GoKawiil - Tech News

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Microsoft raises Windows OEM fees for PC makers by 7% to 10% (techspot.com)

2026-08-11 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: microsoft, windows, pc makers

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CISA: Microsoft SharePoint flaw now exploited in ransomware attacks (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: sharepoint, cve-2026-45659, microsoft

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Meta’s latest AI model wants to live on your PC (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: meta, muse glimmer, hugging face

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Microsoft's Weather app can eat up to 1.2GB of RAM just sitting open (techspot.com)

2026-08-10 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: microsoft, windows 11, msn weather

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Developer ports Word for Windows 1.1a to modern x64 systems using original source code (techspot.com)

2026-08-10 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: word for windows, microsoft, open source

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Microsoft Word circa 1990 can now run on modern Windows, thanks to a new native port (techspot.com)

2026-08-10 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: microsoft word, windows 1990, open source

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New StormEncryptor ransomware used by former Medusa affiliate (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: stormencryptor, medusa, cve-2026-18577

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Microsoft confirms OneDrive Photos app was rolled out to millions of Windows 11 PCs by mistake, fix incoming (techspot.com)

2026-08-10 | by Kishalaya Kundu | tags: one drive, windows 11, jeff teper

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Poll reveals just how popular this dying Android phone feature really is (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: microsd card, android authority, galaxy s26 ultra

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Docker Sandboxes – Disposable, isolated sandboxes for AI agents (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: docker, microvm, yolo mode

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Microsoft Responds to Outcry After Quietly Installing Beta 'Photos' App on Enterprise Machines (slashdot.org)

2026-08-10 | by Posted | tags: microsoft, onedrive, photos app

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Auto mode is now the default in Claude Code (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: claude, amazon bedrock, google cloud

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From rubber boots to Copa: When MicroProse Soccer revolutionized football (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-10 | by Lasse Sørnes | tags: microprose, soccer, amiga

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Windows 11's built-in Weather app wastes more than 1 GB of RAM (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-09 | tags: built, memory, microsoft

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x64 port of Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a arrives — you can now run this seminal 1990 word processor natively in Windows 11 (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-09 | by Mark Tyson | tags: code, github, microsoft

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Micron reportedly offers pennies on the dollar for Crucial RAM return, offers to reimburse original MSRP despite it being only 37% of market value — chipmaker later reverses course with a better solution (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-09 | by Zhiye Liu | tags: micron, crucial, ddr5

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Micron reportedly offers pennies on the dollar for Crucial RAM return, only offers to reimburse original MSRP despite it being only 37% of market value — chipmaker later reverses course with a better solution (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-09 | by Zhiye Liu | tags: crucial, memory, memory kit

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Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a, Native X64 Port (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-09 | tags: build, cmake, native

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Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Meta and Oracle Expect a Negative Cash Flow of $125 Billion Next Year (slashdot.org)

2026-08-08 | by Posted | tags: amazon, cash, expected

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Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-08 | by Stevie Bonifield | tags: advance, advance directed, affected

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Windows 11 26H2 is a small update with big quality-of-life improvements, expected around October 2026 (techspot.com)

2026-08-08 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: cloud, copilot, microsoft

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Trump Orders New 15% Tariff On Key Material For Solar Panels, Microchips (slashdot.org)

2026-08-07 | tags: commerce, factories, order

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I read Microsoft's Windows 11 'quality' progress report - and the subtext says it all (zdnet.com)

2026-08-07 | by Ed Bott | tags: file, just, microsoft

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Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did (theverge.com)

2026-08-07 | by Stevie Bonifield | tags: advance, advance directed, affected

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Show HN: textlog – A quiet, text-only microblogging platform, open-source, no JS (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: conversations, follow, hashtags

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Bioengineered chewing gum may offer a way to fight HPV and other microbes (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: bacteria, cancer, daniell

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Bioengineered chewing gum may offer a way to fight microbes linked to cancers (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: bacteria, cancer, daniell

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The 1-Minute Microwave Egg Trick That Changed My Mornings Forever (cnet.com)

2026-08-06 | by David Watsky | tags: cnet, microwave, poached

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Microsoft’s Quantum Chief Doesn’t Care That Scientists Don’t Believe His Results (wired.com)

2026-08-06 | by Isabella Ward | tags: alam, majorana, microsoft

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VPN provider built a script to block Microsoft's hidden GDID tracking on Windows — Windscribe's "deGDID" erases existing identifiers and blocks new ones from being created (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-06 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: degdid, gdid, keys