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• Thanks to the EU’s Digital Markets Act, EU citizens are getting copy and paste between iOS and Windows, Posted on: 08/08/2026
• “A big win for Android interoperability”, Posted on: 08/03/2026
• LLVM toolchain coming to OpenBSD/sparc64 and SPARC Solaris (snv_151a), Posted on: 07/31/2026
• Codeberg’s programmer user base overwhelmingly votes to ban slopcoded projects from its platform, Posted on: 07/23/2026
• Codeberg’s programmer user base overwhelmingly votes to ban slopcoded projects from its platform, Posted on: 07/23/2026
• New Intel Itanium emulator boots Itanium version of Windows XP and 2003, Posted on: 07/20/2026
• New Intel Itanium emulator boots Itanium version of Windows XP and 2003, Posted on: 07/20/2026
• Asbestos is a tool, just like any other, Posted on: 07/18/2026
• Asbestos is a tool, just like any other, Posted on: 07/18/2026
• Asbestos is a tool, just like any other, Posted on: 07/18/2026
• Asbestos is a tool, just like any other, Posted on: 07/17/2026
• Asbestos is a tool, just like any other, Posted on: 07/16/2026
• Asbestos is a tool, just like any other, Posted on: 07/16/2026
• The web is being made accessible for AI, not people, Posted on: 07/16/2026
• You paid me, a long-time Linux user, to use Windows 11 exclusively for a month: here’s how it went, Posted on: 07/09/2026
• Apple adds keylogger to iOS App Store for targeted advertising: tied to your account and unencrypted, Posted on: 06/17/2026
• Haiku enables AVX512 support, Posted on: 06/16/2026
• Introducing brand new OSNews merch with the new logo!, Posted on: 06/10/2026
• Introducing brand new OSNews merch with the new logo!, Posted on: 06/10/2026
• Rsync opens the slopgates, regressions and bugs ensue, Posted on: 06/04/2026
• Open source project contains hidden instruction for “AI” agents: delete my code, Posted on: 05/28/2026
• Microsoft tries to obscure “AI” features behind flowery design language, Posted on: 05/27/2026
• Microsoft continues beating the “agentic” Windows drum, Posted on: 05/25/2026
• Migrating from Ubuntu 16.04 to FreeBSD, Posted on: 05/22/2026
• Secure boot and Microsoft CA rollover: a heads-up for distributions, Posted on: 05/22/2026
• The 21 years and 20000 posts OSNews fundraiser: €1 for every post, Posted on: 05/22/2026
• The 21 years and 20000 posts OSNews fundraiser: €1 for every post, Posted on: 05/19/2026
• The 21 years and 20000 posts OSNews fundraiser: €1 for every post, Posted on: 05/19/2026
• The 21 years and 20000 posts OSNews fundraiser: €1 for every post, Posted on: 05/19/2026
• You can now run Windows CE 2.11 on the Nintendo 64, Posted on: 05/18/2026
• 21 years and 20000 posts later, Posted on: 05/17/2026
• 21 years and 20000 posts later, Posted on: 05/17/2026
• Haiku gets basic SMP support for ARM64, and unveils its GSoC projects: Bluetooth improvements incoming, Posted on: 05/13/2026
• Will “AI” chatbots be the tobacco of the future?, Posted on: 03/29/2026
• Will “AI” chatbots be the tobacco of the future?, Posted on: 03/29/2026
• Sudo ported to DOS, Posted on: 03/18/2026
• Microsoft finally allows you to name your own home folder during Windows setup, Posted on: 03/16/2026
• You’re supposed to replace the stock photos in new picture frames, Posted on: 03/11/2026
• Haiku inches closer to next beta release, Posted on: 03/08/2026
• The age-verification trap: verifying user’s ages undermines everyone’s data protection, Posted on: 02/26/2026
• I don’t want using my computer to be like a game of Russian roulette, Posted on: 01/28/2026
• Against Markdown, Posted on: 01/23/2026
• Going immutable on macOS, Posted on: 01/18/2026
• OpenBSD-current now runs as guest under Apple Hypervisor, Posted on: 01/16/2026
• Package managers keep using git as a database, it never works out, Posted on: 12/27/2025
• Computers should not act like human beings, Posted on: 12/17/2025
• OSNews needs your donations to survive, Posted on: 12/08/2025
• Dell: about 1 billion PCs will not or cannot be upgraded to Windows 11, Posted on: 11/28/2025
• KDE to drop X11 session in KDE Plasma 6.8, Posted on: 11/27/2025
• Python Software Foundation has bigger spine than big tech, Posted on: 10/29/2025
