Apple is preparing “major changes” to its retail stores, according to a new report from Bloomberg. Perhaps most notably, the changes include bringing back the iconic dedicated Genius Bars.
Amid all the craziness of this iPhone launch week, one of my favorite brands has released its brand-new retro-style dock for the Mac mini and the Mac Studio. Last year, they released their Retro Dock for the M4 Mac mini, and it was the perfect combination of functionality, form, and nostalgia that I had never seen before. It added a ton of ports, an NVMe storage slot, a 5-inch display, all wrapped up in a housing that looked like the original Macintosh from 1984. The new Wokyis G5 & G7 takes it to a whole other level. They’ve added even more pro-level ports, a larger display, usable tactile buttons, while still keeping that retro style look and feel, and they’ve expanded it to both the Mac mini and the Mac Studio. Here is what you need to know.
This is just a notice for my subscribers about freshly updated KIBOR Grepack. Now it’s updated to Deluxe Edition v2026.08.06:1:83 and still includes 3 DLCs/Bonuses.
Based on Sunken.Engine-RUNE ISO release: rune-sunken.engine.iso (2,434,301,952 bytes)
Game version: v1.0.33
100% Lossless & MD5 Perfect: all files are identical to originals after installation
NOTHING ripped, NOTHING re-encoded
Significantly smaller archive size (compressed from 2.3 to 1.3 GB)
Installation takes one minute
After-install integrity check so you could make sure that everything installed properly
HDD space after installation: 5.8 GB
Language can be changed in game settings
At least 2 GB of free RAM (inc. virtual) required for installing this repack
Game Description
Ship Repair Business, But Lovecraftian Sunken Engine is a ship repair simulation game with a distinctive Lovecraftian atmosphere. After your father’s untimely death, you must keep the business you inherited alive. This means not only repairing ships but also keeping customers satisfied, maintaining the town’s order, and uncovering the mysteries your father left behind. Yet every new ship brings new challenges and ominous secrets.
Dark Horror and Sanity
The supernatural events you face during daily work will threaten your sanity. Losing your mental balance not only makes your job harder but may also attract the attention of dark entities. To survive, you must find ways to protect your mind, continue your work, and keep your wits if you wish to discover your father’s true legacy.
Sunken Ship’s Goods
Repairing is not the only way to sustain your business. You can sell valuable loot recovered from the sea at the stall behind your shop. The economy is difficult for everyone in town; you must care for your family while keeping the business alive. Sometimes, this means stepping beyond conventional ways to earn profit.
Repair the Ships
Your town is located in the middle of a busy sea route. Ships of various sizes and types dock for repairs, and it is your duty to meet the captains’ needs. Fixing damages is vital not just for your business but for the safety of the entire region. Yet some repairs may require more than just your tools…
Customization and Progression
You can renovate and improve your shop as you wish. By customizing your tools, workspace, and decorations, you can impress customers and bring to life the workshop your father once dreamed of.
Ships and Licenses
As you progress, you’ll learn to repair more ships and, with new licenses, take on more complex work. Each license opens the door to new types of ships and new challenges. But remember: not every ship is just a repair job—some bring with them dark stories and sinister secrets. Be cautious…
For those seeking the highest performance for gaming, AMD’s Ryzen 7 9850X3D is currently the best CPU money can buy. If you’re planning to upgrade or build a new PC, now might be a good time to pick one up, as Newegg is selling the 9850X3D for $484, around $15 less than its launch price. The deal also includes a 240mm Cooler Master AIO liquid cooler, valued at $79.99, along with a copy of Onimusha: Way of the Sword worth $69.99, both included as free gifts.
Announced at CES 2026, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D is essentially a higher-binned version of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. It retains the same 8-core, 16-thread configuration and 4.2 GHz base clock as its predecessor, but gets a higher 5.6 GHz boost clock. The chip comes with the same 104MB of total cache, including 96MB of 3D V-Cache, which is the key ingredient behind its strong gaming performance. It also shares the same 120W default TDP and uses the AM5 platform with DDR5 memory support, making it compatible with a wide range of existing 800- and 600-series AMD motherboards.
