TechAmok News Archive
Chasing a Gaming World Record - [hardware]
03:13 AM EDT - Oct,04 2025 - post a comment In this episode of Linus Tech Tips, the team attempts to break a world record in overclocking using a high-end CPU cooling setup. Led by overclocking expert Charles Fuggerworth, they prepare a motherboard for extreme cooling, combat condensation issues, and fine-tune their hardware for optimal performance, eventually achieving a world record after a long series of tests.
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iOS 26.0.1 is Out! - What's New? - [mobile]
01:17 PM EDT - Sep,30 2025 - post a comment iOS 26.0.1 released to the public and iOS 26.0.1 is out to everyone. iOS 26.0.1 brings the first major bug fix and security update for iOS 26. It is focused on iPhone 17, iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max, but also has other fixes for all iPhones as well. In this video I show you every update and change in iOS 26.0.1 using iPhone 16 Pro Max, iPhone Air, and iPhone 17 Pro Max.
Fast-forward to 2025: Apple jumped to iOS 26 as its latest major OS, announced at WWDC 2025 and released on September 15, 2025just in time for the iPhone 17 launch. This isn't a typo or error; Apple restructured its versioning in 2025 to align iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and other platforms under a unified "26" scheme (based on the year 2026, similar to how Windows or other OSes use year-based jumps).
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Samsung One UI 8.5 Hands on - I Was Wrong - [mobile]
04:33 PM EDT - Sep,29 2025 - post a comment Samsung One UI 8.5 is here, and I have installed it on my Galaxy S25 Ultra. It's a much bigger update than I thought. Samsung will launch the One UI 8.5 with the Galaxy S26 Ultra in January. Here are 25 new features of One UI 8.5
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The Astronaut - Official Trailer (2025) Kate Mara, Laurence Fishburne - [off-topic]
04:48 AM EDT - Sep,27 2025 - post a comment Watch the trailer for The Astronaut, an upcoming sci-fi psychological thriller movie starring Kate Mara, Laurence Fishburne, Gabriel Luna, Ivana Milicevic, Macy Gray, and introducing Scarlett Holmes.
When astronaut Sam Walker (Kate Mara) crash lands back to Earth, she's discovered alive in a punctured capsule off the Atlantic coast. General William Harris (Laurence Fishburne) places her in quarantine under strict NASA surveillance for rehabilitation and testing. But as disturbing events escalate, she begins to fear that something extraterrestrial has followed her home.
The Astronaut is produced by Brad Fuller, Eric B. Fleischman, Chris Abernathy, and Cameron Fuller.
The Astronaut, written and directed by Jess Varley, opens in theaters on October 17, 2025.
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iPhone 17 Durability Test -- What Scratches are Permanent? - [mobile]
11:53 AM EDT - Sep,25 2025 - post a comment Today we are going to durability test the new iPhone 17. This is the regular iPhone 17 and not the iPhone 17 Pro or the iPhone AIR. We already did those tests and you can find them below. In this durability test of Apples latest phone we are going to scratch test the back glass with Silver, copper, and gold, along with stainless steel, aluminum, and titanium. Cuz... you know... that is just an interesting thing to do.
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BYD Yangwang U9 Hits 496.22 KM/H - EV Supercar Speed Record - [off-topic]
08:45 AM EDT - Sep,21 2025 - post a comment The 3000 horsepower BYD Yangwang U9 Xtreme 02 has just delivered one of the most shocking performance feats in the history of electric cars. In its latest run, this EV supercar reached a staggering 496.22 km/h, pushing the limits of what battery-powered performance can achieve.
With four high-output electric motors and advanced aerodynamics, the U9 Xtreme 02 shows how engineering precision and raw electric power can combine to create a true record-breaking machine. Stability, thermal management, and a carefully tuned chassis all played a role in allowing this supercar to sustain nearly 500 km/h.
This run follows the earlier 472.41 km/h record by the Track Edition, proving how quickly BYD is advancing in its quest to dominate the world of extreme performance. The Xtreme 02 is not just about numbers it is a statement that electric power is redefining speed itself.
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I'm FIRST to Unbox The World's Biggest TV - [hardware]
05:57 AM EDT - Sep,21 2025 - post a comment Hisense sent over their NEW world's largest TV, the Hisense 116UX. It's got RGB MiniLED, a 165Hz refresh rate, and a very bold claim of reaching 95% of the BT.2020 color space.
