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Microsoft is fixing Windows 11’s speed problem with a macOS feature

Microsoft is testing a new performance feature for Windows 11 that temporarily maxes out your CPU whenever you open an app or click the Start menu. The feature, called “Low Latency Profile,” spikes processor frequency for one to three seconds during high-priority actions, then drops back down—and early results are hard to ignore.Windows Central notes

OpenAi to make 600 of its employess millionaires

More than 600 OpenAI employees cashed in a combined $6.6 billion worth of stocks in a single day of October 2025, with each landing nearly 11 million dollars. According to the Wall Street Journal, this was one of the largest employee stock sales in the history of the technology industry. This included both current and

Google to showcase Android 17 at Google I/O 2026

Google is expected to showcase the Android 17 update at the Google I/O event, bringing new features, updates, and AI-powered upgrades for smartphones. On May 12, the company may tease a few upgrades at “The Android Show: I/O,” giving an early glimpse of what the upcoming Android may look like. Media reports suggest the update

The Musk-Altman trial is in the final stretch

Elon Musk’s lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI has a handful of key witnesses before both sides make their closing arguments, which could come as soon as this week. OpenAI cofounder and former executive Ilya Sutskever, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, and Altman himself are all expected to testify.At a high level, Musk, an OpenAI cofounder,

Singapore to set up a new SPF Cyber Command

The Singapore Police Force (SPF) will establish a new unit in July that will consolidate its counter-scam and cybercrime capabilities. Known as the SPF Cyber Command, it will be a frontline unit with about 200 officers across operations, investigations and intelligence, Minister of State for Home Affairs Goh Pei Ming announced at an anti-scam conference

The discovery of Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transients

Out in the universe, there exist mysterious and powerful bright blue cosmic explosions called Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transients (LFBOT)  and new research may finally have some answers as to where these strange blasts come from.Scientists have been trying to figure out the origins of LFBOTs for quite some time and have even proposed a

Twitch to act on fake inflated view numbers from appearing across the platform

Twitch CEO Dan Clancy has announced a new system to punish streamers who use viewbots to fake their viewer numbers. The platform said it has been working on this problem for a long time because many creators use outside services to make their streams look more popular than they really are. Twitch says this hurts

Google settles racial discrimination lawsuit

Google has settled with Black employees who alleged systemic racial disparities in hiring, pay, and advancement in a lawsuit filed in 2022. April Curley, a former Google employee, had sued the tech giant for racial discrimination, saying it engages in a “pattern and practice” of unfair treatment for its Black workers. The suit claimed the

Discord outage affecting messages and logins

The outage is hitting the basics hard. Messages are not loading, new ones are not going through and users are having trouble getting into their accounts altogether. Yahoo Tech confirmed the issues firsthand, noting that Discord was failing to load messages and not sending new ones on their own devices.Discord put out an update on

Cloudflare cuts 1,100 jobs despite record revenue

Cloudflare recently announced one of the biggest workforce cuts in its history, saying advances in artificial intelligence have made around 1,100 jobs obsolete even as the company reported record quarterly revenue growth. The internet infrastructure and cybersecurity company said it is reducing its workforce by nearly 20 per cent, affecting employees across multiple teams and