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• Nationwide bill to put age verification in operating systems introduced in the US, Posted on: 04/20/2026
• FreeBSD 14.4 released, Posted on: 03/11/2026
• Setting up phones is a nightmare, Posted on: 03/04/2026
• US orders diplomats in the EU to fight data sovereignty initiatives, Posted on: 02/27/2026
• If you’ve been holding on to a phone for a while, current phones are really disappointing, Posted on: 02/25/2026
• A brief history of barbed wire fence telephone networks, Posted on: 02/15/2026
• The official unplanned emergency OSNews fundraiser!, Posted on: 02/10/2026
• “Fixing” the broken Solaris Management Console Oracle won’t fix, Posted on: 11/23/2025
• FreeBSD now builds reproducibly and without root privilege, Posted on: 11/12/2025
• FreeBSD now builds reproducibly and without root privilege, Posted on: 11/11/2025
• How to turn Liquid Glass into a solid interface, Posted on: 10/16/2025
• Under pressure from US government, Apple removes ICEBlock application from the App Store, Posted on: 10/04/2025
• Under pressure from US government, Apple removes ICEBlock application from the App Store, Posted on: 10/03/2025
• The idea of /usr/sbin has failed in practice, Posted on: 09/15/2025
• “My OpenBSD home network setup”, Posted on: 08/26/2025
• Guide: FreeBSD, KDE Plasma, and Wayland, Posted on: 08/19/2025
• Guide: FreeBSD, KDE Plasma, and Wayland, Posted on: 08/19/2025
• Why are you (still) using OpenBSD?, Posted on: 07/31/2025
• Wayback 0.1 released, Posted on: 07/24/2025
• When root meets immutable: OpenBSD chflags vs. log tampering, Posted on: 07/19/2025
• LibreOffice 25.8 removes support for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1, Posted on: 06/16/2025
• MacOS 26 is the final Intel version, sucks to be a 2023 Intel Mac Pro owner, Posted on: 06/12/2025
• MacOS 26 is the final Intel version, sucks to be a 2023 Intel Mac Pro owner, Posted on: 06/10/2025
• Oracle releases first “enthusiast” Solaris release in three years, promises more regular updates, Posted on: 05/15/2025
• Apple’s Darwin OS and XNU kernel deep dive, Posted on: 04/07/2025
• US government’s attack on free speech, science, and research is causing a brain drain, Posted on: 03/27/2025
• Java 24 released, Posted on: 03/20/2025
• ‘I feel utter anger’: from Canada to Europe, a movement to boycott US goods is spreading, Posted on: 03/13/2025
• Tech execs are pushing Trump to build ‘Freedom Cities’ run by corporations, Posted on: 03/12/2025
• The fascist tech bro takeover is here, Posted on: 03/12/2025
• Made O’Meter helps you easily and quickly avoid American products, Posted on: 03/07/2025
• Made O’Meter helps you easily and quickly avoid American products, Posted on: 03/07/2025
• Made O’Meter helps you easily and quickly avoid American products, Posted on: 03/06/2025
• Made O’Meter helps you easily and quickly avoid American products, Posted on: 03/06/2025
• Xcode phones home a lot, and that should worry you, Posted on: 02/26/2025
• Google Maps is run by cowards, Posted on: 01/30/2025
• Google Maps is run by cowards, Posted on: 01/30/2025
• Google Maps is run by cowards, Posted on: 01/30/2025
• Google Maps is run by cowards, Posted on: 01/29/2025
• Google Maps is run by cowards, Posted on: 01/29/2025
• Google Maps is run by cowards, Posted on: 01/29/2025
• Running NetBSD 10.1 on a 1998 Toshiba laptop, Posted on: 12/30/2024
• The European Commission’s proposed interoperability measures place Apple under a form of guardianship, Posted on: 12/20/2024
• FreeBSD 14.2 released, Posted on: 12/04/2024
• Migrating Windows VMs from Proxmox BIOS/KVM to FreeBSD UEFI/Bhyve, Posted on: 11/18/2024
• NetBSD: the portable, lightweight, and robust UNIX-like operating system, Posted on: 11/06/2024
• FreeBSD to invest in laptop support, Posted on: 10/02/2024
• FreeBSD to invest in laptop support, Posted on: 10/01/2024
• Android applications can now block being sideloaded, Posted on: 09/12/2024
