The new Linux 6.17 kernel is standardizing the "performance button" on gaming laptops, enabling a one-press high-performance mode without workarounds.

A new consortium including Oracle, Dell, and the Murdoch family is vying to acquire TikTok's U.S. operations, with the goal of securing its core algorithm.

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Dell patched three flaws in Storage Manager, including a Critical (CVSS 9.8) Auth Bypass (CVE-2025-43995) that allows remote, unauthenticated access to the Data Collector’s APIProxy.war component.

Dell patched seven flaws in CloudLink, including two Critical bugs that allow an authenticated user to escape the restricted shell and execute arbitrary commands for system takeover. Update to v8.2.

Dell patched a Critical (CVSS 9.1) flaw (CVE-2025-46608) in Dell Data Lakehouse that allows a high-privileged remote attacker to escalate privileges and gain unauthorized administrative control. Update to v1.6.0.0.

Windows 10 support ends, yet Dell reports Windows 11 adoption is significantly slower than expected. Over 500M PCs fail hardware checks, slowing transition.

Windows 10 has now been officially retired from support, yet it still powers nearly a billion personal computers

Effective Dec 17, 2025: Dell raises commercial product prices by 10–30% due to "unprecedented" memory costs. High-end RAM configs face hikes up to $765.

Microsoft continues to aggressively propel the Microsoft Copilot+PC initiative, collaborating with OEM partners to engineer novel hardware capable of localized artificial intelligence computation.…

Over the past biennium, the vanguard of the technology sector—including silicon titans such as Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm, alongside the architectural behemoth Microsoft—has exerted monumental effor…