Virtual Boy: the bizarre rise and quick fall of Nintendo’s enigmatic red console
Nearly 30 years after the launch of the Virtual Boy, not much is publicly known about how, exactly, Nintendo came to be interested in developing what would ultimately become its ill-fated console. Was...
View ArticleState of the terminal
It’s only been in the last couple of years that I’ve begun to dig deep into the inner workings of how terminal emulators, and the applications that run inside of them, really work. I’ve learned that...
View ArticleWhy a ‘frozen’ distribution Linux kernel isn’t the safest choice for security
It’s a compelling story and on the surface makes a lot of sense. Carefully curated software patches applied to a known Linux kernel, frozen at a specific release, would obviously seem to be preferable...
View ArticleSlack users horrified to discover messages used for “AI” training
After launching Slack AI in February, Slack appears to be digging its heels in, defending its vague policy that by default sucks up customers’ data—including messages, content, and files—to train...
View ArticleApple geofences third-party browser engine work for EU devices
Apple’s grudging accommodation of European law – allowing third-party browser engines on its mobile devices – apparently comes with a restriction that makes it difficult to develop and support...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s official Windows performance boost app feels your PC is broken if...
I didn’t know this was a thing, but apparently Microsoft offers a Windows tune-up application in the vein of things like CCleaner and similar tools. One of the things it does is protect users from...
View ArticleCompany behind Amiga OS 4 seems to be either going or is in fact bankrupt
So, I won’t be wasting too many words on this – partially because I’m not into cheap soap operas, and partially because there’s no way to know what’s going on with this nonsense without dedicating a...
View ArticleTroubling iOS 17.5 bug reportedly resurfacing old deleted photos
iOS 17.5 seems to be experiencing a rather nasty bug that raises some very, very concerning questions about what Apple thinks “delete” really means. After updating their iPhone, one user said they...
View ArticleWindows Server 2025 to ship with DTrace by default
Windows Server 2025 comes equipped with dtrace as a native tool. DTrace is a command-line utility that enables users to monitor and troubleshoot their system’s performance in real-time. DTrace allows...
View ArticleKDE Plasma 6 comes to OpenBSD
Last year marked a significant milestone for both myself and the OpenBSD desktop community, as we successfully ported KDE Plasma 5 and all dependencies to OpenBSD. With the release of OpenBSD 7.5 on...
View ArticleMicrosoft gives Windows new compiler, kernel, scheduler, and x86 translation...
Microsoft’s developer conference Build is taking place this week, so there’s been some major Windows news and announcements, and for once – we’re not talking about more ads in your operating system,...
View ArticleModernizing the AntennaPod code structure
AntennaPod has been around for a long time – the first bit of code was published in 2011. Since then, the app has grown massively and had several main developers. The beauty of open-source is that so...
View ArticleXeon Phi support removed in GCC 15 compiler
Last week I wrote about Intel aiming to remove Xeon Phi support in GCC 15 with the products being end-of-life and deprecated in GCC 14. While some openly wondered whether the open-source community...
View ArticleScarlett Johansson says she is ‘shocked, angered’ over new ChatGPT voice
Lawyers for Scarlett Johansson are demanding that OpenAI disclose how it developed an AI personal assistant voice that the actress says sounds uncannily similar to her own. Johansson’s legal team has...
View ArticlenoTunes: a macOS application to prevent iTunes or Apple Music from launching
noTunes is a macOS application that will prevent iTunes or Apple Music from launching. Simply launch the noTunes app and iTunes/Music will no longer be able to launch. For example, when bluetooth...
View ArticleHow to make Google’s new “Web” search option the default in your browser
Last week, Google unveiled a new little feature in Google Search, called “Web”. Residing alongside the various other options like “All”, “Images”, “Video”, and so on, its goal is to effectively strip...
View ArticleMicrosoft adds Dev Drive block cloning to Windows
At the heart of developer productivity lies improving performance for developer workloads on Windows. Last year at Build, we announced Dev Drive a new storage volume tailor-made for developers and...
View ArticleDell continues to base its ThinOS client operating system on FreeBSD
Several Dell products use ThinOS 9, such as the OptiPlex 3000 Thin Client, the OptiPlex All-In-One, and the Latitude series laptops, such as the Latitude 3440 and 5440. ThinOS is a ready-to-deploy...
View ArticleMicrosoft Recall takes constant screenshots of everything you do
About a month ago we talked about the rumours, but now the feature’s officially announced: Microsoft is going to keep track of everything you do on your Windows machine by taking a constant stream of...
View ArticleCortile: auto-tiling manager that runs on top of your current window manager...
Linux auto tiling manager with hot corner support for Openbox, Fluxbox, IceWM, Xfwm, KWin, Marco, Muffin, Mutter and other EWMH compliant window managers using the X11 window system. Therefore, this...
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