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intel has announced an extension to its successful bug bounty program, which rewards independent security researchers for discovering vulnerabilities in Intel's hardware and software products.

The latest version of this ultra lightweight Linux distro with full graphical desktop UI is out now. Key changes include updates to a recent Linux 5.15.10 kernel, as well as other important packages.

It is very worrying that a trend among malware writers is to attempt to infect your PC motherboard's flash memory, so it can persist through an SSD/HDD wipe or replacement.

Windows 11's Fluent Design continues to permeate updates coming to the OS, and now it looks like the UI designers have turned their focus on to one of the PC enthusiasts' favorite haunts.

Microsoft's Activision Blizzard deal is its biggest acquisition yet.

AMD has teamed up with Eyeware for an eye-tracking based shoulder surfer combating feature dubbed Privacy View. It works with standard webcams.

AMD has shared a video on its YouTube channel that showcases its upcoming Radeon Super Resolution (RSR) feature working to improve frame rates while narrowing down its release date.

Microsoft Windows 11 has an HDR bug where whites might render as yellow. The fix is in the works, estimated to arrive before the end of January.

Spectre and Meltdown days dejá-vu?

Lots of work for $800 worth of cryptocurrency.

Intel is taking the Metaverse pretty seriously, providing the computing power and also working on the software.

Microsoft makes some big changes with Windows 11 Insider Preview 22518

Quantinuum, a business unit of quantum computing company Honeywell, has productized what it calls the world's first quantum-powered encryption key generator.

Microsoft backtracks on its controversial default browser changes in Windows 11.

Alleging that bundle software limits competitiveness.

Bridging the divide between Windows and Linux games, one compatibility layer at a time.

A security researcher posted proof-of-concept code that exploits Microsoft's Windows Installer Service, giving an attacker full system-level privileges.

Microsoft found yet another way to tick off users who aren't fond of Edge hijacking OS links.

Firefox is now accessible in the Microsoft Store with Windows 10 and Windows 11.

Microsoft's app certificate expiration problems are now over -- at least for Windows Insiders.