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news New NVIDIA GPU Unlocker Boosts RTX 20, 30, and 40 Series AI Performance by Up to 75% on Windows

New NVIDIA GPU Unlocker Boosts RTX 20, 30, and 40 Series AI Performance by Up to 75% on Windows

A new open source tool called NV UEFI Unlocker is reportedly allowing NVIDIA GeForce RTX 20, 30, and 40 Series graphics cards to achieve significantly higher AI compute performance on Windows, with early benchmarks showing improvements of up to 75%. Developed by GitHub contributor physicsdolphin, the utility modifies GPU behavior before NVIDIA's graphics drivers initialize, enabling additional Tensor Core computing performance in supported workloads.
news OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Calls Unused PC RAM Inefficient as AI Demand Drives Memory Shortages

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Calls Unused PC RAM Inefficient as AI Demand Drives Memory Shortages

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has questioned the efficiency of keeping large amounts of memory in personal computers, arguing that shared cloud infrastructure could make better use of the world's limited DRAM supply. His comments come as the global memory market faces significant supply constraints, with growing demand from AI data centers contributing to rising prices for consumer RAM and other hardware components. During a
news ASUS Reportedly Refuses to Replace $4,480 ROG Strix SCAR 18 After Laptop Goes Missing During Warranty Shipment

ASUS Reportedly Refuses to Replace $4,480 ROG Strix SCAR 18 After Laptop Goes Missing During Warranty Shipment

ASUS is facing criticism after a customer in Germany claimed the company refused to replace a €4,000 ROG Strix SCAR 18 gaming laptop that allegedly went missing during an official warranty return shipment. The customer says the laptop was shipped using a prepaid DHL label provided by ASUS, but the package was reportedly damaged during transportation, and its contents disappeared before reaching the service
news Star Wars Jedi 3 Is Reportedly Nearing Completion and Could Be Revealed Soon

Star Wars Jedi 3 Is Reportedly Nearing Completion and Could Be Revealed Soon

Respawn Entertainment is reportedly making significant progress on Star Wars Jedi 3, with the next installment in Cal Kestis' story potentially receiving an official reveal in the coming months. According to gaming industry journalist Jason Schreier, the third entry is already far into development, suggesting that Electronic Arts and Respawn may be preparing to announce it soon. The game is expected to conclude the
news Soulframe Opens Free PC Alpha Playtest on November 6 With Rideable Wolves and Major World Changes

Soulframe Opens Free PC Alpha Playtest on November 6 With Rideable Wolves and Major World Changes

Digital Extremes has announced that Soulframe Preludes will become available to all PC players on November 6, 2026, removing the invitation requirement that previously limited access to the fantasy action RPG's early alpha testing. The announcement comes alongside Preludes 17: Verse of the Veilands, a major update introducing rideable wolf mounts, a redesigned progression system, new equipment, and additional activities. The update also expands
news AMD Adrenalin 26.10.2 Fixes Driver Crashes and Timeouts on Radeon RX 9000 and RX 7000 GPUs

AMD Adrenalin 26.10.2 Fixes Driver Crashes and Timeouts on Radeon RX 9000 and RX 7000 GPUs

AMD has released Adrenalin Edition 26.10.2, a new optional graphics driver update that addresses several stability problems affecting Radeon RX 9000 and RX 7000 series graphics cards. The update focuses on fixing intermittent driver timeouts, application crashes, unexpected shutdowns, and problems associated with specific games and software features. However, AMD's release notes also identify several unresolved issues affecting multiple Radeon GPU generations, including the
news Windows October Update Can Block Office and Campus Wi-Fi, but It Is Not a Known Issue

Windows October Update Can Block Office and Campus Wi-Fi, but It Is Not a Known Issue

A security change in Microsoft's October 2026 Windows update can stop a laptop joining the Wi-Fi network at a university, school or office. Microsoft classifies it as a planned change rather than a known issue, which keeps it off the release health page where people look when an update breaks something. Windows 11 in Microsoft's own product photography. Image: Microsoft Home networks are not
news Windows 11 Cloud Rebuild Arrives in October's Optional Update and Never Keeps Your Files

Windows 11 Cloud Rebuild Arrives in October's Optional Update and Never Keeps Your Files

Microsoft's October 2026 non-security preview update for Windows 11 adds cloud rebuild, a reinstall that pulls Windows and your device drivers from Windows Update instead of a local recovery partition. Microsoft's own documentation is blunt about what that costs, because cloud rebuild never keeps your files. The cloud rebuild screen offers Remove files or Remove and sanitize files, with no option to keep anything.
news Windows 11 26H2 Turns Settings Backup On by Default, but Only on Work PCs

Windows 11 26H2 Turns Settings Backup On by Default, but Only on Work PCs

Windows 11 version 26H2 switches Windows settings backup on by default, according to a Microsoft message center entry dated September 30. The change is narrower than that sounds. The Windows 11 desktop, whose per-user settings are what the backup collects. Image: Microsoft The feature needs a Microsoft Entra ID sign-in on a device joined to an employer's directory. A personal PC signed in with
news Three Canadian Provinces and Cuba Skip the November 1 Clock Change, and Windows Needs an Update

Three Canadian Provinces and Cuba Skip the November 1 Clock Change, and Windows Needs an Update

Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Cuba are not turning their clocks back at 2 a.m. on Sunday, November 1. Windows PCs in all four can show the wrong local time unless they carry the right time zone update. Microsoft's product photography for Windows 11, the platform that needs the new time zone data. Image: Microsoft The three Canadian updates shipped weeks ago. Cuba's does
news Winhanced 1.0 Beta Is Dated October 31, With Its Headline Overlay Supporter-Only for 30 Days

Winhanced 1.0 Beta Is Dated October 31, With Its Headline Overlay Supporter-Only for 30 Days

Winhanced has dated its 1.0 Beta to October 31, and the in-game overlay the release is built around does not reach everyone on day one. Early Access, "which includes the overlay during the beta", is a switch inside the app for Patreon supporters and Discord Supporter+ members. The overlay's Current game page, with session and total play time, achievement rarity, and buttons to pause,
news Windows 11 26H2 Reaches Every Eligible PC in 29 Days, Not Months

Windows 11 26H2 Reaches Every Eligible PC in 29 Days, Not Months

Windows 11 version 26H2 is now available for all eligible devices, according to a status note Microsoft dated October 28. That ends a staged rollout the company started on September 29 and said would widen "over the next few months". Windows 11 running on a laptop in Microsoft's own promotional art. Image: Microsoft The gap between those two dates is 29 days. Microsoft's annual
news Windows USB Audio Bug Stays at Mitigated After Seven Weeks, With No Consumer Workaround

Windows USB Audio Bug Stays at Mitigated After Seven Weeks, With No Consumer Workaround

Seven weeks after the September 8 Windows security update broke audio on some USB devices, Microsoft's status for the bug is still Mitigated rather than Resolved. On the Windows 11 version 25H2 release health page, every other listed known issue now reads Resolved. Microsoft's product photography for Windows 11, the platform where the USB audio entry remains open. Image: Microsoft The entry is logged
news TCL Says NXTPAPER Has 15 Eye-Care Certifications but Does Not Name a Single One

TCL Says NXTPAPER Has 15 Eye-Care Certifications but Does Not Name a Single One

TCL's NXTPAPER technology page credits its paper-display line with 117 patents, 15 international certifications and 189 media awards. The footnote under that claim attributes the figures to TCL's own internal statistics, and none of its NXTPAPER tablet pages names a single certifying body. The TAB A1 Plus NXTPAPER, the only tablet of the four TCL rates at up to 120Hz and fits with its
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