Decades-old pre-Stuxnet cyber sabotage tool breaks cover, NSA listed it as ‘nothing to see here’ — fast16 targeted nuclear reactors, dam design, and other high-precision civil engineering software years before Stuxnet broke cover

Security researchers have uncovered a cyber-sabotage platform that targeted software used for major civil engineering projects and predates Stuxnet by at least half a decade.
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New screen tint feature discovered in Windows 11 is designed to help with eye strain and even combating migraines

Windows 11 is getting a screen tint feature to help guard against eye strain, and migraines, and it could even help with photophobia.
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The Samsung Galaxy Glasses have leaked — and they look a lot like their Ray-Ban Meta rivals, but with one key advantage

The Samsung Galaxy Glasses are looking good in leaked renders, and they’re likely to be powered by better AI than their main rival.
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Microsoft is finally giving us full control over Windows 11 updates, including delaying them indefinitely, and I couldn’t be happier

‘Shutdown, Restart on your terms’ with ‘fewer disruptions’, Microsoft says — these are overdue, but nevertheless impressive changes.
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Developer creates a basic first person shooter game using Gaussian splats, and you can play it for free in your browser

It’s not much of a game, but it’s an impressive proof of concept for the novel technology.

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Linux kernel’s ‘second-in-command’ uses local AI bot to hunt bugs, powered by ‘clanker’ system with AMD’s Ryzen AI Max+ — Framework Desktop has resulted in close to two dozen patches

Greg Kroah-Hartman posted a photo to Mastodon this weekend showing the hardware behind his AI-assisted bug-finding tool.
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Microsoft will allow users to indefinitely pause updates in Windows 11 — first change in over a decade to the mandatory update policy

Microsoft is introducing major changes to Windows 11 updates, giving users greater control by allowing extended or indefinite update pausing, restoring normal shutdown and restart options even when updates are pending, and…

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This free NASA tool lets you make a personalized satellite photo —and it’s the most fun you’ll have on Earth Day

NASA’s latest tool lets you spell your name in the Earth’s most unusually shaped features.

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Intel shutters open-source evangelism program and archives key community projects — closures point to significant shift in open-source leadership

The latest round of GitHub closures underscores a broader pullback in Intel’s open-source footprint amid ongoing restructuring.
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You can now run Linux on your ancient Windows 95 desktop with a new tool — very old Windows PCs, back to Intel 486, can cooperatively run very modern Linux kernels with WSL9x

WSL9x enables users to run the most modern Linux kernels in Microsoft OSes as old as Windows 95.

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