Linux developers are using AI vibe coding to keep vintage AMD GPUs alive — R600 driver cleaned up with GitHub Copilot gives HD 2000 to HD 6000 series a new lease of life

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

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Apple demonstrates cross-platform Siri upgrades in macOS 27 Golden Gate at WWDC — update brings Liquid Glass improvements and unifies AI strategy

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.
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RetroPad is a ‘full-feature-parity version of Notepad from XP’ in just 2,749 bytes — x86 assembly coded apps comes from Windows legend Dave W Plummer

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

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Bill Gates once starred in a bizarre Doom promo to push Windows 95 back in 1993 — tech mogul wore a trench coat, wielded a shotgun, and shot a demon, saying ‘Who do you want to execute today?’

Bill Gates gives a possessed Doom heavy weapon dude both barrels in a rediscovered Windows 95 plus DirectX gaming presentation.
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Linux prepares to axe legacy x32 hybrid mode — hybrid 32-bit/64-bit mode faces complete removal by 2027 due to low adoption

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.
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IBM ThinkPad T43 enthusiast installs ‘almost’ every version of Windows on the single-core laptop without using virtual machine — 26 years of Windows running bare metal, from 1996 Windows NT 4.0 to Windows 10 22H2 working on legendary hardware

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.
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iOS 26.6 with Scores of iPhone Security Updates Now Available

The next major iOS 27 release is coming in the fall, but in the meantime, install this update to keep your devices safe.

AMD leaves Linux FPGA users in the lurch with controversial Vivado licensing update — new tier model restricts future free versions to Windows

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

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California moves to exempt Linux from its upcoming age-verification law after backlash over forcing operating systems to collect users’ ages — amendment proposed by the same lawmaker who wrote the original law

California lawmakers introduced a new amendment that could exempt most Linux distributions from the state’s upcoming Digital Age Assurance Act after privacy backlash and concerns that the law would force open-source operat…

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Linus Torvalds says flood of duplicate AI-generated vulnerability reports have made Linux security mailing list ‘almost entirely unmanageable’ — private list ‘a waste of time for everybody involved’ in switch to new public system

“AI detected bugs are pretty much by definition not secret, and treating them on some private list is a waste of time for everybody involved.”
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