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ATI HD Radeon 4670
Linux developers are using AI vibe coding to keep vintage AMD GPUs alive

By Aaron Klotz Published

Linux developer uses AI to help update Linux GPU driver support for vintage HD 2000 - HD 6000 series.

Linux
Apple WWDC
Apple demonstrates cross-platform Siri upgrades in macOS 27 Golden Gate at WWDC

By Andrew E. Freedman, Brandon Hill Published

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.

MacOS
RetroPad is a ‘full-feature-parity version of Notepad from XP’ in just 2,749 bytes

By Mark Tyson Published

A 'full-feature-parity version of Notepad' has been written in x86 assembly and it weighs in at under 3KB.

Windows
Bill Gates once starred in a bizarre Doom promo to push Windows 95 back in 1993

By Mark Tyson Published

Bill Gates gives a possessed Doom heavy weapon dude both barrels in a rediscovered Windows 95 plus DirectX gaming presentation.

Windows
Linux
Linux prepares to axe legacy x32 hybrid mode — hybrid 32-bit/64-bit mode faces complete removal by 2027 due to low adoption

By Aaron Klotz Published

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.

Linux
IBM ThinkPad T43 enthusiast installs 'almost' every version of Windows on the single-core laptop without using virtual machine

By Mark Tyson Published

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.

Windows
An AMD Vivado logo image overlaid with Tux the Linux Penguin, who is crossed out with a large red 'X'.
AMD leaves Linux FPGA users in the lurch with controversial Vivado licensing update

By Zak Killian Published

AMD has been accused of 'bait-and-switch' tactics following changes to the licensing of Vivado on Linux.

Linux
Linux penguins
California moves to exempt Linux from its upcoming age-verification law after backlash over forcing operating systems to collect users’ ages

By Etiido Uko Published

SteamOS could still be affected

Linux
Riot Games
Valorant anti-cheat update soft-bricks $6,000 cheating hardware, company then trolls cheaters on social media

By Zhiye Liu Published

Riot Games has updated its Vanguard anti-cheat software in Valorant to block cheaters using DMA devices that cost up to $6,000.

Software
Raptor Lake CPU
After a year, Firefox finally stops crashing on Intel's Raptor Lake CPUs

By Kunal Khullar Published

Mozilla spent more than a year investigating widespread browser crashes on Intel 13th-gen and 14th-gen systems.

Software
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