Operating Systems

Next year’s Apple Watch could add Touch ID, per leaked code
We’re just weeks away from the unveiling of Apple Watch Ultra 3 and Apple Watch Series 11. But leaked Apple code has now revealed a big new feature that could be coming to next year’s Apple Watch lineup: Touch ID support. more…
2025-08-19 13:40
Microsoft Excel gets more AI — and this time it’s actually useful
Microsoft is adding a COPILOT function to Excel, letting you use natural language prompts inside formulas to analyze, summarize, and categorize data.
2025-08-19 13:37
Dell Optiplex 7480 AIO offers solid specs for a budget-friendly price
Get the Dell Optiplex 7480 all-in-one for a very affordable price over at Woot right now. The offer is there while stocks last. Read more...
2025-08-19 13:34
Nvidia's new 581.08 driver adds global DLSS Override support and multiple game fixes
Nvidia has a new driver for gamers, which adds global DLSS Override, fixes for multiple games, and more. Read more...
2025-08-19 13:10
What iPad mini and iPadOS 26 can teach us about the future of iOS
The moment Apple announced iPadOS 26 at WWDC, I rushed to install the developer beta on my M4 iPad Pro. And for the first time in years, it felt like Apple was finally putting iPad users first. We got features we’ve been asking for since iPadOS split...
2025-08-19 13:00
What iPad mini & iPadOS 26 can teach us about the future of iOS
The moment Apple announced iPadOS 26 at WWDC, I rushed to install the developer beta on my M4 iPad Pro. And for the first time in years, it felt like Apple was finally putting iPad users first. We got features we’ve been asking for since iPadOS split...
2025-08-19 13:00
Gamescom Opening Night Live showcase will have major reveals today, here's how to watch it
Major announcements, game reveals, possibly even Silksong, and more are planned for the Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025 event later today. Here's how you can watch. Read more...
2025-08-19 12:54
Microsoft admits it broke “Reset this PC” in Windows 11 23H2 KB5063875, Windows 10 KB5063709
Microsoft has warned millions of users on Windows 11 23H2/22H2 and Windows 10 against using the built-in Reset and Recovery feature. The post Microsoft admits it broke “Reset this PC” in Windows 11 23H2 KB5063875, Windows 10 KB5063709 appeared firs...
2025-08-19 12:42
Is the Camera Control button one of the biggest iPhone flops? [Poll]
A random report from an account with zero track-record for anything claims that the iPhone 18 will drop the Camera Control button as too few people are using it. The claim is entirely meaningless, but I strongly suspect that it’s right in one respect...
2025-08-19 12:17
AI arrives in SharePoint Pages with a new tool that creates content for you
Microsoft has announced the upcoming launch of Sections with AI for SharePoint. It can generate sections for users based on meeting transcripts and documents. Here is when it'll be available. Read more...
2025-08-19 12:14
iPhone 17 Pro case line may have new leather alternative after flawed FineWoven
It’s been a while since Apple dropped leather and replaced it with FineWoven — only to mostly drop FineWoven over customer feedback. Now leaker Majin Bu says Apple has yet another leather alternative ready to go for the iPhone 17 case lineup. more…
2025-08-19 12:12
Pinned Device Memory Patches For Intel's Multi-GPU "Project Battlematrix" Linux Efforts
As part of Intel's ongoing Project Battlematrix efforts that include SR-IOV support for Arc Pro cards as well as multi-device (multi-GPU) support for allowing up to eight Intel Arc Pro graphics cards in a single system, today Intel engineers posted the...
2025-08-19 12:12
You NEED to ditch Ollama and use LM Studio for local AI if you have a laptop or mini PC — here's why
I've been playing with Ollama a lot recently, but it lacks in one key area that has sent me back over to trying LM Studio, with great success, and no need for dedicated GPU.
2025-08-19 11:12
Microsoft squashes bug that broke upgrade paths in Windows 10 and Windows Server
Microsoft has patched a problem in various versions of client and server editions of Windows, as it was affecting numerous upgrade paths. Read more...
2025-08-19 11:06
Is Gears of War: Reloaded bringing its 4K visuals and 120 FPS multiplayer to Xbox Game Pass? — Here's what we know
The Coalition's new Gears of War: Reloaded remaster is one of Xbox's biggest games of the summer, but is it on Game Pass? Here's what we know.
2025-08-19 11:02
Apple is finally hitting a long-held goal to reduce its dependence on China
A new report says that Apple will finally hit a long-held goal to reduce its dependence on China with the launch of the iPhone 17. Indian iPhone production has always lagged behind that of China, but all this is now changing – with import tariffs act...
2025-08-19 10:57
Apple @ Work Podcast: Streamlining patch management for macOS
Apple @ Work is exclusively brought to you by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform. Mosyle is the only solution that integrates in a single professional-grade platform all the solutions necessary to seamlessly and automatically deploy, manage & pro...
2025-08-19 10:00
Rusticl vs. AMD ROCm Performance On Ryzen AI Max+ "Strix Halo"
One of the set of tests I have been meaning to carry out for a number of months has been comparing the Mesa Rusticl performance to different dedicated hardware drivers. Rusticl is the Rust-based OpenCL 3.0 driver within Mesa that works across Gallium3D...
2025-08-19 10:00
Firefox advances privacy for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean users
Mozilla has begun rolling out Chinese, Japanese, and Korean translation support in Firefox. It's privacy-friendly and even works offline. Read more...
2025-08-19 08:28
Mozilla releases Thunderbird 142 with several bug fixes and improvements
Thunderbird 142 is now available for download, introducing minor UI tweaks, improvements, and bug fixes. Read more...
2025-08-19 07:54