I have been trying to find a replacement for MS Whiteboard. There are several apps on Microsoft Store to investigate. However there is something odd happening. All that I sellect to check out fail download. I get a RETRY button and below it says “Missing required driver.” No indication of what that would be that…

“Microsoft Whiteboard for Microsoft account is being retired. Starting from August 22, 2026, you will no longer be able to create or edit whiteboards. Please export any whiteboards you’d like to keep before September 5, 2026, after which they will be permanently deleted” Curious why and what other apps might be on the way out?…

https://www.theverge.com/tech/967983/lg-monitors-mcafee-adware-gamers-nexus This is probably closer to teapot than tempest, but from my read companies are abusing the driver install model in Windows to push adware. Gross, but really something that Microsoft does themselves already via the OS itself, so I don’t see them trying to put a stop to it.

I saw this article on Facebook. https://wccftech.com/adata-chairman-warns-dram-shortage-will-last-another-10-years-ai-bubble-talk-can-wait-until-2040/ I still think we need at least one new company to get into the memory buisness. The existing companies either can’t or don’t want to keep up with the demand.

Paul: I may be in the minority, but I regularly read your hardware reviews—and lately I’ve been having trouble finding them. Right now, the “PC Gaming” section includes some of these reviews, but my interest in hardware is focused on productivity use cases. Navigating through a gaming-oriented category to find that content feels misaligned and…

I have noticed a lot of recent Windows hate in the media. I do remember Windows’ shortcomings in the past but most of these issues have been fixed in the past decade or more. Past Shortcomings Random blue screens of death Apps locking up and memory leaks Security vulnerabilities, viruses, and the lack of a…