Built on AMD’s Zen 5 architecture, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D combines 8 cores and 16 threads with a 5.6GHz boost clock and 96MB of 3D V-Cache.View Deal
In our in-depth testing of the Ryzen 7 9850X3D, we found that it was only 3.3% faster than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. But a win is a win, and that performance edge puts the CPU at the top of our 16-game 1080p FPS performance geomean, beating the more expensive Ryzen 9 9900X3D and 9950X3D. Although it loses out to Intel in some productivity workloads, the less complex 8-core configuration packed into a single CCD results in lower power draw. As you can see from our results, the peak power consumption is around 170W, making it much easier to cool.
With the included 240mm AIO liquid cooler, you should be able to keep the Ryzen 7 9850X3D well under control during gaming and moderate workloads, although it may run warmer under heavy multi-core workloads. At its sale price of $484, you’re paying less than its actual launch price while getting two useful extras at no additional cost. That makes this a worthwhile deal for anyone looking to build a high-end gaming PC around AMD’s gaming-focused platform.
Senators Bernie Sanders and Greg Cezar have announced their Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act. Seeking to pause advanced AI development, the legislation’s stick is pretty severe. Penalties facing entities/developers who violate the pauses and prohibitions in the bill could face up to 20 years in prison. That’s a sentence on a par with someone found guilty of designing a rogue nuclear weapon.
The news is suddenly filled with grave concerns about AI becoming too powerful. It could even threaten the future of humanity. Moreover, it might surprise casual observers that AI industry leaders like Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and Elon Musk appear to agree. With this threat on the horizon, politicians are keen to introduce legislation to protect the citizens they serve.
According to USA Today, the Sanders bill “is the most extreme AI-related legislation to date.” It likely faces strong opposition in Congress, particularly among enterprise-supporting Democrats and Trump-aligned Republicans. However, with recent statements from industry leaders seemingly harmonizing with calls to slow down AI development and in favor of greater oversight/regulation, we could see politicians agree on something for a change.
Back to the Ban Artificial Superintelligence and Temporarily Pause Advanced AI Development bill and its specific wording, we note that it is advised that the government set up a new cabinet-level federal agency "to safeguard the public from the dangers of artificial intelligence, including by enforcing a prohibition on artificial superintelligence." As well as setting harsh penalties in the U.S., it is proposed that work be done to "ban superintelligence around the world" via international agreements, allied coordination, and so on.
Full speed ahead, or hit the brakes?
There remain plenty of interesting arguments on both sides of the AI progress divide. It is difficult to argue that the U.S. shouldn’t keep going as fast as it can, as a matter of national security, for example. On the other hand, the whole of humanity being wiped from the face of the Earth by opening Pandora’s AI box of tricks makes geopolitical concerns seem like minor grumbles.
We’ve seen some other theories about why the AI barons are suddenly in favor of regulation. Some critics say they may be running out of road, unable to balance private investments with credible paths to profitability. Thus, they now want to move away from a commercially funded model to a government-funded ‘Manhattan Project II,’ with their terrifyingly powerful AI being guarded by the state.
Just because you're in the office doesn't mean you might not still need to be on camera — so I guess it's not too surprising that some of the best webcams are made specifically for the office. Or that Dell is the one to make them.
Dell's new office-oriented 2K webcam, the Dell Pro 5 (WB526), is a small, lightweight webcam that records video at 2K QHD / 30fps, 1080p / 30fps, and 720p / 60 and 30fps. It sports a Sony sensor and has a 78-degree field of view, 2x digital zoom, and an autofocus lens with a maximum aperture of f/2.0. As for its "office-friendly" features, it's compatible with Windows Hello, and it has an "anti-theft interface" and comes with a lockable cable that you can attach to a loop on the non-detachable USB-C cable. It also has some intelligent features, such as smart auto-exposure, AI auto-framing, and face tracking, as well as a built-in omnidirectional microphone that doesn't sound quite as terrible as most built-in webcam mics. It's available now for $119.99, though it's currently on sale for $114.99.
