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PS5 firmware update renders several games unplayable with severe graphics issues
By Christopher Harper published
A PS5 firmware update has rendered several major titles unplayable with crashing or graphics glitches...the same week as two major AAA PS5-to-PC ports.

Crucial MX500 SSD firmware susceptible to buffer overflow security vulnerability
By Aaron Klotz published
Crucial's old MX500 series SSDs are vulnerable to buffer overflow attacks. A fix or information on which firmware updates are impacted is unknown.

MSI releases firmware with 105W TDP mode for Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X
By Sunny Grimm published
The AGESA BIOS PI 1.2.0.1 is real and brings performance improvements.

This Raspberry Pi Pico plays Pong using persistence of vision and custom mouse firmware
By Ash Hill published
Guy Dupont is using a Raspberry Pi RP2040 to emulate Pong in the firmware of his mouse by using an RP2040 to interfere with the connection to the PC.

Raspberry Pi 5 hits world-record 3.4 GHz with thermoelectric cooling and firmware tweaks
By Jeff Butts published
In the "let's see how far we can push this puppy" scene, Jeff Geerling has managed to max out the Raspberry Pi 5 CPU to a speedy 3.4 GHz.

Developer ports Windows NT to Power Macintosh systems
By Jeff Butts published
You can use the newly released firmware and loader to test running Windows NT on your Power Macintosh.

New AMD firmware brings performance optimizations for Ryzen 9000 CPUs
By Aaron Klotz last updated
Gigabyte has released new BIOS updates that support AMD's upcoming Ryzen 9000 series processors running AMD's latest AGESA 1.2.0.0a firmware.

HP bricked ProBook laptops with bad BIOS update say angry users
By Christopher Harper published
HP and Microsoft prove the danger of automatic firmware updates.
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