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The Hot Take: Nice!
The latest October 28th cumulative update build for Windows 11 versions 26H2 and 25H2 has shipped, and with it comes numerous improvements to Windows 11, including Cloud Rebuild functionality. If you find yourself in a situation where Windows
Read the full articleThe Hot Take: Interesting, has me intrigued to try it again.
The New York Times is suing privacy-focused web browser company Brave for allegedly scraping the outletās copyrighted and unlawfully distributing it to its own customers, like Anthropic and Perplexity.
Read the full articleThe Hot Take: But will they dive into Quantum processor manufacturing?
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan believes that the total addressable market for his firm's CPUs, when it comes to demand stemming from the AI agentic market, could surge to $200 billion over five years. The executive made the remarks during Intel's latest earnings call, where he reiterated the advantages of using CPUs in AI computing. Tan, whose firm also recently bought quantum computing firm Classiq, shared that the deal will enable Intel to become a "full stack revenue-generating" quantum computing company. Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan Touts Power Efficiencyā¦
Read the full articleThe Hot Take: No more registry hacks!
Windows 11ās right-click menu has been cluttered for a long time now. There are delays when opening a file menu and an overload of options added by Windows and installed applications. Now, Microsoft is finally fixing this by rolling out a redesigned context menu and giving users greater control over which commands appear. The update also brings layout choices that make the menu adaptable to individual preferences.
Read the full articleThe Hot Take: That's 1/4 of their workforce, that is insane.
The buyout offers mark Microsoft's latest efforts to cut costs and rework its workforce.
Read the full articleThe Hot Take: Linux is growing up!
AMD has submitted a Linux overclocking driver for Ryzen processors, giving enthusiasts official tuning controls after a lengthy wait outside the Windows club. AMD engineer Shyam Sundar S K posted the proposed AOD WMI driver, which connects Linux to platform firmware.Ā The initial patches expose Package Power Tracking, Thermal Design Current and Electrical Design Current limits through sysfs, together with their supported ranges.Ā Users can toggle simultaneous multithreading at the firmware level and read current memory clocks. According toā¦
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Nvidiaās latest GeForce driver adds Advanced Shader Delivery, promising to cut the tedious wait while PCs compile shaders. According to TeakTown Driver 621.01 introduces support for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 and Gears of War: E-Day, with Windows 11 and the Xbox PC app required. Microsoftās technology can reduce shader compilation times by up to 95 per cent in supported games. That is a welcome improvement for anyone who bought a graphics card to play games and ended up watching progress bars.Ā The system compiles shaders ahead of timeā¦
Read the full articleThe Hot Take: Man, this language just doesn't die, I guess Ai might be the only way to finally lay it to rest for good.
OpenAI says its models now come with better COBOL capabilities.
Read the full articleThe Hot Take: Interesting and cool, will need to see how I can maybe use this at work.
Mozilla has launched a new version of its Firefox web browser aimed specifically at āorganizations with strict security, governance, and compliance requirementsā. Firefox Enterprise includes additional controls to limit AI and to configure the flow of data through the browser. The organization says that the release comes as the debate around data sovereignty escalates, particularly in Europe. Mozilla acknowledges that web browsers have been largely overlooked in these debates, and the extra security and control offered by Firefox Enterprise isā¦
Read the full articleThe Hot Take: Seems to be doing good, we'll see soon the issues I'm sure.
Windows 11 26H2 may look like a boring annual update (because it is just an enablement package), but as it turns out, it arrives after months of performance work that many PCs didnāt get because of Microsoftās gradual rollouts. So, a bunch of users are experiencing better performance with Low Latency Profile, which speeds up the Start menu, Search, and app launches. And best of all, some users, including me, are seeing noticeably lower RAM usage after the 2026 update. I installed 26H2 on my three-year-old 16GB laptop and noticed RAM usageā¦
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