Software

FurMark adds Raspberry Pi support, GPU fan monitoring

Negating all VPNs may have been possible since 2002

This third-party app blocks integrated Windows 11 advertising

Computer science coding classes deemphasize syntax as professors teach higher-level skills in AI era

Forward-looking: For computer science students, generative AI isn't just the future – it's the present. These smart language models are already reshaping how the next generation of programmers learns to code, with teachers giving their approach a whole new spin.

Zero regrets: Firefox power user kept 7,500 tabs open for two years

In brief: For most of us, having more than a couple dozen browser tabs open at once feels like a cluttered nightmare. But for one software engineer, managing nearly 7,500 active Firefox tabs is just another day at the office.

Valve's Proton 9.0 update makes more Windows games playable on Linux, including The Finals

The big picture: Proton is essential to the Steam Deck's ability to run thousands of PC games exclusively developed for Windows, and Valve hasn't stopped working to expand the range of its Linux compatibility layer. A major new update enables support for some important titles with the improvements permeating across all Linux systems.

Microsoft Edge gets a built-in internet speed test tool, here's how to use it

Google just removed RISC-V support from the Android kernel

BASIC's 60th anniversary reminds us of the language that democratized programming, as AI threatens to automate coding

Nvidia ChatRTX gets more LLM support, AI voice recognition

Winamp's new music platform is coming this summer

Microsoft Edge continues upward trend on PC, even as it remains 9th on mobile

Windows 10 returns to 70% market share as Windows 11 continues to sink

April Steam survey sees another AMD card enter chart, Windows 11 gain more users

Devious "Brokewell" trojan masquerades as Chrome browser update to steal your banking data

iOS 18 could overhaul several built-in iPhone apps with AI features

Rumor mill: iOS 18 is expected to bring significant updates including a revamped design language and expanded customization features. The upcoming release is also rumored to introduce extensive changes to various built-in iPhone apps such as Notes, Mail, Photos, Fitness, and others.

Path tracing mods for Deus Ex, Dark Messiah, and Half-Life 2 show stunning progress

Google supercharges Chrome's omnibox address bar with machine learning

MS-DOS 4.00 source code's sloppy Git dump breaks build and erases metadata

Facepalm: Microsoft deserves kudos for open-sourcing the MS-DOS 4.00 source code, shedding light on an important milestone in computing history. But the tech giant has bungled the release in a way that may cause needless headaches for historians and archivists eager to study the decades-old code.

Arc Browser reaches stable release on Windows, available for download

Microsoft rolls out update to fix a bug that was installing Copilot on Windows 11 PCs

Epic will relaunch Fortnite on iPad, Apple ordered to open up iPadOS in the EU

Millions of devices still vulnerable to abandoned USB worm, continues to spread globally

Microsoft's Phi-3 Mini boasts ChatGPT-level performance in an ultralight 3.8B parameter package

Why it matters: Advanced AI capabilities generally require massive cloud-hosted models with billions or even trillions of parameters. But Microsoft is challenging that with the Phi-3 Mini, a pint-sized AI powerhouse that can run on your phone or laptop while delivering performance rivaling some of the biggest language models out there.