Articles from July 29, 2026
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Update Your Radeon Drivers Now: AMD Fixes Blender Crashes and FSR 4.1 Hiccups on RX 7000 GPUs
AMD has dropped a new graphics driver that finally squashes long-running stability headaches for Radeon RX 7000 owners who use Blender, Cinema 4D, or FSR 4.1 upscaling. The Adrenalin 26.7.1 release,...
CISA’s 2026 SBOM Refresh: The New Federal Baseline and What IT Teams Must Do Now
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, in concert with the NSA, FBI, and international partners, released the 2026 Minimum Elements for a Software Bill of Materials on July 29, 2026....
Google Messages Kills QR Code Pairing for Web: Windows Users Must Now Sign In
Google has formally ended QR-code pairing for the web version of Google Messages in the United States, pushing all new connections to require a Google Account sign-in. The change, confirmed in...
Windows 11 KB5101684: Start Menu Glitches Vanish, Search Gets Smarter, Intune Headaches Cured
Microsoft’s optional July update for Windows 11, KB5101684, landed on July 28, smoothing over Start menu and taskbar reliability gremlins while quietly patching a critical flaw that blocked...
Intel's Panther Lake Xe3 Graphics Will Dynamically Throttle Display Bandwidth in Linux 7.3
Intel has submitted a batch of graphics driver patches for the upcoming Linux 7.3 kernel, and among the updates is a power-management refinement aimed directly at extending battery life on laptops...
Microsoft Ships Urgent Fix for Defender on Linux Bug That Silently Disabled Endpoint Protection
Microsoft has issued a critical update for Defender for Endpoint on Linux after discovering that a series of recent platform builds could leave servers unprotected following a routine reboot. The...
Teams Vishing Campaign Drops GoGRPC Backdoor via Quick Assist—Here’s How to Block It
Since early 2026, attackers have been targeting Windows users with a cunning social-engineering scheme: they call employees over Microsoft Teams, impersonate IT help-desk staff, and convince them to...
DRM-Free Star Ocean Hits GOG: How to Play Offline and What the Linux Promise Really Means
{ "title": "DRM-Free Star Ocean Hits GOG: How to Play Offline and What the Linux Promise Really Means", "content": "Two Star Ocean role-playing games — Star Ocean The Divine Force and Star...
Rumor: Intel's Next Desktop CPU Could Demand 65W From Your Motherboard Just for Integrated Graphics
Intel’s upcoming Nova Lake-S desktop processors might include a chip that breaks the mold of feeble integrated graphics, but it comes with a catch: your motherboard may need a dedicated 65-watt...
Intel Foundry Validates Keysight’s RFPro for Next-Gen Nodes, Slashing Simulation Risk for Chip Teams
{ "title": "Intel Foundry Validates Keysight’s RFPro for Next-Gen Nodes, Slashing Simulation Risk for Chip Teams", "content": "On July 29, 2026, Keysight Technologies announced that its RFPro...
Intel Prototype P-Core-Only i9-14901KE Hit 7.4GHz Before the Project Was Killed
An engineering sample of Intel’s unreleased Core i9-14901KE processor has surfaced in Chinese-language testing, reaching 7.4GHz under cascade cooling. The eight-core Raptor Lake Refresh chip lacks...
Microsoft Faces UK Probe Over 'Misleading' Copilot Rollout That Inflated Subscription Costs
On 29 July 2026, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) confirmed it is investigating whether Microsoft misled consumers into paying more for Microsoft 365 subscriptions by automatically...