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4591.

Has Microsoft Discontinued Offline Activation of Windows? (slashdot.org)

2026-01-03 | by Posted | get Windows → | tags: activate, activation, longer

4592.

Microsoft silently kills Windows and Office phone activation and forces online activation with a Microsoft account — Windows users are now herded into an online-only portal for activation (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-03 | by Hassam Nasir | get Microsoft Account → | tags: activate, activation, microsoft

4593.

Laser cutting and engraving from a software perspective — master your hardware and optimize your creative output with some software know-how (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-03 | by Mark Tyson | get Software → | tags: hardware, image, laser

4594.

Building a rain predictor on a C64 with 1985's "XPER," expert system software (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-02 | by Christopher Drum | get Weather Radar System → | tags: expert, fifth, generation

4595.

Global software engineering job postings outlook – 2026 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-02 | get Cloud → | tags: demand, engineering, roles

4596.

Get a Lifetime of the Top 4 Microsoft Office Apps for $150 (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-02 | get Microsoft Word → | tags: apps, excel, microsoft

4597.

True agentic AI is years away - here's why and how we get there (zdnet.com)

2026-01-02 | by Tiernan Ray | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: agents, learning, memory

4598.

Cryptocurrency theft attacks traced to 2022 LastPass breach (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-01-02 | get LastPass → | tags: breach, cryptocurrency, lastpass

4599.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is now blogging about AI slop (theverge.com)

2026-01-02 | by Tom Warren | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: microsoft, models, nadella

4600.

Cops Forced to Explain Why AI Generated Police Report Claimed Officer Transformed Into Frog (futurism.com)

2026-01-02 | by Victor Tangermann | get Police Report Generator → | tags: department, draft, police

4601.

Why Notion’s biggest AI breakthrough came from simplifying everything (venturebeat.com)

2026-01-02 | get Notion's Notebooks → | tags: context, model, notion

4602.

Building an internal agent: Code-driven vs. LLM-driven workflows (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-01 | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: crafting, crafting engineering, elegant

4603.

Memory Subsystem Optimizations (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-01 | by Min Hsu | get Smart Card → | tags: applicable software, contact, memory

4604.

The most premium work laptop I tested in 2025 lets you finally ditch Wi-Fi for good (zdnet.com)

2026-01-01 | by Kyle Kucharski | get Laptop → | tags: build, connectivity, enterprise

4605.

Bid Farewell to ‘Stranger Things’ With io9’s Finale Episode Spoiler Zone (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-01 | get Streaming device → | tags: abyss, abyss hawkins, aftermath

4606.

Porsche recalls over 173,000 vehicles over rearview camera image (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-12-31 | get Inertial Measurement Unit → | tags: administration, administration said, assistance

4607.

Wall Street slides on the final day of 2025 to close out a record year (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-12-31 | get Stocks → | tags: afternoon, afternoon trading, annual

4608.

2025 was a disaster for Windows 11 (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-31 | by Zac Bowden | get Windows 11 → | tags: features, microsoft, new features

4609.

2025 was a disaster for Windows 11 as bugs and intrusive features erode trust (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-31 | by Zac Bowden | get Windows 11 → | tags: features, microsoft, new features

4610.

Why C++ programmers keep growing fast despite competition, safety, and AI (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-31 | by Herb Sutter | get OpenMP → | tags: growth, just, language

4611.

Quality of drinking water varies significantly by airline (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-31 | by Charles Platkin | get Water Purification System → | tags: aircraft, airlines, coli

4612.

Entrepreneurs Can Save 90% on Lifetime Licenses for Microsoft Office and Windows 11 Pro (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-12-30 | get Microsoft Office → | tags: entrepreneurs, microsoft, microsoft office

4613.

The great programming transformation: How AI and Rust are quietly dethroning C in Linux - and Windows (zdnet.com)

2025-12-30 | by Steven Vaughan-Nichols | get Rust → | tags: code, drivers, linux

4614.

How AI and Rust are rewriting Linux and Windows programming (zdnet.com)

2025-12-30 | by Steven Vaughan-Nichols | get Rust → | tags: code, drivers, linux

4615.

How AI and Rust are transforming programming in Linux and Windows now (zdnet.com)

2025-12-30 | by Steven Vaughan-Nichols | get Linux Kernel → | tags: code, drivers, linux

4616.

Softbank has fully funded $40 billion investment in OpenAI, sources tell CNBC (cnbc.com)

2025-12-30 | by Samantha Subin | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: billion, investment, openai

4617.

SoftBank to buy data center firm DigitalBridge for $4 billion in AI push (cnbc.com)

2025-12-30 | by Sam Meredith | get Data Center → | tags: digitalbridge, infrastructure, investment

4618.

The New Fiscal Year is Calling. Get QuickBooks for $500 Off. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-12-30 | get QuickBooks → | tags: license, plus, pro plus

4619.

Win32 is the stable Linux ABI (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-30 | get Windows → | tags: just, linux, reactos

4620.

Galaxy S26 Ultra could get a pro-level camera upgrade with these new Camera Assistant features (androidauthority.com)

2025-12-30 | get Camera Assistant → | tags: camera, features, galaxy