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The History of Windows XP

Microsoft is an interesting company. It is a company whose omnipresence shapes the perception of its products. By the end of the 1990s, Microsoft’s products had become part of the landscape of life. Any change to any product would stir overreaction whether it be positive or negative, and some time later, that same product would just be quotidian, and the next release would be the problem of the world or the cure to all ills. The previous release would then be the single most loved and cherished

Why ‘One Piece’ Fans Are Hyped for Nico Robin’s Netflix Debut

Over the weekend, Netflix unveiled the official season two trailer of Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece. It’s laden with peeks at where the Straw Hat Pirates’ odyssey will take them on their trek to uncover the pirate king’s hidden treasure—and fans lost their minds at the first look at a fan-favorite character, Miss All Sunday, aka Nico Robin. While it was announced months ago that Nico Robin would be played by Lera Abova (Honey Don’t!) alongside Joe Manganiello as Mr. O (aka Crocodile), fans had yet t

8 Common Foods That Can Contain Microplastics and How to Avoid Them

Microplastics aren't just an ocean pollution issue anymore. They're now a daily life, from diet to kitchen tools. Recent research shows that common foods, drinks and food storage containers may be delivering thousands of tiny plastic particles into your body without you even realizing it. Studies estimate the average person consumes between 39,000 and 52,000 microplastic particles annually through food and beverages alone -- and when airborne particles are included, that number can climb as hig

Slow Ventures cuts first check from $60M creator fund into woodworking founder

Slow Ventures’ Creator Fund has invested $2 million into Jonathan Katz-Moses, a popular woodworking content creator with around 600,000 followers, nearly 75 million video views, and his own line of woodworking tools. This marks the first investment for Slow’s $60 million Creator Fund since its launch in February. The fund looks to help creators launch businesses, under the belief that what made them successful influencers is what can also make them a good founder. Speaking to TechCrunch, Slow

Porting to OS/2 (1987)

from the November 1987 issue of PC Tech Journal magazine An inside look reveals how one company rapidly converted a complex data manager from DOS to the OS/2 environment. by Steven Armbrust When Microrim, Inc., became a beta site for IBM’s new Operating System/2 (OS/2) in late 1986, Microrim chairman and founder Wayne Erickson knew immediately what he and his staff had to do. Not only did they have to convert R:BASE System V, Microrim’s largest and most complex database manager, to run under

The Ending of ‘Weapons’ Is Very Personal to Zach Cregger

You can’t watch a movie like Weapons and not sense that parts of it come from deep within a person. The portrayals of family, fear, and loss—it’s all heartbreaking and scary even before you get to the chills and thrills. Writer-director Zach Cregger fully admits the film was written as a way for him to cope with the loss of a good friend, but his personal connections to the material go even beyond that. Speaking to Vanity Fair, Cregger talked about some of the big reveals in the final act of th

Flying With Delta? Crunchyroll Anime Is Coming to Your Flights

Crunchyroll and Delta Air Lines announced a partnership Monday to offer anime as part of the in-flight entertainment on the airline. The anime addition is set to arrive later this year, and Delta passengers will be able to stream content handpicked from Crunchyroll. SkyMiles members will receive an exclusive perk of a 24-hour free trial of the streaming service that can be used abroad the flight or after touching down. Crunchyroll will hit more than 169,000 seatback screens on Delta aircraft. T

GitHub will be folded into Microsoft proper as CEO steps down

Microsoft has owned GitHub since 2018, but the widely used developer platform has operated with at least a little independence from the rest of the company, with its own separate CEO and other executives. But it looks like GitHub will be more fully folded into Microsoft's org chart starting next year—GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke announced today that he would be leaving GitHub and Microsoft "to become a founder again." "GitHub and its leadership team will continue its mission as part of Microsoft’s

Reddit blocks Internet Archive to end sneaky AI scraping

Reddit is now blocking the Internet Archive (IA) from indexing popular Reddit threads after allegedly catching sneaky AI firms—restricted from scraping Reddit—instead simply scraping data from IA's archived content. Where before IA's Wayback Machine dependably archived Reddit pages, profiles, and comments—as part of its mission to archive the Internet—moving forward, only screenshots of the Reddit homepage will be archived. As The Verge noted, this means the archive will only be useful as a sna

