Operating Systems

Meta allegedly bypassed Apple privacy measure, and fired employee who flagged it
A former Meta product manager has claimed that the social network circumvented Apple’s privacy protections, as well as cheating advertisers, and fired him when he repeatedly raised the issue internally. Meta is said to have found ways to identify App...
2025-08-21 12:00
10 features recently added that you probably didn't notice on Windows 10
Windows 10 new features and changes you missed in updates since version 22H2, including the About page redesign, Taskbar changes, more clutter to the context menu, file transfer feature, and more.
2025-08-21 11:52
Fallout TV series Season 2 has an explosive teaser trailer — here are 7 things you might've missed
There's a lot to unpack from the Fallout Season 2 trailer, with numerous glimpses of characters and factions that imply a lot for this massive TV series.
2025-08-21 11:42
I tried to replace my favorite Copilot feature with Ollama — but I failed (sort-of)
Using Copilot to summarize web articles is one of my favorite features. I tried to replicate it using an on-device AI model and it just isn't the same.
2025-08-21 11:32
I tried to replace my favorite Copilot feature with local AI — but it's nowhere near as good in comparison
Using Copilot to summarize web articles is one of my favorite features. I tried to replicate it using an on-device AI model and it just isn't the same.
2025-08-21 11:32
I tried to replace my favorite Copilot feature with local AI — but Microsoft is still a clear winner
Using Copilot to summarize web articles is one of my favorite features. I tried to replicate it using an on-device AI model and it just isn't the same.
2025-08-21 11:32
Two of the best 14-inch gaming laptops have a massive price difference — is there a good reason?
Two of the best 14-inch gaming laptops have now been tested and reviewed here at Windows Central, and I take a deeper look at the similarities and differences in an attempt to justify the huge price difference.
2025-08-21 11:22
Well done, EA — what may be Battlefield 2042's final update made me more excited than ever for Battlefield 6
The Battlefield 6 Open Beta is over, but a massive BF2042 update has given me and many other players away to keep the excitement alive ahead of the full launch.
2025-08-21 11:12
Phone searches at the US border are at record levels – and your rights are unclear
The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) carried out a record number of phone searches of travelers arriving at, or returning to, the US in the last quarter. The legal position on these searches is unclear when it comes to US citizens, but there are ...
2025-08-21 11:11
Xbox's Double Fine is working on "multiple games" in addition to Keeper, says studio head Tim Schafer — but none of them are Brutal Legend 2
During Gamescom 2025, Double Fine's Tim Schafer confirmed that the studio is working on multiple games in addition to the upcoming Keeper.
2025-08-21 11:01
AMD Ryzen AI 5 340 Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu Linux Performance For Budget "Krackan Point" Laptops
Earlier this month we looked at the Linux laptop performance of AMD's Krackan Point using the Ryzen AI 5 340 within a HP OmniBook 5 that can be found for as low as ~$450 during sales. For six Zen 5 cores and RDNA 3.5 graphics, Krackan Point worked well...
2025-08-21 10:15
Samsung's ultra-thin Galaxy S25 Edge smartphone is now 25% off
Samsung's ultra-thin flagship, the Galaxy S25 Edge, is available on Amazon US with a significant 25% discount. Read more...
2025-08-21 10:00
After making job offers worth millions of dollars, Meta stops AI hiring
Meta has triggered an AI hiring freeze, likely because of investor concerns over the multi-million dollar expenditure involved in building the Superintelligence team. Read more...
2025-08-21 09:42
Linux Driver Under Review For Apple Laptop Lid Events & Power Button
Following the recent Apple SMC driver upstreaming to handle rebooting Apple Silicon Macs under Linux, the latest code volleyed on the kernel mailing list for review is support for handling laptop lid events and power buttons. Plus Apple sensor monitori...
2025-08-21 09:24
Intel Compute Runtime 25.31.34666.3 Continues Prepping For Panther Lake
Released minutes ago was the newest monthly feature release to the Intel Compute Runtime providing open-source OpenCL and Level Zero capabilities on Intel graphics hardware...
2025-08-21 08:35
Android 16 QPR2 Beta 1 has a really cool feature for dark theme fans
Google has released Android 16 QPR2 Beta 1 for eligible Pixel devices with a stable launch slated for the fourth quarter. If you're a dark theme fan, you'll want to know what's in this update. Read more...
2025-08-21 08:34
Qualcomm announces Snapdragon W5+ and W5 wearable SoC with direct satellite connectivity
Qualcomm has launched its new Snapdragon W5+ Gen 2 and W5 Gen 2 wearable platforms, which are the first to offer two-way emergency satellite messaging in smartwatches. Read more...
2025-08-21 08:02
VKD3D 1.17 Released With More Improvements For DIrect3D 12 On Vulkan
VKD3D 1.17 made its debut this morning as the newest version of this Direct3D 12 over Vulkan API implementation...
2025-08-21 07:58
Pytype has been discontinued, leaving Google developers to search for other options
Google developers have discontinued Pytype, a tool that was once widely used within the company since its inception in 2012. Read more...
2025-08-21 07:46
Panthor Open-Source Driver To Support Many More Arm Mali GPUs In Linux 6.18
The open-source Panthor Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) driver providing the modern kernel graphics driver support for recent Arm Mali GPUs will be supporting a number of additional GPU models with the Linux 6.18 kernel later this year...
2025-08-21 06:27