Kjekol/Getty Images We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. While ultrawides are generally the benchmark for large gaming monitors you can buy in 2026, they’re not the only option. Although they are less popular, you can still find screens larger than 40 inches in 16:9, which is very suitable for anyone who wants to enjoy every visual detail of their games. All this without giving up universal compatibility, since this format works with almost everything and avoids the drawbacks of buying an ultra-wide monitor, such as manual…
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I spent the last week figuring out the best way to get Xbox Mode to work on Windows 11 PCs, and the results were truly surprising. Refining my approach and running Xbox Mode at 4K 60 FPS, just like an Xbox Series I tried this on the MINISFORUM AtomMan G1 Pro, which features the AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 (145W full power). The PC houses 32GB of single-channel DDR5 RAM and 2TB of NVMe SSD (it originally came with a 1TB SSD). I also tried this configuration on the Maingear…
Saulo Ferreira Angelo/Shutterstock Shortly after receiving negative press for refusing to pay a $10,000 bounty for a significant vulnerability, AMD is back in the news for all the wrong reasons. The company appears to have dropped a crucial Transparent Secure Memory Encryption (TSME) feature from Ryzen CPUs that don’t carry the “PRO” badge. The problem is that AMD didn’t notify users of the change, and the problem could have gone unnoticed for even longer if it hadn’t been discovered by an independent user. A security researcher, Ben Kilpatrick, discovered the…
DacologiePhoto/Shutterstock While there are certainly alternatives to Google Maps, it remains one of the most useful travel and navigation apps in the world today. This is largely due to its effectiveness at what it does – finding the fastest routes and providing you with real-time traffic updates – but also due to some additional features of Google Maps that most people aren’t aware of. One of these features concerns ecological routes. If you start navigating and see a leaf symbol next to the time and distance on Google Maps, this…
For nothing, in February, Amazon invested $50 billion in OpenAI. Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images Amazon MGM Studios reportedly drops Sam Altman biopic Artificialalthough it is almost complete, after the company deepened its partnership with OpenAI. According to VarietyThe film directed by Luca Guadagnino has already had several test screenings which received a positive reception. Amazon had a copy of all iterations of the script before Guadagnino even joined the project, so it knew what kind of film it was to greenlight and even fast-track last year. “We have the utmost respect and admiration for Luca Guadagnino as…
They were testifying at a Seattle City Council meeting. Images Tada/Shutterstock Five members of Amazon Employees for Climate Justice (AECJ) have already testified at Seattle City Council meetings about AI data centers. Now, three of them are apparently under investigation by the company. The AECJ filed a civil rights complaint against the company on behalf of the three engineers, according to CNBC And GeekWireaccusing Amazon of violating a Seattle law that prohibits companies from discriminating against employees based on political ideology, race, religion and age. Engineers spoke out at Seattle City Council hearings on whether to…
TongRoRo/Shutterstock Apple’s Beats Studio Buds 2021 wireless earbuds are receiving a new firmware update, which addresses a major security vulnerability related to their Bluetooth connectivity. According to the company, this vulnerability could potentially allow an attacker to listen using the microphones built into the headphones. The update began rolling out on June 16 and brings the firmware for these wireless earbuds to version 1B211. Although Apple mentions that the security vulnerability is part of “open source code”, which affects the company’s software. However, more specifically, the vulnerability, dubbed CVE-2025-20701, is…
Thaspol Sangsee/Shutterstock Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) has a useful selection of apps designed to maximize productivity, and there are plenty of unique features that you might not use just because you didn’t know they existed. You may not be familiar with these features because Google is continually adding new features to Google Workspace. For example, Google finally added a feature to Drive that helps users organize their files. This is just one example of a feature that is not necessarily widely known to all Google Workspace users. The more…
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The gaming PC market is currently undergoing massive changes. But while everyone is focused on rising RAM and storage prices, another shift is leading manufacturers to cut production of some gaming monitors. Major brands are starting to move away from backlit panel technology, which was once ideal for high dynamic range content and still offers the best brightness and text clarity, toward technology that produces light at the pixel level. OLED panels are becoming the new standard in gaming monitors, especially as manufacturers may…
Koshiro K/Shutterstock One of the best arguments for purchasing games through Steam is the Steam Workshop. This community hub allows users to seamlessly download and install mods for their favorite games. No searching for the right files and the folders they are in; Steam Workshop does all the work. However, since all content is user-created, sometimes malicious coders upload virus-laden material, and victims are often unaware of this. Earlier this week, Kaspersky (yes, the company that created an antivirus suite that the FCC called a national security threat) exposed a…