Design
The Dell Pro 5 webcam is a small oval-shaped webcam with a non-detachable USB-C cable (which comes with a built-in USB-A adapter. It has a lightweight black plastic body, measuring about 2.28 inches (57.9mm) wide by 1.7 inches (43.18mm) deep, and is 1.4 inches (35.56mm) high. It's a fairly small webcam — not quite as small as the YoloLiv YoloCam S3, but close. It also has a physical lens shutter, which you can open and close via a small switch on top of the device. It's not the most elegantly implemented lens shutter we've ever seen, but it does the job perfectly well.
Like many lower-cost webcams, its cable is not detachable — it's a 5-foot (1.5m) rubber USB-C cable with a built-in USB-C to USB-A converter attached to one end. It's not a particularly thick cable, but it's stiff enough (and the webcam is lightweight enough) that it does influence the webcam's position, and bumping it can cause the webcam to accidentally move and mess up your framing.
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The Dell Pro 5 comes with a sturdy detachable monitor mount that attaches to the bottom of the webcam via a strong magnet. (The webcam also has a standard tripod mounting point, should you want to use it with a different camera mount.) The mount is surprisingly hefty — it weighs about 4.7 ounces (133g), which is nearly twice the weight of the webcam itself, which weighs around 2.57 ounces (73g). It's a pretty standard monitor clip mount, with a lip that goes over the edge of your monitor and an adjustable, rubber-coated "foot" that sits on the back of your monitor to hold the webcam in place.
The mount allows you to tilt the webcam forward up to 90 degrees, which will probably be useful for the webcam's document-reading feature. It also allows you to swivel the webcam almost 90 degrees in either direction, so it's actually pretty flexible for a mount included with a more budget-friendly webcam. It does not have a tripod mounting point on the bottom, however, so you won't be able to take advantage of this flexibility away from your PC.
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In the box, the Dell Pro 5 comes with its detachable monitor mount and a locking mechanism for those of you who work in insecure office environments (or, I suppose, for those who might travel and work from co-working spaces, I guess). The locking mechanism is designed to slide through a loop on the cable.
The Dell Pro 5 is a 2K webcam that outputs video in 2K UHD at 30fps — it's not 4K, but it should give you more detail and better image quality than a standard full HD 1080p webcam, even if most streaming and video conferencing services limit your outgoing stream to 1080p or lower.
For our well-lit performance test, I tested the Dell Pro 5 webcam in a fully-lit setting. From the front, I have two professional lights (a ring light on the right side and a key light on the left side), as well as four monitors (three 27-inch monitors and one 34-inch widescreen monitor), plus ambient lighting from various peripherals, including my desk. Behind me, there are two desk lamps, and overhead I have an arching floor lamp. There is no uncontrolled light in my home office, and it's a pretty bright scenario. (All of my test photos are taken with Windows' native camera app for consistency, but please note that test photos are mainly for illustrative purposes and the conclusions drawn are based on extensive testing.)
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The Dell Pro 5 performed pretty well in our well-lit scenario, though the color balancing seemed to wash me out slightly and the picture wasn't quite as crisp as I would have liked. That said, this is exactly the kind of picture I look for in an office-oriented webcam — bright and evenly-lit, if a little flat, for a more "professional" appearance (and so it can do things like read text and scan documents). It's not the most cinematic, dramatic, or flattering image from a webcam, but it should work very well in a professional setting.
Low-Light Performance
For our low-light test, I turned off all of the lights in my home office except for one 27-inch monitor, on which I had a window open with Google's homepage (mostly white) filling half the screen and the Windows 11 Camera app filling the other half. This is basically a completely dark scenario with only my (admittedly, relatively large) monitor for lighting.
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The Dell Pro 5 performed about as well as I expected in this scenario — it was able to pick up more detail in the dark than most 1080p webcams, though its low-light performance is far from what I'd call "good." This was more noticeable in moving video, however, as the video was extremely grainy with large artifacts (this photo actually makes it look much better than it was). The Dell Pro 5 does have HDR, but this didn't seem to make a significant difference in the low-light picture quality.
By comparison, the Dell Pro (WB5023) webcam did a better job with balancing light in the low-light scenario, though it picked up the same amount of detail. The Elgato Neo, which is a budget 1080p webcam, did a much better job of balancing light in this scenario, but its picture was also extremely grainy.