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Samsung Begins Rollout of Android 16 to Rest of Lineup - [mobile]
04:13 AM EDT - Sep,21 2025 - post a comment Samsung is rolling out its One UI 8 software update - based on Android 16 - to its flagship Galaxy S25 series this week. The company recently launched its new foldables (the Flip7 and Fold7) with the new software. One key new feature is the Now Bar, which shows "real-time app activity and media player progress directly on the front screen". Next to receive the update (in October) will be the Galaxy S24 series, Galaxy Z Fold6, Galaxy Z Flip6, and Galaxy S24 FE. By the end of the year, the company will also provide the update for the Galaxy S23 series, Galaxy Z Fold5, Galaxy Z Flip5, Galaxy S23 FE, Galaxy S22 series, Galaxy Z Fold4, Galaxy Z Flip4, Galaxy S21 FE, Galaxy A56 5G, Galaxy A36 5G, Galaxy A26 5G, Galaxy A17 5G, Galaxy A17, Galaxy A07, Galaxy A06 5G, Galaxy A55 5G, Galaxy A35 5G, Galaxy A25 5G, Galaxy A16 5G, Galaxy A16, Galaxy A15 5G, Galaxy A06, Galaxy A54 5G, Galaxy A34 5G, Galaxy A73 5G, Galaxy A53 5G, and Galaxy A33 5G. |
iOS 26 Now Available, with Visual Intelligence - [briefly]
04:12 AM EDT - Sep,21 2025 - post a comment Apple has released the final, public version of iOS 26. It should be available to download now on most recent iPhones. New features include Live Translation of languages, available for in-person conversations as well as in Messages and FaceTime. The feature currently works with English (U.S., UK), French (France), German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish (Spain), and Chinese (simplified). By the end of the year, it will also support Italian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Mandarin, simplified), and Chinese (Mandarin, traditional). Also new in iOS 26 is Visual Intelligence, which applies AI to tell you more about anything on your screen at the moment (by taking a screenshot), or anything in front of you in the real world, using the phone's camera. The update also brings new, more granular parental control features, and Apple's new Liquid Glass design language. |
Apple's iPhone 17 Series is Nearly Hack-Proof - [security]
04:11 AM EDT - Sep,21 2025 - post a comment Apple has revealed that the new A19 chips in the iPhone 17 series (including iPhone Air) are its first chips to support a new security feature in iOS called Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE). This new technology is a big leap in addressing memory safety vulnerabilities, an industry-wide problem and the main attack vector used by by mercenary spyware that state-backed hackers use to spy on high-profile targets (among other advanced attacks). One key part of MIE is EMTE (Enhanced Memory Tagging Extension), a memory-safety technology that Apple co-developed with Arm, based on Arm's MTE technology. EMTE assigns a type of security key to each set of data in memory, so applications can't access memory not allocated to them. However, checking those keys can hurt performance, and the timing of the checking process can reveal signals that compromise the keys. Therefore, Apple designed its new A19 chips with separate key-checking hardware that accelerates the process and keeps it secure, enabling real-time EMTE for all critical processes. Apple's research indicates that this technology could all but eliminate the problem of memory safety vulnerabilities. iOS on the iPhone 17 series implements MIE in "the kernel and over 70 userland processes", but Apple is also making this technology available to third-party developers via new Enhanced Security settings in Xcode. |
iPhone Air Durability test -- I AM SHOCKED - [mobile]
04:31 AM EDT - Sep,20 2025 - post a comment In this video, JerryRigEverything conducts a thorough durability test on the new iPhone Air, which is noted for its lightweight and thin design featuring Grade 5 titanium. The test includes scratch resistance, bend tests, and an examination of the phone's physical qualities. The results are surprising, with the iPhone Air demonstrating resilience against bending and scratching, although some limitations are noted in its charging speed and camera capabilities.
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Microsoft warns Office 2016/2019 users to switch to the cloud as support ends soon - [security]
06:25 PM EDT - Sep,15 2025 - post a comment Back in April of 2024, Microsoft announced that it would be ending support for its Office 2016 and 2019 suites. This affects a whole list of products, including applications like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Publisher, along with productivity servers like Exchange Server and Skype for Business Server. After October 14, 2025, there will be no more bug fixes, security updates, or technical support for any of them. Following this decision, cybersecurity firm 0patch stated in August this year that it would offer continued security updates through so-called "micropatches" for the outdated software, but you'd need to pay for that protection. Now, the company is back once again, warning users to get their migration plans in order as we approach the October 14 end-of-support date. The software giant is listing out the options for companies that need to get off the aging platforms.
