Windows 11 To Reduce Gaming Performance On Prebuilt Machines
VBS can gobble up over 25% of graphical performance. Microsoft has been making a point of Windows 11 being some permutation of “the best Windows ever for gaming“. But it….
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Epic Games Vs. Apple: Judge Rules Apple Must Allow Devs To Employ Outside Payment Options
They both lose! If you’ve been following the Epic Games lawsuit launched against Apple, this is quite a day. Because the judge has made a ruling on the case. And….
Samsung Smart TV’s Have A Remote Killswitch That Works Anywhere There’s Internet
They call it TV Block. July 11th this year saw a bunch of Samsung smart televisions stolen from a distribution center in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. This was not a big….
Facebook Apologizes For AI Labeling Video Of Black Men As “About Primates”
Not very Cres, but the schadenfreude is delicious. It seems that Facebook’s AI committed what the company dubs an “unacceptable error”. The company’s AI followed up a video from a….
Dr Disrespect To Sue Twitch Over Ban
Well, at least he knows why, now. It’s been a year since Dr Disrespect (real name Herschel Beahm IV) got a permanent ban from Twitch. The move was as swift….
Windows 10 Security Defeated By Plugging In Razer Peripherals
As long as you have physical access, ~$20 bypasses all that security. Thanks to a bug in Razer’s device installer, Windows 10’s security measures are easily defeated by simply plugging….
OnlyFans To Ban Porn From Their Platform
You shall be as Tumblr. As announced Thursday by the company, OnlyFans is banning porn from their platform. It’s not like this is coming out of left field; there had….
Security Flaw That Enabled Unlimited Steam Wallet Funds Found And Dealt With
Hacker that found it made a cool $7500. Thanks to the work of a white hat hacker, Valve has identified and a eliminated a flaw in their payment system that….
Hacker Returns Over Half Of The More Than $600 Million In Cryptocurrency They Stole From PolyNetwork
It’s not the sort of thing you typically see. August 10th saw hackers steal around $610 million in cryptocurrency from PolyNetwork, a service that enables transactions between blockchains. And oddly….
Dell No Longer Sells Certain Alienware PCs In Six States
Dude, you’re NOT getting a Dell. Due to new power consumption regulations adopted by six states, as well as British Columbia in Canada, Dell will no longer ship certain models….
FTC Votes In Right To Repair Unanimously
That sound you hear is Apple and their fanboys seething. Wednesday saw an open commission meeting by the FTC over Right to Repair. And at that meeting, the FTC voted….
Man Dies Of Heart Attack Mid-SWATting Brought On By Refusing To Be Extorted For Twitter Handle
Literally a matter of a few thousand dollars. In April 2020, a 60-year-old man, Mark Herring, from Bethpage, Tennessee, was SWATted. After initially responding with a gun in hand, he….