Microsoft cuts cloudy desktop prices by 20 percent
…Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) is Redmond’s old-school VDI offering, pitched at power users. Microsoft believes some AVD users will get the best experience when their virtual PCs run on-prem…
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DuckDB uses RDBMS to tackle lakehouse 'small changes' issue
Databases DuckDB uses RDBMS to attack classic 'small changes' problem in lakehouses Batching teensy changes in chunks creates massive performance boost, DuckDB Labs team claims The team behind in-process OLAP database…
VS Code goes weekly, gets AI autopilot - what could go wrong
…There was also one or more recovery releases following the update, to address urgent issues discovered by users. Microsoft execs worry AI will eat entry level coding jobs Read more Now the…
Microsoft: Removing some Copilots will improve Windows 11
…Removing some Copilots will improve Windows 11 'Doze boss admits quality is down, promises smaller memory footprint and fixes for many well-known issues Microsoft has acknowledged that it needs to improve…
Age verification isn't sage verification inside OSes
…In that case, the koala may need to be slightly older — but as this level of forced technology is completely antithetical to FOSS, the issue is unlikely to arise. MORE CONTEXT The…
Nanny state vs. Linux: show us your ID, kid
…Carl Richell, founder and CEO of System76, the Linux PC vendor and maker of the Pop!_OS distro, puts his finger on the reason why this issue matters to Linux users. " Most…
Ubuntu beta arrives with GNOME 50, sans Google Drive support
…Nvidia users get driver version 590, and everyone using a GUI gets Mesa 26 . Kubuntu 26.04 users get KDE Plasma 6.6 , and Xubuntu 26.04 comes with Xfce 4.20…
FBI investigating breach that reportedly hit wiretapping net
…year-old man in Phobos ransomware raid Spyware disguised as emergency-alert app sent to Israeli smartphones Cisco warns of two more SD-WAN bugs under active attack LastPass warns users about…
SAP's grand cloud escape plan €2B short of the runway
…In addition, it planned to move users of ERP software older than S/4HANA onto the latest in-memory platform launched in 2015. Third parties signing up to the plan included Accenture…
Anthropic accidentally exposes Claude Code source code
…as they're a reference document for that original. MORE CONTEXT Anthropic admits Claude Code users hitting usage limits 'way faster than expected' Infosec community panics as Anthropic rolls out Claude code…