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To stay safe in Windows 10 from next October commercial customers have to pay $61, then ‘double every consecutive year for a maximum of three years’

To stay safe in…

Update: Microsoft has been in touch to clarify that “this week’s news from Microsoft on Windows 10 ESU pricing…
The 2025 Microsoft Excel World Championship went way, way harder than it needed to with its wrestling-style intros and I’m so here for it

The 2025 Microsoft Excel…

I’ve found something you need to see. We’ve covered the Excel World Championship before, highlighting its excellent theme song,…
‘Never bet against’ Jensen Huang’s ‘ability to disrupt himself’ says IBM chief

‘Never bet against’ Jensen…

There’s a good chance you know AI as that thing your grandpa uses to get information wrong, and also…
Microsoft Edge might let you limit its RAM usage soon including a setting just for gamers

Microsoft Edge might let…

Microsoft Edge is fine. Unfortunately, fine doth butter few parsnips in the world of browser choices, as it's often…
US Gov report slams Microsoft over email hack—’The Board finds that this intrusion was preventable and should never have occurred’

US Gov report slams…

Last year, Microsoft disclosed that a Chinese hacking group referred to as “Storm-0558” was responsible for a security breach…
OpenAI CEO thinks the AI singularity is already upon us and that cracking down on it wouldn’t be good for humanity, because of course he does

OpenAI CEO thinks the…

Tech leaders sure do say some wacky things. But AI tech leaders perhaps say the wackiest things (here’s looking…
Cloudflare says DDoS attacks have multiplied to 1

Cloudflare says DDoS attacks…

If you thought the AI industry deals with big numbers—millions of tokens, giga-zigga-exa-flexa-FLOPs (a very real metric, I tell…
AI companies are anonymously buying and destroying millions of books through middleman services to avoid headlines about AI companies buying and destroying millions of books

AI companies are anonymously…

AI isn’t doing great on the PR front. Whether it’s the exponentially increasing electricity consumption amidst worsening climate change,…
The father of the Linux operating system, Linus Torvalds, says the reason why Windows has a rep for bugs and blue screens isn’t down to bad code but bad memory

The father of the…

OK, brace yourself for this one, peeps. Linus Torvalds, the software developer who created the Linux operating system and…
2 Star Ocean games go DRM-free on GOG as the storefront promises it’s working on embracing the Linux faithful

2 Star Ocean games…

If you love JRPGs and hate DRM, some good news: the Star Ocean series has arrived on GOG. Well,…