Linux kernel maintainers are following through on removing Intel 486 support

The practical impact of the end of 486 support will be negligible; the number of modern Linux distributions that use the kernel’s 486 support is negligible.

I tried Peppermint Linux: How this bare-bones distro lets you build your ideal OS

Peppermint Linux was once a minimalist distribution for out-of-date hardware, but has grown into something much better.
Yahoo

Reddit User Uncovers Who Is Behind Meta’s $2B Lobbying for Invasive Age Verification Tech

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The technical reality hits harder than policy abstractions. These bills mandate OS-level APIs that apps can query for age ...
TechSpot

OS/2 isn't dead: ArcaOS update brings the 1980s-era OS to modern UEFI PCs

TL;DR: IBM's involvement in OS/2 development ended long ago, but the ancient platform is still being sold by third-party venture Arca Noae LLC. The company regularly updates its ArcaOS offering to fix ...
Wired

Nvidia Is Planning to Launch an Open-Source AI Agent Platform

Nvidia is planning to launch an open-source platform for AI agents, people familiar with the company’s plans tell WIRED. The chipmaker has been pitching the product, referred to as NemoClaw, to ...
CNBC

OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger joining OpenAI, Altman says

Sam Altman said in a post on X that OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger is joining OpenAI and that the open source AI tool will "live in a foundation" inside the company. AI agents such as OpenClaw ...
GizChina

POCO Launcher Officially Dead: HyperOS 4 Forces All Devices to One Interface

POCO phones are getting a massive software shake-up soon. HyperOS 4 is killing off the POCO Launcher completely. Everything's merging into one unified interface instead. The reason? New tech called ...
Android

Google's upcoming Aluminum OS has apps hitting the Play Store

Google is working on its Aluminum OS, which is set to combine Android and Chrome OS into a new platform for PCs. Android and Chrome OS had already sort of merged, since you can run Android apps on ...
HotHardware

Google Accidentally Leaks Secret Android Desktop OS User Interface

Google just might've (inadvertently) revealed the first look at its ambitious Android for PC project, bringing the long-awaited unification of ChromeOS and Android to desktop closer to reality. The ...
9to5google

Android’s full desktop interface leaks: New status bar, Chrome Extensions, more [Video]

A Google bug report on the Chromium Issue Tracker today has inadvertently leaked the Android desktop interface for the first time. The bug report published today about Chrome Incognito tabs was ...
Golf Digest

Callaway Quantum Max, Max OS and Max Fast irons: What you need to know

What you need to know: Callaway’s latest line of game- and super-game-improvement irons—Quantum Max, Quantum Max OS and Quantum Max Fast—share a host of common technologies yet are geared towards ...