Author: Zach_Wilson
First Doom, now Linux: an unnamed high school student runs Linux OS in a PDF doc in Google Chrome so what’s next?
Chromium browsers can turn a PDF into a working Linux environment under emulation Chrome’s disabled JIT compiler hampers performance High school-aged developer has form for impressive PDF projects, such as running Doom inside one A high-school student has achieved another coding feat, getting a lightweight Linux distribution to run inside…
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ICYMI: the week’s 7 biggest tech stories from the massive PlayStation Network outage to Apple’s new product teaser
In case you’ve missed it, we’re here with our catch-up of the week’s biggest tech news so you can get up to speed in a flash. This week we saw a major PlayStation Network (PSN) outage, tried the world’s thinnest foldable, and were treated to a new Apple product teaser…
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Windows 11 fully streamlined in just two clicks? Talon utility promises to rip all the bloatware out of Microsoft’s OS in a hassle-free way
Talon is a debloating tool designed for those who aren’t tech-savvy It does everything for you in running a fully automated debloat of Windows Bear in mind that third-party apps are used at your own risk, though the developer of Talon seems commendably transparent Fed up with Windows 11’s bits…
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I replaced my to-do list with ChatGPT’s Tasks feature and it completely changed the way I plan my life
I’ve always wanted to be the kind of person who uses to-do lists, but I often find that even if I make one, I’ll forget to check up on it. Online calendars and other tools help, but that still requires me to write all of them down. If I want…
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Google’s Android-based earthquake detector had a false alarm
Google has disabled its Android earthquake detection feature in Brazil after many smartphone users in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro received false emergency alerts on Friday morning, Android Police reports. The alerts of a nonexistent 5.5 magnitude earthquake were sent to devices around 2AM this morning, and pinpointed earthquakes…
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Trump admin pulls hundreds of videos from CFPB’s YouTube channel
Nearly 400 videos that were posted on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s YouTube page have been removed, as the Trump administration continues to pare back the agency, including its team of skilled technologists. The CFPB YouTube page, which has 15,000 subscribers and was created in 2011, has had every one…
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