Our gifting experts are obsessively searching for holiday gifts that are unique, thoughtful and suitable for any budget. One of the more secure Linux distributions has added another feature to help further lock it down. Jack Wallen is what happens when a Gen Xer mind-melds with present-day snark. This addition should make Leap one of the most secure distros. I've been a fan of SUSE and openSUSE for a long time.

Two years after trying to sidestep mobile apps with dedicated AI hardware, Rabbit is launching OS3, a cross-platform agent that lives on the screens you already use. Jesse Lyu doesn't think the Rabbit R1 was a flop. Lyu's gadget was among the first in the gold rush to create dedicated AI hardware that acted as a virtual assistant. You could speak into the R1 and ask it to complete tasks for you--book an Uber; order food on DoorDash. After a buzzy launch at CES 2024, it earned scathing reviews.

The first in CSS stands for "style." Think colors and fonts, borders and shadows, rows and columns, animations and transitions. CSS is the programming language that makes a website look pretty (or pretty ugly, often). It's what makes this very webpage look like itself--look WIRED. One paragraph in, a certain reader will already be smarting at my description of CSS.

When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. Linux fixed a Windows frustration I didn't know I had Who knew window management could be this easy? I don't know about you, but when I tuned into this week's episode of The Full Nerd I was mostly just excited to hear about the Steam Frame. I haven't bought a VR headset since the Quest 2 but I'm still curious about the state of VR gaming, and I'm sorely tempted to buy a Frame despite the eye-watering $1,000+ price tag. But as it turns out, I was a lot more excited to hear about Linux!

Two divisions of Switzerland's government are shifting from Microsoft 365 to open-source openDesk. Two Swiss government groups are moving from Microsoft 365 to openDesk. The Swiss Federal Chancellery and Swiss Armed Forces are moving at different paces. Switzerland's federal government is moving to create an open-source, digitally sovereign workplace for thousands of employees, while the Swiss Armed Forces' Cyber Command is moving much faster to replace Microsoft 365, especially for sensitive work. They're joining numerous other European government agencies, such as those in Austria, France, Germany, and Ireland, that are also cutting out Microsoft 365 and Windows in favor of open-source office suites and Linux.

Nvidia's acquisition of Hugging Face will give it direct access to platform developers use to collaborate, test and share tools Nvidia's acquisition of Hugging Face will give it direct access to platform developers use to collaborate, test and share tools Nvidia to buy developer platform Hugging Face in $12.9bn deal Nvidia will buy the popular developer platform Hugging Face for nearly $13bn, betting that support for open AI models could offset a potential slowdown in demand for the semiconductor giant's chips. Shares in Nvidia were slightly lower after the $12.93bn (£9.57bn) deal - which ranks among its biggest ever - was announced for the database of AI models on Thursday. The New York-based startup Hugging Face, which is backed by Intel, Advanced Micro Devices and Amazon, was founded in 2016 by the French entrepreneurs Clément Delangue, Julien Chaumond and Thomas Wolf. Nvidia's quarterly revenue doubles to nearly $100bn as CEO declares'golden age' The chipmaker is already a major open AI player in the US with its widely used Nemotron model and vocal support for the technology. Acquiring Hugging Face will give it direct access to a platform developers use to collaborate, test and share tools, potentially providing insight and data that could help it narrow the technology gap with top American and Chinese labs.

When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. Everyone assumed the Windows taskbar copied a rival OS. Many assumed NeXTSTEP inspired the Windows taskbar, but Microsoft veterans say its roots trace to a 1991 project called Cairo. In a recent social media thread, Microsoft veterans Brad Silverberg, Joe Belfiore, and Dave Plummer shared a few anecdotes and clarifications about how the taskbar became part of Windows. The taskbar, first introduced with Windows 95, allowed users to keep track of multiple active programs simultaneously, making it one of the highlight features of the cutting-edge operating system.

When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. Whatever happened to Minesweeper and 3D Pinball on Windows? Windows used to ship with a bunch of iconic games that you could play straight after installation. Here's why they're gone and what happened. Remember back in the day when you could install Windows 98 or Windows 7 on a PC and enjoy built-in goodies like,,,, and?

PCWorld reports that Windows 10 and 11 users are seeing false warning messages claiming Microsoft Defender has been turned off, despite the security software remaining fully active. The issue stems from a recent antivirus update bug, causing incorrect notifications across multiple Windows versions. Microsoft is aware of the problem and is working on a fix expected in an upcoming update, so users should not panic. Over the past few days, some Windows 11 users have been getting incorrect warning messages about Microsoft Defender--the operating system's built-in security solution--being disabled.

I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen If you're a student, writer, or professional juggling documents, this app can help keep you organized. Paperwork is a free, open-source organization tool. The software is available on Linux and Windows. Because I'm a writer, I keep a lot of documents . By a lot, I mean hundreds.