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Recent stories by Peter Bright

1. Windows 10 May 2019 Update now rolling out to everyone… slowly

   Unless you explicitly want it installed, you probably won't get this update.

   Peter Bright – 5/21/2019, 8:50 PM

2. Drink like it’s 1985: Coca-Cola revives New Coke for Stranger Things 3

   The Netflix series will make a number of references to the ill-fated beverage.

   Peter Bright – 5/21/2019, 6:10 PM

3. Microsoft: Gaming should be for everyone, shouldn’t be toxic stew

   Company calls on entire gaming industry to make gaming safe.

   Peter Bright – 5/21/2019, 4:56 PM

4. Microsoft publishes first Edge for macOS preview, promises to make it truly “Mac-like”

   Microsoft is making sure to take advantage of the Mac's hardware and design.

   Peter Bright – 5/20/2019, 10:40 PM

5. Xbox, PC get a little bit closer with the latest Xbox updates

   Messaging is getting an overhaul, too.

   Peter Bright – 5/17/2019, 7:16 PM

6. Saved from obsolescence, Microsoft is now making Paint better

   Paint is getting keyboard controls to improve accessibility.

   Peter Bright – 5/16/2019, 7:30 PM

7. Windows dual booting no longer looking likely on Pixelbooks

   Development work appeared to grind to a halt last December.

   Peter Bright – 5/15/2019, 10:50 PM

8. Microsoft open sources algorithm that gives Bing some of its smarts

   You can ask "How tall is the tower in Paris?" and it knows what you're talking about.

   Peter Bright – 5/15/2019, 3:51 PM

9. New speculative execution bug leaks data from Intel chips’ internal buffers

   Intel-specific vulnerability was found by researchers both inside and outside the company.

   Peter Bright – 5/14/2019, 6:10 PM

10. Lenovo shows off a folding-screen laptop, coming some time in 2020

    No name, specs, or other details available yet. But the screen is amazing.

    Peter Bright – 5/13/2019, 10:30 PM

11. Lenovo bumps X1 Extreme to i9, GTX 1650, introduces new mainstream ThinkBooks

    Oh, and there are some tiny, ruggedized PCs, too.

    Peter Bright – 5/13/2019, 5:17 PM

12. Microsoft: The open source company

    The times, they are a-changin'—even bits of Windows will be open source.

    Peter Bright – 5/10/2019, 9:51 PM

13. Cray, AMD to build 1.5 exaflops supercomputer for US government

    System will mix Epyc CPUs and Radeon Instinct GPUs.

    Peter Bright – 5/7/2019, 11:26 PM

14. Windows 10 will soon ship with a full, open source, GPLed Linux kernel

    The new Windows Subsystem for Linux will use a real Linux kernel.

    Peter Bright – 5/6/2019, 8:20 PM

15. Coming soon: Windows Terminal—finally a tabbed, emoji-capable Windows command-line

    Big performance enhancements for the Linux subsystem are also on the way.

    Peter Bright – 5/6/2019, 5:20 PM

16. Microsoft’s plan for Edge: Integrated IE compatibility, better privacy

    New features will make Edge more than just a reskinned Chrome.

    Peter Bright – 5/6/2019, 4:27 PM

17. Windows Solitaire inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame

    Freecell was robbed.

    Peter Bright – 5/3/2019, 5:34 PM

18. Blockchain, zero-code machine learning coming to Azure

    Microsoft has started the announcements, with more to come next week.

    Peter Bright – 5/3/2019, 10:45 AM

19. HoloLens 2 dev kits: $3,500, or $99/month, with Azure credits, Unity trials

    Support for Unreal Engine 4 should arrive by the end of the month.

    Peter Bright – 5/2/2019, 10:55 PM

20. Ex-YouTube engineer reveals how video site worked to kill off Internet Explorer 6

    Banner said that Internet Explorer 6 would soon be dropped.

    Peter Bright – 5/2/2019, 7:09 PM

21. AMD to launch new 7nm Navi GPU, Rome CPU in 3rd quarter

    No mention yet of when the Zen 2 Ryzen 3000s will arrive.

    Peter Bright – 5/1/2019, 4:32 PM

22. Bloomberg alleges Huawei routers and network gear are backdoored

    Details are scarce, but the "backdoor" appears to be benign.

    Peter Bright – 4/30/2019, 6:37 PM

23. Minecraft creator Notch unwelcome at 10th anniversary due to online conduct

    Transphobia, homophobia, and racism aren't Microsoft's core values.

    Peter Bright – 4/29/2019, 9:12 PM

24. Intel stockpiling 10nm chips, warns that 14nm shortages will continue

    After years of problems, the company has finally had some good news about 10nm.

    Peter Bright – 4/26/2019, 10:17 PM

25. Systems with small disks won’t be able to install Windows 10 May 2019 update

    Both 32- and 64-bit requirements have been increased.

    Peter Bright – 4/26/2019, 7:44 PM

26. Password1, Password2, Password3 no more: Microsoft drops password expiration rec

    For years, Microsoft's baseline security policy has expired passwords after 60 days.

    Peter Bright – 4/25/2019, 5:46 PM

27. Microsoft 3Q19 revenue up 14% on the back of strong cloud and, uh, Windows?

    The PC market declined, but the Windows market did not.

    Peter Bright – 4/24/2019, 11:40 PM

28. Windows 10 May 2019 update blocked for anyone using USB or SD storage

    If you really want to install the update now, you'll have to unplug your drives.

    Peter Bright – 4/24/2019, 3:54 PM

29. Crap artists rejoice! MS Paint is getting a last-minute reprieve

    Microsoft abandons plan to take Paint out of Windows and put it in the Store.

    Peter Bright – 4/23/2019, 10:26 PM

30. Intel puts 8 cores, 16 threads, and a 5GHz turbo option in a laptop processor

    Intel announces new 45W mobile parts and a full range of desktop chips.

    Peter Bright – 4/23/2019, 8:30 PM