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Microsoft has announced a new feature called Cloud-initiated driver recoveryWhich automatically rolls back problematic drivers delivered via Windows Update to a known-good version without requiring user or hardware partner intervention. The feature will be released in September 2026 after several months of testing. This mechanism aims to fill the gap in the current driver recovery

Germany’s Sovereign Tech Agency has allocated 1.3 million eurosapproximately $1.5 million from its Sovereign Tech Fund, to support Where? community. KDE is known for developing the Plasma desktop environment, which is used on devices such as Steam Deck and various Linux distributions. This funding is earmarked for specific KDE projects rather than general development expenses.

Blizzard’s Overwatch 10th Anniversary Event Will run from May 12 to June 2, 2026, ending at 11am PT. It began with the latest mid-season patch and gives players about three weeks to claim free rewards, including launch hero skins, anniversary loot boxes, and 2D cosmetics. No Battle Pass is required, and all rewards are available

Nvidia engineer Sasha Levin has introduced a new mechanism to the Linux kernel that allows privileged operators to temporarily disable specific kernel functions. This can be done by returning a fixed value instead of executing the function, which serves as a stopgap security measure while an official patch is developed. Levin said that this “kill

A new open-source project called timecapsulesmb Apple enables Time Capsule devices to continue working with modern versions of macOS by installing a newer version of Samba on the device. The project was created by Microsoft engineer James Chang in response to Apple’s plan to remove the Apple Filing Protocol in macOS 27. Without this change,