Overexposed Performance
For our overexposed performance test, I turned off most of the lights in front of me (save for one 27-inch monitor) and left the lights behind and above me turned on. This is actually one of the most likely scenarios for webcam users, as offices tend to be generally well-lit environments, but without dedicated camera-focused lighting aimed at the user.
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The Dell Pro 5 performed adequately in our overexposed performance test: it managed to balance light fairly well (every webcam struggles with this), but its auto color balancing was definitely off. Both the Dell Pro (WB5023) and the Elgato Neo did a much better job with color balancing in the overexposed scenario, especially with the default settings.
Features and Software
The Dell Pro 5 is configurable via Dell Display and Peripheral Manager, which lets you adjust the webcam's image settings and toggle on various features such as face tracking, HDR, and auto exposure. You can also set up features such as gesture control and Windows Hello from this app, as well as Document View, which can be configured to automatically turn on when you tilt the camera down at least 60 degrees and show a rectangular document.
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While the Dell Display and Peripheral Manager does have a lot of settings you can adjust, including brightness, sharpness, contrast, saturation, and vibrance, I found that adjusting the settings didn't actually seem to do much for the picture. Turning the saturation down to 0%, for example, gave me a slightly desaturated image — not a completely black-and-white one. I also found it frustrating that there was no way (at least as far as I could see) to minimize the app to your system tray.
The Dell Pro 5 has a built-in omni-directional microphone for when you have absolutely no choice other than to use your webcam's built-in mic. The mic wasn't the worst I've heard on a webcam — it managed to pick up my voice pretty clearly, and didn't make me sound like I was yelling through an underwater tunnel — but it wasn't great, either. It should work fine if you've got nothing else on hand to speak into, but it's not a microphone I'd recommend.
