Neowin News Feed for: Funny

One of the most used Windows buttons today has a hilarious origin story involving Microsoft

Sayan Sen — Wed, 06 May 2026 18:18:01 +0000

One of the most widely used Windows buttons today has a surprisingly humorous origin story rooted in early Microsoft development decisions. Read more...

IT and sysadmins overwhelmingly feel New Outlook for Windows is "hot garbage"

Sayan Sen — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 20:08:02 +0000

Microsoft may not like it, but it looks like many IT admins and system admins think New Outlook for Windows is "hot garbage." Read more...

Intel gives Linus Torvalds funny taste of his own language to "hide disgusting broken turds"

Sayan Sen — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 17:10:02 +0000

An Intel employee has given a funny response to Linus Torvalds as they clean up the "disgusted broken turd" pointed out by Torvalds. Read more...

Nvidia can't stop embarrassing itself, awful new RTX 4060 Ti 16GB makes the 8GB seem better

Sayan Sen — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 11:46:02 +0000

Last week, a report suggested that Nvidia's partners were finding it hard to get excited over the company's 16GB variant of the already heavily criticized 4060 Ti 8GB. We now understand why that was. Read more...

Amazon customer surprised their £500 laptop was so light, found Weetabix inside

Sayan Sen — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 18:16:01 +0000

A customer ordered a new laptop from Amazon UK recently but was extremely surprised by how lightweight it was when they received the package. Turns out it had Weetabix inside it instead. Read more...

New Windows 11 "EdgeOS" fake screenshot is actually not too far from reality

Sayan Sen — Mon, 11 Jul 2022 21:42:01 +0000

A screenshot of a new Windows 11-based EdgeOS has been posted by a popular leakster. And even though the image is clearly faked, the current state of Edge and its feature-set is not too far from it. Read more...

NeoBytes :) Improv comedy team fakes Apple Store using subway elevator

Timi Cantisano — Thu, 02 Nov 2017 03:30:01 +0000

With the release of the iPhone X set to kick off imminently, an improvised sketch comedy team pretended to erect their own Apple Store inside of a subway elevator to try and fool passers-by. Read more...

Microsoft research project aims to make you funnier online

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 07:46:01 +0000

Microsoft Research has been working on a project called CAHOOTS, where a program automatically suggests funny memes that can be inserted into conversations, based on what you're talking about. Read more...

Neowin 2014: Top five unusual news stories of the year

Andy Weir — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 13:22:01 +0000

From the fake murder scene on Google Street View, to the burglar that logged into Facebook on his victim's PC, and the guy who proposed with 99 iPhones, we look back at top NeoBytes :) news from 2014. Read more...

NeoBytes :) IKEA has released the bookbook™ and it's awesome!

Steven Parker — Sun, 07 Sep 2014 08:10:37 +0000

Once in a while an advertising campaign comes along that's so cheesy, or awesome, we feel we have to share it here on Neowin. Usually it's about technology (of course) and this kinda falls under that. Read more...

Con men sell floor tiles as iPads to unsuspecting public

Shreyas Gandhe — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 12:16:56 +0000

A group of scammers in California are reportedly selling floor tiles disguised as iPads with Apple logo and bubble wrap to unsuspecting users under the pretext of discounted "out of the box" price. Read more...

Broken fax machine renders US government office unreachable

Paul Ferson — Sun, 15 Sep 2013 11:40:23 +0000

An old fax machine has become a source of headaches for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, after it was found that faxes cannot be received and they may remain incommunicado until November. Read more...

Hunt for treasure with Google's early April Fools' prank

Ben Buffone — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 23:37:57 +0000

In their latest April Fools' prank, Google have released a third layer for its mapping service, offering the capacity to browse the globe as a treasure map. Ahoy! Read more...

Need some ice for that burn? MySpace Tom scorches Twitter user

Jake Durasamy — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:33:17 +0000

MySpace Tom has been very active on Twitter lately and has been answering a lot of tweets that have headed his way, one of which has sparked quite the response from tweeters worldwide. Read more...

The funny and strange tech stories from around the world this week

Ross Dundas — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:10:47 +0000

Image Credit: Facebook Nun expelled from order for having 600 friends on Facebook It would seem that our lord and savior doesn't approve of Facebook. As Spanish nun María Jesús Galán, dubbed 'Sister... Read more...

Prankster scuba divers chase Google Street View car away in Norway

Tom Warren — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:19:23 +0000

Tipped off by friends, two Norwegian pranksters dressed as scuba divers chased after a Google Street View car in Norway. The pair were spotted on Street View this week after Google updated its Maps for Norway... Read more...

Microsoft Songsmith released, funny marketing vid included

Tom Warren — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:28:39 +0000

Microsoft quietly released Songsmith at CES. With all the Windows 7 madness here at Neowin we missed this one. Songsmith generates musical accompaniment to match a singer's voice. Just choose a musical style, sing into... Read more...

Microsoft Pledge: No More WGA Funny Business

Steven Parker — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:14:00 +0000

Microsoft has been painstakingly reviewing the operations and procedures behind its Windows Genuine Advantage license validation tool, with a view to ironing out glitches that have cause problems for legitimate Windows users. Windows Genuine Advantage... Read more...

Well, my PC thought it was funny

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 12 Jul 2003 14:58:48 +0000

The office may start to sound like a fun place with the development by an Australian university of laughter-recognition software. SoundHunter was developed by computer scientists at Monah University in Melbourne to make it easier... Read more...

Holograms - The Future Without The Funny Glasses

Mon, 04 Nov 2002 08:47:39 +0000

The newest 3-D video displays herald an interactive future for imaging. A half-meter-long protein floats in midair, several centimeters in front of a monitor. It looks like an oversize curled ribbon from a... Read more...