• The case against generative AI: the numbers just don’t add up (i.e., it’s a scam), Posted on: 10/06/2025
• Benjamin Button reviews macOS, Posted on: 09/24/2025
• The EU needs a corporate “open source contribution tax” to fund open source maintainers, Posted on: 08/28/2025
• The EU needs a corporate “open source contribution tax” to fund open source maintainers, Posted on: 08/28/2025
• OSNews goes ad-free, for everyone, and we need your support, Posted on: 08/13/2025
• Age verification: what’s the harm?, Posted on: 08/08/2025
• Perplexity is using stealth, undeclared crawlers to evade website no-crawl directives, Posted on: 08/05/2025
• “Hello world” in Bismuth, Posted on: 08/01/2025
• Microsoft clicks their heels once more, allows hate-speech on LinkedIn, Posted on: 07/31/2025
• Microsoft clicks their heels once more, allows hate-speech on LinkedIn, Posted on: 07/30/2025
• AROS continues centimetering closer to 64bit, Posted on: 07/22/2025
• Microsoft wants to find out why Windows 11 is so slow, Posted on: 07/21/2025
• Review: the NovaCustom V54 is an outstanding Linux laptop with Dasharo coreboot firmware, Posted on: 07/16/2025
• Thread: the tech we can’t use or teach, Posted on: 07/11/2025
• Systemd has been a complete, utter, unmitigated success, Posted on: 07/10/2025
• If you want to keep using KDE and GNOME, you’re going to have to move to Wayland, Posted on: 06/24/2025
• If you want to keep using KDE and GNOME, you’re going to have to move to Wayland, Posted on: 06/24/2025
• Liberux Nexx: a Linux smartphone built in Europe, Posted on: 06/19/2025
• Apple introduces new Liquid Glass design language, Posted on: 06/10/2025
• Apple introduces new Liquid Glass design language, Posted on: 06/10/2025
• Microsoft changes pre-production driver signing, ends the device metadata service, Posted on: 05/08/2025
• Torvalds states the obvious: file systems should be case-sensitive, Posted on: 04/26/2025
• Torvalds states the obvious: file systems should be case-sensitive, Posted on: 04/26/2025
• A tour inside the IBM z17, Posted on: 04/24/2025
• The wonderful world of Linux package managers, Posted on: 04/23/2025
• The captchas have become sentient: we’re working on fixing the captcha issue, Posted on: 04/17/2025
• Why is there a “small house” in IBM’s Code Page 437?, Posted on: 04/15/2025
• Microsoft’s 50th anniversary celebrations tainted by the company’s role in the genocide in Gaza, Posted on: 04/05/2025
• Microsoft’s 50th anniversary celebrations tainted by the company’s role in the genocide in Gaza, Posted on: 04/04/2025
• US government’s attack on free speech, science, and research is causing a brain drain, Posted on: 03/26/2025
• SoftBank acquires Ampere Computing, Posted on: 03/22/2025
• I think we need a bigger boot partition, Posted on: 03/20/2025
• A look at Firefox forks, Posted on: 03/17/2025
• Musk’s Tesla warns Trump’s tariffs and trade wars will harm Tesla, Posted on: 03/15/2025
• EU-US rift triggers call for made-in-Europe tech, Posted on: 03/12/2025
• The fascist tech bro takeover is here, Posted on: 03/12/2025
• Popular “AI” chatbots infected by Russian state propaganda, call Hitler’s Mein Kampf “insightful and intelligent”, Posted on: 03/07/2025
• Made O’Meter helps you easily and quickly avoid American products, Posted on: 03/06/2025
• Sailfish OS 5.0 released for all supported devices, Posted on: 02/24/2025
• Oasis: a small, statically-linked Linux system, Posted on: 02/11/2025
• Oasis: a small, statically-linked Linux system, Posted on: 02/11/2025
• UnixWare in 2025: still actively developed and maintained, Posted on: 02/06/2025
• GTK announces X11 deprecation, new Android backend, and much more, Posted on: 02/03/2025
• GTK announces X11 deprecation, new Android backend, and much more, Posted on: 02/03/2025
• Apple’s macOS UNIX certification is a lie, Posted on: 01/30/2025
• Google Maps is run by cowards, Posted on: 01/29/2025
• 9front “THIS TIME DEFINITELY” released, Posted on: 01/23/2025
• Microsoft releases 161 Windows security updates, Posted on: 01/15/2025
• The history and use of /etc/glob in early Unixes, Posted on: 01/14/2025
• VLC gets caught in “AI” hype, adds “AI” subtitles and translations, Posted on: 01/09/2025