GoKawiil - Tech News

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Windows questions? How Copilot can analyze your PC settings now (zdnet.com)

2026-07-13 | by Lance Whitney | tags: copilot, insights, microsoft

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Show HN: Zen Mode – a global focus mode for macOS (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-12 | tags: hammerspoon, macos, mode

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Palantir Insiders Disgusted by Company’s Leadership (futurism.com)

2026-07-11 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: meltdown, military, palantir

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Let’s Talk About the End Credits Scenes of ‘Evil Dead Burn’ (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-10 | tags: breakdown, credits, credits scenes

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Ryanair Passenger Sucked Toward Broken Window After Midair Engine Failure (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-10 | tags: broken, broken window, engine

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Tiny11 trims Windows 11 down to 8GB, no bloat included (techspot.com)

2026-07-10 | tags: apps, microsoft, release

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Microsoft goes all in on new AI-powered Windows security strategy - what it means for you (zdnet.com)

2026-07-09 | by Ed Bott | tags: microsoft, security, speed

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New hack exploits AI hallucinations to trick agents into running malicious code — 'HalluSquatting' attack exploits a fundamental weakness in every available model (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-09 | by Bruno Ferreira | tags: attacker, bots, code

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Apple's Widow's Bay has the most Emmy noms of any new show this year (engadget.com)

2026-07-08 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | tags: apple, awards, nominations

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Arrest and extradition of Scattered Spider hacker shines light on how Windows telemetry GDIDs can identify and track users — Microsoft device identifier is just one digital fingerprint in a software world rife with them (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-08 | by Bruno Ferreira | tags: gdid, microsoft, stokes

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Space Force gets first mobile high-powered electromagnetic beam weapon to cripple enemy satellites — plans to deploy 32 ‘Meadowlands’ units to detect, deny, disrupt, and degrade hostile space assets (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-08 | by Mark Tyson | tags: electromagnetic, electromagnetic warfare, force

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Here’s How to Check If Windows 11 Is Secretly Gobbling Up Your Disk Space (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-07 | tags: check, check windows, disk

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After 30 years with Linux, here's my way of convincing Windows users to switch (zdnet.com)

2026-07-07 | by Jack Wallen | tags: linux, operating, switch

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How to make Zorin OS look like Windows 11 - for free (zdnet.com)

2026-07-06 | by Jack Wallen | tags: panel, version, windows

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Want to convince a Windows user to try Linux? Here's how I do it (zdnet.com)

2026-07-06 | by Jack Wallen | tags: linux, operating, switch

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Microsoft has a hidden Windows 11 edition that supports 6TB of RAM and 256 CPU cores (techspot.com)

2026-07-06 | tags: data scientists, designed professionals, download

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Run Windows 2000 on a DEC Alpha with a new es40 fork (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-05 | tags: alpha, axpbox, firmware

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Lenovo laptops are now shipping with YMTC SSDs, a sign of Chinese NAND entering the mainstream (techspot.com)

2026-07-05 | tags: according teardown, built, built intel

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As downtown Seattle offices empty, city facing years of 'zombie' towers (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-04 | tags: city, city facing, downtown

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The Best Ultralight Backpacking Quilts (2026): Zenbivy, REI (wired.com)

2026-07-03 | by Scott Gilbertson | tags: zenbivy, rei, backpacking quilts

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iFixit is creating a repairability scoring standard for US electronics (techspot.com)

2026-07-03 | tags: ifixit, repairability scoring, nsf project

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Popular TV-tracking app TV Time is shutting down as company focuses on AI (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-02 | by Sarah Perez | tags: tv time, whip media, app shutdown

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Microsoft's new Azure Linux 4.0 is here, and it could replace Windows Server in the enterprise (zdnet.com)

2026-07-02 | by Steven Vaughan-Nichols | tags: azure linux, microsoft, fedora

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Rufus improves Windows installs, adds RISC-V and UEFI:NTFS fixes (techspot.com)

2026-07-02 | tags: rufus, windows, uefi

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Former Microsoft dev built a 2.5KB Notepad clone with zero AI features (techspot.com)

2026-07-02 | tags: microsoft, windows, notepad

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Microsoft fixes bug that removed Copilot buttons in Outlook (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-07-02 | tags: microsoft, outlook, copilot

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Android 17 QPR1 Beta 6 makes desktop windowing feel more like a real PC (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-02 | tags: android 17, qpr1 beta 6, desktop windowing

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Neutrino’s nursery found: the ‘Shadow Blaster’ (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-02 | tags: neutrino, shadow blaster, nature.com

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Report: MacBook price hikes expected to contribute to 13.6% drop in global laptop shipments (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-01 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: macbook, apple silicon, trendforce

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Museums could use ravenous superworms to clean skeletons (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-01 | tags: superworms, museum collections, skeletal cleaning