Operating Systems

Apple confirms ‘Invites’ app and iCloud+ feature, here’s how it works [Video]
Update: Officially announced and now available on the App Store. The stage is set for “Apple Invites” to arrive at any point now. The new feature first revealed by 9to5Mac has now been named on Apple’s iCloud website. 9to5Mac has also learned muc...
2025-02-04 15:48
I’d love to see the MacBook Air copy these four Zenbook features
After I commented on the ASUS Zenbook A14 not only emulating the look of the MacBook Air, but exceeding its specs in several respects, I got the chance to spend some time using the machine. While I’m certainly not going to be making the switch from m...
2025-02-04 15:48
Australia bans DeepSeek on government devices citing 'unacceptable security risk'
Australia bans DeepSeek AI chatbot on government devices over security risks, mirroring concerns that led to the TikTok ban. Read more...
2025-02-04 15:42
Firefox 135 is out with credit card autofill, translation improvements, and more
Firefox 135 is now available. It is a big release with new features like credit card autofill, translation improvements, and other changes. Read more...
2025-02-04 15:26
An Early Performance Regression Hitting Highly Threaded Workloads On Linux 6.14-rc1
With Linux 6.14-rc1 released I have begun trying out the new development kernel on a few systems locally. At least for high core count hardware tested thus far, Linux 6.14 at the moment during this early testing phase is sporting some performance regre...
2025-02-04 15:20
Xbox Game Pass is getting Obsidian's Avowed, another EA sports game, and more
Obsidian Entertainment's RPG Avowed, EA's Madden NFL 25, and more games are coming to Xbox Game Pass soon.
2025-02-04 15:13
Twitterrific team launches new ‘Tapestry’ iPhone app for Bluesky, Mastodon, RSS, more
The Iconfactory, makers of the now-discontinued Twitterrific app, have today launched the spiritual successor to their Twitter client. Tapestry pulls together feeds from Bluesky, Mastodon, RSS, YouTube, and more into a single timeline. more…
2025-02-04 15:04
Avowed, Madden NFL 25, and more arrive to Xbox Game Pass in February
Xbox Game Pass subscribers have plenty of new games to play this February, with Microsoft unveiling Obsidian's Avowed, EA's latest Madden entry, and more for the service this month. Read more...
2025-02-04 14:48
For $5, Adobe’s Acrobat AI assistant will check your contracts before you sign them
Adobe’s Acrobat AI assistant has long had the ability to summarize documents for you, but it now claims to be able to help you make sense of contracts – and catch discrepancies between them … more…
2025-02-04 14:32
China launches antitrust probe against Google in retaliation for US tariffs
China escalates trade tensions with the US, launching an antitrust probe into Google and adding American companies PVH and Illumina to its "unreliable entity" list. Read more...
2025-02-04 14:32
Firefox 136 Beta Finally Enables Hardware Video Decoding For AMD GPUs On Linux By Default
With Firefox 135 released, Firefox 136 is now in beta. Most notable with this next iteration of the Mozilla Firefox web browser is finally enabling hardware video acceleration by default for AMD GPUs on Linux...
2025-02-04 14:04
I tested an upgradeable mini PC that handles my daily Windows 11 workload and cloud gaming for under $500
The Geekom A6 mini PC features an AMD Ryzen CPU, Radeon graphics, 32GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD. It's a fantastic device that costs under $500.
2025-02-04 14:00
Grubhub security breach exposed customer and driver data, says company
A Grubhub security breach has exposed personal data for both customers and drivers, says the company, after an “incident” involving a third-party contractor. The company has not revealed the exact scale of the security fail, but has admitted that t...
2025-02-04 13:38
This forgotten Windows 11 feature is about to get some love from Microsoft
Windows 11 will soon support customizing which widgets appear on a PC's lock screen.
2025-02-04 13:33
You'll care about these 7 big changes coming to Windows 11 in 2025 — here's what to expect
Microsoft is working on several new features for Windows 11 in 2025. Let's take an early look at them.
2025-02-04 13:30
7 new Windows 11 features and more big changes coming in 2025 that you'll actually care about
Microsoft is working on several new features for Windows 11 in 2025. Let's take an early look at them.
2025-02-04 13:30
Spotify had its first ever profitable year; may have been assisted by Apple U-turn
Spotify achieved its first full year of profitability since launching in 2008. The company has previously had occasional profitable quarters, but consistently lost money each year. Apple may have played a role in the company’s turnaround, thanks to a...
2025-02-04 13:21
"Deep Research has been a personal AGI moment for me": OpenAI's new AI agentic tool simulates a personal research analyst
OpenAI unveiled a new tool dubbed Deep Research, which "conducts multi-step research on the internet for complex tasks."
2025-02-04 13:00
FFmpeg Adds AMD AMF Decoder, FSR-Based Upscaling
Landing this week in the FFmpeg open-source library that is widely-used by multimedia applications was NVIDIA video acceleration improvements for Blackwell GPUs. Over on the AMD side, there are also some interesting changes to have been merged this wee...
2025-02-04 12:55