Apple has seeded the second public beta of iOS 26.2 to testers, bringing visual customization options and regional feature expansions. The update includes a Liquid Glass slider for Lock Screen transparency and enables AirPods Live Translation specifically for European Union users.
The Linux file-system landscape is heating up with significant developments. EROFS is attracting major industry players while EXT4 receives crucial patches for larger block size support.
Your PC case’s front ports might be convenient, but they’re almost always inferior to your motherboard’s rear connections. From audio interference to slower USB speeds, you’re making trade-offs every time you use them. Here’s why you should probably plug into the back instead.
AMD is finally moving its decade-old GCN 1.0 GPUs to the modern AMDGPU driver by default. The Linux 6.19 kernel will bring these ancient graphics cards into the current driver ecosystem with full analog video connector support. It’s a surprising but welcome move for hardware that many assumed was ab
A former Microsoft programmer who helped develop Windows Task Manager says the operating system “sucks” due to privacy violations, forced Microsoft accounts, and constant marketing. His critique comes as Microsoft pushes its “agentic OS” vision that users are overwhelmingly rejecting.
Microsoft has removed the KMS38 activation hack that let users activate Windows 11 and 10 without internet until 2038. The change came with November 2025’s Patch Tuesday updates. Users now need to switch to other unofficial activation methods.
An ASRock X870 Riptide motherboard has destroyed a Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU in the latest AM5 socket failure. The user was running BIOS version 3.06 from August 2023, missing critical stability updates. Both the CPU and socket showed severe physical damage with bulging and discoloration.
Microsoft’s vision of Windows as an “agentic OS” is meeting fierce resistance from users exhausted by Copilot pop-ups and forced Microsoft accounts. The backlash suggests a widening gap between Microsoft’s AI ambitions and what users actually want from their operating system.
Following Windows President Pavan Davuluri’s controversial tweet about an “agentic OS,” a concept designer has visualized Windows 26. The concept shows floating widgets, AI-powered search, and smarter Copilot integration. Many users are embracing this vision over Microsoft’s current AI-heavy approac
Google’s DeepMind has made a breakthrough in understanding fluid dynamics using specialized AI models. The research uncovered new families of unstable singularities that have stumped mathematicians for over 100 years. This could lead to better aircraft design, weather systems, and energy distributio
