagree with these classics if you dare
Microsoft is turning 50, so I decided to rank the top seven most influential Microsoft video games of the past five decades. Let's see if you agree with me.
2025-03-17 13:00
Apple could mitigate the Siri crisis with one simple move
The Siri crisis is showing no sign of ending, with a blistering attack by a high-profile commenter, and even senior Apple execs admitting that the delayed features are embarrassing. At this point, there isn’t anything Apple can do to completely recov...
2025-03-17 12:15
Report: iPhone sales at risk, but Apple’s first foldable in 2026 will change that
Apple has been rumored to be working on new foldable devices, which will be a first for the Cupertino-based company. A new report by analyst Jeff Pu of GF Securities not only corroborates the launch of Apple’s first foldable in 2026, but suggests tha...
2025-03-17 11:46
I thought coding was dead after Anthropic's CEO claimed that AI may take over within 12 months — I was wrong, and AI thinks so, too
Cursor AI refused to generate code for the racing game, recommending manual coding as the best option. It indicated AI-generated code robs users of the opportunity to learn, leading to an unhealthy dependency on AI tools.
2025-03-17 11:20
Secret court hearing on iCloud encryption underway amid demands to make it public
A secret court hearing on iCloud encryption began on Friday, amid calls in both the UK and US to make the proceedings public. The British government is demanding that Apple create backdoor access, not just for the personal data of British citizens, bu...
2025-03-17 11:19
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D Linux Performance
Last week AMD began shipping the Ryzen 9 9900X3D and Ryzen 9 9950X3D Zen 5 3D V-Cache desktop processors. We delivered Ryzen 9 9950X3D benchmarks and review for launch day but AMD sadly didn't seed any review samples of the 12-core Ryzen 9 9900X3D proc...
2025-03-17 11:00
Ex-OpenAI founder claims 99.9% of web content will be AI-optimized — Was Bill Gates right about AI replacing humans?
Andrej Karpathy predicts that 99.9% of content will be tailored for large language models (LLMs).
2025-03-17 10:59
Microsoft pauses the rollout of updated context menus for Windows 11 insiders
Microsoft is no longer offering updated context menus for Windows 11 insiders. However, it also added some previously unannounced stuff to the latest release notes. Read more...
2025-03-17 10:52
Intel XeSS SDK 2.0.1 Published With New XeSS 2 Features, Still Closed-Source
The Intel XeSS SDK 2.0.1 was published today to GitHub as their first XeSS 2.0 release being available there and their first released version since the XeSS SDK 1.3.1 update from last July. While on GitHub, the XeSS SDK remains closed-source and Window...
2025-03-17 09:57
Debian 12.10 now available with latest patches rolled into ISO
The Debian project has announced the availability of Debian 12.10. This is not a major update, but it is useful if you download Debian to install on a PC, as you don't have to install extra updates. Read more...
2025-03-17 09:24
Raspberry Pi RP2350 Now Available For Purchase, Stacked Memory Variant Coming Soon
Raspberry Pi last year announced the RP2350 second-generation micro-controller that debuted within their $5 Raspberry Pi Pico 2 single board computer. Today they announced the RP2350 micro-controller is now available to purchase for your own micro-cont...
2025-03-17 08:49
FFmpeg Lands Vulkan Improvements With Initial FFV1 Vulkan Decoder
FFmpeg developer Lynne has landed a number of Vulkan Video improvements today into FFmpeg Git. In addition, there is now an FFV1 Vulkan-based decoder...
2025-03-17 08:00