AMD’s legendary K5, its first independently-designed processor, is being removed from the Linux kernel — 4.3-million-transistor chip gets the axe because it lacks Time Stamp Counter (TSC) support, making it a coding burden

AMD’s landmark K5 processor family will no longer be supported by Linux when kernel version 7.2 arrives.

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Fears grow that age verification coming to VPNs as a British research firm labels them a ‘loophole’ — one app developer saw downloads surge by 1,800% in just the first month after the UK’s Online Safety Act took effect

The paper noted that VPN downloads spiked after enforcement began in the UK and several U.S. states.

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Linux mascot Tux the penguin hits 30 years old — Linus Torvalds outlined the design of the ‘slightly overweight penguin’ on May 9, 1996

Linux mascot Tux the penguin was first conceptualized by Linus Torvalds on this day in 1996.

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Microsoft is fixing one of the worst problems with Windows 11 updates — those dreaded installation failures

Some Windows 11 updates might be slower in the future — but it’s for a good reason.

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Microsoft CTO confesses that 30-year-old code from the mid-90s still forms the bedrock of Windows 11 — ancient Win32 API still the backbone, but CTO says it’s ‘more relevant than ever in 2026’

A top Microsoft exec has admitted that Windows 11 still relies on a bunch of old code from the 1990s.

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Microsoft’s rumored ‘Low Latency Profile’ CPU trick could make Windows 11’s menus and apps load up to 70% faster

Want Windows 11’s menus and apps to just work faster? Microsoft could be moving a key piece of the puzzle into place.
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AI may kill the app grid, but complex tasks still need apps

Yes, there’s still “an app for that.”

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Microsoft vows to make Windows 11’s File Explorer much faster — and it’s about time

Fed up with File Explorer running sluggishly in Windows 11? Microsoft’s doing ‘foundational’ work to fully fix it.

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Microsoft confirms why Windows 11 updates might be weird right now, and look like they’re failing — but it’s nothing to worry about

Microsoft warns that some consumers ‘might experience one additional restart during installation’ of Windows 11 updates.
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Microsoft continues the good work on Windows 11, with tweaks to ‘quiet’ ads — and that big taskbar change is ‘coming soon’

I’ve had my doubts about Microsoft’s campaign to fix Windows 11 this year, but they’re slowly melting away.

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