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A VPN company called Windscribe has released an open-source script that permanently strips a hidden tracking identifier from Windows systems. The tool, called deGDID, wipes the key straight from the registry and blocks Microsoft's device tracking endpoint entirely. The trade-off is real though — some Microsoft login services break in the process, so users need to decide what privacy is worth to them.
Shifting to a question that's been quietly building since the pandemic, new research published in Nature suggests COVID-nineteen can reactivate dormant viruses already living inside your body. These latent infections, held in check by a healthy immune system, appear to stir when COVID disrupts that balance. It's an important piece of the puzzle for researchers still trying to understand long COVID's many faces.
And finally, a piece from the independent blog eighty-two megahertz is getting traction this morning with a blunt argument: complaining about bad tech products changes nothing unless you actually stop buying them. The author contends that consumer habits, more than regulation or criticism, are the only lever that reliably moves the industry. It's an old idea, but in two thousand twenty-six, it still stings a little.
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