CISA flags actively exploited ‘Copy Fail’ Linux kernel flaw enabling root takeover across major distros — unpatched systems may remain vulnerable to attack

CISA warns of the actively exploited “Copy Fail” Linux flaw (CVE-2026-31431), enabling root access, with a public exploit released before patches were ready.
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Windows 11 is such a memory hog that I’ve had to resort to RAM optimizers — but can Microsoft turn things around with project K2?

Windows 11 and other applications are using way too much RAM, so I found a temporary solution while Microsoft’s project K2 begins.
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A suspected YouTube interface bug spikes RAM usage above 7 gigabytes, users report severe lag and frozen tabs — bug might be trapping browsers in an endless layout loop

Reports of YouTube freezing browsers and consuming massive amounts of RAM are spreading online, with developers tracing the issue to a suspected UI bug that may trigger endless layout recalculations and severe system lag. …

Popular 90s search engine ‘Ask Jeeves’ finally bites the dust — parent company shutters website that pioneered natural language queries, only a placeholder results page remains

IAC, the parent company of Ask Jeeves, is finally putting the search engine out to pasture after 30 years.

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Utah first state to hold websites liable for users who mask their location with VPNs — law goes into effect, designed to prevent bypassing age checks

Utah’s Online Age Verification Amendments, formally Senate Bill 73, take effect on May 6.

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Microsoft now recommends 32GB of RAM as the future-proof ‘no worries’ config for gaming — 16GB becomes the new ‘practical starting point’ during the RAMageddon

Pretty much no games recommend more than 16GB of RAM, even in the unoptimized era we’re living in right now. Only a few titles at their highest presets say 32GB is ideal, so Microsoft claiming that 32GB is the future-proof…

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Microsoft’s CEO promised the world to consumers in a speech about fixing Windows 11 — but one thing Satya Nadella said worries me

Satya Nadella talking about consumers in relation to Windows 11 is mostly reassuring, with a notable exception.

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45 years later, earliest DOS source code transcribed from a stack of old printouts found in a garage — code was open-sourced to mark 86-DOS 1.00’s anniversary

Microsoft continues to make some of the earliest chapters of its operating system history open-source and freely available. Here’s 86-DOS 1.00, released on its 45th anniversary, for example.
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I don’t know if Vision Pro is alive or dead, but it is still the most sophisticated, powerful, and coolest hardware Apple ever built — and we can surely thank it for the glasses that will follow

Apple Vision Pro’s success may matter less than all the products Apple and John Ternus will build because of it.

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Microsoft has an ambitious plan to win users back, and go toe-to-toe with Valve’s SteamOS for gaming — but I’m not getting my hopes up

Microsoft is currently in an ongoing battle to improve Windows 11 for idle use and gaming to compete with SteamOS, and it has a big plan for it.
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