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Windows NT 4.0 is 30: The release that brought Windows 95's GUI to workstations
2+ week, 5+ day ago (29+ words) Microsoft released Windows NT 3.1, its first true 32-bit operating system, in 1993. The "New Technology" platform initially adopted the traditional user interface of the DOS-based Windows......
AI is finding thousands of bugs in Linux, and maintainers can barely keep up
1+ week, 3+ day ago (29+ words) Ahead of this month's Kernel Recipes 2026 event in Paris, Linux kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman shared a graph charting the steep rise in CVEs found in the......
Microsoft unveils distraction-free Windows for developers, but anyone can replicate it
1+ week, 1+ day ago (27+ words) As part of its push to promote AI-driven development, Microsoft and its hardware partners will begin selling high-end PCs with a clutter-free version of Windows later this......
AI is helping Linux bring 25-year-old 3dfx Voodoo3 graphics cards back to life
2+ week, 5+ day ago (27+ words) A series of new patches is improving support for 3dfx Voodoo3 cards in Linux. Daniel Palmer, the developer behind the code contribution, designed an AI-assisted solution to......
Apple built its new M6 and M5 Ultra desktops for the people daisy-chaining Macs to run AI
2+ week, 4+ day ago (510+ words) The new M6 chip moves to TSMC's 2nm process and is the first Apple SoC to combine all three core types at once. The CPU has 12......
Microsoft is using AI to review the flood of AI-coded Edge extensions
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (27+ words) Microsoft is reacting to AI-coded Edge extensions by using more AI and automated checks in the add-on review process itself. The company highlights the rapid adoption of......
OpenAI agents turned an obscure German wiki into a message board where they could talk to each other
1+ week, 1+ day ago (80+ words) Reuters reports that a swarm of agents commandeered DseWiki, an obscure German-language programming wiki, and turned it into a bulletin board where they shared answers and evasion......
California exempts Linux and open-source software from new age verification law
1+ week, 4+ day ago (225+ words) TechSpot Recap: California will require software vendors to verify users' ages at the operating...the new draconian requirements will not apply to software projects designed to be modified or copied. For...For the time being, Linux and other open-source software…...
Magnetic tape storage is booming again, thanks to AI's unquenchable hunger for data
1+ week, 2+ day ago (29+ words) The now-defunct DOGE initiative tried to get rid of magnetic tapes for alleged efficiency reasons, but the "legacy" storage format is now more popular than ever. According......
Audacity Download Free - 3.7.8
4+ week, 1+ day ago (11+ words) Download Audacity - Free cross-platform audio software for multi-track recording and editing....