Bottom Line
The Dell Pro 5 webcam is definitely designed for office use — and for an office-oriented webcam, it's not bad. But if you're looking for something easy to use and cheap enough that your coworkers aren't going to try to steal it, I'd probably recommend the Elgato Neo over the Dell Pro 5 — after all, the Elgato Neo retails for $60 and can currently be found for about half that, which means the Dell Pro 5 is more than four times as expensive.
The Dell Pro 5's 2K resolution might come in handy if you're the type of person who's constantly showing documents over video calls, but Razer's Kiyo X also has a 2K resolution and retails for $100 (and can currently be found on sale for around $75). The Dell Pro 5 isn't a bad webcam, but you don't need to pay $120 for similar quality.
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has today corroborated references discovered in macOS beta code that indicated Apple is designing its own game controllers for iPhone.
Apple already sells some controllers like the Backbone One (pictured above) and SteelSeries Nimbus+ through the Apple Store, and now it wants to take a slice of the iPhone gamepad market for itself.
BlizzCon 2026 於太平洋時間 9 月 12 日在加州安那漢會議中心開幕，長達 75 分鐘的開幕典禮隨後端出橫跨五大宇宙的完整陣容。歷經微軟收購後的組織整頓，暴雪這次展現出兩條並行的開發思維：一方面直面資深硬派玩家的長年呼聲，將傳聞已久的「Classic+」以《魔獸世界：永恆》（World of Warcraft: Forever）的獨立姿態正式端上檯面；另一方面則打破老牌 IP 的品類藩籬，由曾主導《極地戰嚎》系列的 Dan Hay 領軍，把《星海爭霸》重啟為劇情導向的射擊遊戲，並提前確立《暗黑破壞神 V》的末日基調，本屆展會標誌著暴雪正試圖以「留存核心老玩家」與「跨平台品類拓圈」作為下一個十年的解答。
《世界之魂戰記》（The Worldsoul Saga）的劇情在現行資料片《至暗之夜》（Midnight）來到中場。官方確認下一次重大版本內容更新為「虛無蝕刻」（Eclipse，12.2），將見證薩拉塔斯越來越接近奪下艾澤拉斯世界之魂的目標，艾澤拉斯的命運交由玩家決定。至於下一部資料片《最後的泰坦》（The Last Titan），官方定調為超過二十年《魔獸爭霸》劇情的高潮，既為這段故事篇章劃下句點，也為後續劇情鋪路。
《星海爭霸》宇宙以出人意料的型態重啟。由曾主導《極地戰嚎》系列的 Dan Hay 領軍，暴雪正式確立開發以《星海爭霸》（StarCraft）為名的劇情導向開放世界射擊遊戲。玩家不再以全知視角指揮千軍萬馬，而是化身自治聯盟的一名前線基層大兵，在充斥蟲族威脅的邊境戰場上求生。現場播放的預告以一批意氣風發的新兵開場，數小時後鏡頭卻轉向從動力裝甲裡被刮出來的殘骸，寫實壓迫感相當直接。
對大多數人而言，每一次出門旅行總是難得的機會，都希望用影像替旅程留下可回憶的片段。不過每當打包行李時總會面臨一個看似簡單卻反覆猶豫的問題：這次，要帶哪一台相機？規格表上永遠有更高畫素、更強對焦、更好高 ISO 表現的機種，但真正背著器材走上一整天，才發現影響旅遊興致的往往不是那些亮眼數字，而是重量會不會讓人不想帶它出門？開機速度夠不夠快等這些貼近實際使用情境的拍攝體驗。
● 建議售價：41,900 元（GR IV）/ 45,800 元（GR IV HDF）/ 58,800 元（GR IV Monochrome）
