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Windows 11 does a lot under the hood to speed up a PC’s performance, but PCs tend to slow down over time as they accumulate apps, files, drivers, and other detritus. Even zippy new Windows 11 devices can be sped up — and protected against future slowdowns — with a few minor system tweaks. It’s simple to make your Windows PC run faster. Just follow these tips. Top ways to speed up Windows 11 Disable programs that run on startup Turn off unused apps with high resource usage Use Efficiency mode Use automatic Windows maintenance Kill adware and bloatware Turn off search indexing Clean out your hard drive Disable shadows, animations, and visual effects Disable transparency Change your power settings Turn off Windows tips and tricks Disable Game Mode Update device drivers Turn off background app permissions Roll back your PC to a previous state Restart Windows Read on for details. Note: This story covers Windows 11 version 25H2. If you have an earlier release of Windows 11, some things may b
Read full articleApple's Siri AI overhaul aims to strengthen its ecosystem, but faces challenges from memory shortages and won't boost short-term sales. The post Apple’s revamped AI Siri seen as long-term strategy amid PC, mobile market challenges appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
The revamped Siri adds conversational AI, visual understanding, and personal context awareness as Apple rolls out new features across apps.
Microsoft has announced Coreutils, a new Windows 11 feature that allows developers to run many popular Linux command line utilities natively on Windows from a single binary. Revealed at this week’s Build 2026 developer conference in Seattle, Coreutils is about reducing what Microsoft terms the “cognitive load” faced by developers when moving between Windows and other platforms. Currently, accessing the Linux command line utilities that are considered essential in many CI/CD development environments on Windows requires a kludge that involves either opening an emulation such as Git Bash, or a virtualized Windows Linux Subsystem (WSL) terminal. Both are time-consuming and inefficient. As Microsoft’s announcement puts it: “Developers constantly move between platforms, but familiar commands don’t work consistently, forcing workarounds, lost speed and context switching.” Coreutils removes the need for this back and forth, allowing developers to run most Linux commands straight from the Windo
Microsoft has announced Coreutils, a new Windows 11 feature that allows developers to run many popular Linux command line utilities natively on Windows from a single binary. Revealed at this week’s Build 2026 developer conference in Seattle, Coreutils is about reducing what Microsoft terms the “cognitive load” faced by developers when moving between Windows and other platforms. Currently, accessing the Linux command line utilities that are considered essential in many CI/CD development environments on Windows requires a kludge that involves either opening an emulation such as Git Bash, or a virtualized Windows Linux Subsystem (WSL) terminal. Both are time-consuming and inefficient. As Microsoft’s announcement puts it: “Developers constantly move between platforms, but familiar commands don’t work consistently, forcing workarounds, lost speed and context switching.” Coreutils removes the need for this back and forth, allowing developers to run most Linux commands straight from the Windo
With its new portable memory layer, Walrus Memory lets AI agents carry context across apps, sessions and providers—putting users in control.
Microsoft’s annual developer conference is kicking off on June 2nd in San Francisco with the keynote presentation streaming live at 12:30PM ET / 9:30AM PT, and we will be following along here with everything as it’s announced. The Verge’s Tom Warren reports that we can expect to hear about new AI models and agentic OpenClaw-like tools, plus a Copilot “super app” to go along with some of the major changes to Windows 11 that have already started appearing. Microsoft just announced the new Surface Laptop Ultra, powered by Nvidia’s RTX Spark, so there could be more Windows on ARM news in store. Follow along here for the latest news and updates. How to watch Microsoft’s Build 2026 conference Microsoft to unveil new AI models and Windows improvements at Build Microsoft’s big developer conference returns to San Francisco in June
The popular fitness-tracking platform, Strava, is restricting access to its API as part of efforts to clamp down on AI scraping, as reported earlier by TechCrunch. Developers who want to build an app using Strava's data now need to pay for a flat $11.99 / month subscription. In an update on its developer hub, Strava blames the change on "zero-code AI tools" that allow users to quickly create apps that "hammer" APIs. "We have felt this firsthand - developer applications to our program are up 448% year-to-date, API intermediaries have violated policy terms, and scraping attempts have degraded platform performance for everyone," the company wr … Read the full story at The Verge.
In the ever-evolving cybersecurity landscape, Microsoft has introduced various new features in Windows 11 designed to protect users from modern workplace threats. Among such features, Smart App Control (SAC) changes how Windows devices handle, and occasionally block, unwanted or potentially malicious applications. But what exactly is Smart App Control? How does it work, who benefits most, and are there any caveats? In this story we’ll share some history and explain why SAC has been something of a stealth feature in Windows 11. What is Smart App Control? Smart App Control is a security feature in Windows 11 designed to block untrusted or potentially dangerous applications from running on a PC. Built directly into the operating system (through Windows Security), SAC leverages code signing, Microsoft’s intelligence cloud, and artificial intelligence to make real-time decisions about whether an app or application should be allowed to run. Its goal is to minimize the risk that malware, rans
