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Microsoft veteran Raymond Chen has explained why the Windows 11 Task Manager can lag or freeze during periods of heavy CPU load. -
The team at Android Authority has discovered code strings inside Google’s Android app that point to an upcoming offline mode for Gemini Live. -
Windows 11 users on versions 25H2 and 26H2 are starting to get KB5127936, a gradually rolling update that brings a cloud-based reinstall option and more control over File Explorer's context menu. Microsoft released the update on October 28, 2026, but its features may not be available on every device yet. -
Hop for Windows, written with Claude Opus 5.5, lets you transfer files directly between computers over Wi-Fi — no cloud, no account, much like AirDrop. -
Discord will begin rolling out Server Web Pages for Discoverable Servers on November 16, 2026, and those pages will be part of a broader web-presence update that can surface public-channel posts from mid-December.
The change will apply to qualifying public communities, while users and server administrators will have ways to opt out of sharing messages. -
Google DeepMind has introduced Genie 4, a new generative AI model that creates real-time visuals and audio for interactive worlds. -
Apple is adding AI assistants to Logic Pro, Keynote, Pages, and Numbers. These virtual assistants will be able to analyze document content, helping users create music, presentations, and texts, as well as work more efficiently with data. -
Robert C. Martin, author of Clean Code, published ub-mode, a free skill for AI agents that focuses on testing, root-cause fixes, and regular refactoring. Martin is already using it with his own AI agents, according to a Telegram report. -
Apple has released macOS 27.2 for supported Mac computers, marking the first major refresh of macOS 27 since its September launch. The update adds memory features and five languages to Siri AI, along with changes to Messages and system controls. -
Microsoft's latest Windows 11 Insider build adds an Intel APX option for testers, giving developers an early look at a future processor feature. Insider Preview Build 29695.1001, released through the experimental Future Platforms channel, includes an APX setting; Intel developed the extension for x86-64 processors. The changes are aimed at compatible future chips, not existing CPUs. -
Arc users have just over a year to migrate before The Browser Company pulls the plug on the browser on December 22, 2026, and deactivates user accounts. Arc will stop working on macOS and Windows that day, while some Arc Search features on iOS and Android will be disabled earlier, on November 23. -
Moonshot AI has expanded its Kimi lineup with Kimi K3.1 Pro, a post-trained model that can handle text, images, and video. The company says the release is its most capable open-weight model in the 3-trillion-parameter class, and The Next Web reported on the launch. -
Creator Assaf Kipnis published the project on GitHub; Claudemy starts by generating a sample lesson and waits for the user's reaction before writing and recording the rest of the course. The free Claude Code skill then researches a topic and turns it into about 12 short audio lessons. It draws on 20 to 40 web pages, including practitioner material, official documentation, research summaries, and differing viewpoints. -
Microsoft released Windows 11 update KB5127648 on October 13 for versions 24H2, 25H2, and 26H2. The patch raises those builds to 26100.9711, 26200.9711, and 26300.9711, respectively, and resolves an AC-3 audio-decoding issue in the operating system's built-in Dolby Digital decoder. -
Developer Samffprice released Loopcut, an unofficial Blender 5.2.2 fork that can turn text prompts into Python code for 3D scene edits. The open-source project runs those scripts to make changes, but it is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Blender Foundation. -
Usually an AI waits for you to write to it. Anthropic's new agent works the other way around: it comes to you with a summary of what's going on and calls you only when it can't do without you. -
Samsung has started rolling out stable One UI 9 based on Android 17 for the Galaxy A16 in South Korea. The DNS RSS feed also reports that the update has been released for the Galaxy A07. Over the past month, Samsung released three One UI 9 test builds to Galaxy A16 beta testers, giving them a chance to try Android 17 before the final version arrived. -
PHP released security updates on October 21, 2026, after identifying two CVE-2026 vulnerabilities that affect web-facing installations and carry a CVSS 4.0 score of 9.2. The PHP security team urged users to install the patches immediately. The vulnerabilities are tracked as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619. The first involves corruption during out-of-memory handling: when PHP clears a request, it can access invalid data, potentially allowing an attacker to execute code remotely. -
A recent update to Bing Wallpaper for Windows 11 makes desktop clicks open Bing.com once every 24 hours, according to Windows Latest. The behavior affects empty areas of the desktop rather than icons or menus, and it still occurs even if Google Chrome is set as the default browser. -
TesterArmy's new e2e framework reuses cached AI-agent steps to keep web and mobile tests from calling a model on every run. Released on October 19, 2026, the open-source TypeScript tool combines AI-agent actions with precise locators and deterministic checks so tests stay repeatable.
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