說到可以放入口袋的旅行相機，Ricoh GR 絕對是榜上有名，從 1996 年的 GR1 開始，這條產品線已經走過三十年的發展。而最新的 GR IV 系列，Ricoh 目前推出包含標準版 GR IV、搭載高光擴散濾鏡的 GR IV HDF，以及首度主打純粹黑白攝影的 GR IV Monochrome。三者皆延續 GR 系列一貫的極致輕巧設計，搭配高品質 28mm F2.8 廣角定焦鏡頭，並具備 0.6 秒快速開機與經典 Snapshot 模式，在旅途中面對稍縱即逝的畫面時，皆能迅速完成對焦與拍攝。三種版本的差異，主要體現在感光元件特性與內建濾鏡的不同。GR IV 與 GR IV HDF 均搭載 2,574 萬畫素 APS-C 片幅感光元件，前者內建 ND 濾鏡，方便在強光環境下控制曝光與景深；後者則加入 HDF 高光擴散濾鏡，可營造柔和光暈效果，讓畫面更具電影氛圍。至於 GR IV Monochrome 則專為黑白攝影打造，透過專用感光元件強化灰階層次與細節表現，呈現更純粹的影像風格。
若旅行的重點在於深入戶外、甚至包含登山、健行等情境，那麼 OM-5 Mark II 會是一款相當契合需求的選擇。延續 M43 系統一貫的輕量優勢，機身僅約 418g，即使搭配標準變焦鏡，整體重量依然能控制在輕便範圍，大幅減少長時間攜行的負擔。在影像核心上，OM-5 Mark II 搭載 2,037 萬畫素 Live MOS 與 TruePic IX 處理器，兼顧細節與高 ISO 表現；搭配 121 點全十字相位檢測自動對焦，在戶外多變環境中也能維持穩定的對焦效率。再加上業界領先的五軸防手震系統，即使手持拍攝低速快門或錄影，也能有效提升成功率。真正讓它脫穎而出的，是 OM SYSTEM 廣受好評的耐候設計。機身具備 IP53 等級防塵防滴與耐低溫能力，可在惡劣氣候下持續運作；超音波除塵系統也降低了戶外更換鏡頭時的風險。此外，專屬的計算攝影功能，如高解析拍攝、Live ND、深度合成與星空對焦等，讓使用者即使不依賴後製，也能在現場完成具創意的影像表現。
若你非常注重影像畫質，但卻又對旅行背負重量很在意的話，那麼 Sony A7C II / A7C R 肯定是不能錯過的選擇。這兩台相機各可視為無軍艦部版本的 A7 IV 和 A7R V，空機重量均約 430g 左右，以全片幅無反相機而言可以說相當的輕巧。至於兩者的最主要差異之處在於感光元件畫素的不同，A7C II 搭載 3,300 萬畫素全片幅背照式 CMOS，A7C R 則採用與 A7R V 相同的 6,100 萬畫素感光元件，提供更高的解析力與裁切彈性，對於著重畫質的旅行者而言，這樣的差異不僅關係到影像品質表現，也會直接影響拍攝習慣與後製流程。
若從旅行使用情境來看，A7C II 是相對更均衡且實用的選擇。3,300 萬畫素已足以應付大部分旅行紀錄、風景拍攝需求，同時在高 ISO 表現、連拍效率與檔案管理上也更具優勢。對於旅行中常遇到的室內空間、夜景或移動抓拍而言，較低的畫素密度能帶來更穩定的高感光畫質，也減少了高畫素檔案對記憶卡容量與後製硬體的壓力。換句話說，A7C II 提供的是更適合長時間旅行使用的平衡性，兼顧畫質、機動性與工作效率。
除了畫素差異之外，兩者在核心性能上幾乎一致，皆搭載 Sony 以引為傲的 AI 處理單元，可辨識人物、動物、鳥類、昆蟲、車輛等多種主體，在旅途中面對複雜場景時能提供相當可靠的自動對焦表現。無論是街頭抓拍、移動中的人物，或稍縱即逝的旅途瞬間，都能更有效提升拍攝成功率。此外，兩台相機皆具備機身五軸防手震與完整錄影功能，在拍照與錄影兼顧的旅遊情境下也相當實用。
整體來說，Sony A7C II / A7C R 最大的優勢，在於將全片幅畫質與輕量機身做出極佳平衡。對於想兼顧畫質與便攜性的旅人而言，A7C II 是更全面且務實的選擇；而如果你對細節解析與裁切彈性有更高要求，那麼 A7C R 則能提供更大的創作空間。兩者差別不在於好壞，而是你更重視旅行中的「效率」，還是更追求影像上的「極限」。最後值得提醒的是，相較 APS-C 和 43 片幅，全片幅鏡頭普遍較大且重，這也是決定攜帶全片幅無反相機出門遊行時，需要特別留意的問題。
若還是習慣相機造型，但卻以錄影為主要記錄方式，Canon EOS R6 V 絕對是極為推薦的選擇。原因在於它是 EOS R V 系列首款搭載全片幅感光元件的產品，有效畫素為 3,250 萬，並且首度在該系列中導入主動式散熱風扇的設計，在擁有出色畫質的同時，也能兼顧長時間拍攝的穩定性，即使在盛夏的戶外旅行也不必擔心器材很快就因為過熱而罷工。錄影方面，支援 7K 30P Open Gate、7K 60P RAW 及 4K 120P 無裁切影片錄製，這意味著在旅途中無論是在任何平台分享影片，都能實現一次拍攝就能滿足多種用途的最大後製彈性。此外，還內建 Canon Log 2、Canon Log 3 以及 14 種色彩濾鏡，無論對於偏好後製細部調色，或希望拍攝完後快速與親友分享旅途點滴的使用者，都能找到適合自己的影片風格。最後，EOS R6 V 內建的第二代雙像素對焦系統，在辨識與主體追蹤皆具備穩定表現，即使邊走邊拍，也能有效提升影片成功率。
微軟前高層揭開 Windows 95 工作列的身世之謎，強調其源自開羅專案，而非抄襲賈伯斯的設計。透過解決舊版視窗管理的痛點，工作列成功奠定現代介面標準。想知道 Windows 95 ...
