Microsoft’s latest Insider release for Windows 11 brings a meaningful upgrade to Arm-based PCs: Prism, the operating system’s x86/x64 emulation layer, now advertises and emulates a broader set of 64-bit x86 CPU features by default for x64 applications, reducing hard compatibility blockers and...
FFmpeg’s new assembly lessons have turned a niche skill into a teachable path: a compact, practical curriculum aimed squarely at developers who want to write the kind of hand-optimized SIMD code that still powers the highest-performance media pipelines. The lessons, published as a public...
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VirtualBox 7.1.12 sharpens Linux 6.16 support and Windows stability
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Oracle’s latest maintenance update, released on July 15, 2025, delivers kernel 6.16 readiness for Linux hosts and guests, steadier Windows behavior under Hyper‑V, and targeted fixes for networking, recording, and nested...
Microsoft’s Canary-channel Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27744 brings a consequential update to Prism — the Windows-on-Arm x86/x64 emulator — expanding the set of x86 CPU features exposed to emulated applications so Arm-based devices can run significantly more legacy software and games. This...
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