XDA Developers on MSN

I installed Windows 11 without TPM or Secure Boot, and it's been fine for years

Since there were already a bunch of workarounds doing rounds to install Windows 11 on unsupported PCs, I made some quick ...
XDA Developers on MSN

BitLocker is the only drive encryption tool Windows users need

There is an abundance of free encryption tools, but if you’re running Windows, BitLocker is the only tool most people need, especially for home use. Although its encryption function is only available ...
GeekWire

Inside the Windows 1.0 reunion: How a scrappy team shipped the product that changed everything, eventually

Members of the Windows 1.0 team at their 40-year reunion this week. L-R, kneeling/sitting: Joe Barello, Ed Mills, Tandy Trower, Mark Cliggett, Steve Ballmer (holding a Windows 1.0 screenshot) and Don ...
PC Gamer

Windows 3.1 included a red and yellow 'Hot Dog Stand' color scheme so garish it was long assumed to be a joke, so I tracked down Microsoft's original UI designer to get the ...

Every so often, a wonderful thing happens: someone young enough to have missed out on using computers in the early 1990s is introduced to the Windows 3.1 "Hot Dog Stand" color scheme. Back in the day ...
Reuters

Exclusive: AI software startup Harness valued at $5.5 billion in latest financing round

Dec 11 (Reuters) - Harness, an AI software development startup, has raised $200 million in a Goldman Sachs-led fundraising round that values it at $5.5 billion, the company said on Thursday. The ...
Business Insider

Google stands to make $111 billion if SpaceX goes public at a $1.5 trillion valuation

In 2015, Google invested around $900 million in SpaceX for a stake of around 7%. SpaceX is reportedly planning to go public next year at a valuation of $1.5 trillion. That would make Google's stake ...