PCs & Laptops: The Latest Computing News
PCs, laptops, Microsoft, Apple and everything in between. Here you’ll find all the latest computing news – from the gaming, to benchmarks to raytracing. You’ll also find stories about security, privacy, hacking and the dark web.
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Valve Is Collaborating With AMD to Support Windows 11 on the Steam Deck
While Valve has already announced that the Steam Deck will support dual-booting between SteamOS and Windows 10, new info from a Steam Deck designer has also revealed that Valve is working with AMD to help ensure support for Windows 11 as well.
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Even Google Thinks Sideloading Apps on Android Is a Horrible Experience
So much is revealed when court documents are officially unsealed, and in the case of Epic Games’ antitrust complaint against Google, we now know that Google considered buying the Fortnite maker outright “squelch this threat.” Google also apparently attempted to convince Epic Games not to limit Fortnite to sideloading on Android devices, as doing so…
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For About $1.6 Million a Week, You Can Rent Paul Allen’s Obscene Superyacht
The late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s 126.19 m superyacht has finally been sold to an unnamed mystery buyer for the low, low price of 235 million euros (about $375 million). The vessel, nicknamed “Octopus” before Allen’s death in 2018, is slightly longer than the average football field, and considered one of the largest superyachts in…
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Kindle Flaw Could Have Let Hackers Take Control of Your Ebook Reader and Steal Information
All connected gadgets are technically vulnerable to bad actors, but Amazon’s Kindle e-readers aren’t exactly the first device that’d pop into your head when you think of a security risk. However, researchers have found that Kindles had flaws that could’ve allowed hackers to seize control of the device — and all it would’ve require is…