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California introduces age verification law for all operating systems, including Linux and SteamOS — user age verified during OS account setup
By Luke James published
The law's broad definition of an "operating system provider" pulls in not just Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS, but Linux distributions and Valve's SteamOS.

Developer's 1994 Linux desktop recreation runs in your browser as a modern web app
By Ben Stockton published
Dial back to the 1990s with this Debian Linux clone in your browser

Linux 7.0 launches with enablement for Intel Nova Lake, AMD Zen 6
By Aaron Klotz published
Linux 7.0 is everything you would expect from a major kernel update.

Creator of Window's Task Manager shows off 'probably what Task Manager would look like if I were still around'
By Jowi Morales published
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.

27 years after launch, Apple's decades-old iBook lineup can still get legacy updates from the company's servers
By Hassam Nasir published
Apple's old laptops are still usable it seems.

30 years later, the iconic 'Bliss' green hill from Windows XP is still thriving
By Hassam Nasir published
Still got it.

Microsoft adds built-in speed test to latest Windows Insider builds, but it's just a Bing shortcut
By Hassam Nasir published
It opens inside Bing in your default browser.

Rufus devs blame Microsoft for blocking latest Windows 11 ISOs, resulting in IP bans
By Aaron Klotz last updated
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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