Operating Systems

From public feud to potential partnership — How Trump’s reversal on Intel’s CEO opened the door to a possible U.S. government stake in the chipmaker
A week after calling Intel’s CEO “conflicted,” Trump met with him. Now the U.S. is reportedly exploring a stake in the chipmaker.
2025-08-15 14:12
Trump’s changing stance on Intel's "conflicted" CEO Lip-Bu Tan sparks talk of government stake in the chipmaker
A week after calling Intel’s CEO “conflicted,” Trump met with him. Now the U.S. is reportedly exploring a stake in the chipmaker.
2025-08-15 14:12
World of Warcraft goes crazy with new Legion Remix info and teasers for Midnight Expansion — The full Gamescom reveal cannot get here fast enough
A ton of new gameplay details have been revealed for World of Warcraft's upcoming Legion Remix event, and a teaser trailer has been uploaded for the game's upcoming Midnight expansion.
2025-08-15 14:01
Aqua Voice shows just how good Mac dictation could be if Apple really tried
I’m a big fan of dictation and voice commands. The latter are the most common way for me to control my smart home, and I dictate a lot of my messages and other short pieces of text. Apple’s built-in dictation features have certainly improved over t...
2025-08-15 13:46
iPhone 17 Pro Max vs Pro: Here’s how Apple will differentiate models
Apple’s iPhone 17 lineup will be unveiled in just a few weeks. And one question on many shoppers’ minds each year involves the Pro models: what’s different between the two? Here’s how Apple plans to differentiate the iPhone 17 Pro Max vs iPhone...
2025-08-15 13:34
Patches Posted For Raspberry Pi 5 Ethernet With The Upstream Linux Kernel
While the Raspberry Pi 5 is a great and popular Arm single board computer, some elements of getting the hardware support upstream have lagged behind just as was also the case with prior generations of the Raspberry Pi SBC. One of the enablement bits no...
2025-08-15 12:52
Azure Arc-enabled SQL Server gains limited US government support
Microsoft has launched Azure Arc-enabled SQL Server on Windows in the US Government, Virginia region. The Redmond giant called this a "major first step". Read more...
2025-08-15 12:48
Ubuntu Developing New "Dangerous" Desktop Images Concept
The Ubuntu Release Management Team is pursuing a new concept called "Dangerous" Desktop Images that will ship leading-edge Snaps atop the latest Ubuntu daily development images...
2025-08-15 12:13
Another giant collection of Apple gear on sale this weekend: MacBooks, iPad, AirPods, more
Another sizable lineup of week’s end Apple deals are at the ready folks. Last week we featured a series of massive Apple sales at retailers like Amazon, Best Buy, and B&H, and since that time, just about all of the best deals have carried through to ...
2025-08-15 12:04
Another giant collection of Apple gear on sale this weekend: MacBooks, iPad, AirPods, more
Another sizable lineup of week’s end Apple deals are at the ready folks. Last week we featured a series of massive Apple sales at retailers like Amazon, Best Buy, and B&H, and since that time, just about all of the best deals have carried through to ...
2025-08-15 12:04
Get a 'Legion Go S' alternative to the Steam Deck for $499.99 with Windows — Honestly, it should have launched at this price anyway
Lenovo's Legion Go S, a Windows-based handheld alternative to the Steam Deck, has dropped to a far more sensible $499.99 for a limited time, revitalizing its appeal.
2025-08-15 11:11
OpenAI's GPT-5 is a powerful but energy-hungry model compared to its predecessors — reportedly consuming enough electricity to power 1.5 million US households daily
A new report suggests GPT-5 is a power guzzler compared to its predecessors, consuming 40 watt-hours of electricity to generate a medium-length response of about 1,000 tokens.
2025-08-15 11:02
Apple MacBook notch flaw makes many games render blurry, but there's a workaround
Apple has been called upon to fix its gaming APIs as many games aren't able to get the correct resolution due to a badly written API. Read more...
2025-08-15 09:40
Microsoft shares details on a new Teams mandatory security requirement update
A Microsoft Teams feature is getting a mandatory security update very soon. Microsoft shares details about how to proceed. Read more...
2025-08-15 08:48
Apple TV+ premieres the first Snoopy musical special in 37 years
As part of its exclusive deal with Peanuts, Apple TV+ today premieres Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical. This is the latest original Snoopy special to air on the platform, and this one stands out as it is a song-filled musical. The last time Peanuts pr...
2025-08-15 08:26
Apple TV+ premieres the first new Snoopy musical special in 37 years
As part of its exclusive deal with Peanuts, Apple TV+ today premieres Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical. This is the latest original Snoopy special to air on the platform, and this one stands out as it is a song-filled musical. The last time Peanuts pr...
2025-08-15 08:26
Intel FRED Suffers A Late "Incompatible Change" To The Architecture
Intel FRED has been seeing Linux software enablement going on for the past three years. FRED is the Flexible Return Event Delivery that overhauls CPU transitions between privilege levels with a goal of lower ring transition latency and more robust soft...
2025-08-15 08:24
DM-PCACHE Poised For Linux 6.18 As High Throughput, Low Latency DAX Cache
Barring any issues from coming up in the near future, it looks like DM-PCACHE will be submitted for the Linux 6.18 cycle later in the year as a high throughput, low latency cache for DAX-capable persistent memory devices...
2025-08-15 08:01
UK government to use AI to predict crime locations by 2030
The UK government has launched a challenge for the development of a map that uses AI to predict where crimes will occur. It'll couple this with 13,000 more law enforcers. Read more...
2025-08-15 06:42
Generic VFIO Platform Driver To Be Marked As Deprecated For Removal
Some old and unmaintained drivers for Linux's Virtual Function I/O (VFIO) support are being marked as deprecated for eventual removal, including the generic VFIO platform driver...
2025-08-15 06:34