The Top 8 Computing Stories of 2025
 The Top 8 Computing Stories of 2025

This year, AI continued looming large in the software world. But more than before, people are wrestling with both its amazing capabilities and its striking shortcomings. New research has found that AI agents are doubling the length of task they can do…

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Microsoft promises to nearly double Windows storage performance after forcing slow software-accelerated BitLocker on Windows — new CPU hardware-accelerated crypto will also improve battery life, but requires new CPUs

The new BitLocker implementation offloads encryption and decryption to dedicated crypto engines on supported SoCs, delivering faster storage performance and reduced CPU usage.
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52 years later, only known copy of Unix v4 recovered from randomly found tape, now up and running on a system — first OS version with kernel and core utilities written in C

The only known complete copy of Unix v4 has been recovered from a tape found at the University of Utah.

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Facebook deploys the Steam Deck’s Linux scheduler across its data centers — Valve’s low-latency scheduler perfect for managing Meta’s workloads at massive data centers

In a recent talk, Meta engineers detailed how they’ve been deploying a low-latency Linux scheduler originally developed by Valve for the Steam Deck across production servers.
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Windows 11 preview provides more details on how AI agents will work – but this remains a controversial path for Microsoft

We know more about how AI agents will work thanks to the latest Windows 11 preview – but not everyone’s happy.

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‘LeBron James of Excel spreadsheets’ celebrates 2025 Microsoft Excel World Championships win — beat 256 other spreadsheet whizzes to claim the $60,000 first prize in Las Vegas tournament

The 2025 Microsoft Excel World Championships final in Las Vegas has been won by Irishman Diarmuid Early.

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Registry hack enables new performance-boosting native NVMe support on Windows 11 — Windows Server 2025 feature can be unlocked for consumer PCs, but at your own risk

The Windows Server 2025 registry tweak that activates native NVMe support can also be activated in Windows 11, but at your own risk.
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Meta just u-turned on the best VR announcement it ever made — and might have handed the win to Android XR

Meta has ‘paused’ third-party headset partnerships, which feels like a major win for Android XR.

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Smart new features for Android smartphones just arrived in Windows 11 – including remotely locking your PC via the phone

Remotely locking your Windows 11 PC is now possible using an Android phone thanks to updated app – here’s how to get it.
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Engineer turns E-ink tablet into computer monitor in Linux — perfect secondary reading screen to reduce eye strain over the network

A software engineer and E-ink enthusiast recently set up a remote E-ink secondary display, upcycling an old E-ink tablet and setting up an awesome Linux DIY project for all those with the need to read on bespoke screen har…

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