Operating Systems

UK partners with Google Cloud to ditch legacy IT and upskill 100,000 civil servants
The UK government and Google Cloud have launched a partnership to help modernize the IT systems of the public sector. It'll help reduce the shocking number of PCs running legacy software. Read more...
2025-07-09 09:20
Musk disables Grok's text generation after 'anti-woke' chatbot praises Hitler
Grok is once again in the spotlight for the wrong reasons. The LLM chatbot has been temporarily stripped of its text capabilities on X after it praised Hitler. Read more...
2025-07-09 09:04
Sam Altman admits current computers were designed for an AI-free world — but OpenAI's fundamentally new type will make the AI revolution "transcendentally good"
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently hinted that the company might be developing a new type of computer, poised to make the AI revolution "transcendentally good."
2025-07-09 09:00
Sam Altman admits current computers were designed for an AI-free world — but OpenAI's new type of computer will make the AI revolution "transcendentally good"
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently hinted that the company might be developing a new type of computer, poised to make the AI revolution "transcendentally good."
2025-07-09 09:00
You can get a Snapdragon X-powered laptop for under $500 right now — a low I didn't think we'd see this Prime Day week
I've been waiting to see how low Snapdragon X powered laptops get this Amazon Prime Day week, and it just crossed under the $500 line. I don't think we'll see a Snapdragon X laptop for cheaper than this deal.
2025-07-09 08:59
Holy smokes! You can get a Snapdragon X-powered AI laptop for only $480 right now — a low price I didn't think we'd see this soon
I've been waiting to see how low Snapdragon X powered laptops get this Amazon Prime Day week, and it just crossed under the $500 line. I don't think we'll see a Snapdragon X laptop for cheaper than this deal.
2025-07-09 08:59
Intel SR-IOV Support Ready For Panther Lake Graphics But Some Current Platforms Left Behind
Intel discontinued Graphics Virtualization Technology (GVT-G) support several generations ago in favor of supporting SR-IOV for graphics virtualization with Iris Xe and newer integrated/discrete graphics hardware. But with the transition as well from t...
2025-07-09 08:58
Apple reportedly eyeing to outbid ESPN for U.S. Formula 1 TV rights
After the massive success of its hit F1 movie starring Brad Pitt, Apple now wants the U.S. rights to Formula 1 broadcasting. Read more...
2025-07-09 08:18
Microsoft Teams gets threads and a rather weird new feature
Microsoft has finally brought a threaded view to channels, which works similar to Slack and Discord. There is also a rather weird enhancement related to the use of emoji. Read more...
2025-07-09 07:40
2TB Crucial X9 external SSD for just $103 makes it hard to resist on Amazon Prime Day
Crucial X9 external SSD is only $103 for the 2TB model which makes it one of its lowest ever prices. Grab the deal before it's gone. Read more...
2025-07-09 07:12
All of the best Apple Prime Day deals now live
Amazon’s with massive price drops and new all-time lows on many of Apple’s latest and most beloved releases. More specifically, we are talking about the lowest prices ever on AirPods Pro 2 and , alongside new all-time low pricing across the iPad mi...
2025-07-09 07:01
PowerVR Vulkan Driver Enhancements Merged Ahead Of Mesa 25.2
The Mesa 25.2 code is expected to be branched next week to kick off the release process for this quarter's iteration of open-source OpenGL and Vulkan drivers. As such, there's going to be a mad dash over the next week to land lingering features and oth...
2025-07-09 06:57
Samsung's alternative to Android Auto may be called Auto DeX
A fresh leak offers a glimpse into its Android Auto alternative, called Auto DeX, which may work even if your car doesn't support it. Read more...
2025-07-09 06:56
Microsoft sees its carbon emissions soar on an 168% glut in AI energy demand, "we recognize that we must also bring more carbon-free electricity onto the grids."
Microsoft's pledge to go carbon neutral by 2030 has hit an AI-shaped snag, as the firm's hunger for cloud growth impacts emissions targets.
2025-07-09 06:48
Microsoft sees its carbon emissions soar on a 168% glut in AI energy demand, "we recognize that we must also bring more carbon-free electricity onto the grids."
Microsoft's pledge to go carbon neutral by 2030 has hit an AI-shaped snag, as the firm's hunger for cloud growth impacts emissions targets.
2025-07-09 06:48
Microsoft is working on AI-powered dynamic desktop backgrounds in Windows 11
Microsoft is seemingly implementing dynamic desktop backgrounds powered by AI in Windows 11, but it's unclear how they will function. Read more...
2025-07-09 06:44
Google Developing Skia "Graphite" For Faster Chrome: Multi-Threaded + Modern Graphics APUs
Google yesterday lifted the lid on their work around Skia "Graphite" as a new rasterization back-end designed for modern graphics APIs like Vulkan and supporting multi-threading by default. Skia Graphite aims to deliver much better performance within t...
2025-07-09 06:40
Google Developing Skia "Graphite" For Faster Chrome: Multi-Threaded + Modern Graphics APIs
Google yesterday lifted the lid on their work around Skia "Graphite" as a new rasterization back-end designed for modern graphics APIs like Vulkan and supporting multi-threading by default. Skia Graphite aims to deliver much better performance within t...
2025-07-09 06:40
Microsoft Surface Pro (2024) 13-inch OLED is $455 off for Prime Day
It's the second day of the four-day Amazon Prime Day event. We have found for you the Microsoft Surface Pro 2-in-1 (2024) at its lowest price with a bigger discount for Prime members. Read more...
2025-07-09 06:34
Microsoft's Azure Linux 3.0.20250702 Brings Many Security Fixes
Microsoft released Azure Linux 3.0.20250702 on Tuesday as the newest monthly update to this in-house Linux distribution used throughout the company and by external parties...
2025-07-09 06:32