Microsoft to force updates to Windows 11 25H2 for PCs with older Windows 11 OS versions — ‘intelligent’ update system uses machine learning to determine when a device is ready

Windows 11 24H2 systems are being upgraded to 25H2 automatically, as Microsoft aims to streamline updates before support ends.
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‘Every Microsoft engineer got a stopwatch,’ says Windows veteran reminiscing about company’s past focus on speed — asserts that ‘everything’ was timed to ensure acceptable performance in the 1980s

A former president of Microsoft’s Windows Division has been reminiscing about the lean and efficient coding regime at Microsoft in the 1980s.
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Enthusiast installs Win 3.1X on bare metal Ryzen 9 9900X and RTX 5060 Ti system using floppy disk drive, OS from 1992 running on 2025 hardware — Asus motherboard’s ‘classic BIOS’ functionality was instrumental to the feat

A retro computing connoisseur has bare-metal installed and booted Microsoft Windows 3.1X on a Ryzen 9 9900X and RTX 5060 Ti PC system.
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Ubuntu Linux raises minimum system memory requirements by 50% — requirements bumped to 6GB of RAM, previously raised from 1GB to 4GB in 2018

The release notes for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS show that Canonical has quietly raised the minimum RAM requirement for its popular Linux-based operating system by 50%.
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Microsoft issues emergency update for Windows 11 — fixes broken March preview update rollout from last week

The latest Windows 11 emergency update tackles widespread install errors and replaces the problematic KB5079391 rollout.
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Latest Windows 11 update is broken, refuses to install — Microsoft pulls latest update over missing files error

Another month, another broken Windows update — what’s new? Well, this update was supposed to bring “production-quality” improvements, which means it’s part of Microsoft’s efforts to fix its AI enshittification. Ironically,…

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Apple’s Mac OS X turns 25, has prospered across three hardware architecture changes — from PowerPC, through Intel x86, to Apple Silicon

This week Apple’s Mac OS X enjoyed its quarter century anniversary.

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Microsoft blocks registry trick that unlocked performance-boosting native NVMe driver on Windows 11 — workarounds still exist to enable support, however

Microsoft has blocked the registry trick that allowed Windows 11 users to enable a native NVMe driver on their PCs. However, third-party tools can still help with a workaround.
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GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal information

GrapheneOS, the privacy-focused Android fork, said in a post on X on Friday that it will not comply with emerging laws requiring operating systems to collect user age data at setup.
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Microsoft promises major improvements to Windows 11 performance, reliability, and updates — lower RAM usage, fewer Copilot interactions, and enhanced File Explorer incoming

Microsoft promises serious improvements to Windows 11 performance, reliability, and updates

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