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A new malware campaign has been uncovered by the security researchers at Malwarebytes Labs, which steals sensitive and personal information from unsuspecting Windows users. It has proven to be an effective attack thanks to both how this...
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A new study focusing on shadow AI, security gaps, and device instability has found that systems running macOS are far more stable than PCs with Windows installed, resulting in significantly fewer application crashes and being less prone to...
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Microsoft's Windows 11 January 2026 Update woes continue, and now the company is confirming that some users are no longer able to boot their PCs, receiving the BSOD stop code "UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME" instead. The issue is limited...
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Microsoft has confirmed that it provided BitLocker recovery keys to the FBI in response to a valid legal order, giving investigators the ability to decrypt hard drives that would otherwise have been unreadable. In the case reported by...
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Windows users will need to be a bit more cautious, as researchers at security firm Securonix have uncovered a new ClickFix malware campaign, dubbed PHALT#BLYX, targeting Microsofts operating system. The threat actors behind this campaign are leveraging several techniques to install malicious...
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In a collaboration video with LinusTechTips where they build his new PC, Linux creator Linus Torvalds made a surprising defense of Windows by stating that "a big percentage of those [Blue Screens of Death] are hardware not being reliable"...
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Windows Insiders are getting early access to an upcoming Windows 11 feature that is intended to improve system reliability by scanning system memory following a system crash. The optional feature is related to those frustrating BSOD...
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Last year, theCrowdStrike BSOD crisisresulted in vital IT infrastructure all around the world being forced offline. Now, a year later, Apple has released a short film parodying these events titled The Underdogs: BSOD, which...
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Update, 8/19/25, 1:12 PM ET: Phison, the company whose controllers are used by a few SSD brands, has issued the following statement:"Phison has recently been made aware of the industry-wide effects of the 'KB5063878' and KB5062660 updates...
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Microsoft's latest installment of Windows 11, specifically the now somewhat infamous 24H2 version, keeps pilling on problems for the software giant. Following the latest fiasco involving a Firewall error, Microsoft has issued an official...
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TeamGroup Industrial has just rolled out its latest industrial-grade SSD, the P250Q, and it's packing more than just high performance. The standout feature? A built-in self-destruct mechanism designed to wipe data completely and...
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If you follow Microsoft news, you may have heard about the Windows Resiliency Initiative that started last year. While at first glance this may appear to be just another marketing-driven campaign to fill a row of buzzword bingo, it appears...
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A few days ago, Apple released a seven-minute video ad featuring comedian Martin Herlihy on its YouTube channel. Just two days after its release, however, the video was pulled. The 81-slide deck featured in the video remains on Apple's...
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Issues with unexpected black screens on Nvidia GPUs have been casting quite the shadow on the company's GeForce RTX 50 series cards lately. There's some hope on the horizon though, at least for Zotac GeForce RTX 5060 Ti card owners that...
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This month's Patch Tuesday introduced an issue that caused PCs to crash when opening certain games that make use of anti-cheat software. Gaming is big business, and so this prompted Microsoft to quickly roll out an emergency update to...
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It might be time to put down those pitchforks, PC gamers. A critical update, Windows 11 KB5058499, is finally bringing much-needed stability to systems running Windows 11 24H2, addressing a range of frustrating performance issues that plagued users since its release. Contrary to popular...
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There's some relatively good news for Windows users worldwide: Microsoft has finally deemed the Windows 11 24H2 update fit for general consumption. The point release will now be automatically downloaded on all eligible Windows 11 Home and...
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Patch Tuesday, is sometimes a love hate sort of thing. It's a safe bet that most Windows Home or Pro users hate having to reboot it every time there's a hangnail that needs fixing. Regardless, those days are coming to an end, thanks to upcoming availability of in-memory hot-patching, as long...
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Fans of local computer accounts everywhere, rejoice, for when a door closes, another one opens. Windows 11 hackers have found yet another way to bypass the installer's Microsoft account requirement, nary a moment after the company disabled...
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A few days ago, Microsoft redesigned its login UX to facilitate the use of passkeys, but more recently, it released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.3653 (KB5053658) with a new UI design for an unexpected restart screen. Newly added...
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Are you having trouble installing Microsoft's Patch Tuesday update for March? You're not alone. The newest update is reportedly brimming with issues running the gamut from minor annoyances, like running into installation errors, to...
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NVIDIA recently confirmed that it was still in the process of "actively investigating" black screen issues and other bugs plaguing some GeForce RTX 50 series owners, and now it's released new 'Game Ready' and 'Studio' driver packages that...
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