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Oracle VirtualBox 7.2 Beta Lets You Run Windows 11 Natively on Arm PCs
VirtualBox 7.2 has just entered public beta, and for the first time, the hypervisor can run Windows 11 on Arm natively — both as a host and a guest. Oracle’s latest preview build represents a...
PowerToys 0.93 Slashes Command Palette Load Time by 40% and Unveils Windows 11 Dashboard
Microsoft’s PowerToys 0.93 landed today with a rare combination: a visually overhauled Windows 11–style dashboard and deep performance engineering that cuts Command Palette load times by nearly...
Four Windhawk Modules That Restore Windows 11’s Lost Productivity Features
Windows 11 shipped with a clean, modern design and a handful of deliberate regressions that annoyed power users: a centered Start menu with fewer customization options, a taskbar locked to the bottom...
IrfanView 4.73 Adds ARM64 Support—But Is It Still the Best Shuffle Slideshow Viewer for Windows?
When Microsoft overhauled the Photos app, one casualty was the simple shuffle slideshow—a feature many users relied on to rediscover forgotten photos or display art on a second screen. Fortunately,...
GitHub CEO Exits as Microsoft Folds Platform into CoreAI, Heightening Developer Concerns
Thomas Dohmke, the chief executive who steered GitHub through its AI-powered renaissance, announced his resignation on August 11, 2025, setting off a seismic restructuring that will dissolve the...
Microsoft Drives GitHub Deeper Into AI Unit After CEO Resigns, Raising Governance Concerns
GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke is stepping down, and instead of appointing a new leader, Microsoft will fold the code-hosting platform more directly into its CoreAI division, ending the relative...
GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke Exits Amid Microsoft’s Plan to Absorb the Platform into CoreAI
Thomas Dohmke confirmed today he will step down as GitHub’s CEO at the end of 2025, closing a chapter that saw the platform morph from a code‑hosting utility into the nerve center of...
Linux Repair Cafés Prepare to Resuscitate Windows 10 PCs Facing October 2025 Support Cutoff
When Microsoft ends free security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, an estimated hundreds of millions of still-functional PCs will become sitting ducks for cyberattacks—but a growing...
Microsoft PowerToys Could Soon Flash a Green Halo on Your Screen Every Time You Copy Text
Copying text from a terminal window on Windows can be a gamble—you press Ctrl+C or right-click, but sometimes nothing lands on the clipboard, leaving you to paste stale or empty content into your...
GitHub CEO Departs as Microsoft Integrates Platform into CoreAI, No Successor Named
GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke is stepping down, and Microsoft will not appoint a successor—instead folding the world’s largest code-hosting platform directly into its CoreAI organization. The move,...
Five Free Windows Apps That Instantly Boost Productivity on a New PC
Five free utilities can transform a fresh Windows PC into a productivity powerhouse in less than an hour, according to a practical checklist from ZDNET that targets the most common friction points in...
Firefox 141's Local AI Tab Grouping Sparks CPU Spikes and Battery Drain—Here's How to Tame It
Mozilla’s Firefox 141 update shipped with an ambitious privacy-first feature—on-device AI that automatically groups tabs and suggests names—but early adopters are reporting a frustrating side...