An operating system is the essential software that's needed to run your computer's suite of software. Everything from video ...

A traditional operating system (OS) such as Windows, macOS and Linux facilitates user interaction with hardware through a graphical user interface and manages tasks like memory allocation and process ...

Let me paint a picture for you. I was running a virtual instance of another Linux operating system this morning with VirtualBox. Everything was going fine (as it usually does) until it wasn't. The ...

Developers talk a lot about “immutability.” Outside the technical world, it usually means something negative: unmoving, inflexible, and entrenched. However, in the technical field, these features ...

Two mobile operating systems currently comprise nearly 100% of the global smartphone market. Building one is hard, and for most phone makers, there are better uses of resources, especially when ...

Former Android VP Hugo Barra says AI needs ‘an Android-like moment.’ Former Android VP Hugo Barra says AI needs ‘an Android-like moment.’ is a former weekend editor who covered tech and entertainment.

When Nick Turley joined OpenAI in 2022 as the head of ChatGPT, he was tasked with commercializing the company’s research. He has made great strides toward that goal, growing the product to 800 million ...