Software

Microsoft Recall is capturing screenshots of sensitive information like credit card and social security numbers

Valve is changing how Steam downloads game updates

PlayStation 3 emulator now supports Arm devices, including the Raspberry Pi 5

Useless security reports generated by AI are frustrating open-source maintainers

Microsoft is rolling out a website wrapper as a "native" Copilot app for Windows

The rise of AI coding tools: Is English the hot new programming language?

Microsoft predicts AI will make web browsers and search engines obsolete in years

Multi-platform IDE Apache NetBeans hits version 24

Game publishers are refusing to commit to release dates for fear of clashing with GTA 6

Highly anticipated: Grand Theft Auto 6 is still almost a year away from release, but it's already having a huge impact on the gaming industry. According to a new report, several competing publishers are refusing to set firm release dates for their games until they're sure they'll avoid GTA 6's launch.

OpenAI's Sora video generator is now available – at a cost

Microsoft now allows Windows 11 installations on unsupported hardware, devices

What just happened? It's not even been a week since Microsoft reiterated that needing a TPM 2.0 chip to officially use Windows 11 was "non-negotiable." But in a surprising reversal, the Redmond giant has posted a page on installing the latest OS on devices that don't meet its minimum system requirements, though there are caveats.

Renegade Project turns your Arm-powered smartphone into a Windows 11 PC

Intel and AMD PCs are finally getting Copilot+ features, including Recall

Google promises two extra years of Android updates for Pixel 6, 7, and Fold

Microsoft Store expands to update all Win32 apps, but users remain skeptical

Powered by SteamOS: Valve's Linux gaming OS prepares to expand beyond the Steam Deck

Something to look forward to: Steam users have long wondered about when Valve might make the Steam Deck's custom Linux distro available for other devices. While the company hasn't disclosed its software roadmap, new internal guidelines provide the latest evidence that these plans are progressing. Interestingly, this development coincides with a new patent for a Linux-based handheld gaming device from Samsung.

Minecraft's latest update "The Garden Awakens" is out

Another cloud provider bails on VMware after receiving a 900-percent price hike

Market share surprise: Windows 10 popularity is increasing

A hot potato: Windows 10 is approaching the end of its lifecycle, with security and stability updates set to stop soon. However, many users seem reluctant to move on. In fact, the operating system has grown even more popular compared to a month ago. Could Windows 11 risk becoming Microsoft's next major headache?

Intel XeSS 2 arrives alongside new Battlemage GPUs with frame generation and low-latency mode

These names cause ChatGPT to break, and it's due to AI hallucinations

Mullvad collaborates with Tor on a new private browser

Two more AMD graphics cards join the Steam survey, as Team Red achieves record CPU share

Hacking group claims to have cracked Microsoft's software licensing security on a massive scale

Researchers discover "Bootkitty," the first UEFI bootkit for Linux

In a nutshell: A serendipitous discovery led to a new warning of threats against Linux. The open-source platform is becoming an increasingly tasty target for cyber-criminals, and malware writers are now looking to get to the lowest levels of the kernel as they already have on Windows.