Creator of Window’s Task Manager shows off ‘probably what Task Manager would look like if I were still around’ — Tempest AI’s retro-futuristic dashboard code shared to Github

Dave Plummer created Tempest AI to play the classic Atari game, but he also built a dashboard which imagines what Task Manager should look like if he were still in charge of it.
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27 years after launch, Apple’s decades-old iBook lineup can still get legacy updates from the company’s servers — 21-year-old iBook G4 seamlessly connects to Wi-Fi, downloads updates with no mods

A Redditor has passionately shown off their 21-year-old iBook G4 on the r/MacOS subreddit, arguing that Apple’s extensive software support goes against the planned obsolescence accusations they get. In the post, OP’s vinta…

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30 years later, the iconic ‘Bliss’ green hill from Windows XP is still thriving — lucky passerby captures the hill looking almost identical to the 1996 photograph in ‘super rare’ event

A Redditor travelling through Napa Valley on 18th February 2026 was lucky enough to see the iconic “Bliss” hill in a form close to the original wallpaper. This terrain is usually covered in vineyards, so it doesn’t look as…

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Microsoft’s new Windows 11 speed test is just a link to Ookla’s Speedtest via Bing — button housed in the taskbar in latest Insider Preview build

Amidst endless complaints over the instability and bloating nature of Windows 11, Microsoft’s latest insider builds add new emojis and a taskbar feature for its beta testers. Now, you can check your internet speed by right…

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Rufus devs blame Microsoft for blocking latest Windows 11 ISOs, resulting in IP bans — Windows Insiders can’t download latest Insider ISOs and are met with IP bans

Multiple Windows Insider users and one of Rufus’ developers reveal that they can’t download any of Microsoft’s latest Insider Preview ISOs. Users who try to are met with an IP block.
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Weathr app turns the Linux terminal into a live weather display — background ASCII animated real-time weather show is powered by Open-Meteo

An open-source Rust-based app teleports real-time ASCII art-based weather animations into your terminal backdrop.

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Linux kernel 7.0 finally abandons the 28-year-old Intel 440BX chipset’s EDAC driver — removal marks goodbye to the legendary motherboard chipset

Linux kernel 7.0 does away with 440BX EDAC driver

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Linux Mint team considers longer gaps between releases in attempt to accelerate development efforts — current six-month cycle means ‘we spend more time testing, fixing, and releasing than developing’

Linux Mint developers want to break from their self-imposed six-monthly cycle to build more ambitious updates.

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Microsoft confirms Windows 11 26H1 will be for Arm devices only at launch — Snapdragon X2-powered devices officially shipping with 26H1

Microsoft has released an all-new version of Windows 11, 26H1, that is designed only to support the Snapdragon X2 and unnamed future bleeding-edge hardware. 26H1 will be device-specific, and PCs running Windows 11 25H2 can…

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Microsoft is refreshing Secure Boot certificates to plug security holes before they happen — if you bought a PC last year, you should be set

Microsoft is refreshing Secure Boot certificates for Windows PCs. If you bought one in the past year, you should be set, but others should be sure to keep up with Windows 11 updates.
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