California introduces age verification law for all operating systems, including Linux and SteamOS — user age verified during OS account setup

The law’s broad definition of an “operating system provider” pulls in not just Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS, but Linux distributions and Valve’s SteamOS.

Developer’s 1994 Linux desktop recreation runs in your browser as a modern web app — open-source project brings old-school CDE interface back from the dead and features classic 90s web browser, text editor, and more

A new GitHub project has resurrected the 1994 Linux experience with this Debian clone in your browser, a pixel-for-pixel recreation of the original Common Desktop Environment that early Unix system users will be familiar w…

Linux 7.0 launches with enablement for Intel Nova Lake, AMD Zen 6 — major kernel update expected in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and Fedora 44 first

A major kernel update, Linux 7.0, has been officially released. Although it’ll take some time to show up in various Linux distros, the kernel comes with preliminary support for AMD’s upcoming Zen 6 and Intel’s Nova Lake.

Creator of Window’s Task Manager shows off ‘probably what Task Manager would look like if I were still around’ — Tempest AI’s retro-futuristic dashboard code shared to Github

Dave Plummer created Tempest AI to play the classic Atari game, but he also built a dashboard which imagines what Task Manager should look like if he were still in charge of it.

27 years after launch, Apple’s decades-old iBook lineup can still get legacy updates from the company’s servers — 21-year-old iBook G4 seamlessly connects to Wi-Fi, downloads updates with no mods

A Redditor has passionately shown off their 21-year-old iBook G4 on the r/MacOS subreddit, arguing that Apple’s extensive software support goes against the planned obsolescence accusations they get. In the post, OP’s vinta…

30 years later, the iconic ‘Bliss’ green hill from Windows XP is still thriving — lucky passerby captures the hill looking almost identical to the 1996 photograph in ‘super rare’ event

A Redditor travelling through Napa Valley on 18th February 2026 was lucky enough to see the iconic “Bliss” hill in a form close to the original wallpaper. This terrain is usually covered in vineyards, so it doesn’t look as…

Microsoft’s new Windows 11 speed test is just a link to Ookla’s Speedtest via Bing — button housed in the taskbar in latest Insider Preview build

Amidst endless complaints over the instability and bloating nature of Windows 11, Microsoft’s latest insider builds add new emojis and a taskbar feature for its beta testers. Now, you can check your internet speed by right…

Rufus devs blame Microsoft for blocking latest Windows 11 ISOs, resulting in IP bans — Windows Insiders can’t download latest Insider ISOs and are met with IP bans

Multiple Windows Insider users and one of Rufus’ developers reveal that they can’t download any of Microsoft’s latest Insider Preview ISOs. Users who try to are met with an IP block.

Weathr app turns the Linux terminal into a live weather display — background ASCII animated real-time weather show is powered by Open-Meteo

An open-source Rust-based app teleports real-time ASCII art-based weather animations into your terminal backdrop.