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Windows 11 25H2 Lands in Release Preview: Enablement Package Promises One-Reboot Upgrade
Microsoft has put Windows 11 version 25H2 into the Release Preview channel, marking the start of the final validation phase before it reaches broad availability later this year. The update, already...
Samsung Vision AI TV Hands the Remote to Copilot as IFA 2025 Redefines the Smart Home
Samsung’s new Vision AI Companion television will let users summon Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, and other AI agents with a dedicated button, the company revealed at IFA 2025, marking a major...
Windows 11 24H2 SSD Failures: No Link to KB5063878, But Silent Fix May Be at Play
Microsoft and major SSD controller vendors have found no evidence that August’s KB5063878 cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2 triggered a systemic wave of solid-state drive failures, but a marked...
Windows 11 KB5063878 SSD Scare: Microsoft and Phison Find No Link, but Users Remain Cautious
Microsoft has closed its investigation into alarming reports that the August 2025 Windows 11 security rollup, KB5063878, was bricking or corrupting solid-state drives, and the company says it found...
Actively Exploited TP-Link Router Flaws Land in CISA’s KEV—Windows Networks Face Credential Theft and Remote Takeover
CISA has dropped two TP-Link router vulnerabilities into its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, confirming that attackers are actively chaining credential disclosure and command injection...
Microsoft and Phison Clear August Update of SSD Failures, but Community Reproductions Persist
Microsoft’s investigation into reports of SSD failures after the August 2025 Windows 11 cumulative update has officially closed — without linking the update to the storage issues that sparked...
Microsoft Concludes August Windows 11 Update Not to Blame for SSD Failures, but Users Remain Wary
Microsoft has officially closed its investigation into the August 2025 Windows 11 update scare, stating it found no evidence that the patch corrupted or bricked NVMe SSDs. But for a vocal group of...
Sony Releases Official PlayStation Link Driver for Windows, Unlocking Full Audio Control for PULSE Elite and Explore
Sony has officially released a dedicated PlayStation Link PC driver for Windows, a move that untethers the PULSE Elite headset and PULSE Explore earbuds from the PlayStation 5 for firmware updates...
Windows 10 Gamers Face Mandatory MBR-to-GPT Conversion as Anti-Cheat Locks Down Secure Boot and TPM 2.0
Starting with high-profile releases like Battlefield 6, a growing number of Windows 10 multiplayer games are refusing to launch unless Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 are both active. This hardware-enforced...
AAA Shooters Now Demand Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 on Windows 10 – Here’s Your Upgrade Guide
Several blockbuster multiplayer shooters have started refusing to launch on Windows 10 unless Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 are enabled, abruptly ending an era where PC players could ignore platform...
Microsoft Clears KB5063878 of SSD Failures, but Uncertainty Persists
Microsoft has officially concluded that its August 2025 security update for Windows 11 (KB5063878) is not the cause of a spate of alarming SSD failure reports, but the declaration has done little to...
CISA Exposes Critical Hard-Coded Credentials in SunPower Solar Gear, Plus Flaws in Delta, Fuji, Hitachi ICS Software
Four new Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on September 2, 2025, highlight severe vulnerabilities in energy and...