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 ...
Post and Courier

Omakase sushi bar backed by a 2-star Michelin chef to open in Charleston

CHARLESTON — An acclaimed sushi restaurant known for its 17-course meals is coming to the Lowcountry. Sushi | Bar, a speakeasy-style restaurant “designed to immerse diners in the artistry of omakase,” ...
The Verge

Microsoft is turning Windows into an ‘agentic OS,’ starting with the taskbar

AI agents on the taskbar, Copilot in the File Explorer, and much more. AI agents on the taskbar, Copilot in the File Explorer, and much more. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been ...
The Verge

Microsoft releases lightweight Office taskbar apps for Windows 11

The new Microsoft 365 companion apps provide quick access to contacts, file search, and calendar. The new Microsoft 365 companion apps provide quick access to contacts, file search, and calendar. is a ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Whoop Launches Slimmer Fitness Bands With Blood Pressure, ECG Features

Whoop Inc., the maker of increasingly popular, screen-less fitness bands, debuted updated hardware on Thursday with more compact designs, improved battery life and blood pressure tracking in the ...
Nature

Which programming language should I use? A guide for early-career researchers

Each year, the code-sharing platform GitHub releases its ‘State of the Octoverse’ report, which among other things ranks the popularity of programming languages. The latest report, released in October ...
NPR

Trump signs executive order making English the official language of the U.S.

President Trump has signed an executive order designating English as the official language of the U.S., the first such designation in the country's history. The order, which Trump signed on Saturday, ...
Wall Street Journal

Trump to Sign Executive Order Making English Official U.S. Language

WASHINGTON—President Trump is planning to sign an executive order that would for the first time make English the official language of the U.S., according to White House officials. In its nearly ...
New Atlas

Bar-end bike lights boost side viz, and add turn indicators to your ride

Head- and tail lights definitely help make bicycles visible from the front and back, but what about from the sides? The handlebar-plug-replacing SideLights are designed to address that shortcoming, ...
NPR

Shaboozey's hit 'A Bar Song (Tipsy)' is No. 1 again, and joins an elite club

The Billboard Hot 100 is trapped in some kind of purgatory, as it's topped by the same 10 songs as last week, albeit in a different order. A beneficiary of this stagnation is the song that's at No. 1 ...