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One UI 9.0 Beta Program is now open for the Galaxy A15!

One UI 9.0 has reached the beta stage since three months ago, as previously announced by Samsung. This version of One UI 9.0 is a platform upgrade to Android 17 that introduces several improvements across areas, along with some new features. We are very thrilled to announce that Samsung has recently opened the One UI 9.0 Beta Program for the…

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Samsung releases new One UI 9.0 Beta versions to the Galaxy S25, S23, A36, A56, Fold7, and Flip7

The One UI 9.0 beta program started for users with the expansion to a few more devices in eligible countries, including the Galaxy S25, S23, A36, A56, and Z7 series. It provided several features, such as the Masking Tape feature in Samsung Notes and the enhanced quick panel that allows you to take it to the next level in your style with even more customization options.

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Changelogs for One UI 9.0 (final)

Samsung has recently released One UI 9.0 to the public, starting from the Galaxy S26 series in Korea. It provides you with an upgraded software experience on your Galaxy phone and an up-to-date Android 17 with new privacy and other features, along with added Galaxy AI features, such as My FanCam. Below, you'll find the complete changelogs for One UI 9.0, which is taken from the Galaxy S26.

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Russia Fines Google 20 Decillion Dollars Over YouTube Bans – The Story Behind the Record Fine

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Vitruvian OS 0.3 has reached general availability!

A project, which was in development since 2019 with very little appearance, has shown up this week, with a very interesting project that the team behind it is so excited to announce. This project is called Vitruvian OS, which combines the simplicity of BeOS (and Haiku) with the modernity of Linux to build an ultimate system intended to run BeOS applications under the Linux kernel!

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UNIX Fourth Edition tape has been recovered!

For half a century, the UNIX v4 tape was not found, until this year. Everything changed when staff members at the University of Utah have found the UNIX v4 tape while cleaning out storage rooms. That was a very strong sign that the computer history was preserved and archived by those who make archives of old operating systems and other computer-related things.

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FreeBSD 1.0 on 86Box with Socket 3 (1994)

This is yet another post about retrocomputing with 86Box by testing old operating systems. This time, we've decided to go the hard way and try to install FreeBSD 1.0, released in 1993, with a Socket 3 (1994) motherboard featuring the i486 processor! We've used the official FreeBSD 1.0 ISO file as distributed here. The following configuration for the virtual machine is used:

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Mono is back! Mono 6.14.0 released!

The first major version of Mono has been released after more than five years of no release. The WineHQ project has taken over the development of the .NET Framework version of Mono back on August 2024 after a fork has been made back in February 2024 under the project's GitLab instance. This major version is under 6.14.0 and is available to…

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One UI 9.0 Watch Beta 3 is now live for the Galaxy Watch8, Beta 2 for the Watch7!

The One UI 9.0 beta program started for users with the Galaxy Watch8 and Watch7 in Korea and in the US. It provided several features that were introduced in this software update while providing several improvements. Starting from today, One UI 9.0 Watch Beta 3 is now available for those who have already joined the beta program with the Galaxy Watch8 and Watch7 in the above countries mentioned.

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Galaxy Z8 series gets an update that lets you turn off “Touch and hold for AI select”

Samsung has already updated the Galaxy Z Fold8, Fold8 Ultra, and Flip8 phones that brought the September 2026 security update that contains all fixes to vulnerabilities discovered since the last security patch released. Recently, there have been feedback stating that AI Select gets accidentally triggered when holding the Edge Panel handle for too long. Samsung has started rolling out the September 2026 patch to the above foldable devices that finally lets you…