Published Oct 30, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT Dibakar Ghosh is a tech journalist at How-To Geek with over a decade of experience using and writing about open-source software, Linux, Android, AI, and personal productivity. He writes about software, operating systems, and tools that help people get more from the technology they already use. I love desktop

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I managed to schlep this old, non-AI-enabled body across a few states over the past week to attend a pair of industry events, one hosted by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) tied to the recent Formula 1 United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, the other being Oracle’s AI World event in Las Vegas. While only

A top Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency official has called a security vendor’s decision to break the embargo on the recently disclosed PHP vulnerabilities “dangerous” and “inappropriate,” as cyber professionals grapple with how artificial intelligence is accelerating vulnerability timelines. The company in question, Chainguard, released patches for the PHP bugs more than six hours ahead

In 1997, IBM’s Deep Blue did something that no machine had ever done before. It became the first computer system to defeat a reigning world chess champion in a match under standard tournament controls. Although IBM’s supercomputer isn’t much like modern AI systems, its victory in the six-game marathon against Garry Kasparov marked a turning

It appears Anthropic may be (quietly) taking action to stem the flood of AI-driven game remakes that have hit the video game industry in the last few month, which saw users creating their own versions of classic and upcoming games, sometimes for fun, sometimes for financial gain. Earlier today X (formerly Twitter) user Chasm said

A three-day conference on AI at 70: What Must Remain Human? began on Oct. 29, drawing industry leaders, tech experts, policymakers, critics, and researchers to Dartmouth, and bringing a sharp focus on human judgment to the equation. Marking 70 years since Dartmouth hosted the summer workshop that launched artificial intelligence as a field of research, day one

Today, Amazon SageMaker AI announces support for Seekable OCI (SOCI)-indexed container images for training and processing jobs, so your jobs start running your code sooner. SOCI-indexed images start Amazon SageMaker AI training containers in seconds, cutting GPU idle time during image pulls by up to 90%, with no impact on training performance. Before a training