--- title: Best TechLinked posts — August 2026 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted TechLinked posts from August 2026, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/techlinked/best-of/2026/08 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/techlinked/best-of/2026/08 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best TechLinked posts — August 2026 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted TechLinked posts from August 2026, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of TechLinked — August 2026 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/even-china-s-done-with-windows-ppfne16ta "Even China’s done with Windows") Video TechLinked · 2w Even China’s done with Windows A rundown of tech news items: Chinese government agencies are being ordered off Windows 10 onto homegrown Linux distros like Kylin OS and UnionTech OS earlier than planned, citing US software security concerns, echoing France's earlier Windows-to-Linux push. Also covered: PlayStation disc-format protests, a Samsung engineer's testimony that CXMT built DRAM chips on stolen Samsung IP, Nintendo's mass DMCA takedown of over 400 Switch emulator GitHub repos, Google's new sideloading restriction rollout in several countries, Flock Safety's controversial new surveillance search tool, AliExpress audio fingerprinting, and a plastic-derived cookie experiment. 57 26 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-has-great-news--ekgtziroc "Microsoft Has Great News :)") Video TechLinked · 5w Microsoft Has Great News :) 25 8 [See all TechLinked archives](/sources/techlinked/best-of) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/techlinked/best-of/2026/08#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/techlinked/best-of/2026/08","name":"Best TechLinked Posts — August 2026","description":"The most upvoted TechLinked posts from August 2026, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/techlinked/best-of/2026/08#items","numberOfItems":2,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/even-china-s-done-with-windows-ppfne16ta","name":"Even China’s done with Windows"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-has-great-news--ekgtziroc","name":"Microsoft Has Great News :)"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sources","item":"https://daily.dev/sources"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"TechLinked","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/techlinked"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/techlinked/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"August 2026"}]}]} ```