‘Windows 11 is far from perfect’: Microsoft just released an update I actually want to install — and you should too

Microsoft is forcing another Windows 11 update on us, but this one is actually worth installing

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Enterprising developer somehow writes an x86 CPU emulator in plain CSS — no Javascript, no WASM, just stylesheet computing

Enterprising developer somehow writes an x86 CPU emulator in plain CSS

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Will the Control Panel ever die? Rare feature migration to Settings spotted in Windows 11, but don’t get your hopes up for more of this

Microsoft shifts another Windows 11 feature to Settings from the Control Panel — but I expect the latter will still be with us in the 2030s.
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Linux 7.0 launches with enablement for Intel Nova Lake, AMD Zen 6 — major kernel update expected in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and Fedora 44 first

A major kernel update, Linux 7.0, has been officially released. Although it’ll take some time to show up in various Linux distros, the kernel comes with preliminary support for AMD’s upcoming Zen 6 and Intel’s Nova Lake.
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Can’t afford a fancy new graphics card? Here’s how to turn your outdated GPU into a frame-gen machine for less than the price of a 6-piece chicken nugget meal

Can’t afford an RTX 5090? I can’t either — but I’ve transformed my old GPU into a dedicated frame-gen card with this super-cheap app.
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Creator of Window’s Task Manager shows off ‘probably what Task Manager would look like if I were still around’ — Tempest AI’s retro-futuristic dashboard code shared to Github

Dave Plummer created Tempest AI to play the classic Atari game, but he also built a dashboard which imagines what Task Manager should look like if he were still in charge of it.
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Wikipedia officially blacklists all links to Archive Today over bizarre DDOS attack and manipulated archives — website operator caught tweaking their own archive

Wikipedia officially blacklists all links to Archive Today

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27 years after launch, Apple’s decades-old iBook lineup can still get legacy updates from the company’s servers — 21-year-old iBook G4 seamlessly connects to Wi-Fi, downloads updates with no mods

A Redditor has passionately shown off their 21-year-old iBook G4 on the r/MacOS subreddit, arguing that Apple’s extensive software support goes against the planned obsolescence accusations they get. In the post, OP’s vinta…

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Will Microsoft ever stop messing with Notepad? Windows 11 app could soon get another feature — and I’m predicting a backlash

Is Notepad getting too bloated these days? If you’re of that opinion, you won’t like what Microsoft has planned next.
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30 years later, the iconic ‘Bliss’ green hill from Windows XP is still thriving — lucky passerby captures the hill looking almost identical to the 1996 photograph in ‘super rare’ event

A Redditor travelling through Napa Valley on 18th February 2026 was lucky enough to see the iconic “Bliss” hill in a form close to the original wallpaper. This terrain is usually covered in vineyards, so it doesn’t look as…

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