Microsoft is moving antivirus providers out of the Windows kernel
It’s been nearly a year since a faulty CrowdStrike update took down 8.5 million Windows-based machines around the world, and Microsoft wants to ensure such a problem never happens again. After holding...
View ArticleSnow, a new classic Macintosh emulator
The world isn’t short of classic Macintosh emulators, but one more certainly cannot hurt. Snow emulates classic (Motorola 680×0-based) Macintosh computers. It features a graphical user interface to...
View ArticleWindows gets new “blue” screen of death and automated boot recovery
The blue screen of death has been such a core part of Windows that’s it’s become part of humanity’s collective consciousness. They’re not nearly as common anymore as they used to be back in the...
View Article“I want a good parallel computer”
The GPU in your computer is about 10 to 100 times more powerful than the CPU, depending on workload. For real-time graphics rendering and machine learning, you are enjoying that power, and doing those...
View ArticleMicrosoft to remove all but the latest versions of drivers from Windows Update
This blog post is intended to notify all Windows Hardware program partners that Microsoft has taken a strategic initiative to clean up legacy drivers published on Windows Update to reduce security and...
View ArticleWayback: experimental layer to run X desktop environments on Wayland
With X.org being in maintenance mode, with the process of replacing it with Wayland accelerating pretty quickly now, a lot of projects using X.org are looking for ways to prepare for the future....
View ArticleDonkey Kong Country 2 and open bus
Apparently, Donkey Kong Country 2 has runs into a bug in the old SNES emulator ZSNES, where one of the barrels that you’re supposed to be able to precisely control the spinning direction of ends up...
View ArticleThe new troll diet
We need a new framework for how to defend against “trolls”. The feeding metaphor ran its course many years ago. It is done and will not be coming back. New online risks demand that we adapt and become...
View ArticleServers and thin clients in every home is the future they stole from us
I’ve used thin clients at home for quite a while – both for their intended use (remotely accessing a desktop of another system); and in the sense of “modern thin clients are x86 boxes that are wildly...
View ArticleElementary OS makes meaningful accessibility improvements
With recent efforts to improve accessibility in GNOME and KDE, as well as a renewed focus on highlighting the many issues that still need fixing, the Linux desktop is making meaningful strides in...
View ArticleAI note takers are flooding Zoom calls as workers opt to skip meetings
Clifton Sellers attended a Zoom meeting last month where robots outnumbered humans. He counted six people on the call including himself, Sellers recounted in an interview. The 10 others attending were...
View ArticleThe Amiga 3000 UNIX and Sun Microsystems: deal or no deal?
Amiga lore is full of exciting tales. Many of them are retold to demonstrate how the incompetence of Commodore’s management destroyed a platform that, by rights, was destined for success. Coulda,...
View ArticleUbuntu 25.10 to drop support for effectively all existing RISC-V hardware,...
A recent bug report filed against Ubuntu’s upgrading tool confirmed a major change with regards to the RISC-V requirements for the upcoming Ubuntu 25.10 release — most existing RISC-V devices will not...
View ArticleIs an Intel N100 a better value than a Raspberry Pi?
All of this to say: value is complicated. The Pi 5 is much more compact and slightly more power efficient (especially at idle) compared to the cheapest N1XX Intel systems. The Intel systems are better...
View ArticleRedox gets network booting, work on UNIX domain sockets continues
Redox continues to make progress, and as another month has passed us by, it’s time for another monthly update. This past month, the focus has been on UNIX domain sockets, which are needed for Redox’...
View ArticleNVIDIA is full of shit
Since the disastrous launch of the RTX 50 series, NVIDIA has been unable to escape negative headlines: scalper bots are snatching GPUs away from consumers before official sales even begin, power...
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