Age verification laws are moving from adult websites straight to your operating system—and putting your anonymity at risk.

Three US states have passed laws requiring operating systems to verify your age before you can use your computer, and Congress is considering similar legislation. Here's everything we know so far.

Get step-by-step instructions for determining the operating system (OS) version on your devices and why it is so important to keep the OS updated.

If I asked you to name the operating systems people actually use, I would probably get three answers: Windows, macOS, and “Linux, probably.” That is a fair answer in 2026, but it is also a very narrow ...

Using Ubuntu Linux to import and edit photos from a digital camera. By J. D. Biersdorfer Companies are starting to see the advantages of being able to do large amounts of computing with technology ...

Aditya Akella leads the project that aims to boost performance of OSes and help enable assistant robots, autonomous vehicles and smart cities. Research that will use artificial intelligence to boost ...