Mountain View search giant Google invested $22 million in a feature phone operating system. Called KaiOS, the operating system is a U.S.-based project that began in 2017. It’s built from the ashes of ...

Operating systems have to strike a balance between supporting older technologies, and avoiding unnecessary bloat from accumulated components over the decades. Which is why developers like Microsoft or ...

Without Microsoft, the world of modern computer technology would not be the same as we know it. Next year, Microsoft turns 50 years old, so it’s worth looking back at the megacorporation’s significant ...

BlackBerry Ltd. executive John Wall had an epiphany about two years ago after listening to a colleague in the auto industry complain about the high costs of developing basic software — what he called ...

Want Google out of your life? It's pretty easy to find alternative search, email, and photo storage providers, but it's much harder to come up with a mobile operating system that's free of Google. The ...

Apple is reportedly developing a new operating system, codenamed 'Charismatic,' to power its upcoming smart home hub and tabletop robot, expected in 2026 and 2027. This OS, a blend of tvOS and watchOS ...

Linux (come on, you knew it’d be Linux) takes a different approach: no locks, no guardrails, no limits. That’s what makes Linux a real operating system, something its competitors, dwarfing it in ...

Updated March 6, 2026: While Microsoft has not made an official announcement, multiple reports now point to a potential launch of Windows 12, codenamed 'Hudson Valley Next,' later this year in 2026..