• Popular AI “nudify” sites sued amid shocking rise in victims globally, Posted on: 08/19/2024
• Apple memory holed its broken promise for an OCSP opt-out, Posted on: 08/08/2024
• FreeBSD as a daily driver, Posted on: 08/06/2024
• FreeBSD as a platform for your future technology, Posted on: 07/29/2024
• FreeBSD as a platform for your future technology, Posted on: 07/26/2024
• FreeBSD as a platform for your future technology, Posted on: 07/25/2024
• New Samsung phones block sideloading by default, Posted on: 07/25/2024
• New Samsung phones block sideloading by default, Posted on: 07/24/2024
• Why I like NetBSD, or why portability matters, Posted on: 07/22/2024
• CrowdStrike issue is causing massive computer outages worldwide, Posted on: 07/19/2024
• Getting the most out of TWM, X11’s default window manager, Posted on: 07/08/2024
• FreeBSD 14.1 released, Posted on: 06/06/2024
• Google pays $60 million to tell users to eat glue, Posted on: 05/23/2024
• United States files antitrust lawsuit against Apple, Posted on: 03/21/2024
• Fedora ponders merging /usr/bin and /usr/sbin, Posted on: 12/28/2023
• Fedora ponders merging /usr/bin and /usr/sbin, Posted on: 12/27/2023
• Bringing the Unix philosophy to the 21st century, Posted on: 12/11/2023
• Facebook and Instagram to offer subscription for no ads in Europe, Posted on: 11/03/2023
• I think Ubuntu 23.10 is making a mistake, Posted on: 09/04/2023
• IBM’s generative AI tool aims to refactor ancient COBOL code for its mainframes, Posted on: 08/24/2023
• $HOME, not so sweet $HOME, Posted on: 08/20/2023
• 3 advantages to running FreeBSD as your server operating system, Posted on: 08/16/2023
• Desktop Linux has a Firefox problem, Posted on: 08/14/2023
• FreeBSD at 30 years: its secrets to success, Posted on: 07/07/2023
• Google has a secret Android browser hidden inside the settings, Posted on: 06/27/2023
• JanOS: turn your phone into an IoT board, Posted on: 05/01/2023
• The glorious return of a humble car geature: buttons are coming back, Posted on: 04/28/2023
• Your phone was built with child labor, Posted on: 04/18/2023
• Hyundai commits to real buttons and dials for safety reasons, Posted on: 03/22/2023
• The network is the computer: the story of Sun Microsystems and the Java programming language, Posted on: 02/14/2023
• The network is the computer: the story of Sun Microsystems and the Java programming language, Posted on: 02/14/2023
• Bing AI can’t be trusted, Posted on: 02/14/2023
• DiscoBSD: a 2.11BSD-based UNIX-like operating system for STM32 and PIC32 microcontrollers, Posted on: 01/26/2023
• US accuses Google of abusing monopoly in ad technology, Posted on: 01/25/2023
• In praise of Plan 9, Posted on: 11/15/2022
• Linux optimised for 386 and 486, Posted on: 09/21/2022
• FreeBSD 13.1 released, Posted on: 05/17/2022
• FreeBSD 12.3 released, Posted on: 12/10/2021
• Tesla server outage allegedly leaves owners unable to drive their cars, Posted on: 11/24/2021
• Nreal Light review: hardware is only half the battle, Posted on: 11/23/2021
• Tesla server outage allegedly leaves owners unable to drive their cars, Posted on: 11/23/2021
• Chimera Linux: a Linux distribution based on FreeBSD userland and LLVM, Posted on: 10/22/2021
• Introducing Android apps on Windows 11 to Windows Insiders, Posted on: 10/21/2021
• Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen’s opening statement to US Senate subcommittee, Posted on: 10/07/2021
• The Facebook files, Posted on: 10/05/2021
• Fairphone 4 has an incredible 5-year warranty, aims for 6 years of updates, Posted on: 10/01/2021
• Google drops supports for Google services for Android 2.3.7 and lower, Posted on: 08/04/2021
• Biden signs executive order targeting right to repair, ISPs, net neutrality, and more, Posted on: 07/13/2021
• FreeBSD/arm64 becoming Tier 1 in FreeBSD 13, Posted on: 04/11/2021
• TenFourFox, Classilla wind down development, Posted on: 03/30/2021