Google Meet’s new full-screen mode puts presentations front and center

TL;DR Google Meet now has a full-screen option for presentations and screen shares. The feature pushes participants into a sidebar so content takes center stage. It’s rolling out now for Rapid Release and coming August 14 to Scheduled Release. If you’ve spent any time in a Google Meet call, you’ll know that part of the screen is a slide deck and the rest is a gallery of participants reacting or pretending to pay attention. Google’s latest tweak aims to make that first half a little easier to

Washington, DC police put under federal control, National Guard deployed

President Donald Trump on Monday placed the Washington, D.C., police department under federal control and deployed 800 National Guard troops in the capital city to address what he claimed was out-of-control crime there. It is the first time that a president has federalized the Metropolitan Police Department. Trump's move drew fierce condemnation from local officials, who noted that official statistics show crime in D.C. is on the decline. "I'm announcing a historic action to rescue our nation'

Crypto exchange Bullish raises IPO size, seeks nearly $5 billion valuation

Peter Thiel-backed cryptocurrency exchange Bullish raised the size of its initial public offering. Bullish is aiming to raise $990 million, offering 30 million shares priced between $32 and $33 apiece, and targeting a valuation of $4.8 billion, according to a Monday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company, led by former New York Stock Exchange president Tom Farley, had previously marketed 20.3 million shares at a proposed range between $28 and $31 a share and sought a $

LLMs’ “simulated reasoning” abilities are a “brittle mirage,” researchers find

Credit: Zhao et al The researchers used test cases that fall outside of the LLM training data in task type, format, and length. Credit: Zhao et al The researchers used test cases that fall outside of the LLM training data in task type, format, and length. These simplified models were then tested using a variety of tasks, some of which precisely or closely matched the function patterns in the training data and others that required function compositions that were either partially or fully "out of

GitHub just got less independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft is moving GitHub even more closely into its CoreAI team, following the resignation of GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke today. After nearly four years as CEO, Dohmke is leaving GitHub to “become a startup founder again,” and pursue opportunities outside of Microsoft and GitHub. GitHub has

Microsoft tests cloud-based Windows 365 disaster recovery PCs

Microsoft has announced the limited public preview of Windows 365 Reserve, a service that provides temporary desktop access to pre-configured cloud PCs for employees whose computers have become unavailable due to cyberattacks, hardware issues, or software problems. Windows 365 Reserve provides up to 10 days of access per user annually to these cloud-based Windows 365 disaster recovery PCs, enabling organizations to mitigate productivity issues during outages without requiring physical replaceme

Porting to OS/2 – GitPius

from the November 1987 issue of PC Tech Journal magazine An inside look reveals how one company rapidly converted a complex data manager from DOS to the OS/2 environment. by Steven Armbrust When Microrim, Inc., became a beta site for IBM’s new Operating System/2 (OS/2) in late 1986, Microrim chairman and founder Wayne Erickson knew immediately what he and his staff had to do. Not only did they have to convert R:BASE System V, Microrim’s largest and most complex database manager, to run under

GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft is moving GitHub into its CoreAI team, following the resignation of GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke today. After nearly four years as CEO, Dohmke is leaving GitHub to “become a startup founder again,” and pursue opportunities outside of Microsoft and GitHub. GitHub has operated as a sep

TechCrunch Mobility: The triple punch headed for automakers

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! I took a tour through a few 10Q reports this week to get a sense of how EV makers like Rivian and Lucid (or even legacy automakers that also sell EVs) feel about the one-two punch of tariffs and the end of the federal tax credit. Although these documents are loaded with legalese, it’s clear that both econ

GitHub CEO to step down

In Brief GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke announced on Monday that he’s stepping down from his role. Dohmke will remain at the Microsoft-owned company until the end of the year, after which he will depart to become “a founder again,” he wrote in a blog post. Axios reports that Microsoft will not directly replace the position, and that GitHub leadership will now report to several Microsoft executives. “With more than 1B repos and forks, and over 150 million developers, GitHub has never been stronger t

GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft is moving GitHub into its CoreAI team, following the resignation of GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke today. After nearly four years as CEO, Dohmke is leaving GitHub to “become a startup founder again,” and pursue opportunities outside of Microsoft and GitHub. GitHub has operated as a sep

