… The dire hardware component situation means Microsoft now says it will pursue a new “business model and partnerships for hardware” for Helix, the recently announced project that will play both Xbox and PC games . …
… If people are already being asked to switch to new software or upgrade their hardware, there’s always a chance that the software they switch to won’t be a newer version of the same thing. …
… The companies have also worked together to develop the software and protocols needed to perform error correction on Atom’s hardware. That’s not “hardware” in the typical computing sense. …
… As Windows 10’s free year of extended security updates draws to a close, users will need to either upgrade their PCs or buy new hardware that meets Windows 11’s system requirements if they want to stay patched. …
Hardware driver updates can be a blessing and a curse. When they’re good, they can fix bugs, improve performance, and add new capabilities, giving your PC a minor upgrade without requiring any extra effort or investment. …
… On the hardware front, we didn’t get any updates for existing Surface devices not counting yesterday’s Surface Laptop Ultra announcement , but we did get something new: the Surface RTX Spark Dev Box is “a compact developer PC” built around Nvidia’s new RTX Spark chip with up to 128GB of built-in me… …
… Linux users should watch for the release of new shims. If at all possible, users should hold off on installing new motherboard firmware updates until after the new certificates are replaced. …
… Dan Goodin is Senior Security Editor at Ars Technica, where he oversees coverage of malware, computer espionage, botnets, hardware hacking, encryption, and passwords. …
… A new Windows Insider Preview build released to testers includes a new wave of improvements that fix longstanding regressions while trying out new things. …
Dell, Asus, Lenovo, HP, MSI, Acer, and Gigabyte are among the PC makers that are designing systems around Nvidia’s RTX Spark , Nvidia’s new Arm-based chip for Windows PCs. …