Operating Systems

TECH_BARGAINS 10/27: SanDisk rugged 4TB hard disk, Apple iPad Air 1TB, 512GB, and much more
In today's TECH_BARGAINS, we cover some of the best deals of the day, including several Apple iPad Air models ranging from 1TB down to 128GB and more. Read more...
2024-10-27 17:50
Apple beginning to let more users off of Genmoji waitlist in iOS 18.2
Apple released iOS 18.2 earlier this week, with ChatGPT support, Image Playground, Image Wand, and Genmoji. However, the latter image generation features required a waitlist, one that many found themselves stuck on. A small number of users gained acces...
2024-10-27 17:39
Apple beginning to let more users off of Genmoji waitlist in iOS 18.2 beta
Apple released iOS 18.2 earlier this week, with ChatGPT support, Image Playground, Image Wand, and Genmoji. However, the latter image generation features required a waitlist, one that many found themselves stuck on. A small number of users gained acces...
2024-10-27 17:39
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 now available for just $1047 with no trade-in required
Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold6, its newest foldable phone, is currently available at a significantly reduced price. With various discounts applied, the 512GB model can be purchased for $1047. Read more...
2024-10-27 17:34
Geckium is an Uncannily Accurate Chrome Theme for Firefox
Ever feel a pang of a nostalgia for the way web browsers used to look, but don’t fancy the hiccups and hassle of trying to run an old browser on a modern OS? Honestly? You probably don’t, but after checking out what the Geckium project can do, you ...
2024-10-27 17:28
Make Firefox Look Like Classic Google Chrome with Geckium Theme
Ever feel a pang of a nostalgia for the way web browsers used to look, but don’t fancy the hiccups or hassle involved in trying to run old software on a newer OS? Honestly, you probably don’t – but after checking out what the Geckium project can ...
2024-10-27 17:28
Geckium Turns Modern Firefox into Vintage Google Chrome
Ever feel a pang of a nostalgia for the way web browsers used to look, but don’t fancy the hiccups or hassle involved in trying to run old software on a newer OS? Honestly, you probably don’t – but after checking out what the Geckium project can ...
2024-10-27 17:28
I just had the best traveling experience with my ROG Ally X thanks to this new protective handheld case and power bank bundle accessory
I brought the JSAUX ModCase and Portable Power Bank Kit with me on a recent work trip and it made the traveling experience a lot better.
2024-10-27 15:00
Five new iPad mini 7 upgrades you might’ve missed
Apple released its new iPad mini model earlier this week, marking the first update in over three years. It was quite a small refresh, mainly focusing on A17 Pro with Apple Intelligence and Apple Pencil Pro – but there are some smaller changes under t...
2024-10-27 14:46
Gurman: Apple smart home display will include iMac-like stand
In this weekend’s Power On newsletter, Mark Gurman from Bloomberg outlined some additional details for Apple’s upcoming smart home products, and it seems likely that there’ll be a throwback to one of Apple’s beloved computers – the iMac G4. m...
2024-10-27 12:51
7 best sites to get cheap game keys — from big discounts on new games to free game codes, these are my picks
With hundreds of sites offering cheap Steam keys, discounted Xbox games, and budget-friendly bundles, how do you know which ones are legit and where to find the best deals on the latest titles? We’ve narrowed it down to 7 trusted sites for scoring ch...
2024-10-27 12:00
Surface Pro 12: Microsoft prepares Intel Lunar Lake Copilot PC with Windows 11
Microsoft is reportedly working on a new Surface Pro, possibly named Surface Pro 12 or Surface Pro 2025 Lunar Lake refresh. The naming is unclear, as Microsoft seems to be moving away from numbers in its branding. Still, with Intel's Lunar Lake availab...
2024-10-27 10:48
Microsoft Weekly: Windows Update gets faster and Windows Insiders get new builds
Catch up with the latest stories from the world of Microsoft in this week's Microsoft Weekly news recap. Read more...
2024-10-27 10:12
Sci-Fi's Leap to Reality: Are futuristic gadgets a dream or a dystopia?
From Men in Black's Neuralyzer to Minority Report's Precogs, sci-fi's wildest gadgets are closer to reality than we think, and leaping from the screen into our everyday lives, faster than expected! Read more...
2024-10-27 09:40
Linux Working On A Counter To Keep Track Of The Number Of Hung Tasks Since Boot
Sent out in original patch form this past week and already iterated to a second version this Sunday, a new proposal is underway to introduce "hung_task_detect_count" as a convenient means of tracking the number of times hung tasks are detected since bo...
2024-10-27 09:24
Linux 6.12-rc5 Disabling Intel's Linear Address Masking "LAM" Due To Security Concerns
Intel merged Linear Address Masking into the Linux kernel last year as a means of allowing user-space to store metadata within some bits of pointers without masking it out before use. LAM can be useful for virtual machines, sanitizers / profiling / mem...
2024-10-27 07:30
Intel's PCIe Cooling Driver Ready For Linux 6.13 To Reduce Bandwidth When Running Hot
For the past year Intel software engineers have been developing a PCIe cooling driver to reduce the PCIe link speed to cope with thermal issues. In the future with PCI Express 6.0 this driver may be further adapted to also reduce the PCIe link width wh...
2024-10-27 07:01
Linux NETFS Patches Help With CIFS Performance, Single Blob Objects
The Linux NETFS code as a network file-system helper library is seeing patches to help enhance the read performance for solutions like CIFS as well as adding single blob object support...
2024-10-27 06:27
DM-INLINECRYPT Being Worked On To Leverage Inline Block Device Encryption
In addition to Eric Biggers of Google being busy working on various crypto and hashing performance optimizations, the longtime Linux developer has also been working on "dm-inlinecrypt" for better leveraging inline block device encryption...
2024-10-27 06:15