Microsoft's "recommended path" forward is the cloud powered by Microsoft 365, its subscription-based Office replacement that the company claims is "AI ready" thanks to 365 Copilot. This assistant is integrated into the apps and allows you to do some interesting work; for example, in Word, you can ask it to summarize a twenty-page report or draft a marketing email from a few bullet points.
The Redmond giant promises that its cloud service offers things like automatic updates, ongoing support, better security, and more when compared to the on-premise versions of Office. |
Get Windows 11 25H2 Right Now - [software]
12:46 PM EDT - Sep,15 2025 - post a comment 25H2 may show in Windows Update if you are on the release preview channel. Micrsoft will release the stable version of 25H2 in October. Microsoft has said 25H2 doesn't have any major new features.
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iPhone 17 Pro VS iPhone 16 Pro VS iPhone 15 Pro VS iPhone 14 Pro - [mobile]
04:12 AM EDT - Sep,14 2025 - post a comment Apple has announced this year's iPhone lineup, the iPhone 17 series. Instead of a "Plus" model, Apple has introduced a new iPhone Air that's extra-thin and more premium than a Plus model. New in the standard and Pro models are: a new 18-megapixel Center Stage front camera with a larger, square sensor that can capture portrait or landscape orientation without turning the phone, and has automatic framing (cropping). Also new is that all rear cameras are 48-megapixel "Fusion" cameras that perform different functions in 12-megapixel (pixel binning) or 48-megapixel mode (which defaults to 24 megapixel output). In the standard iPhone 17, this means a main camera that can double as a (12MP) 2x telephoto camera, plus a wide-angle camera that can double as a (12MP) macro camera. The Pro models add a 4x telephoto camera that can double as a (12MP) 8x telephoto camera. Apple has also introduced Ceramic Shield 2 display glass across the lineup, which it claims offers 3x better scratch resistance. The iPhone 17 gains a new display that's larger (6.3 inches vs. 6.1), has ProMotion dynamic refresh (1120 Hz), and has an always-on feature. It also gains faster wired charging. A new A19 chip in the iPhone 17 offers 20% faster graphics performance and puts neural accelerators in the GPU cores for the first time. The Pro models come with an even-more-powerful A19 Pro chip assisted by a new vapor-chamber thermal management system. The Pro models come with the largest battery ever in an iPhone, which is even slightly larger in regional versions without a physical SIM card slot. The Pro models also gain ProRes RAW video capture and Genlock (with optional hardware accessory.) The Pro models have an all-new look with an aluminum (instead of titanium) unibody design and larger "plateau" camera hump. All models now come with a minimum 256 GB of storage. In the standard iPhone 17, this means double the memory for the same $799 starting price. However the iPhone 17 Pro sees the starting price hike from $999 to $1099. The iPhone 17 Pro Max (with its larger 6.9-inch display) starts as $1199, just like last year's model.
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What's the AMD Alternative to an RTX 5070? - [hardware]
02:11 PM EDT - Sep,11 2025 - post a comment n this Q&A episode, Paul discusses the current AMD alternatives to Nvidia's RTX 5070, emphasizing performance comparisons and market availability issues. He provides insights into AMD's latest graphics cards, their pricing relative to Nvidia, and the challenges consumers face when looking for AMD GPUs. The episode also touches on motherboard designs with reverse connectors and offers general advice for PC builders considering upgrades.
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Apple got my wife, they might get me next... - [mobile]
11:04 AM EDT - Sep,10 2025 - post a comment With Google putting their foot in their mouth and Apple finally giving us features the PC crowd has wanted for years, it's getting harder and harder to hate on Apple. Assuming everything works as intended and the iPhone Air doesn't overheat...
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Which Phone Has The Fastest Wi-Fi 7? - [mobile]
01:58 PM EDT - Sep,09 2025 - post a comment Who has the fastest Wi-Fi 7 speeds? We're putting the latest flagship phones head-to-head in the ultimate speed test!
This video pits the iPhone 16 Pro Max, Pixel 10 Pro XL, Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, and OnePlus 13 against each other in two key tests.
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Ferrari F430 *MANUAL* with TUBI EXHAUST SCREAMING on the AUTOBAHN! - [off-topic]
04:56 PM EDT - Sep,08 2025 - post a comment Experience the raw thrill of a Ferrari F430 with a gated manual gearbox and Tubi Style exhaust unleashed on the German Autobahn. Few things compare to the sound of a naturally aspirated Ferrari V8 screaming through the gears at full throttle. This video captures the pure essence of old-school driving: manual shifting, high revs, and the open road.
