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Do you remember Windows 95? How about Windows 96?

https://timemachiner.io/2025/06/18/the-windows-that-never-was/
2•macstainless•3h ago

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macstainless•3h ago
That’s not a typo. Windows 96 promised to build on the success of Windows 95, yet it never materialized as originally intended.

I only learned about this a few months ago. To me, this was an incredibly fascinating discovery and wanted to write about & share it. You can read about it here if it interests you too:

"The Windows That Never Was" - https://timemachiner.io/2025/06/18/the-windows-that-never-wa...

Malicious AI swarms can threaten democracy

https://osf.io/preprints/osf/qm9yk_v2
3•anigbrowl•4m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Node.js Debugger MCP. Run and debug long-lived apps with Claude Code

1•chw9e•5m ago•0 comments

Deep Dive into SVT-AV1's Evolution (Part 1)

https://wiki.x266.mov/blog/svt-av1-fourth-deep-dive-p1
1•todsacerdoti•5m ago•0 comments

OpenBMC Security in Practice: Vulnerabilities, Variants, and AMI MegaRAC OneTree [pdf]

https://eclypsium.com/wp-content/uploads/OpenBMC-Security-in-Practice.pdf
2•cws•6m ago•0 comments

The Lost Art of Logarithms

https://www.lostartoflogarithms.com/chapter01/
2•not-so-darkstar•8m ago•0 comments

A Programmer's Introduction to Mathematics

https://pimbook.org/
1•not-so-darkstar•9m ago•0 comments

All Fios Services Down

https://www.verizon.com/foryourhome/vzrepair/flowengine/UFDService.aspx?Keyword=FIX_ASO
1•ecopoesis•9m ago•0 comments

GPU Comic: When GPU programming hurts so much, all we can do is laugh

https://comic.modular.com/
9•timmyd•11m ago•0 comments

Touring the Zig•EM code-scape (2024)

https://zigem.openem.org/post-003/
1•jstrieb•13m ago•0 comments

Internet Explorer is EVIL (2002)

http://toastytech.com/evil/
1•LorenDB•13m ago•0 comments

ChatGPT Sandbox is running a 3-year-old version of Python

https://texttoslides.ai/blog/openai-old-python
1•sh_tomer•17m ago•0 comments

Career advice, or something like it

https://brooker.co.za/blog/2025/06/20/career.html
2•SchwKatze•17m ago•0 comments

Mastering Montreal – how the modern car copes with F1's notorious 'brake buster'

https://motorsport.tech/formula-1/formula-one-brakes-explained
1•AkshatJ27•17m ago•0 comments

Apple Adds Energy and Battery Labels to iPhone and iPad Pages in EU

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/06/20/apple-adds-labels-to-iphone-ipad-pages-in-eu/
1•tosh•18m ago•1 comments

Accenture says CEOs are postponing hiring consultants due to uncertainty

https://www.ft.com/content/a1a5c903-0a24-4c42-aae0-f86e04c06910
1•wslh•19m ago•2 comments

Defending the Internet: how Cloudflare blocked a monumental 7.3 Tbps DDoS attack

https://blog.cloudflare.com/defending-the-internet-how-cloudflare-blocked-a-monumental-7-3-tbps-ddos/
11•methuselah_in•21m ago•2 comments

The Entire Internet Is Reverting to Beta

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/06/ai-janky-web/683228/
4•CharlesW•23m ago•0 comments

Windsurf Brand Refresh

https://windsurf.com/blog/our-brand
1•handfuloflight•23m ago•0 comments

Microsoft is blocking Google Chrome through its family safety feature

https://www.theverge.com/news/690179/microsoft-block-google-chrome-family-safety-feature
4•chrisjj•25m ago•1 comments

Freecoding – An Alternative to Vibe Coding

https://snare.dev/musings/freecoding/
2•watersucks•27m ago•0 comments

DeepMind supporting better tropical cyclone prediction with AI

https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/weather-lab-cyclone-predictions-with-ai/
1•gmays•28m ago•0 comments

Mixxx 2.5.2 Released

https://mixxx.org/news/2025-06-13-mixxx-2_5_2-released/
2•SamWhited•29m ago•0 comments

The OWASP Top Tops

https://github.com/psiinon/owasp-top-10-top-10s
2•todsacerdoti•29m ago•0 comments

Show HN: CTO as a Service

https://caas-agency.vercel.app
1•goodpanda•31m ago•0 comments

New dating for White Sands footprints confirms controversial theory

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/06/study-confirms-white-sands-footprints-are-23000-years-old/
1•_tk_•31m ago•0 comments

Cognitive Complexity [pdf]

https://assets-eu-01.kc-usercontent.com/886afe32-410a-0136-0267-0f7515a29063/39475230-c3ff-4e73-8ab3-fe0c9f21e9dd/Cognitive_Complexity_Sonar_Guide_2023.pdf
3•handfuloflight•32m ago•0 comments

Book creation using almost open source tools

https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2025/06/book-creation-using-almost-entirely.html
3•ingve•34m ago•0 comments

How not to lose your job to AI

https://80000hours.org/agi/guide/skills-ai-makes-valuable/
2•gorkemcetin•34m ago•0 comments

Microsoft Is Deleting Old Drivers from Windows Update and It Might Break Your PC

https://nerds.xyz/2025/06/microsoft-driver-removal-windows-update-legacy-hardware-breaking/
2•speckx•35m ago•1 comments

Mystery Powerful Radio Pulse Traced Back to NASA Satellite Dead Since 1967

https://www.iflscience.com/mysterious-powerful-radio-pulse-traced-back-to-nasa-satellite-thats-been-dead-since-1967-79712
4•Bluestein•39m ago•0 comments