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Microsoft will begin enabling Windows 11 Memory Integrity on more eligible PCs through standard quality updates from October 2026. The security feature can affect gaming performance on some older processors, although systems where users have already switched it off will keep that choice, according to Microsoft and reporting from PCMag and BetaNews.

While we tend to think of Windows gaming handhelds as primarily gaming devices, they really have more in common with ultralight laptops: They run Windows, have a built-in screen and perform like them thanks to mobile processors with integrated graphics. And though some people have always used them as a primary computer, today’s high prices…

With the current “analog” tech trend encouraging hobbyists to find new ways to exercise their ownership over hardware, console modding is seeing more and more attention. While taking gaming tech apart and putting it back together again has long been incredibly popular, the online communities surrounding it are increasingly breaking into the mainstream. As more…

Windows 11’s Text and image generation privacy page showing apps with AI permissions is misleading users. Credit: Windows Latest

TL;DR: NVIDIA will end Game Ready and Studio driver support for Windows 10 in November 2026, issuing a final compatible driver in October 2026 and only quarterly security updates until October 2029; about 23% of Steam users still run Windows 10, so users must upgrade to Windows 11 to get ongoing driver optimizations. Voice: Jak…

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Microsoft has discovered why this month’s Windows 11 update (KB5121003) can trigger errors and reboots when running three PC games: It turns out RGB accessories and components are involved.  

Are your PC games not working as expected? Microsoft says it’s investigating an issue with its latest Windows 11 updates that may be behind problems affecting at least three popular tiles.

Gaming laptops give users the flexibility to switch between “Eco” mode to exclusively run the machine on the integrated GPU to get better battery life, with the option to switch to “Hybrid” or “Dedicated” modes for gaming purposes. However, one user noticed that in his quest to run on Eco mode entirely on his new…

You install it from SideQuest rather than the Horizon Store. The project’s own site is blunt about why: official storefronts restrict the low-level Android APIs the app needs, so the app lives outside them. The current build, Computers Are Totally Screwed 27, shipped on July 1. A developer credited as Luboš V. handles the XR…