System snapshots are the perfect complement to traditional backups. They can save the day when your computer goes awry or an update goes south. Here's how they work.

Windows 95 is 30 years old, and Microsoft veteran Raymond Chen continues sharing interesting tidbits about how the iconic operating system came together. Developing Windows 95 ...

The Disks app takes over some more challenging commands, such as fsck, mount, parted, chown, and dd. This app is a handy GUI that also prevents you from having to edit the fstab configuration file ...

While an argument to re-integrate JavaFX floats in an OpenJDK discussion list, Oracle ponders providing better access to JavaFX from the JDK.

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In 2025, Agent is undoubtedly a buzzword in the AI community. It is widely believed that truly useful Agents must learn to ...

Russian police have arrested "three young IT specialists" in Moscow, charging them with developing and selling the notorious ...

Google’s new Gemini 2.5 “Computer Use” model lets AI agents interact directly with web and mobile interfaces—clicking, typing, navigating UIs. Explore its features, use cases, safety, and availability ...

Despite the name, a BadUSB isn't necessarily a bad thing. All it does is identify itself as a keyboard to your computer, and ...

Our Hackaday colleague [Bil Herd] is known for being the mind behind the Commodore 128, a machine which famously had both a 6502 and a Z80 processor on board. The idea of a machine which could do ...

If you want to take network protection a step further, you can pair your custom router with a DNS-based blocking tool like Pi ...

Each of these browsers has a different take on what it means to integrate — or build a browser around — generative AI, but a ...