How to Bring the Old Siri Back to Your iPhone in iOS 27

You can enable, disable or revert Siri through a few quick steps in the Settings menu.

Microsoft vows to make Windows 11 fly on 8GB RAM amid memory shortage — optimizations to reduce OS memory footprint have begun
 Microsoft vows to make Windows 11 fly on 8GB RAM amid memory shortage — optimizations to reduce OS memory footprint have begun

While the company’s minimum OS specifications officially say 4GB, most PC builders know that 16GB is the bare minimum for a smooth experience on Windows 11. However, the memory chip shortage and the resurgence of 8GB laptops are likely forcing Microsoft to optimize Windows.

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Valve funding port of Linux RADV Radeon Vulkan driver to Windows — cross-platform effort already runs ‘Counter-Strike 2’

Valve funding port of Linux RADV Radeon Vulkan driver to Windows — cross-platform effort already runs Counter-Strike 2

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Windows NT 4.0 brought the Win95 UI to servers 30 years ago today — milestone unifying modern Windows OS hit RTM in the Pentium era
 Windows NT 4.0 brought the Win95 UI to servers 30 years ago today — milestone unifying modern Windows OS hit RTM in the Pentium era

Microsoft released Windows NT 4.0 to manufacturing partners on this day in 1996.

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Legendary Windows developer codes Task Manager for the Mac, says Apple’s ‘Activity Monitor blows’ — Microsoft gave original Windows Task Manager dev permission to reference Windows XP source code

Legendary Windows developer Dave W. Plummer has shared details and screenshots of a version of Task Manager for Apple Mac computers.

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How to Change the Most Annoying iOS 27 Settings on Your iPhone

You can tone down Liquid Glass, shorten Siri AI’s memory and stop subtitles from automatically appearing in videos.

Linus Torvalds rebukes anti-AI stances in the Linux kernel code review process, says ‘Linux is not one of those anti-AI projects’ — creator embraces AI as just a tool and ‘clearly a useful one’

Linus Torvalds, Linux’s creator and kernel manager, has seemingly taken an accepting stance of AI-assisted tooling.

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iOS 27 Public Beta: It’s… Fine I Guess?

Even if you don’t use AI, I found some useful features in the iOS 27 beta. They’re smaller, quality-of-life changes, but you won’t want to skip them.

Developer successfully ports Linux to 1994 Sega 32X — Genesis and MegaDrive expansion runs open-source OS on paltry 23MHz processors and 256KB of RAM
 Developer successfully ports Linux to 1994 Sega 32X — Genesis and MegaDrive expansion runs open-source OS on paltry 23MHz processors and 256KB of RAM

The adventurous developer who recently ported Linux to the Atari Jaguar (1993) has brewed up a version of the open source OS for the Sega 32X (1994).

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Sega Dreamcast driver fixes appear in Linux 7.2-rc3 — fabled console remains in favor while iconic computing architectures like i486 fall by the wayside

A set of updates for Sega Dreamcast hardware has been merged into the Linux 7.2-rc3 kernel this weekend.

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