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10 easy software tweaks to make an old Windows laptop feel like new

Your old Windows laptop will feel like new by the time you’ve gone through all these software tweaks. If you still notice ...
GeekWire

Inside the Windows 1.0 reunion: How a scrappy team shipped the product that changed everything, eventually

Members of the Windows 1.0 team at their 40-year reunion this week. L-R, kneeling/sitting: Joe Barello, Ed Mills, Tandy Trower, Mark Cliggett, Steve Ballmer (holding a Windows 1.0 screenshot) and Don ...
PC Gamer

Windows 3.1 included a red and yellow 'Hot Dog Stand' color scheme so garish it was long assumed to be a joke, so I tracked down Microsoft's original UI designer to get the ...

Every so often, a wonderful thing happens: someone young enough to have missed out on using computers in the early 1990s is introduced to the Windows 3.1 "Hot Dog Stand" color scheme. Back in the day ...
The Verge

Microsoft is turning Windows into an ‘agentic OS,’ starting with the taskbar

AI agents on the taskbar, Copilot in the File Explorer, and much more. AI agents on the taskbar, Copilot in the File Explorer, and much more. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been ...
Bloomberg L.P.

For Too Many American Kids, Math Isn’t Adding Up

Math scores in the US have been so bad for so long that teachers could be forgiven for trying anything to improve them. Unfortunately, many of the strategies they’re using could be making things worse ...
Game Rant

Escape from Tarkov Prepares 'Tricks' for Cheaters Ahead of 1.0 Release

Dominik Bošnjak is a freelance writer from Croatia. He has been writing about games for as long as he can remember and began doing so professionally circa 2010. If he was forced to pick a favorite ...
Ars Technica

AI-powered features begin creeping deeper into the bedrock of Windows 11

Like virtually every major Windows announcement in the last three years, the spate of features that Microsoft announced for the operating system today all revolve around generative AI. In particular, ...
Thurrott

Windows ML is Generally Available with Windows App SDK 1.8.1

Microsoft today announced the first stable release of Windows ML, its AI inferencing runtime for Windows 11. Windows ML (Windows Machine Learning) is optimized for inferencing on-device AI models, ...
PC Gamer

Goofy open world sim Wobbly Life launches into space for its 1.0 update, adding rescue missions, asteroid mining, and the chance to be a space detective

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Wobbly Life's cosmic expanse adds a host of celestial bodies and manmade structures for you to ...
The Verge

Windows 11 is adding another Copilot button nobody asked for

Ever wish you could share a window with Copilot directly from the taskbar? No, neither have we. Ever wish you could share a window with Copilot directly from the taskbar? No, neither have we. is the ...
The Conversation

How adding sprints to your usual jogs can boost the health benefits of running

Christopher Gaffney receives funding from UKRI, NIHR, North West Cancer Research, and the Ministry of Defence. But around 31% of us aren’t regularly doing enough physical activity – including going ...