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• Windows:
  "Windows update is committed to helping reduce carbon emissions" 🌱
  Also, Windows:
  "We don't support Windows 10 anymore so we ask users to dump their 500 million computers that are "too old" to run Windows 11 and buy new hardware"
  Also, Windows:
  "We will keep trying to force our users to use #Copilot, what, our carbon emissions have inc…

Upgrade Fail? An Estimated 1 Billion PCs Are Still Running Windows 10
It's unclear how many Windows 10 users took advantage of Microsoft's extended support program, and how many PCs are a security nightmare waiting to happen.

Windows 11 25H2: Weitere automatische Update-Verteilung
In der Nacht zum Freitag hat Microsoft mit der automatischen Verteilung des Windows-11-25H2-Updates auf 24H2-Maschinen begonnen.
https://www.

windsurfers: Windsurfers network (1986)
A network of interpersonal contacts among windsurfers in southern California during the Fall of 1986. The edge weights indicate the perception of social affiliations majored by the tasks in which each individual was asked​ to sort cards with other surfer’s name in the order of closeness.
This network has 43 nodes and 336 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Weighted

Research: AI's ability to complete long and complex software engineering tasks doubles every 6-7 months, but there is a "messiness tax" for real-world tasks (Boaz Barak/Windows On Theory)
https://windowsontheory.org/2025/11/04/thoughts-by…

Thoughts by a non-economist on AI and economics
Crossposted on lesswrong Modern humans first emerged about 100,000 years ago. For the next 99,800 years or so, nothing happened. Well, not quite nothing. There were wars, political intrigue, the in…

Indian Company Wants to Transship (Russian) LNG at Svalbard
https://www.highnorthnews.com/en/indian-company-wants-transship-lng-svalbard

McCarthy set for on-field work, Wentz hurting https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46514877/vikings-mccarthy-set-field-work-wentz-being-examined

https://www.csoonline.com/article/4084007/louvre-delayed-windows-security-updates-ahead-of-burglary.html?utm_medium=organic_social
Louvre delayed Windows security updates ahead of burglary

Louvre delayed Windows security updates ahead of burglary
Thieves broke in through a second-floor window, but the museum has had other problems with unsecured Windows too, according to a decade-old cybersecurity audit report that has now come to light.

Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon X2 Plus chips for PCs, available in 10-core and 6-core variants, manufactured on TSMC's N3P node using Qualcomm's Oryon architecture (Jake Roach/Tom's Hardware)
https://www.tomshar…

Qualcomm expands Snapdragon on Windows with X2 Plus – 10-core ARM CPU boasts 35% single-core jump
A 10-core replacement and a new 6-core variant, both bringing big single-threaded improvements.

Windows bekommt gemeinsames Musikhören mit Bluetooth LE Shared Audio
Neue Windows-Insider-Vorschauen bringen "Shared Audio" für Bluetooth LE mit. Damit lässt sich der Klang auf zwei Geräten zugleich ausgeben.

Windows 10: 500 Millionen PCs könnten Windows 11 erhalten
500 Millionen PCs könnten auf Windows 11 aktualisieren, erörterten Finanzexperten in einem Call zu den Quartalsergebnissen von Dell.
https://www.