Operating Systems

Dummy models reveal new iPhone 17 lineup details: Incredibly thin Air, thicker Pro, more
Thanks to Apple leaker Sonny Dickson, we now have our first look at some dummy models for the iPhone 17 lineup. These dummy models highlight a number of things: new camera bump designs across the Air and Pro models, MagSafe support across the whole lin...
2025-03-16 14:51
Report: Apple considered removing USB-C port from iPhone 17 Air, more
According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, iPhone 17 Air will feature a number of features from the iPhone 16 Pro, including Camera Control and ProMotion. Rumors have long suggested that the entire iPhone 17 lineup would feature ProMotion, but it wasn’t...
2025-03-16 13:43
DXVK-NVAPI 0.9 Brings New Features For NVIDIA GPUs With Valve's Steam Play
Following the DXVK 2.6 release from a few days ago for Direct3D 8/9/10/11 atop Vulkan and ahead of the upcoming Proton 10.0 release for further enhancing Valve's Steam Play, out today is DXVK-NVAPI 0.9 as the NVIDIA NVAPI integration for use with DXVK...
2025-03-16 13:41
I tried adding Razer's latest smart home lights to my setup, but I'm not as sold on these standing light bars
The Razer Gamer Room is now a little bigger with the Aether Standing Light Bars, but their hollow construction and growing port/outlet requirements put me off.
2025-03-16 13:00
I tried Razer's impressive "Aether" RGB lights in my gaming setup, but I still have some concerns
The Razer Gamer Room is now a little bigger with the Aether Standing Light Bars, but their hollow construction and growing port/outlet requirements put me off.
2025-03-16 13:00
Razer Aether Standing Light Bars review: Impressive in my gaming setup, but I still have some concerns
The Razer Gamer Room is now a little bigger with the Aether Standing Light Bars, but their hollow construction and growing port/outlet requirements put me off.
2025-03-16 13:00
Gurman: Apple working on multiple versions of second generation Studio Display
According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is potentially working on a third generation, codenamed J527. This would be a version ahead of the already rumored second generation Studio Display, which is codenamed J427 – but feature advantages of the...
2025-03-16 12:37
Xbox Gaming Handheld details emerge as millions of soon-to-be stuck Windows 10 PCs get an unlikely savior in ChromeOS and Microsoft prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary
A new Xbox gaming handheld is in the works, millions of Windows 10 PCs face an uncertain future, and Microsoft prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary.
2025-03-16 11:03
Arm Changing Linux Default To Costly "KPTI" Mitigation For Some Newer CPUs
For some newer Arm core designs, Arm is changing the Linux kernel to defaulting to enabling Kernel Page Table Isolation "KPTI" if not running on a new firmware version in order to properly mitigate a recently disclosed CPU security issue. This change h...
2025-03-16 10:38
Huawei Matebook E Go Laptops To Be Better Supported With Linux 6.15
For those that happen to have a Huawei Matebook E Go 2-in-1 laptop or have been considering these ARM laptops, the upcoming Linux 6.15 kernel will be better supporting these devices thanks to a new driver set to be merged...
2025-03-16 10:18
China, Rocket Lab, and SpaceX prepare for lots of satellite launches - TWIRL #205 
We have a decent number of launches coming up this week with a heavy focus on launching satellites to space. China, Rocket Lab, and SpaceX all have missions coming up. Read more...
2025-03-16 09:30
4TB Seagate IronWolf CMR NAS HDD is available at a great price on Amazon
Amazon is currently offering the 4TB variant of the Seagate IronWolf CMR NAS HDD at a great price with 19% off its original MSRP. Read more...
2025-03-16 09:16
Microsoft Weekly: New features for Notepad, Xbox handheld, fresh builds, and more
Fresh Notepad and Snipping Tool features, the long-expected Xbox handheld, plenty of new Windows preview builds, and more in this week's Microsoft Weekly news recap. Read more...
2025-03-16 09:00
Linux 6.14-rc7 To Support A Few More Gaming Controllers
Ahead of the Linux 6.14-rc7 kernel release later today, a set of input subsystem updates were merged overnight that add in support for a few more gaming controllers...
2025-03-16 07:01
One Line Of Code Optimizes F2FS Performance For Small Multi-Threaded Writes
An SK engineer has posted a Flash-Friendly File-System (F2FS) driver optimization for Linux that one line of code changed is helping with performance especially for multi-threaded workloads involving small writes to SSD storage...
2025-03-16 06:38
Linux Kernel's Rust Support Being Expanded To HID Drivers
A set of patches were posted to the Linux kernel mailing list this week that are working on initial Rust programming language abstractions for enabling HID device driver development...
2025-03-16 06:27
Debian Med Sprint in Berlin
Debian Med sprint in Berlin on 15 and 16 February The Debian Med team works on software packages that are associated with medicine, pre-clinical research, and life sciences, and makes them available for the Debian distribution. Seven Debian developers ...
2025-03-16 00:00
"Open source Windows" ReactOS finally has an update, and it's not that good
ReacOS, the "open source Windows" project has finally received an update after more than a year. The devs suggest we will soon be getting more. Read more...
2025-03-15 22:46
Microsoft: Windows 11 March 2025 update bug deletes Copilot app, unpins from the taskbar
Microsoft confirms Windows 11 March 2025 update bug deletes Copilot app, unpins from the taskbar. Offers fix. The post Microsoft: Windows 11 March 2025 update bug deletes Copilot app, unpins from the taskbar appeared first on Windows Latest
2025-03-15 22:00
Microsoft: Windows 11 & 10 KB5053598 / KB5053602 / KB5053606 uninstall Copilot automatically
Microsoft has confirmed that the latest Patch Tuesday updates on Windows 11 and 10 uninstall the Copilot app automatically. A workaround has been issued. Read more...
2025-03-15 21:30