ZDNET reports that new Windows laptops include a dedicated Copilot key that replaces the Right Ctrl or Context menu key, and provides instructions for remapping it using Microsoft PowerToys to restore…
An engineer found that Claude Code's AI agent could fill every text field in a web form but could not attach PNG images, because file-upload capability is gated differently depending on the surface. T…
A developer found that Claude, an AI assistant from Anthropic, incorrectly flagged zero-length bugs in the WinReg C++ library's string getters, failing to account for the RegGetValueW API's null-termi…
NVIDIA released GeForce driver version 616.00 for its RTX Spark PC platform, confirming two N1X chip SKUs with 6,144 and 5,120 CUDA cores based on the Blackwell GPU microarchitecture, paired with a 20…
A developer built AI DOS Game Launcher, a source-available Windows 11 desktop app powered by Python, PySide6, and DOSBox Staging that automates DOS game setup. The launcher detects game executables, c…
A developer discovered that AI QA agents using Chrome MCP can produce false positives because browsers throttle requestAnimationFrame and timers in hidden tabs, causing dynamic features like canvas re…
Microsoft on Tuesday patched a record 570 security flaws in a single Patch Tuesday update, a 316% increase from July 2025, and credited an AI-powered vulnerability discovery system deployed across its…
Microsoft released Microsoft Execution Containers (MXC) in public preview with SDK 0.7.0, a policy-driven OS-level sandbox for AI agents that enforces containment via JSON policies at the kernel level…
Phoronix benchmarked Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, Windows 11, and CachyOS on the $5399 Razer Blade 18 with Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, finding Ubuntu competitive but CachyOS with n…
Microsoft is testing a new AI-powered feature called PC Insights for Windows 11 Copilot that can analyze system resources like CPU, RAM, and storage to help users troubleshoot performance issues. Howe…
A focus bug in Claude Code on Windows 11 causes permission dialogs to register unintended clicks when users click to refocus the terminal window, potentially approving or rejecting tool prompts withou…
A bug in Claude Code on Windows 11 causes the first click to focus the window to inadvertently submit pending permission prompts, potentially approving or rejecting actions without user intent. The is…
A developer on Windows 11 reported a ~2× frame rate regression in Claude Code between versions 2.1.159 and 2.1.207, with median frame time dropping from 62 ms to 99–109 ms. The issue, documented in Gi…
A developer set up a local AI coding agent using Ollama on Windows and Aider inside Ubuntu on WSL2, running the Qwen2.5-Coder model entirely on the local machine without a dedicated GPU. The architect…
Microsoft is using artificial intelligence to enhance Windows 11 security updates, bundling more comprehensive fixes to proactively address vulnerabilities as hackers increasingly exploit AI. The move…
Microsoft announced it is integrating AI more heavily into its security update process for Windows 11, aiming to identify potential issues earlier and increase the volume of security fixes in each rel…
Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption remains below 4.5% of the 450 million commercial customer base, with only 1% using it weekly, according to an industry report. The low uptake comes despite Microsoft int…
Former Microsoft developer Dave Plummer created TinyRetroPad, a 2.5KB Notepad clone written in Assembly that mimics classic Notepad functionality without any AI features. The text editor is 100 times …
PC sales in the U.S. fell 7% in Q1 2025 to 15.8 million units, driven by rising component costs and fading demand for sub-$500 laptops, which saw an 18.7% sales drop. Memory makers prioritizing AI ser…
US PC shipments fell 7.0% year-over-year in Q1 2026 to 15.8 million units, the steepest decline since Q3 2023, according to Omdia. The drop was driven by component supply constraints, rising memory co…