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OK, brace yourself for this one, peeps. Linus Torvalds, the software developer who created the Linux operating system and one of the most iconic figures in the indy computing scene, says the bad rep ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Admit it: the first thing you think of when ransomware is ...

The annual assertion by open-source developers that the year of the Linux desktop is here may finally be more than a mere catchphrase. According to the web traffic analysis website StatCounter, Linux ...

There are gentle migration strategies that can delay the move away from Windows 10, which Microsoft will stop supporting in October 2025. Technically (and maybe even psychologically), the easiest step ...

After decades of shaping the computing world from opposite sides of the operating system divide, Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates and Linux creator Linus Torvalds have finally ...

Products feature real-time translation and augmented call screening, Apple said. Apple on Monday unveiled expanded artificial-intelligence capabilities and a new design interface across all of its ...

A new campaign employing ClickFix attacks has been spotted targeting both Windows and Linux systems using instructions that make infections on either operating system possible. ClickFix is a social ...

In brief: An estimated 240 million PCs will become obsolete when Windows 10 reaches end-of-life status in October. Microsoft is begging impacted users to buy new devices (preferably Copilot+ PCs) to ...

A student has built an entire operating system from scratch in C++. Yes, you read that right! Meet Banan OS, a hobbyist operating system for x86_64 and i686 architectures, written entirely in C++ by ...