Whether you're a Ferrari enthusiast, a fan of classic supercars, or just love the symphony of an Italian V8, this is the ultimate driving experience. Watch the Ferrari F430 accelerate on the Autobahn, showcasing why the six-speed gated manual and Tubi exhaust combo is considered one of the most iconic in Ferrari history.
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AMD Adrenalin 25.9.1 Driver - [gaming]
04:45 PM EDT - Sep,08 2025 - post a comment AMD has just released a new driver for its graphics cards. According to the red team, the AMD Adrenalin 25.9.1 driver offers optimal performance in Borderlands 4 and Hell is Us. So, if you are planning to play these two games, you should upgrade your driver.
AMD Adrenalin Edition 25.9.1 Driver Release Notes
Highlights
New Game Support
Borderlands 4
Hell
Is Us
New Game Support for AMD
FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 (FSR 4)
FSR
4 can be enabled for most games that support FSR 3.1 with DirectX 12.
Fixed Issues and Improvements
Corruption may appear while playing Mafia: The Old Country on Radeon RX
6600 series graphics products.
Intermittent application crash or driver timeout may be observed while
playing WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers with FSR 4 enabled on Radeon RX 9000
series graphics products.
Playstation VR controllers are not detected while playing SteamVR.
Intermittent application crash or driver timeout may be observed while
playing Monster Hunter Wilds with Ray Tracing enabled and recording
with AMD Software on Radeon RX 7600, 7700, and 7800 series graphics
products.
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Google Brings AI Text Tools to its Keyboard - [briefly]
03:03 AM EDT - Sep,08 2025 - post a comment Google has announced an update to Gboard - its default keyboard software for Android - that introduces system-wide AI writing tools. This includes spelling and grammar fixes, proofreading, and rewriting in a different "tone", such as "formal, expressive or concise". This AI runs on-device (not in the cloud), ensuring privacy.
Google has also announced an update to its "Circle to Search" feature on Android that enables continuous language translation of everything on the screen, even as you scroll and change apps. To access the feature, long-press the home button or navigation bar to start Circle to Search, tap the Translate icon, and tap "scroll and translate". The feature will come first to select Samsung Galaxy devices starting this week. |
You can't download and install Windows 11 25H2 yet as Microsoft delays ISO release date - [briefly]
08:11 AM EDT - Sep,06 2025 - post a comment Last week, Microsoft began rolling out Windows 11 25H2 to the Release Preview channel for Insiders. The move was sort of on the cards as the company seems to be releasing new Windows versions right around this September-October timeframe every year, and thus, it should become available as an optional update at the end of this month for non-Insiders, followed by general availability next month.
Alongside that, the company had promised that ISOs would also become available this week for users to try and test it out. Sadly for those who were eager to try the ISOs out, the company has confirmed that it is not happening, yet. The company has updated the changelog for the announcement and it now states:
Aside from that, Microsoft also confirmed that Windows 11 25H2 will not be a full OS swap, unlike 24H2. Instead, the move from version 24H2 to 25H2 will be more like what happened on 23H2 when users upgraded from Windows 11 22H2. Version 25H2 will be delivered as an enablement package (eKB).
According to Microsoft, 25H2 and 24H2 "share the same core operating system and identical system files." So the latest monthly quality update for 24H2 will have 25H2's new features, but they will simply remain dormant until activated, which can be done via the eKB, a small, quick-to-install update that acts as a "master switch". Once applied, it upgrades 24H2 to 25H2 with a single restart thus reducing system downtime. |
Huawei unveils world-leading AI supercharged hard drive to power data-hungry models in China - [hardware]
06:04 AM EDT - Sep,02 2025 - post a comment Huawei on Wednesday has launched a self-developed AI solid-state drive (SSD) in Shanghai to handle the massive growth of artificial intelligence data in China, where daily token usage has jumped to 30 trillion a day, more than 300 times higher than 18 months ago. Together with Huawei's new UCM software, which boosted AI speed by 22 times by linking small fast GPU memory with big slow SSDs, it now adds the hardware power to handle massive data like a 671B-parameter model needing 13.4TB memory. The company has also teamed up with 11 partners to form an AI SSD Innovation Alliance to push research, new applications and industry standards.
