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Windows 11’s October Update may have introduced a nasty game bug It affects Nvidia GPUs and Team Green rushed out a hotfix last week However, we didn’t realize how bad the bug was, and testing shows that the framerate can be huge – in Assassin’s Creed Shadows, it drops performance by 33% to 50% Nvidia […]

New custom tape reader relies on a minimal optical setup using modern parts LED tuning and sensor calibration required serious patience during early testing phases Crosstalk reduction became a key factor in stabilizing signal accuracy consistently A retro computer enthusiast has built a novel perforated tape reader that relies on a minimal set of modern

Experts find that DeepSeek-R1 produces dangerously insecure code when political expressions are included in prompts Half of the politically sensitive prompts trigger DeepSeek-R1 to refuse to generate any code Hard-coded secrets and unsafe input handling often surface during politically charged prompts When it was released in January 2025, DeepSeek-R1, a Chinese Large Language Model (LLM),

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Season 1 arrives on December 4th It promises to be one of the biggest updates in the history of the series It adds a bunch of new maps, weapons and more to each mode The first season of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 has been revealed, and it’s

The Champions League returns this week as Barcelona travel to London to face Chelsea. Enzo Maresca will be keen to pick up a statement win in Europe’s most elite competition as his side will be put to the test against the Spanish champions. In a game that has historically been tense, it’s sure to be

Scammers impersonate TechCrunch reporters to access sensitive company and operational information Fake e-mails are increasingly mimicking real staff and credible newsroom communication patterns Verification through the official staff page remains the simplest safeguard Scammers again pose as TechCrunch employees and contact businesses with messages designed to extract confidential details in an elaborate phishing scam. The

Steam’s first ever Black Friday sale is now live until December 1st Players can save on some of the biggest and best games thanks to store-wide discounts Steam Deck 256GB LCD is also for sale Valve has launched its first-ever Black Friday Steam sale, offering discounts on thousands of games from now until December 1st.

Free stream: Man City vs Bayer Leverkusen on Virgin Media Play (IRE) Kick-off: 20:00 GMT / 15:00 ET / 5:00 AEST (Wednesday) Use NordVPN to unblock your free stream The 2025/26 Champions League continues as Man City welcome Bayer Leverkusen to the Etihad Stadium. The Cityzens remain unbeaten in the UCL, but Saturday’s defeat to

West Coast Labs (WCL) reviewed NordVPN along with four rivals NordVPN achieved a near-perfect score in all six categories NordVPN has already lowered its prices for Black Friday NordVPN has just passed another independent audit, this time by West Coast Labs (WCL), a well-established security testing organization. The review agrees with our own review of

Xbox and Crocs have launched a limited edition collection inspired by the Xbox Series X console The classic clogs are $80 and the five-pack of Jibbitz charms is $20 Jibbitz charms are inspired by popular Xbox published games such as Hello, Fallout, JUDGMENTand more Xbox and Crocs have announced a new collaboration that recreates the