Microsoft launches Cloud‑Initiated Driver Recovery for remote rollback of faulty updates — no user action or OEM intervention will be needed to handle broken drivers delivered via Windows Update

Microsoft introduces Cloud-Initiated Driver Recovery, an important Windows reliability change designed to minimize buggy driver mayhem.
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If you’re wondering why Microsoft’s Xbox mode is still missing after installing the latest Windows 11 update, here’s why

The long-anticipated Xbox mode is finally available on Windows 11, but it’s still MIA for multiple users, despite its inclusion in recent updates.
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Microsoft staunchly defends its new ‘Low Latency Profile’ for Windows 11 after community backlash — says every other OS already boosts CPU speeds for quicker load times

After a new “low Latency Profile” for Windows 11 was discovered last week, the community has responded severely, criticizing Microsoft for suppressing a bigger issue. The company, however, is defending the decision on soci…

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Dell SupportAssist update is crashing PCs with constant blue screens and reboot loops — the boot service built for system recovery is the culprit of unending instability

SupportAssist Remediation is a background service that Dell bundles on its Windows PCs to automate system recovery and repair tasks, and a recent update is reportedly causing BSOD loops.
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‘All modern operating systems do this, including macOS and Linux’: Microsoft exec fires back at critics accusing it of ‘cheating’ with Windows 11 speed boost feature

Microsoft defends CPU trick to boost Windows 11 performance after critics label it a fudged fix.

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I’m impressed that Microsoft keeps on improving PowerToys with smart additions — but I wonder why the newest monitor trick isn’t in Windows 11 by default

Power Display is a smart add-on that’s arrived in the PowerToys suite of utilities, accompanied by another equally useful tool.
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Former Epic director is building a European rival to the Unreal and Unity game engines — ‘The Immense Engine’ dev sees opportunity for AI agents to ‘do the work of ten or fifteen people’

A heavyweight games industry veteran says he is building a fully European alternative to popular games engines from American and Chinese companies.
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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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