GoKawiil - Tech News

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Microsoft Plugs Nearly 400 Security Holes (krebsonsecurity.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: microsoft, windows, cve-2026-68820

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Windows 11's latest update quietly ends support for picture passwords (techspot.com)

2026-08-11 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: windows 11, microsoft, picture password

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A developer got Word 1.1a from 1990 to run on Windows 11 - try it yourself (zdnet.com)

2026-08-11 | by Lance Whitney | tags: microsoft word, windows 11, github

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Microsoft almost made a Surface phone we actually wanted (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: surface phone, microsoft, surface duo

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Googlebooks May Soon Overpower Any Chromebook, If That Matters (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: googlebooks, chromebook, google

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Microsoft releases Windows 10 KB5120249 extended security update (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: windows 10, microsoft update, secure boot

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Windows 11 KB5121003 & KB5120240 cumulative updates released (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: windows 11, microsoft update catalog, patch tuesday

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What comes after the smartphone? Amazon’s Panos Panay will make his case at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-11 | by Techcrunch Events | tags: amazon, panos panay, surface devices

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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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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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Ecovacs Has a New Robot Excuse Not to Clean Your Windows With Your Hands (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: ecovacs, winbot w2s pro, robot vacuum

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Token-maxxing is dead. Agentic memory is what comes next. (venturebeat.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: mongodb, token-maxxing, context window

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GeForce Now exploit unlocks full Windows desktop access (techspot.com)

2026-08-10 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: geforce now, nvidia, steam

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GeForce NOW exploit lets you access the full Windows desktop through a simple file swap — Modder runs local AI models on Ultimate tier with 48GB of VRAM and no restrictions (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-10 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: geforce now, nvidia, trove

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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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Windows 11's built-in weather app hogs more than 1.2 gigabytes of RAM just to tell the forecast — memory-sucking web wrapper filled with ads masquerades as an actual application (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-10 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: windows 11, msn weather, foreca

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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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Ask Slashdot: What are the Costs of Switching Between Windows, MacOS, and Chrome? (slashdot.org)

2026-08-09 | by Posted | tags: dealing, dealing isn, fun money

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Here's how to format a USB drive on Windows (engadget.com)

2026-08-09 | by Max Miller | tags: drive, files, format

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

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

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Amazon circumvents community vote for massive AI data center using 45-year-old rules — Gilroy residents locked out of public comment window (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-08 | by Jowi Morales | tags: amazon, center, city

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Amazon secretly circumvents community vote for massive AI data center using 45-year-old rules — Gilroy residents locked out of public comment window (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-08 | by Jowi Morales | tags: amazon, center, city

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Turn your handwriting into a font for Android, Windows, or MacOS (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: bit differently, differently, form

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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 Administration To Pay German Firm $1.2 Billion To Halt US Wind Projects (slashdot.org)

2026-08-08 | tags: energy, offshore, offshore wind

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Trump administration spends another $1.2 billion to kill offshore wind farm projects (engadget.com)

2026-08-07 | by Lawrence Bonk | tags: administration, billion, energy