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Radeon RX 9070 XT Missing from 'Best 4K GPUs' List — What Buyers Need to Know
A freshly published roundup of the best 4K gaming graphics cards for 2026 has a glaring hole: it ignores AMD’s Radeon RX 9070 XT entirely. The guide, published July 17 by PropelRC, crowns...
Infinix HOT 70 Pro 5G Promises 5 Years of Security Updates—but Only if You Spend More
Infinix announced the HOT 70 Pro 5G on July 16, and while the device packs a 144Hz display and a capable MediaTek chipset, its standout feature is a software support commitment that rivals flagships:...
Android 16 Lock-Screen Bug Lets Anyone Send SMS via Gemini Without PIN—Patch Incoming
Google acknowledged a serious lock-screen flaw in Android 16 that lets anyone with physical access to a locked phone bypass the PIN and use Gemini to send SMS messages and activate WhatsApp...
UEFI Secure Boot 2011 Certificates Expire Oct 19—Use This Microsoft Script to Prepare
Microsoft’s July 15 Secure Boot Office Hours session confirmed that the final 2011-era certificate, the Windows Production PCA 2011, will expire on October 19, 2026. The event also revealed a...
AMD’s Local AI Agent GAIA 0.22.0 Can Now Draft Emails in Your Writing Style
AMD released version 0.22.0 of its open-source GAIA local AI-agent framework this week, giving Windows and Linux users a beta email agent that drafts replies in their personal style, tracks...
Intel-Nvidia AI PCs Could Arrive in 2028: What Windows Users Need to Know Now
Intel and Nvidia are jointly developing a new class of x86 PCs that will integrate Nvidia RTX graphics directly into the processor, with the first client products potentially arriving in late 2027 or...
AMD ROCm 7.14 Gives AI Developers GPU Compute Access to Ryzen AI Max PRO 400 Before Hardware Ships
AMD has officially added support for its upcoming Ryzen AI Max PRO 400 processors to the ROCm 7.14 GPU compute stack, giving machine learning engineers and AI developers full access to the chips'...
Microsoft Defender Earns Perfect Score in Latest Test, Narrowing the Case for Paid Antivirus Suites
Microsoft Defender Antivirus just aced its latest independent exam. In AV-TEST’s March/April 2026 evaluation of Windows 11 consumer security products, the built-in protection scored a flawless 18...
Microsoft Retires Outlook's Context IQ: What the / Shortcut's Death Means for Your Email Workflow
{ "title": "Microsoft Retires Outlook's Context IQ: What the / Shortcut's Death Means for Your Email Workflow", "content": "Microsoft has pulled the plug on Context IQ in new Outlook for Windows...
ChatGPT's New Task Control Center Puts Your Automated Workflows in One Place—But IT Needs to Pay Attention
OpenAI has quietly launched a dedicated management page for ChatGPT's Scheduled Tasks, giving users a centralized dashboard to create, pause, and delete recurring AI workflows. The update, available...
Microsoft’s WinPE Just Got a Critical Update — Here’s How to Rebuild Your Windows Recovery USB Right
Microsoft released a Safe OS Dynamic Update for Windows 11 26H1 on March 10, 2026, pushing the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) to version 10.0.28000.1701. The update arrives as the popular...
Google's Gemini 3.5 Pro Misses Ship Date Again—Here’s What It Means for Your Windows AI Stack
Google’s most advanced AI model, Gemini 3.5 Pro, remains unreleased as of July 18—nearly two months after the company pledged it would arrive “next month.” Third-party reports now point to a...