長年以來，在個人電腦圖形使用者介面（GUI）演進史上，始終圍繞著一場關於「Windows 95 工作列（Taskbar）是否抄襲自 賈伯斯（Steve Jobs）創立之 NeXT 所推出的 NeXT Dock」的世紀爭端。
近日，曾主導 MS-DOS 與 Windows 產品線的微軟（Microsoft）前資深副總裁 布拉德·西爾弗伯格（Brad Silverberg）以及前副總裁 喬·貝爾菲奧雷（Joe Belfiore）雙雙出面詳細還原了 Windows 95 工作列與經典「開始（Start）」按鈕的真實技術演進脈絡，徹底終結這項流傳近三十年的都市傳說。
微軟 UI 設計師 Danny Oran 的獨立原創
NeXT 公司於 1988 年在 NeXTSTEP 作業系統中推出的 NeXT Dock，作為固定於螢幕邊緣的應用程式圖示欄，使用者可將常用軟體置入以實現快速啟動，並成為日後蘋果 macOS Dock 的直接雛形。
因此，部分科技社群、甚至外媒記者 Liam Proven 等人長期主張，微軟是借鑑了 NeXT 或英國 Acorn 電腦的 RISC OS 架構。
然而西爾弗伯格明確指出，NeXT Dock 的本質是「靜態應用程式啟動器」，而 Windows 95 工作列在底層邏輯與設計哲學上完全不同。他更表示，自己曾與當年親自操刀 Windows 95 使用者介面設計的關鍵設計師 丹尼·奧蘭（Danny Oran）深入求證，奧蘭確認工作列完全是由其獨立構思產出，絕無抄襲或衍生自任何外部系統。
這項創舉，讓從未接觸過電腦的新手使用者，只要看見螢幕左下角的「Start」，就能立即理解操作起點，一舉奠定了現代個人電腦互動的黃金標準。社群截圖顯示，微軟元老級主管們的一致證詞，直接否定了 Windows 95 工作列來自 NeXT Dock 或 RISC OS 的推論。
源自「開羅專案」底部托盤與 Windows 3.1 視窗迷失痛點
既然並非借鑑賈伯斯的作品，那麼 Windows 95 工作列的真正身世究竟為何？
貝爾菲奧雷指出，工作列的誕生主要由兩大內部技術與使用者體驗需求驅動。第一個核心來源是微軟在 1991 至 1996 年間傾力研發的代號「開羅（Cairo）」前瞻專案。開羅專案旨在貫徹微軟創辦人 比爾·蓋茲（Bill Gates）提出的「資訊觸手可及（Information at your fingertips）」願景；儘管該專案最終未作為獨立作業系統問世，但其研發成果被廣泛注入微軟各項產品。Cairo 團隊早在 Windows 95 發布前數年，就已設計出一條常駐於螢幕底部的「托盤（Tray）」，用於在不同應用程式之間拖放檔案與資料，為後續工作列的視覺型態奠定了深厚雛形。
第二個決定性推力，則是為了解決 Windows 3.1 時代極為嚴重的可用性災難。在 Windows 3.1 環境下，使用者將程式「最小化（Minimize）」後，視窗僅會縮成桌面背景上散落的小圖示，一旦被其他開啟的大視窗遮蔽，使用者便完全無法察覺哪些程式仍在背景運行，經常發生找不到視窗或誤以為程式崩潰的困擾。
回顧工作列三十年來的演變軌跡，其定位經歷了顯著的典範轉移。Windows 95 的工作列按鈕主要聚焦於「視窗管理與狀態切換」，直到多年後的 Internet Explorer 4.0 與 Windows 98 時代才引入「快速啟動（Quick Launch）」工具列；而直到 2009 年微軟推出 Windows 7，才正式將工作列與快速啟動合而為一，允許使用者將常用應用圖示釘選在工作列上，即使軟體尚未執行也能常駐顯示，自此工作列才真正演變為同時整合「應用程式啟動器」與「多重視窗調度」的雙合一中樞。
進入現代作業系統世代，微軟於 2021 年推出 Windows 11 時，大膽將工作列圖示預設改為螢幕中央對齊，且初期取消了自由移動至螢幕頂部或兩側邊緣的經典自訂功能，一度引發全球眾多資深用戶的反彈。微軟工程團隊隨後坦承，調整工作列位置涉及底層大量相依於固定佈局的應用程式相容性重構；而隨著微軟持續推動 Windows 品質改進計畫，這項長年深受歡迎的工作列邊緣位置調整功能已在今年全面重新向所有正式版用戶回歸開放。從開羅專案的底層托盤到 Windows 11 的現代體驗，工作列的演化史始終是微軟回應使用者真實多工需求的最佳見證。
研究揭露 AI 語言正深度重塑 GitHub 社群，包含 load-bearing 等特定詞彙在 PR 的出現率大幅攀升。這種由 Claude 引發的 AI 語言趨勢，讓 load-b...
