According to the official KB5079391 change log, the rollout was paused because users are seeing an "error 0x80073712" message during installation. Microsoft explains that this error occurs when files are missing or corrupted, preventing the update from completing successfully. Read Entire Article
Delta is bringing free Wi-Fi to flights using Amazon’s satellites
Think of Leo as Amazon's version of SpaceX Starlink. The division was established in 2019 and is the third largest satellite system in orbit according to the company. Even still, Leo does feel a bit behind the competition in terms of the sheer size of its constellation. Read Entire Article
GitHub pulls Copilot “feature” after it added advertising to more than 11,000 pull requests
"Quickly spin up Copilot coding agents from anywhere on your macOS or Windows machine with Raycast," the note said, accompanied by a lightning bolt emoji and a link to install the app. Read Entire Article
A Supermicro co-founder is accused of smuggling $2.5B in AI servers to China
Federal authorities recently charged Yih-Shyan Liaw, along with a company employee and an outside contractor, with smuggling roughly $2.5 billion worth of such servers to China. The case not only jolted investors – Supermicro's stock lost a third of its value the following day – but also reignited debate in......
Doom now runs over DNS, loading from nearly 2,000 text records
A recently released port of Doom can load into memory from Cloudflare without ever writing files to the disc. The project encodes the iconic first-person shooter's shareware version into 1,964 DNS TXT records, which boot the game via a PowerShell command. Read Entire Article
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II studio axes human translator in favor of AI
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II will most likely be Warhorse Studios' last game to receive a human translation. According to a recent post by a Czech translator, the Prague-based studio is switching to LLM-based machine translations for future projects. Fans are far from thrilled as the studio's co-founder seems intent on......
Price spike hits Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus a week after launch, but value proposition remains
The Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus, Core Ultra 5 250K Plus, and Core Ultra 7 270K Plus are selling well above MSRP on Newegg, Microcenter, B&H, Amazon, and other online retailers. For example, the 270K Plus is currently listed at $350 on Newegg, $50 above its official $300 MSRP, while......
Hackers are using fake coding jobs to spread malware through GitHub
The malware at the center of it, dubbed Omnistealer by investigators, uses public blockchains not just for payments, but as part of the delivery system itself. Once running, it digs through a victim's machine and pulls out almost everything of value. Read Entire Article
It was 1995, 15-inch 800×600 monitors were the norm, what kind of monitor did John Carmack use to code Quake?
Pentium 133MHz days! Read Entire Article
Robots just installed 100 MW of solar panels in the desert
According to Maximo, its Version 3.0 robots now enable crews to install solar panels at rates previously impossible by human teams alone. Workers using the robots have been able to place as many as 24 photovoltaic modules per hour per person, supported by machines that assemble panels at a rate......