• Press X to doubt: Microsoft says it is fixing Windows 11.  (Nerds.xyz)
  
  Almost everything on the list is reversing changes that they push on users against vehement objections, or side effects of those changes.
  
  I'll believe it when I see it.  Or six months after that, really.
  
  Meanwhile the Windows 10 IoT Enterprise Edition still exists (and there's a Windows 11 version that is also less broken than the Home edition, if you need support for recent features like Ethernet-over-Thunderbolt.)

• Opera GX is here for Linux.  (Nerds.xyz)
  
  This is not the browser you are looking for.  Opera is now owned by a group whose primary business is payday loans in Africa.  The entire technical team left and launched Vivaldi.
  
  I'm not saying that Opera GX is actively scamming users; I'm just saying that I would not need to borrow Sarah Hoyt's shocked face if that turned out to be the case.
  
  
  
• Blue Origin has filed an application with the FCC to launch 51,600 datacenters into space.  (Tom's Hardware)
  
  That seems to be rather a lot.
  
  
  
• Suspicious compliance: The story of Delve.  (Substack)
  
  Who will certify the certifiers?
  
  
  
• Trump's AI framework targets state laws, sifts child safety burden to parents.  (Tech Crunch)
  
  Well.  I had mixed feelings about this: Tenth Amendment notwithstanding, state legislation on complex technical issues is usually bad, but federal legislation on complex technical issues is also usually bad.  And in this particular case, the people working and reporting on the complex technical issues are also usually bad.
  
  But if Tech Crunch is against it, I'm sold.
  
  
  
• Another day, another state: Don't-call-it-gambling agency Kalshi is banned in Nevada.  (Tech Crunch)
  
  Not that Nevada is against gambling, just that the state demands its cut.
  
  
  

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