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AMD leaves Linux FPGA users in the lurch with controversial Vivado licensing update
AMD has been accused of 'bait-and-switch' tactics following changes to the licensing of Vivado on Linux.
California moves to exempt Linux from its upcoming age-verification law after backlash over forcing operating systems to collect users’ ages
SteamOS could still be affected
Valorant anti-cheat update soft-bricks $6,000 cheating hardware, company then trolls cheaters on social media
Riot Games has updated its Vanguard anti-cheat software in Valorant to block cheaters using DMA devices that cost up to $6,000.
After a year, Firefox finally stops crashing on Intel's Raptor Lake CPUs
Mozilla spent more than a year investigating widespread browser crashes on Intel 13th-gen and 14th-gen systems.
Linus Torvalds says AI bug reports have made the Linux security mailing list 'almost entirely unmanageable'
"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."
Google floats reduced initial 5GB free cloud storage limit, users claim
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.
Microsoft is working on a fix to downgraded GPU drivers in Windows Update — new system uses multiple IDs
Microsoft finally confirms that Windows 11 downgrades GPU drivers on OEM devices, and is planning to launch a partial fix by Q4 2026.
Microsoft launches Cloud‑Initiated Driver Recovery for remote rollback of faulty updates
Microsoft introduces Cloud-Initiated Driver Recovery, an important Windows reliability change designed to minimize buggy driver mayhem.