Microsoft to shut down Lens and push users to Copilot - but you have other options

Microsoft / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Microsoft Lens retires in stages, ending scans by Dec. 15, 2025. 365 Copilot app offers scanning but with fewer features. Adobe Scan, PhotoScan, TurboScan are solid Lens alternatives. I often use Microsoft Lens on my iPhone to scan photos, business cards, and documents. It's a handy and helpful app for scanning physical items. But come December, I'll have to rely on a different program for my scanning needs. That's because Micro

Ninja’s latest ice cream maker has never been cheaper

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Ninja’s Swirl ups the ante for ice cream machines by also allowing you to make soft serve or frozen yogurt at home. It normally costs $349.99, but now you can pick one up for $299.99 at Amazon, its lowest price to date. It’s the first time the ice cream maker has gone on sale since it was released in February. Ninja Swirl $ 300 $ 350 14 % off $ 300 Ninja’s clever 2-in-1 machine can spin up soft serve and tr

TeaOnHer, a rival Tea app for men, is leaking users' personal data

TeaOnHer, an app designed for men to share photos and information about women they have supposedly dated, has exposed users’ personal information, including government IDs and selfies, TechCrunch can confirm. The app, which launched on the Apple App Store earlier this week, is a response to another viral app Tea that allows women to post about the men they date. Tea is advertised as a women’s safety app with more than 6 million users that is similar to “Are we dating the same guy?” Facebook net

Alison Brie Wants to Make a Return to ‘Scream’

Denzel Washington is keeping quiet about his Black Panther 3 role. David S. Goyer teases the origins of the Blob for its new remake. Plus, the stars of Resident Alien hope for a movie to cap off the series. Spoilers, away! Black Panther 3 When asked by Screen Rant about his rumored role in Black Panther 3, Denzel Washington only answered, “That’s between me and [director] Ryan [Coogler].” Scream 7 During her recent appearance on the Shut Up Evan podcast (via Deadline), Alison Brie stated she

Over 29,000 Exchange servers unpatched against high-severity flaw

Over 29,000 Exchange servers exposed online remain unpatched against a high-severity vulnerability that can let attackers move laterally in Microsoft cloud environments, potentially leading to complete domain compromise. The security flaw (tracked as CVE-2025-53786) helps threat actors who gain administrative access to on-premises Exchange servers to escalate privileges within the organization's connected cloud environment by forging or manipulating trusted tokens or API calls, without leaving

How to use GPT-5 in VS Code with GitHub Copilot

Pakpoom Makpan/Getty Images ZDNET's key takeaways GitHub Copilot Pro now supports GPT-5 in VS Code. A 30-day trial lets you test premium models for free. Add your OpenAI key to bypass Copilot restriction. GPT-5 is now available for use with Microsoft's GitHub Copilot in VS Code. In this article, I'll walk you through the steps of setting up the linkages between VS Code, Copilot, and GPT-5. This process will also work for most other supported large language models you want to use. Also: Mic

Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Monday, Aug. 11

Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today's Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Thanks, today's Mini Crossword! You were pretty simple again, and I love that. Almost got tripped up on 5-Down, but was able to fill in the other letters and move on. Need answers? Read on. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Min

ECScape: Understanding IAM Privilege Boundaries in Amazon ECS

This post is Part 2 of our educational series on Amazon ECS security. In Part 1 – Under the Hood of Amazon ECS on EC2, we explored how the ECS agent, IAM roles and the ECS control plane provide credentials to tasks. Here we’ll demonstrate how those mechanisms can lead to a known risk when tasks with different privilege levels share the same EC2 host. This cross-task credential exposure highlights the inherent risks of relying on per-task IAM scoping and task execution boundaries when workloads s

Flintlock – Create and manage the lifecycle of MicroVMs, backed by containerd

Flintlock - Create and manage the lifecycle of MicroVMs, backed by containerd. What is flintlock? 🎉 This project was originally developed by Weaveworks but is now owned & run by the community. If you are interested in helping out please reach out. Flintlock is a service for creating and managing the lifecycle of microVMs on a host machine. We support the Cloud Hypervisor and Firecracker VMMs. The original use case for flintlock was to create microVMs on a bare-metal host where the microVMs w