Enlarge / A PC running Windows 11. reader comments 176 One of Windows 11’s more contentious changes is that, by default, both the Home and Pro editions of the operating system require users to sign in with a Microsoft account during setup. Signing in with an account does get you some benefits, at least if ..
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Aurich Lawson | Getty Images reader comments 30 Linux and its code are made by people, and people are not with us forever. Over the weekend, a brief message on the Linux kernel mailing list reminded people of just how much one person can mean to a seemingly gargantuan project like Linux and how quickly ..
Enlarge / Microsoft’s 11th-edition Surface Pro, as exploded by iFixit. Despite adhesive holding in the screen and the fact that you need to remove the heatsink to get at the battery, it’s still much more repairable than past Surfaces or competing tablets. reader comments 30 For a long time, Microsoft’s Surface hardware was difficult-to-impossible to ..
reader comments 70 The Pocket 386, a new-old laptop that can run MS-DOS, Windows 3.x, and (technically) Windows 95. DZT’s Store The Pocket 386 isn’t sleek, but it’s a lot smaller than an actual 386 laptop would be. DZT’s Store The system in clear, plus the included dongles for adding external ports. DZT’s store Of ..
Getty Images reader comments 73 Often times, when I am researching something about computers or coding that has been around a very long while, I will come across a document on a university website that tells me more about that thing than any Wikipedia page or archive ever could. It’s usually a PDF, though sometimes ..
Enlarge / Features like Image Playground won’t arrive in Europe at the same time as other regions. reader comments 116 Three major features in iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia will not be available to European users this fall, Apple says. They include iPhone screen mirroring on the Mac, SharePlay screen sharing, and the entire Apple ..
Enlarge / A rendering of the Copilot button. reader comments 108 Microsoft is all-in on its Copilot+ PC push right now, but the fact is that they’ll be an extremely small minority among the PC install base for the foreseeable future. The program’s stringent hardware requirements—16GB of RAM, at least 256GB of storage, and a ..
reader comments 90 The Biden administration will ban all sales of Kaspersky antivirus software in the US starting in July, according to reporting from Reuters and a filing from the US Department of Commerce (PDF). The US believes that security software made by Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab represents a national security risk, and that the Russian ..
Enlarge / Signage outside a Dell campus. reader comments 219 Big tech companies are still trying to rally workers back into physical offices, and many workers are still not having it. Based on a recent report, computer-maker Dell has stumbled even more than most. Dell announced a new return-to-office initiative earlier this year. In the ..
Samuel Axon reader comments 91 A report by tech news site The Information suggests that Apple is shifting its augmented reality priorities. The next high-end version of the Vision Pro has purportedly been canceled while work continues on a more affordable version with a reduced feature set. Citing both an employee in Apple’s headset supply ..
