Nvidia crushes CPU-gobbling bug with new GeForce driver
Typically new graphics drivers are supposed to make your computer go, in the parlance of the common man, faster. But anyone who’s been a PC gamer long enough knows this isn’t always […]
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Windows Defender finally squashes Firefox bug that ate CPUs for 5 years
Firefox has a reputation of being something of a resource hog, even among modern browsers. But it might not be entirely earned, because it looks like a CPU bug affecting Firefox users […]
Facebook fixes friend request bug that revealed viewing habits
Last Friday, Facebook users discovered a bug that shattered their illusions of privacy—on the mobile app, friend requests were being sent to any profile visited. For people engaged in the timeless habit […]
A Twitter bug is reviving deleted tweets and retweets
Oh, Twitter. What a trash fire. There’s now a Twitter bug that’s restoring deleted tweets and retweets. On May 8th, The Verge‘s senior reporter James Vincent deleted around 5,000 of his tweets. […]
AMD ‘Zenbleed’ bug lets hackers steal data from Ryzen CPUs
A new vulnerability has been discovered in AMD’s Zen 2 processors—one that allows data like passwords and encryption keys to be stolen from the CPU. Disclosed publicly this week by Google security […]
Windows 11 update fixes annoying SSD slowdown bug
In March 2023, the fist Windows 11 users began complaining about their NVMe SSDs running much slower than before (well, again). The operating system’s Moment 2 update (update KB5023706 specifically) introduced a […]
AMD Inception: Bug fix hurts Ryzen photo editing performance
Tests of the microcode used to patch AMD’s recent “Inception” bug don’t appear to seriously affect day-to-day performance on Ryzen processors, including gaming. Creative users who use image editing tools on Ryzen […]
Windows 10 bug forces Microsoft to recall updates
Due to a bug in connection with ClickOnce applications, Microsoft is now withdrawing several updates that were distributed in recent months. At the same time, the Redmond company is making a new […]
This weird Windows 11 bug drastically speeds up File Explorer
Windows 11 users have discovered a curious bug in File Explorer that causes it to suddenly become much faster. Windows 11’s File Explorer is generally not considered to be particularly speedy. But […]
Baldur’s Gate 3 bug made its characters too horny
The world of Dungeons & Dragons is full of horny people. Demons, devils, tieflings, satyrs, minotaurs, even dragonborn — there are people with horns all over the place. But, in Baldur’s Gate […]
