Neowin News Feed for: Experiments

196MB of RAM is apparently enough to run Windows 11

Taras Buria — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 13:56:01 +0000

Windows 11 officially requires a minimum of 4GB of RAM to provide a more-or-less satisfactory user experience. However, as it turned out, you can run Windows 11 on a PC with less than 200MB of RAM. Read more...

Twitter will give you a heads up before entering 'intense' conversations

Usman Khan Lodhi — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 22:08:01 +0000

The latest Twitter experiment is aiming to promote harmony among users on the app. It lays out three bullet points when entering heated conversations, which serve as a reminder to remain cool. Read more...

Cloudflare wants to save 500 years per day of humans trying to solve CAPTCHA by killing it

Subir Kathuria — Sat, 15 May 2021 16:50:01 +0000

Cloudflare says humans waste about 32 seconds per instance totalling 500 years per day on CAPTCHAs. The company is launching an experiment to get rid of CAPTCHAs completely and end this "madness". Read more...

Mozilla has announced the closure of its Test Pilot programme

Paul Hill — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 13:00:01 +0000

Mozilla has announced that as of January 22, Firefox Test Pilot will be shut down. The firm plans to graduate current experiments as standalone add-ons, and officially launch Send and Lockbox. Read more...