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Linux 6.13 Batching Slashes Network CPU Load 8% in High-Traffic Data Centers
Linux's network stack has received a significant optimization in kernel version 6.13 that promises to reduce CPU overhead during high network traffic periods, delivering measurable performance...
KB5063878 Broke NDI Streaming on Windows—Here’s the Fix Every Creator Needs
Live streaming took a hit in mid‑August 2025 when Microsoft’s cumulative update KB5063878 for Windows 11 24H2 (and its Windows 10 counterparts) introduced a crippling regression for broadcasters....
Microsoft Plants a Bing Speed Test Shortcut in the Taskbar and Teases AI Oversight in New Insider Builds
A quiet update this week to Windows 11 Insider Preview builds plants a one-click internet speed test directly into the taskbar network flyout, but it’s not the native diagnostic tool power users...
Windows 11 Adds a Speed Test Button to Network Flyout, But It’s a Bing Web Shortcut
Microsoft is quietly testing a one-click internet speed test shortcut in Windows 11, placed directly inside the network flyout and taskbar context menu. The feature, unearthed by sharp-eyed Insiders...
Windows 11’s New Speed Test Button Opens Bing’s Web Tool, Not a Native Diagnostic
Microsoft is quietly slipping a network speed test button into Windows 11’s system tray, but it won’t run a local diagnostic. Instead, a single click fires up your browser and loads Bing’s...
Kemono Loading Failures Surge: Windows Experts Detail 7 Fixes to Restore Access
Kemono users worldwide are encountering blank pages, persistent loading spinners, and HTTP errors when trying to access the popular aggregation platform. The disruptions, which began surfacing across...
Oracle Ships VirtualBox 7.2.2 to Patch ARM VM Start Failures and TPM Bugs
Oracle rolled out VirtualBox 7.2.2 this week to stamp out several show-stopping regressions that plagued the 7.2 branch, particularly virtual machines that refused to start on Windows‑on‑ARM...
KB5066198 Lands in Release Preview with Fixes for File Explorer, SMB over QUIC, and IME Bugs
Microsoft has pushed out a new cumulative update for Windows 10 22H2 to the Release Preview Channel, delivering a targeted set of fixes for some of the operating system’s most persistent...
Varjo Conflicts to Anti-Cheat Failures: Why Hell Let Loose Won’t Launch and How to Fix It
Hell Let Loose’s inability to start on Windows machines has become a persistent headache, with players routinely reporting the Easy Anti-Cheat splash appearing, a brief loading period, and then the...
Google Sets Multicloud Standard with Zero Egress Fees in EU and UK, Pressuring Microsoft and AWS
Google Cloud has eliminated data transfer fees for organizations running workloads across multiple cloud providers in the European Union and the United Kingdom, a move that goes well beyond the EU...
CVE-2025-54093: Windows TCP/IP Race Condition Grants SYSTEM Access – Patch Now
Microsoft has disclosed a local elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the Windows TCP/IP driver that gives authenticated attackers a clear path to SYSTEM-level control. Tracked as CVE-2025-54093...
Dockermox: Run Proxmox in Docker for Labs – Not for Production
The idea sounds contradictory: take a full virtualization platform designed to run directly on hardware and stuff it inside a Docker container. Yet a community project called Dockermox does exactly...