Operating systems are designed to work on $200 laptops and $5,000 workstations and everything that comes in between, so you can count on their defaults to be a tad ill-suited. As you'd expect, Windows ...

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The push follows Riot's disclosure of a critical flaw it uncovered in several popular motherboard models. The vulnerability can be exploited by well-funded cheaters targeting Valorant, ...

Filip is a long-time gamer and writer with ample experience in both of these industries. Having started his gaming adventure with the venerable PSX, Filip soon discovered dedicated gaming magazines, ...

"Out of the box" doesn’t mean "out of the woods." These essential first steps will tidy up Windows, lock it down, and get ...

The DualSense controller is now able to receive firmware updates via a PC without the need to connect to a PS5 console, Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced. This is thanks to a new Windows ...

These days, most of your electronics have miniature computers built-in: Home-theater gear, handheld devices, phones, and even appliances now have embedded smarts in the form of a microprocessor, ...

The methods to update a monitor’s firmware differ for monitors of different brands. Here, I have covered the methods to update monitor firmware for the following popular brands: MSI Dell ASUS Lenovo I ...

Microsoft, chipmakers, and several PC makers on Monday announced Secured-core PCs, which use hardware-based defense mechanisms to combat firmware-level security attacks. Considering the products on ...

In the constant cat and mouse game that is PC security, hackers have increasingly turned to firmware exploits to carry out their attacks. There are a couple of reasons for the uptick. One obvious one ...

The PS5 has been out for a while now, alongside its accompanying controller, the DualSense. Even so, Sony continues to make various routine improvements to the backend operations of these devices. One ...