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California moves to exempt Linux from its upcoming age-verification law after backlash over forcing operating systems to collect users’ ages

By Etiido Uko Published

SteamOS could still be affected

Linux
Riot Games
Valorant anti-cheat update soft-bricks $6,000 cheating hardware, company then trolls cheaters on social media

By Zhiye Liu Published

Riot Games has updated its Vanguard anti-cheat software in Valorant to block cheaters using DMA devices that cost up to $6,000.

Software
Raptor Lake CPU
After a year, Firefox finally stops crashing on Intel's Raptor Lake CPUs

By Kunal Khullar Published

Mozilla spent more than a year investigating widespread browser crashes on Intel 13th-gen and 14th-gen systems.

Software
Proton Unlimited 30% off deal
Save 30% on a 12-month Proton Unlimited sub to secure an all-in-one privacy suite for under $110

By Ben Stockton Published

Deals Grab a 30% saving on a 12 month subscription to Proton Unlimited for a limited time only.

Deals
ExpressVPN two-year subscription deal
Slash nearly $300 off a two-year ExpressVPN subscription and grab four extra months for free

By Ben Stockton Published

Deals Save nearly $300 on over two years' worth of ExpressVPN access with this 28-month deal for just $64.12, saving you a whopping 82% in total.

Deals
Linus Torvalds says AI bug reports have made the Linux security mailing list 'almost entirely unmanageable'

By Luke James Last updated

"AI detected bugs are pretty much by definition not secret, and treating them on some private list is a waste of time for everybody involved."

Linux
Google floats reduced initial 5GB free cloud storage limit, users claim

By Kunal Khullar Published

While Google has not publicly announced the change, the company confirmed that it is testing a new approach designed to improve account security and data recovery.

Cloud Storage
NordVPN deal
Save a huge $229 on a two-year NordVPN subscription and get three extra months free

By Ben Stockton Published

Deals NordVPN has a huge sale right now that drops the cost of a two-year subscription to just $83, the equivalent of just $3.09 a month, with three extra months thrown in for free.

Deals
Windows 10 laptop sitting on a desk in a dark room.
Microsoft is working on a fix to downgraded GPU drivers in Windows Update — new system uses multiple IDs

By Aaron Klotz Published

Microsoft finally confirms that Windows 11 downgrades GPU drivers on OEM devices, and is planning to launch a partial fix by Q4 2026.

Windows
Microsoft launches Cloud‑Initiated Driver Recovery for remote rollback of faulty updates

By Mark Tyson Published

Microsoft introduces Cloud-Initiated Driver Recovery, an important Windows reliability change designed to minimize buggy driver mayhem.

Windows
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