Chris Harper
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Another month, another Patch Tuesday for Windows users. This one's a bit bigger than usual, though: Microsoft has released a record-breaking Windows 11 patch addressing a whopping 206 vulnerabilities. The former record-holder was this past...
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Google's latest Stable Channel update for Google Chrome on desktop includes a whopping 74 security fixes, including a patch for major zero-day (CVE-2026-11645) that is currently being exploited out in the wild.
CVE-2026-11645 was...
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Doom The Dark Ages' DLC expansion, Revelations, is due to arrive on July 7th. The date was confirmed as part of yesterday's Xbox Games Showcase during Summer Games Fest 2026, and the DLC will be available for free to players who already...
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During Computex 2026, journalists from the Dutch outlet Tweakers.net asked AMD's add-in board partners when we could expect next-generation RDNA 5-based GPUs to launch.
The responses indicated a range of possibilites. One AIB expects...
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Readers who tuned into Sony PlayStation's State of Play or the Summer Games Fest livestreams this past week may have noticed that September and October are absolutely jam-packed with new game releases ahead of Grand Theft Auto VI dropping...
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Earlier this week, a rumor stemming from HardwareLuxx speaking to AMD's David McAfee indicated that AMD would not be bringing FSR 4.1 to RDNA 3.5 iGPUs, with the final decision seeming to lean toward "no." AMD's Franz Azor has since responded to outlets claiming this is a deconfirmation...
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AI-powered malware is a growing threat, but the extent of that threat was nebulous until researchers from the University of Toronto, Vector Institute, and CleverHans Lab presented a new PoC (proof of concept) attack developed with a local...
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Gabe Newell is one of the few CEOs in tech who is largely viewed favorably by gamers, but critiques of Steam's ubiquity have spurred antitrust lawsuits both Stateside and overseas. The Stateside class action lawsuit initiated by Wolfire...
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Sony is poised to launch its previously-teased and highly-anticipated PlayStation Gaming Monitor, complete with a built-in DualSense charging hook, alongside the FlexStrike Wireless Fight Stick in August. But what actually sets these...
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Microsoft has been trying to optimize Windows as of late, offering performance improvements and introducing suggested feature additions, but things are still a work in progress. Case in point, Microsoft has confirmed that some users are...
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Following a recent leak, the MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ has officially debuted at Computex 2026 with a $1500 MSRP. While the existence and pricing of other configurations has yet to be been clarified, the MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ does look to be a...
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In collaboration with AMD, ModRetro has formally announced that its upcoming FPGA Nintendo 64 clone, the ModRetro M64, is finally set to launch on July 27th. ModRetro is best known for its Chromatic handheld, an FPGA-based Game Boy/Game...
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Windows 11 has been hit by a series of zero-day exploits recently, which were brought to light by aggrieved cybersecurity researcher Nightmare-Eclipse. In response, Microsoft published a blog post threatening legal action against the...
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IO Interactive's 007 First Light has already proven to be among the most successful Bond games of all time, launching to critical acclaim and 1.5 million day-1 sales. The only better launch this year was the long-anticipated Crimson...
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It has been confirmed that the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 will be the first of the series to land on a Nintendo console since Ghosts (2013) hit the Wii U, and it's dropping support for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One as well...
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Acer is debuting a staggering spread of hardware across its consumer, gaming, and enterprise portfolios at Computex 2026 this year. Today, I've narrowed my focus on the gaming highlights, which range from a PlayStation Portal-like cloud...
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The problem with most existing encryption methods is that since they are bound to machines reliant on binary code composed of 1s and 0s, and apparently-random sequences of numbers are not fully random. This reality makes a looming scenario...
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A particularly ingenious phishing attack against Microsoft 365 users has caught the FBI's attention, courtesy of Kali365. The new attack, which utilizes the Kali365 Phising-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platform, bypasses multi-factor...
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Solid state drives, named as such for their lack of moving parts, are an essential part of the modern PC ecosystem, but no moving parts does not mean no security vulnerabilities. In fact, the specific manner in which SSDs function...
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A momentous occasion in computing history has been achieved with the release of the Virtual OS Museum. A lone developer has collected over 1700 OS installs across over 250 emulated hardware platforms and 600 distinct operating systems. The...
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Another hobbyist is attempting to recreate the classic free Windows game, 3D Pinball For Windows: Space Cadet, better known as Space Cadet 3D Pinball, and since that hobbyist is CNCDan, who is known for actually completing his projects...
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Secure Boot, a feature first launched in 2011 with Windows 8, included an initial wave of certificates that are set to expire starting on June 24th. We've covered this before, but Microsoft is renewing its warning with the deadline now...
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