How Intel lost $10 billion; Microsoft Windows drops below 90% market share for the first time in years; Astronomers discover three habitable planets just 40 light years away; and More

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May 5, 2016

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		How Intel lost $10 billion -- and the mobile market How did Intel -- the most advanced foundry in the world -- manage to spend so many billions of dollars on mobile technology with so little to show for it?

		Microsoft Windows drops below 90% market share for the first time in years Microsoft's total share of the operating system market has dropped below 90% for the first time in at least a decade. Windows 7 dipped below 50% as well last month, but it's still the most popular Microsoft OS by a long shot.

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		Astronomers discover three habitable planets just 40 light years away Incredible new readings show three separate planets that could support alien life, although that life would be very different from what we know on Earth.

		Windows 10 upgrade notification disrupts weather broadcast It turns out Microsoft's upgrade notifications can strike at any time -- even in the middle of your live AccuWeather forecast.

		Possible new particle from LHC has physicists cautiously excited Surprising readings from December just won't go away. Unlike the LHC's last big particle, this one would upset physics rather than confirming it.

		The best free games on the PS4 There are enough good free-to-play games on the PS4 here that it's worth running out to buy a console right now if you don't already have one.

		Scientists use lasers to create the brightest artificial star in the sky The latest addition to the ESO's Very Large Telescope will let it image all-new targets by using high-powered lasers to create one all its own.

	Jamie Lendino Managing Editor, ExtremeTech.com Follow me on Twitter: @jlendino

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