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Microsoft launches Cloud‑Initiated Driver Recovery for remote rollback of faulty updates
Microsoft introduces Cloud-Initiated Driver Recovery, an important Windows reliability change designed to minimize buggy driver mayhem.
Microsoft staunchly defends its new "Low Latency Profile" for Windows 11 that boosts CPU clocks for faster load times
The quest to fix Windows 11 is a bumpy one.
Dell SupportAssist update is crashing PCs with constant blue screens and reboot loops
SupportAssist Remediation is a background service that Dell bundles on its Windows PCs to automate system recovery and repair tasks, and a recent update is reportedly causing BSOD loops.
AMD's legendary K5, its first independently-designed processor, is being removed from Linux
AMD’s landmark K5 processor family will no longer be supported by Linux when kernel version 7.2 arrives.
Linux mascot Tux the penguin hits 30 years old — Linus Torvalds outlined the design of the 'slightly overweight penguin' on May 9, 1996
Linux mascot Tux the penguin was first conceptualized by Linus Torvalds on this day in 1996.
Microsoft CTO confesses that 30-year-old code from the mid-90s still forms the bedrock of Windows 11
A top Microsoft exec has admitted that Windows 11 still relies on a bunch of old code from the 1990s.
CISA flags actively exploited ‘Copy Fail’ Linux kernel flaw enabling root takeover across major distros
CISA warns of the actively exploited “Copy Fail” Linux flaw (CVE-2026-31431), enabling root access, with a public exploit released before patches were ready.
Microsoft now recommends 32GB of RAM as the future-proof 'no worries' config for gaming
32 GB is no longer being considered as overkill.
45 years later, earliest DOS source code transcribed from a stack of old printouts found in a garage
Microsoft continues to make some of the earliest chapters of its operating system history open-source and freely available. Here's 86-DOS 1.00, released on its 45th anniversary, for example.
