Is this the ultimate ‘back to school’ laptop? Students can get a brand new 2026 Dell XPS 13 for just $599
 Is this the ultimate ‘back to school’ laptop? Students can get a brand new 2026 Dell XPS 13 for just $599

The MacBook Neo now has a direct Windows 11 competitor in the form of the brand new 2026 Dell XPS 13.

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Watch out Windows users, a Secure Boot update has been blocked on Windows 11 PCs due to failing on some devices — here’s how to check if you’re affected
 Watch out Windows users, a Secure Boot update has been blocked on Windows 11 PCs due to failing on some devices — here’s how to check if you’re affected

Certain older devices that cannot receive updates via their OEM may not be able to install the latest Secure Boot certificate.

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Confused about your PC specs or hardware? Windows 11’s Copilot app is getting new powers to help you ‘understand your device’
 Confused about your PC specs or hardware? Windows 11’s Copilot app is getting new powers to help you ‘understand your device’

Copilot app’s new ‘PC insights’ feature has been greeted with some skepticism.

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Apple’s app subscription bundles are too rigid and inflexible — here’s how I’d overhaul them if I were CEO-to-be John Ternus
 Apple’s app subscription bundles are too rigid and inflexible — here’s how I’d overhaul them if I were CEO-to-be John Ternus

Apple’s app subscription bundles are too rigid and inflexible. They’re in desperate need of a rethink.

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Sega Dreamcast driver fixes appear in Linux 7.2-rc3 — fabled console remains in favor while iconic computing architectures like i486 fall by the wayside

A set of updates for Sega Dreamcast hardware has been merged into the Linux 7.2-rc3 kernel this weekend.

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Windows 95 didn’t detect installers, it ‘guessed’ based on the file name, says veteran dev — it simply checked for words like setup, install, inst, or localized equivalents

The full match list ran to six terms: setup, install, inst, imposta, ayarla, and felrak.

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Save 84% on a two-year ExpressVPN subscription, offering four additional months for free — upgrade your privacy for under $70 with no-logs access to servers in 105 countries worldwide
 Save 84% on a two-year ExpressVPN subscription, offering four additional months for free — upgrade your privacy for under $70 with no-logs access to servers in 105 countries worldwide

Right now, you’ll save $378 in total on over two years’ worth of ExpressVPN, now priced at $69.72, with four extra months thrown in for free.

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Meta’s super-sensing AI glasses are still in the works, and I don’t know if I should be excited or terrified
 Meta’s super-sensing AI glasses are still in the works, and I don’t know if I should be excited or terrified

Is never forgetting anything ever again worth the cost of an always-watching AI? Meta certainly hopes so, as its super-sensing AI glasses edge one step closer to reality according to new report.

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I read Careless People, the Meta tell-all — and it made me want the chapter Sarah Wynn-Williams couldn’t write
 I read Careless People, the Meta tell-all — and it made me want the chapter Sarah Wynn-Williams couldn’t write

Reading Careless People helped me understand how Facebook’s internal culture may have allowed Mark Zuckerberg’s strange metaverse obsession to become Meta’s defining idea.

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Meta just fixed a privacy vulnerability with its Ray-Ban smart glasses, but could cameraless designs be the better future?
 Meta just fixed a privacy vulnerability with its Ray-Ban smart glasses, but could cameraless designs be the better future?

I hate cameraless smart glasses, so I’m glad Meta just solved a big vulnerability with its specs.

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