隨著大型語言模型（LLM）與 AI 輔助編程工具在軟體開發領域的全面普及，開發者與人工智慧的日常協作不僅改變了程式碼生成方式，更深刻重塑了工程師的語言溝通習慣。
最新研究專案「The load-bearing vocabulary of Claude」指出，在全球最大的開源平台 GitHub 上，由人類帳號提交的 Pull Request（PR）說明與審查註解中，充斥著鮮明 AI 特徵的詞彙比例正急劇攀升，顯示 AI 模型偏好的特定修辭已在無形中深植於軟體開發者的技術語境中。
分析結果顯示，在 2025 年 1 月至 2026 年 8 月的追蹤期間，一個具備鮮明生成式 AI 語意特徵的詞彙叢集出現了爆發性增長。到了 2026 年中，該特定叢集在全平台由人類開發者發起的 PR 中佔比已突破 40%。這項數據證實，即便排除純自動化 Bot，大量工程師在撰寫 PR 描述、架構解釋或代碼修訂摘要時，正高度仰賴 AI 工具（如 Anthropic 的 Claude 或 OpenAI 系列模型）代筆或潤飾，甚至在日常溝通中主動內化了 AI 獨有的行文風格。
從「load-bearing」到「quietly」：工程師語言習慣與人機共生新常態
在該研究識別出的代表性 AI 詞彙中，最為顯著的指標即為「load-bearing（關鍵承重／具核心支撐作用）」。在傳統軟體架構討論中，該詞彙原本借用自建築學概念，但在 Anthropic 旗下 Claude 模型中被極為頻繁地用於形容核心程式碼模組，其在 GitHub PR 上的出現頻率於 2026 年呈現斷崖式暴增，甚至引發社群撰文探討「如何避免 Claude 過度使用 load-bearing」。
然而，美國權威職場評價與調研機構 Glassdoor 最新公布的深度調查報告，卻揭示了一項極具震撼力的反直覺趨勢：在四十歲至六十多歲的「X世代（Gen X）」在職者中，近半數受訪者對企業導入並運用 AI 技術持正面積極態度；反觀二十至三十歲的 Z 世代族群，正面評價比例僅落在約三分之一（約 32%），呈現出年齡越長、反而對 AI 所帶來的職場機會越感樂觀的「代際倒掛」現象。
Glassdoor 高級經濟學家 Chris Martin 指出，過去兩年來，四十歲以上的資深員工普遍認可企業雇主積極抓住大型語言模型（LLM）紅利的戰略方向，並熱衷於探索各類生成式協作工具；相較之下，剛踏入社會的年輕員工卻在技術浪潮中感受到前所未有的生存焦慮。這股焦慮的源頭，正是企業加速將入門級工作流程自動化，使得傳統作為職場敲門磚的初階職缺快速蒸發，而擁有豐富產業積累的資深人才反而在此變局中築起關鍵的專業壁壘。
與此同時，針對初級入門職缺的招募職缺卻同步萎縮了 6.3%。這兩組極具張力的數據清楚揭櫫了一項殘酷現實：生成式 AI 不僅未引發傳統預期的「大規模淘汰年長員工潮」，反而精準削減了最缺乏實務經驗的基礎人力需求，導致初階白領面臨職涯晉升階梯中斷的系統性危機，並進一步拉大了資深專家與職場新人間的就業安全鴻溝。
資深實務經驗成為駕馭大模型的核心護城河
這項調研徹底顛覆了「擅長滑手機就等於擅長駕馭科技」的刻板偏見。
儘管從統計上看，Z 世代年輕族群在日常中使用各類生成式 AI 工具的頻率依然顯著高於其他世代，但這項操作習慣並未轉化為職場上的相對競爭力。Martin 特別強調，經驗豐富的年長從業人員在實際工作場景中，往往能從大語言模型中萃取出更高價值、更具商業可行性的輸出成果。
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