VPN provider built a script to block Microsoft’s hidden GDID tracking on Windows — Windscribe’s “deGDID” erases existing identifiers and blocks new ones from being created
 VPN provider built a script to block Microsoft’s hidden GDID tracking on Windows — Windscribe’s “deGDID” erases existing identifiers and blocks new ones from being created

You can run the deGDID script on your computer to delete cached GDID keys and prevent Microsoft’s servers from minting new ones in the background. The firewall you put up with this script will break certain Microsoft services and features, however, but you can always reverse it.

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Microsoft quietly purges 32GB of RAM recommendations from its website — company reels from the effects of the memory shortage as it released 8GB base models for Surface laptops this year

Microsoft once recommended 32GB of RAM as a future-proof “no worries” upgrade for gamers, but it seems that it wants you to forget that it ever gave that suggestion. That’s because laptop manufacturers, including Microsoft itself, has once again started selling models with a base configuration of 8GB of RAM as companies memory prices skyrocket out of control.

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How to Bring the Old Siri Back to Your iPhone in iOS 27

You can enable, disable or revert Siri through a few quick steps in the Settings menu.

Microsoft vows to make Windows 11 fly on 8GB RAM amid memory shortage — optimizations to reduce OS memory footprint have begun
 Microsoft vows to make Windows 11 fly on 8GB RAM amid memory shortage — optimizations to reduce OS memory footprint have begun

While the company’s minimum OS specifications officially say 4GB, most PC builders know that 16GB is the bare minimum for a smooth experience on Windows 11. However, the memory chip shortage and the resurgence of 8GB laptops are likely forcing Microsoft to optimize Windows.

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Valve funding port of Linux RADV Radeon Vulkan driver to Windows — cross-platform effort already runs ‘Counter-Strike 2’

Valve funding port of Linux RADV Radeon Vulkan driver to Windows — cross-platform effort already runs Counter-Strike 2

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Windows NT 4.0 brought the Win95 UI to servers 30 years ago today — milestone unifying modern Windows OS hit RTM in the Pentium era
 Windows NT 4.0 brought the Win95 UI to servers 30 years ago today — milestone unifying modern Windows OS hit RTM in the Pentium era

Microsoft released Windows NT 4.0 to manufacturing partners on this day in 1996.

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Legendary Windows developer codes Task Manager for the Mac, says Apple’s ‘Activity Monitor blows’ — Microsoft gave original Windows Task Manager dev permission to reference Windows XP source code

Legendary Windows developer Dave W. Plummer has shared details and screenshots of a version of Task Manager for Apple Mac computers.

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How to Change the Most Annoying iOS 27 Settings on Your iPhone

You can tone down Liquid Glass, shorten Siri AI’s memory and stop subtitles from automatically appearing in videos.

Linus Torvalds rebukes anti-AI stances in the Linux kernel code review process, says ‘Linux is not one of those anti-AI projects’ — creator embraces AI as just a tool and ‘clearly a useful one’

Linus Torvalds, Linux’s creator and kernel manager, has seemingly taken an accepting stance of AI-assisted tooling.

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iOS 27 Public Beta: It’s… Fine I Guess?

Even if you don’t use AI, I found some useful features in the iOS 27 beta. They’re smaller, quality-of-life changes, but you won’t want to skip them.