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A view of a gentoo (Pygoscelis papua) penguin at the Paradise Bay in the Gerlache Strait -which separates the Palmer Archipelago from the Antarctic Peninsula, on January 20, 2024. Scientists and researchers from various countries are collaborating on projects during the X Antarctic Expedition aboard the Colombian research vessel 'ARC Simon Bolivar,' designed exclusively to develop scientific projects. These initiatives involve analyzing the current condition of the Antarctic sea, studying atmospheric pressure, and monitoring the species inhabiting this region of the planet.

'A single 732-byte Python script can be used to obtain root on essentially all Linux distributions shipped since 2017': Time to update your kernel

By Jess Kinghorn published

News Batten down the distros.

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Linux century marches on as Discord brings updater parity with Windows and easy installs for more distros

By Joshua Wolens published

There are dozens of us.

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6 months after Windows 10 was put to pasture, over a quarter of Steam users are still on the dying OS

By Ted Litchfield published

news It's likely not a matter of preference.

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Retro 1990s style beige desktop PC computer and monitor screen and keyboard. 3D illustration.

This historic OS was not stored digitally, so a fleet of historians have transcribed the source code from ancient print-outs in order to make it open source

By Jess Kinghorn published

News History painstakingly preserved.

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A photo of a set of Lexar Thor OC DDR5 UDIMMs, resting on top of a motherboard's heatsink

Microsoft predicts memory crisis will affect its revenue as struggling OEMs won't be as liberal with Windows spending

By Jacob Fox published

News Reaping what it sows in the AI era, perhaps.

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Microsoft CEO says the company is focused on 'fundamentals' to 'win back fans and strengthen engagement' in Windows 11

By Jacob Fox published

News The software giant has already made some changes, so let's hope they stick.

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A photo of the Windows update menu, showing that I'm all up to date

Microsoft is updating Windows Update, creating a fractal of fixes that target shutdown and reboot settings, scheduling issues, and more besides

By Andy Edser published

News Doctor, heal thyself.

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Dave Plummer showing a Windows NT 4.0 Task Manager running on Windows 11.

I just found out the creator of Windows Task Manager accidentally left his phone number inside the app

By Jacob Fox published

News That's one heck of a self-doxx.

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April's Windows 11 update reportedly causes blue screens and boot loops on HP and Dell PCs

By Jess Kinghorn published

News I'd find it easier to stay on top of OS updates, were it not for all the issues caused by said updates.

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Windows 11 Task Manager showing an AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D's CPU utilisation chart.

'A performance tool that requires a graduate seminar before breakfast has already lost the room': Why Windows Task Manager looks like it's getting CPU usage wrong

By Jacob Fox published

News There's more to CPU utilisation calculations than at first meet the eye.

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