Operating Systems

Xbox will soon support larger external hard drives than ever before
Members of the Xbox Insider Program can now use hard drives larger than 16TB, giving them vastly more storage space to keep even more games.
2025-01-22 14:57
Xbox is getting support for external hard drives even larger than 16GB soon
Members of the Xbox Insider Program can now use hard drives larger than 16GB, giving them vastly more storage space to keep even more games.
2025-01-22 14:56
Apple Miami Worldcenter store has ‘biophilic’ design, green creds, accessibility features
We’ve today been given a preview of the gorgeous new Apple Miami Worldcenter store ahead of its opening on Friday morning. The company has highlighted the store’s “biophilic” design, environmental credentials, accessibility features, and multic...
2025-01-22 14:53
Google brings 'Class tools' feature set for managed Chromebooks
Google has announced a new feature set called 'Class tools' for teachers to control managed Chromebooks. Read more...
2025-01-22 14:48
iOS 18.4 beta is coming soon, here’s when to expect it
Apple is wrapping up its iOS 18.3 beta cycle, and that means one important thing: iOS 18.4 beta 1 is coming soon. Here’s when to expect it to arrive. more…
2025-01-22 14:47
Microsoft quietly kills a neat Office Word feature
Quietly and without any announcements, Microsoft killed a neat Office Word feature that allowed users to look up word definitions. Read more...
2025-01-22 14:16
Arch Linux Installer Adds Wayfire As A Desktop Option, Btrfs Improvements
Archinstall 3.0.2 was just tagged as the newest version of this quick and easy, text-based installer for the Arch Linux operating system...
2025-01-22 14:10
Nvidia "expects" RTX 5090/5080 power connectors to not melt or burn thanks to new PCIe plug
Nvidia does not "expect" the upcoming RTX 5090 or 5080 GPUs to burn up and this is thanks to a new type of 12VHWPR PCIe power connector. Read more...
2025-01-22 14:00
Plex unveils all-new Apple TV app, now available in preview
Plex, the popular media server and streaming app, has a handful of announcements today. The service is adding new discovery and community features for all users and upgraded video streaming quality for Plex Pass users. Perhaps most notable for Apple us...
2025-01-22 14:00
Review: 'Final Fantasy VII Rebirth' returns on PC to help define another generation in what is again one of the best RPGs of its era
FF7 Rebirth review: Certain "open world" issues aside, the game successfully threads the needle of delivering for nostalgic fans while charting a new course to the future.
2025-01-22 14:00
The Havok Physics engine is making a pitch to developers in 2025; my bingo card was way off
Not only was I wrong to think this tech had long since been forgotten, but it's continuously improving.
2025-01-22 13:53
A free upgrade could let Philips Hue and other Zigbee bulbs act as motion sensors
Philips Hue and other smart bulbs based on the Zigbee standard could soon act as motion sensors without the need for any additional hardware. This would mean they could automatically switch on when someone enters a room without using a separate motion ...
2025-01-22 13:48
Google rolls out 'Face control' for Chromebook for a hands-free experience
Google announced that it has started rolling out the new Face Control feature for Chromebook owners with limited mobility. Read more...
2025-01-22 13:44
OpenAI unveils $500 billion Stargate project to emancipate its overreliance on Microsoft's infrastructure — as Elon Musk questions investor liquidity
OpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle, and President Trump unveil a $500 billion dubbed Stargate project to build massive data centers for AI advances in the United States.
2025-01-22 13:35
Samsung Galaxy S25 series gets 'unpacked' ahead of its official launch
Hours before the official Unpacked event goes live, some leakers have posted what seems to be real images of the actual Galaxy S25, S25+, and S25 Ultra. Read more...
2025-01-22 13:28
Free Software Foundation Marking 40 Years Old With A New Logo
In October it will mark 40 years since the Free Software Foundation (FSF) was founded by Richard Stallman. In marking forty years of supporting the free software movement, they have been running a logo contest to memorialize the milestone. Today that n...
2025-01-22 13:12
Oakley smart glasses coming this year; Meta glasses with display to cost $1k
If Ray-Ban Meta glasses are not your style, the company is expected to launch a pair of Oakley smart glasses later this year. These will likely mirror the functionality of Meta’s existing AI glasses, but with very different styling. The Oakley glass...
2025-01-22 13:08
iOS 18.2 enables real-time spam and scam blocking in Truecaller app
The Truecaller app has long been able to flag some incoming spam and scam phone calls, enabling you to reject them, but Apple privacy rules prevented the iOS version from working as effectively as the Android one. This means the iPhone would fail to id...
2025-01-22 12:33
Here's when Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Warzone Season 2 starts
The first season in Black Ops 6 and Warzone is almost complete, so here's when Season 2 gets underway.
2025-01-22 12:09
AMD Radeon On Linux 6.13 + Mesa 25.0-devel vs. NVIDIA R565 Linux Graphics/Gaming Performance
Ahead of the upcoming NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 series graphics "Blackwell" and the AMD Radeon RX 9070 series "RDNA4" later in the quarter, I figured it would be worthwhile having a dedicated article looking at the latest upstream Linux graphics/gaming per...
2025-01-22 12:00