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Microsoft’s own preview of Windows 11 25H2 may ship as a tiny enablement package, but running Ubuntu under WSL2 on that same Windows build is not indistinguishable from a native Ubuntu install — Phoronix’s fresh tests show a measurable, workload-dependent performance cost that deserves close...

Windows 11 ships with a focused toolkit for PC gaming — from Game Mode and Auto HDR to DirectStorage and per‑app GPU control — and when you combine those features with up‑to‑date drivers, the right power profile, and thoughtful storage management you can measurably boost FPS, reduce stutters...

Accordance’s public launch this week signals a new phase in AI for tax and accounting: the startup bills itself as an “AI brain” that bundles specialized regulatory knowledge, a multi‑agent reasoning system, and integrations designed for professional workflows — all backed by a recent $13...

Microsoft’s Copilot has quietly gained a practical, no-nonsense speech option: Scripted Mode, a new setting inside Copilot Labs’ Audio Expressions that reads user-provided text verbatim. The change, publicly teased by Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman on September 10, 2025, is short on...

Microsoft’s decision to fold Anthropic’s models into Office 365 represents a deliberate, high-stakes recalibration of its AI supply chain — one that pares dependence on a single vendor, broadens technical options inside Copilot features, and reshapes enterprise risk calculations for productivity...

Elon Musk’s xAI has quietly escalated its play for the developer tooling market with Grok Code Fast 1 — a model explicitly tuned for agentic coding that promises rapid tool calls, low-latency edit loops inside IDEs, and pricing that aims to make continuous, agent-driven development economically...

OpenAI’s GPT‑5 is not a simple story of triumph or collapse; it is a complex product moment where measurable technical gains collided with human expectations, sparking both applause from analysts and a loud user backlash that left the company revising defaults and restoring legacy options...

Microsoft’s Windows lead has just sketched a future in which the operating system becomes ambient, multimodal and agentic — able to listen, see, and act — a shift powered by a new class of on‑device AI and tight hardware integration that will reshape how organisations manage and secure Windows...

Microsoft has quietly crossed a strategic Rubicon: after years of tight integration with OpenAI, the company has begun shipping its own first-party foundation models — notably MAI-Voice-1 and MAI-1-preview — and is positioning them inside Copilot and Azure as the start of a long-term bid to...

Microsoft has quietly moved from partner-dependent experimentation to deploying its own, production‑focused models with the public debut of MAI‑Voice‑1 (a high‑throughput speech generator) and MAI‑1‑preview (an in‑house mixture‑of‑experts language model), rolling both into Copilot experiences...

Microsoft’s brief line about quantum on its earnings call landed like a strategic pivot: Satya Nadella framed quantum as “the next big accelerator in the cloud,” and Microsoft paired that message with a concrete engineering milestone — the operational deployment of a Level 2 quantum capability...

The Lenovo Legion Go S has emerged as a notable contender in the handheld gaming market, offering configurations with both Windows 11 and SteamOS. This dual-OS approach provides a unique opportunity to assess the performance and user experience differences between the two systems on identical...

Intel’s Arrow Lake CPUs have been in the spotlight since their release in October 2024. Promising cutting-edge performance, the series—including the crown jewel, the Core Ultra 9 285K—was expected to dominate benchmarks and redefine gaming and productivity capabilities. But here we are, three...

Microsoft has dropped a performance-packed bombshell with its recent update on Copilot+ PCs. Once reliant solely on Snapdragon processors and limited to a niche market, Copilot+ PCs are expanding their arsenal. Powered by new Intel Core Ultra Series and AMD Ryzen AI 300 processors, these PCs are...

The relentless competition between operating systems isn't just limited to features, user interfaces, or ecosystem compatibility. For the nitty-gritty tech enthusiasts, it often boils down to performance benchmarks. Phoronix has recently delved into a titanic face-off: Windows 11 vs. Linux on...

The release of Windows 11's 24H2 update has generated excitement among PC gamers, particularly for those utilizing AMD's Ryzen processors. Recent reports indicate that this update promises substantial enhancements to gaming performance for AMD Ryzen processors, particularly those operating on...

Recently, AMD has found itself under scrutiny regarding the gaming performance of its Ryzen 9000 series CPUs. With the impending release of Windows 11 24H2, which AMD claims will significantly improve these processors' performance, the company's communication about the performance issues has...

Recently, AMD has come forward to address the discrepancies in benchmark results for its Ryzen 9000 processors, a topic that has stirred considerable discussion among gamers and tech reviewers alike. The chip manufacturer has acknowledged that the performance of these new CPUs did not live up to...

Hi all you technocrats I was hoping to update to Win 11 but my computer fails on the following points; Although there is a technical specifity to my questions, I hope it also opens up a more general discussion My computer details at bottom of page. 1) Processor is 3rd and not 8th generation or...

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