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Valve has quietly removed Palworld's Steam Deck 'playable' status
Palworld's Steam Deck compatibility status has changed overnight from 'Playable' to 'Unsupported,' despite the game running well on the device with minor tweaks.
2025-01-02 15:40
Patches Proposed To Begin Plumbing 32-bit LoongArch CPU Support For The Linux Kernel
Merged back in 2022 for the Linux 5.19 kernel was the LoongArch port for that Chinese processor architecture derived from MIPS and inspired in part by RISC-V. Over the past two and a half years the LoongArch Linux kernel port has continued to mature wh...
2025-01-02 15:32
Security Bite: Malware your Mac can detect and remove
Hello 2025…and goodbye 2024! It’s been an exciting first year hosting the Security Bite column on 9to5Mac. I had the privilege of talking with many leaders in the security industry and traveling to places I never thought I’d find myself. In Octob...
2025-01-02 15:28
AMD CPUs, 64GB RAM, and Windows 11 show strong gains in the latest Steam Hardware Survey
Steam Hardware Survey sees strong growth in AMD CPU market share. Consumers are also beginning to favor PC systems with 64GB of RAM and Windows 11.
2025-01-02 15:23
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32 Patches Merged For More Unification Between RadeonSI OpenGL & RADV Vulkan Drivers
Well known AMD open-source Linux graphics developer Marek Olšák landed some nice Mesa 25.0 optimizations for Christmas and now in kicking off the new year he's managed another interesting set of patches for the AMD Radeon Linux graphics stack...
2025-01-02 15:14
This brand-new ergonomic desktop keyboard was designed by Microsoft — but you'll be paying a premium for it
This new keyboard was canceled by Microsoft, and is now being revived by Incase, but you'll pay a pretty penny for it.
2025-01-02 15:01
Incase revives Microsoft Compact Ergonomic Keyboard with a Copilot key
Good news for those missing Microsoft's ergonomic keyboards: Incase has announced a new Compact Ergonomic Keyboard designed by Microsoft. Read more...
2025-01-02 15:00
Download the Hot IT Certifications Enterprise Spotlight
Download the January 2025 issue of the Enterprise Spotlight from the editors of CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and Network World.
2025-01-02 15:00
Get half-price on KiCA's Jetfan 2.0 vacuum/blower combo, now just $59 — Clean up your PC and peripherals for 2025
Blow away the dust for 2025 with this half-price vacuum/blower combo from KiCA.
2025-01-02 14:48
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Microsoft designer shares first look at 'dynamic wallpaper' plans for Windows 11 — but have they already been scrapped?
A Microsoft designer has shared the work they did for a new dynamic wallpaper feature on Windows 11.
2025-01-02 14:31
Telegram verification can now be carried out by third-party organizations
Telegram verification is already available for public figures and bodies, but it’s now rolling out a new system where accounts can be verified by third-party organizations … more…
2025-01-02 14:30
Cuneiform-like digital storage tech quadruples data storage — uses three levels of indentation in polymer film
Australian researchers create a new data storage technique that uses nanometer precision to store data in ternary format.
2025-01-02 14:23
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Google AI Studio boss says AGI will "look a lot like a product release" after Sam Altman claimed the benchmark would pass with surprisingly little societal impact
Google AI Studio's product manager, Logan Kilpatrick recently indicated that artificial super intelligence (ASI) is achievable without a keen focus on intermediate products or model releases.
2025-01-02 14:22
Nvidia is adding 14 fresh games to GeForce NOW in January
Nvidia's GeForce NOW cloud gaming service is gaining support for 14 more games in January, 2025. The company's playtime capping program is now a go too. Read more...
2025-01-02 14:22
Windows 11 wrapped up 2024 with a massive spike in Steam users
Windows 11 is now by far the most used operating system by Steam gamers. The OS saw a surge in the final month of 2024 to cap off an impressive year of growth.
2025-01-02 14:10
Samsung reportedly working on a 3-layer stacked camera sensor for iPhone
Sony has had the exclusive manufacturing contract for iPhone camera sensors for more than a decade, but Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo last year suggested this would be changing with the iPhone 18. This has now been backed by another report, which provides...
2025-01-02 14:03
It’s 2025 and Windows 11 Mail & Calendar could stop working any moment now.
It’s been over six months since Microsoft announced that it will end support for Windows Mail and Calendar. Since this announcement users are seeing pop-ups in the Mail and Calendar apps, asking to switch to the new Outlook app. A support document wa...
2025-01-02 13:20
It’s 2025 and Windows 11 Mail & Calendar could stop working any moment now
The Mail and Calendar apps are now past their end-of-support deadline (December 31, 2024), and they could stop working at any moment. It’s been over six months since Microsoft announced that it will end support for Windows Mail and Calendar on Window...
2025-01-02 13:20
PSA: Look out for hyper-personalized phishing attacks, powered by AI
Phishing attacks are about to get a whole lot more convincing. A new report warns that scammers are now using AI to scrape information about you from your online profiles in order to send hyper-personalized emails which target your login credentials. B...
2025-01-02 13:15
Malicious Obfuscated NPM Package Disguised as an Ethereum Tool Deploys Quasar RAT
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious package on the npm package registry that masquerades as a library for detecting vulnerabilities in Ethereum smart contracts but, in reality, drops an open-source remote access trojan called Quasar R...
2025-01-02 13:15
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