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Microsoft promises major performance improvements for modern Windows 11 apps
Microsoft's Native Ahead-Of-Time compilation promises to reduce load times, while changes to Edge WebView2 SDK can reduce app sizes.
AMD’s Linux graphics driver is getting too big for older machines
Graphical boot menus are timing out before AMDGPU can load.
Linux dev swatted and handcuffed live during a development video stream — perps remain unidentified
René Rebe, a 25-year Free and Open Source Software developer, was swatted live in the middle of a development stream.
How to get windows 11 for free (or less than $15)
Need an OS for your PC build? Microsoft charges a whopping $139 for Windows 11 Home. Here's how to get Windows free or at least cheap.
Microsoft confirms that Windows 11 Recall AI is not optional
Windows 11's Recall AI feature cannot be disabled despite a toggle in the current version.
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.