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- Windows has a fever and the only cure is more Linux. (The Verge) (archive site)
Seriously, though. Microsoft is planning to fix problems with Windows by embedding more Linux into its operating system.
It seems there might be an easier way to achieve that.
- Also, Microsoft, fire your designers. (Notebook Check)
Now.
All of them.
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- Laptops based on Nvidia's new RTX Spark N1X CPU will start at $2900. (WCCFTech)
And go up from there.
Models using the low-end N1 CPU will start at $1800.
Do not send to ask for whom the bell tolls, Nvidia.
- Intel says that "something has to give" with memory prices. (Tom's Hardware)
And that they're not planning to stop production of older CPUs that use DDR4 memory, not while there's still demand.
- AMD meanwhile had to re-engineer its DDR4-friendly 5800X3D to bring it back into production. (Tom's Hardware)
TSMC has changed its die-stacking technology (the X3D part in the name) so they couldn't simply restart production of the chip with the same process as before. The CPU chiplet remains the same, but it needs to be packaged differently.
- Phison showed off a PCIe 6.0 SSD controller that supports transfer rates of 28GB per second and 6.8 million IOPS. (Tom's Hardware)
While drawing just 7W of power. Which would be a lot for a consumer model, but no more than early PCIe 5.0 controller chips.
- A perfect companion for your new 5800X3D, Nividia's RTX 3060 is back as well.] (WCCFTech)
Only in China so far. Priced at $325.
- The European Parliament has ditched Google Search for French competitor Qwant. (Politico)
I'm usually more than ready to dump on European idiocy, but Google makes it easier every day to break up with them, even for those of us who are not European idiots.
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I like Qwant, but use DDG more often. I do not not like the case of that microsoft computer. I've finally started installing Linux distros under virtual box, and I'm not seeing why I migrate to windows 11. I still have years of arrested development in computer skills to catch up on, if I do catch up.
Posted by: PatBuckman at Wednesday, June 03 2026 11:54 PM (s6adZ)
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So, Microsoft has "optimized the Windows 11 experience for developers", they say? Three paragraphs later: they ported corutils and shoved AI into the terminal app. One baby step forward, six giant leaps back.
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Posted by: J Greely at Thursday, June 04 2026 12:01 AM (oJgNG)
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J: The AI-ified terminal app is (currently) an optional install and also looks like it's a side-by-side for the regular one, as opposed to a replacement. Currently.
Posted by: Rick C at Thursday, June 04 2026 12:06 AM (tCwfs)
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What it basically says is that the people who thought adding AI to Notepad was a good idea are still pursuing the same goals. They've learned nothing.
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Posted by: J Greely at Thursday, June 04 2026 12:33 AM (oJgNG)
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Oh, absolutely, and I was going to reference NotepAId, too, but decided not to
Posted by: Rick C at Thursday, June 04 2026 01:44 AM (tCwfs)
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yeah, the recreational psychotropic substances in the redmond water supply are apparently causing a massive level of impairment. (Okay, yes, I actually do know that it isn't LSD, cocaine, and racemic off-brand SSRIs, merely them being high on ideas.)
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