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Apple demonstrates cross-platform Siri upgrades in macOS 27 Golden Gate at WWDC
At WWDC, Apple revealed its upcoming macOS update, macOS 27 Golden Gate, with a more refined Liquid Glass design and cross-platform Siri and Apple Intelligence features.
RetroPad is a ‘full-feature-parity version of Notepad from XP’ in just 2,749 bytes
A 'full-feature-parity version of Notepad' has been written in x86 assembly and it weighs in at under 3KB.
Bill Gates once starred in a bizarre Doom promo to push Windows 95 back in 1993
Bill Gates gives a possessed Doom heavy weapon dude both barrels in a rediscovered Windows 95 plus DirectX gaming presentation.
Linux prepares to axe legacy x32 hybrid mode — hybrid 32-bit/64-bit mode faces complete removal by 2027 due to low adoption
Linux developers are discussing removing x32 ABI from the Linux kernel; a hybrid x32/64-bit mode that was never widely adopted by software developers.
IBM ThinkPad T43 enthusiast installs 'almost' every version of Windows on the single-core laptop without using virtual machine
An IBM ThinkPad user boasts that they can install '(almost) all versions of Windows from NT 4 to 10 22H2' with driver support, without resorting to virtual machine (VM) technology.
AMD leaves Linux FPGA users in the lurch with controversial Vivado licensing update
AMD has been accused of 'bait-and-switch' tactics following changes to the licensing of Vivado on Linux.
California moves to exempt Linux from its upcoming age-verification law after backlash over forcing operating systems to collect users’ ages
SteamOS could still be affected
Linus Torvalds says AI bug reports have made the Linux security mailing list 'almost entirely unmanageable'
"AI detected bugs are pretty much by definition not secret, and treating them on some private list is a waste of time for everybody involved."
