I took the Virtual Boy on an 11hr flight — the best part was telling the flight attendant how terrible it is

I thought it would be fun to test the Virtual Boy on a flight — it wasn’t worth the headaches and carry-on space.

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RTX 5090 gets 12% gaming boost in Ubuntu 26.04, thanks to optimizations with Gnome 50 — latest popular distro update brings significant performance uplift for Nvidia’s top GPU

Phoronix tested Ubuntu 26.04 on an RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 and found that the new version performs up to 12% better on the 5090 compared to Ubuntu 25.10.
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The Nintendo Switch 2 has a new worst accessory in the Virtual Boy — the best place for it is on your shelf

The Nintendo Virtual Boy was a flop on its first go around in the 90s, and in 2026, it isn’t any better as a Nintendo Switch accessory.
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Microsoft’s year of fixing Windows 11 is off to a promising start, as latest update improves stability — but it still has a lot more work to do

Microsoft continues to deliver its promised Windows 11 fixes in a new update that improves reliability in many ways.
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Windows 11’s new internet speed test is just a link to Bing.com in a move that smacks of laziness and overzealous promotion

Windows 11’s new internet speed test has left people longing for Windows 8 — that’s how badly Microsoft has dropped the ball here.
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Windows 11 is finally getting an easy way to access dark mode — and a fix for those ‘flashbangs’ that still plague File Explorer

Annoying white flashes are still hanging around in Windows 11 for some users, but hopefully not for much longer.

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‘Everybody talks about what’s the next AI device… Glasses, obviously is one of them’ — Samsung exec teases details about its forthcoming XR glasses, and when they might arrive

It looks increasingly likely that we’ll see the Samsung XR glasses before the end of the current year.

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‘You can see someone going to the toilet, or getting undressed’ — contractors warn your Meta AI glasses might see more than you realize

Meta contractors are seeing a lot more from our smart glasses than we might realize.

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AI vibe-coded operating system is so bad it can’t even run Doom — Vib-OS can’t connect to the internet, browser app is an image viewer [Updated]

A new vibe-coded operating system performed as woefully as expected during a 9-point check process.

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Windows 12 could arrive this year with rumored heavy AI focus — and the hate is strong already

Is Microsoft planning Windows 12 for this year? I doubt that, but the pre-emptive backlash against its AI features has already started.
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