An Amazon exec says Vega OS makes Fire TV faster and safer. For users, it mostly means losing one of the biggest strengths: openness.

There's no doubt that Amazon's Fire TV Sticks are on the verge of changing forever. Last year, Amazon launched the Fire TV ...

OS 26.06 adds support for 254 devices, including devices like the Google Pixel 3a, Samsung Galaxy S9, OnePlus 6 and Xiaomi ...

A decade ago, AMD added a protection to its high-end CPUs to protect them against cold boot attacks and other types of ...

Microsoft announced today at its Build 2026 developer conference the release of Coreutils for Windows, bringing many commonly used Linux command-line utilities to Windows as native applications. The ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Erik Steiger discusses the operational pain ...

For years, owners of Vizio smart TVs have had little control over the software running on their sets—software that can track viewing habits, push ads, and generally shape the experience of using the ...

The open-source community is looking for a way out of the wave of new laws requiring operating systems to collect users’ ages. The open-source community is looking for a way out of the wave of new ...

Zorin released Zorin OS 18.1 recently, but I’ve been using a near-final version since the previous week. This is clearly one of the best Linux distributions for Windows switchers looking for a soft ...

Last year, we learned that the French city of Lyon is ditching Windows and Microsoft Office in favor of Linux and other similar free and open source software (FOSS) alternatives. Now, the government ...

France is trying to move on from Microsoft Windows. The country said it plans to move some of its government computers currently running Windows to the open source operating system Linux to further ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. The Steam Hardware & Software Survey results for March 2026 are now available, and as we've gone over the big movements in the GPU space, there is one ...