SanDisk says goodbye to WD Blue and Black SSDs, hello to new “Optimus” drives

Today SanDisk announced that mainstream WD Blue and WD Black SSDs would be going away, to be replaced by SanDisk ...

This neat Windows 11 registry trick offers higher NVMe SSD performance—but it's not for everyone

Native NVMe support is an opt-in model, so enterprise users need to enable it via the registry. What some users have found out, however, is that it's possible to apply the same tweaks to Windows 11 ...
GeekWire

Inside the Windows 1.0 reunion: How a scrappy team shipped the product that changed everything, eventually

Members of the Windows 1.0 team at their 40-year reunion this week. L-R, kneeling/sitting: Joe Barello, Ed Mills, Tandy Trower, Mark Cliggett, Steve Ballmer (holding a Windows 1.0 screenshot) and Don ...
PC Gamer

Windows 3.1 included a red and yellow 'Hot Dog Stand' color scheme so garish it was long assumed to be a joke, so I tracked down Microsoft's original UI designer to get the ...

Every so often, a wonderful thing happens: someone young enough to have missed out on using computers in the early 1990s is introduced to the Windows 3.1 "Hot Dog Stand" color scheme. Back in the day ...
Oregonian

Rosa Parks refuses to give up bus seat: Today in history, Dec. 1

On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a Black seamstress, was arrested after refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. The incident sparked a yearlong boycott of ...
NPR

Trump vows to 'permanently pause' migration from poor nations in social media screed

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump vowed on Thanksgiving to "permanently pause migration" from poorer nations in a blistering late-night, anti-immigrant screed posted to social media. The ...
The New York Times

U.S. to Press Europe and Other Allies on ‘Mass Migration,’ Document Says

American diplomats were told to raise U.S. concerns about “violent crimes associated with people of a migration background.” By Edward Wong and Hamed Aleaziz Reporting from Washington Secretary of ...
CNN

State Department to identify DEI policies and mass migration as ‘human rights infringements’

The US State Department will require its diplomats describe enforcement of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies, alleged facilitation of mass migration, and government funding that supports ...
The Verge

Google relaunches Cameyo to entice businesses from Windows to ChromeOS

Cameyo by Google makes it easier to run Windows-based apps on Chromebooks. Cameyo by Google makes it easier to run Windows-based apps on Chromebooks. is a news writer focused on creative industries, ...
Game Rant

Escape from Tarkov Prepares 'Tricks' for Cheaters Ahead of 1.0 Release

Dominik Bošnjak is a freelance writer from Croatia. He has been writing about games for as long as he can remember and began doing so professionally circa 2010. If he was forced to pick a favorite ...
AppleInsider

How to make your own external SSD: Boost your Mac's storage cheaply

Apple's storage prices can be rough. Why spend that kind of money for less, when you can get more by making your own high-speed external SSD. Here's everything you need to know about SSDs and the ...
IGN

Get a Complete Prebuilt Windows 11 Pro Micro PC Computer From Amazon for Just $131

If you're a Windows user that's looking for a PC version of the Apple Mac Mini, then one of the most popular models has dropped in price. Amazon is offering Prime members the AceMagic Vista Mini V1 ...