Microsoft is contributing a new RAMDAX driver to the upcoming Linux 6.19 kernel for DEC Alpha systems. Meanwhile, the aging architecture has gained a new maintainer after years of minimal development activity. These developments signal renewed interest in maintaining compatibility with hardware that
Microsoft is building multi-datacenter superclusters to train next-gen AI models with hundreds of trillions of parameters. The first connection between Wisconsin and Atlanta went live in October, using specialized “Fairwater” facilities with liquid cooling and near-zero water consumption. This distr
Apple has seeded the second beta of macOS Tahoe 26.2 to developers. The update brings alarm notifications to the Reminders app and design changes to News. Full release expected around mid-December.
Anthropic is investing $50 billion in custom data centers across Texas and New York through a partnership with UK neocloud provider Fluidstack. The facilities will come online throughout 2026 to support the company’s growing compute needs for its Claude AI models. This represents Anthropic’s first m
Microsoft has pushed an emergency out-of-band update to fix Windows 10 Extended Security Update registration problems. The KB5071959 patch resolves issues where users couldn’t see the ESU login window or received error messages. This fix comes just after November’s major patch day, which included a
Dave Plummer created Microsoft’s Task Manager in 1995 as an 85 KB application that could still run today. The former Microsoft engineer accidentally shipped it with his home phone number in the code, which remains there three decades later.
Google’s AI-powered search box is now appearing in Chrome Beta for iOS and Chrome Canary for Android. The new interface replaces the standard search bar with a taller “Ask Google” box featuring AI Mode. This represents Google’s push to make search more contextual across all platforms.
Microsoft has rolled out KB5068781, the first extended security update for Windows 10 since support officially ended last month. The update fixes an annoying error message and enrollment problems that were blocking users from receiving critical patches. Here’s what this means for the millions still
One of mathematics’ most contentious debates could be settled by translating a controversial 500-page proof into computer code. The decade-long standoff over Shinichi Mochizuki’s ABC conjecture proof might finally get resolved through formal verification in Lean.
Mozilla’s latest Firefox update officially ends support for 32-bit Linux systems while adding powerful new PDF annotation features. The browser also gets visual refinements and smarter tab management tools for modern workflows.
