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Windows 11 skips past 50% market share milestone in latest Steam survey
It gained an impressive 3.36% of users in August to end up with 50.81% share.
Windows preview build teases searching your audio and video content
References to the tool arrive through the Canary Channel.
Linux Kernel 6.12 sees optional QR code during kernel panics
Linux 6.12 gets an optional feature where it would display a QR code every time the system encounters a kernel panic.
Security researcher releases Windows Downdate tool to silently downgrade security patches
A tool discussed at two recent cybersecurity conferences that can silently downgrade Windows security patches has been released to the public to further research.
Microsoft backports AMD branch prediction improvement to Windows 11 23H2, update available now — more users will see Ryzen performance improvements
Microsoft is backporting branch prediction optimizations in Windows 11 24H2 to Windows 11 23H2. With an update, you can get bumps to Zen 3, 4, and 5.
Linux market share approaching 4.5% for first time, could hit 5% by 1Q25
Linux's market share has jumped by over 40% in a year.
Microsoft's Windows Control Panel might not get the axe after all
A sentence that seemed to confirm the Control Panel's retirement was replaced by a more ambiguous line.
China's Unisoc launches 'world's first' open architecture RISC-V security chip
Unisoc launches RISC-V security chip, the E450R.