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AM4 Lives: AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D CPU Review & Benchmarks - [hardware]
05:31 PM EDT - Sep,01 2025 - post a comment
AMD is still launching AM4 CPUs, which is awesome since the socket is now nearly 10 years old. The AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D CPU is for the Latin America market and builds upon the AM4 X3D CPU lineage with a lower frequency 6-core, 12-thread part that has the same vertically stacked cache as the 5600X3D, 5700X3D, and 5800X3D style of CPUs, just on a lower-end part. The 5500X3D likely takes fallout from the manufacturing process and then respins it as a new model, allowing AMD to salvage silicon while theoretically dropping the price in specific markets. AMD has previously done this with the 5600X3D, which was a Micro Center exclusive in the US due to low intended volume.
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I was wrong, iPhone IS better than Android...- 30 Day iPhone Challenge PT2 - [mobile]
05:21 PM EDT - Aug,29 2025 - post a comment What happens when longtime Android users are given iPhones, Apple Watches, and accessories for a full month? It's time for the conclusion to the iPhone vs Android Series. Yvonne, Justin, and Natalie all switched over to iPhone for a month to see if the Apple ecosystem IS just that much better. Or will they be begging for their Androids back?
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NVIDIA GeForce 581.15 WHQL drivers - [gaming]
09:38 AM EDT - Aug,29 2025 - post a comment Today NVIDIA released the latest version of its GeForce graphics drivers. Version 581.15 WHQL adds DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation support for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: The Order of Giant and Wuthering Waves. It also fixes startup crashes in Marvel's Avengers - The Definitive Edition and resolves random screen flickering on certain monitors when hot-plugged via HDMI.
Game Ready
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: The Order of Giant
- Wuthering Waves
Added DLSS Overrides
- Casa Caballero
- Chained Backrooms
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Dead Take
- EVE Online
- Flipscapes
- Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced
- Lost Soul Aside
- Luto
- Return to Campus
- Simulakros
- Supraworld
- Titan Quest II
Fixed Gaming Bugs
- Marvel's Avengers - The Definitive Edition: Game crashes to
desktop on startup [5350712]
Fixed General Bugs
- Certain monitors may display a random flicker when hot plugged
over HDMI [5280259]
Known Issues
- Counter-Strike 2: Text may appear slightly distorted when in-game
resolution is lower than the native resolution of the display [5278913]
- Adobe Premiere Pro: Some system configurations can freeze during
export using hardware encoding [5431822]
- Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth: Light flickering after driver
update on some system configurations [5432356]
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The Woman in Cabin 10 - Official Trailer - [briefly]
11:42 AM EDT - Aug,28 2025 - post a comment Based on the bestselling novel The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware. While on board a luxury yacht for a travel assignment, a journalist (Keira Knightley) witnesses a passenger thrown overboard late at night, only to be told that it didn't happen, as all passengers and crew are accounted for. Despite no one believing her, she continues to look for answers, putting her own life in danger.
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YANGWANG U9 Breaks Global EV Top Speed Record - [briefly]
09:24 AM EDT - Aug,28 2025 - post a comment 472.41 km/h! At ATP Automotive Testing Papenburg, YANGWANG U9 Track Edition test vehicle breaks the world EV top speed record, rewriting the rulebook with a history-making run that pushes EV performance into a whole new dimension. This isn't just speed, it's the future on fast-forward.
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AMD B850 Motherboard Roundup: Sub $200 Models - [hardware]
02:39 AM EDT - Aug,26 2025 - post a comment The video presents a comprehensive review of 23 AMD B850 motherboards priced under $200. It breaks down each model's features, performance metrics, and value propositions while highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of various brands including ASRock, MSI, ASUS, and Gigabyte.
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Gamers Nexus: Our Channel Could Be Deleted - [crime-law]
06:10 PM EDT - Aug,25 2025 - post a comment Bloomberg LP filed a copyright strike against GamersNexus on YouTube, targeting our NVIDIA AI GPU Black Market movie that we uploaded last week. The illegitimate and invalid copyright strike abuses the YouTube copyright strike system via a DMCA takedown notice. GamersNexus has filed a counterclaim, sent a demand letter to Bloomberg, and has dug into some possible motives for the illegitimate claim. These include deeper financial ties with NVIDIA, ties to China and Singapore, a failed competing video by Bloomberg, and more.
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NVIDIA GeForce 581.08 WHQL Driver - [gaming]
04:06 AM EDT - Aug,23 2025 - post a comment NVIDIA has released the latest version of its GeForce drivers, the GeForce 581.08 WHQL Game Ready. The latest version comes with Game Ready optimizations by adding support for Global DLSS Overrides and NVIDIA Smooth Motion support for GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs, which was announced during the NVIDIA Gamescom showcase. The new driver also fixes several bugs. For example, it stops Cyberpunk 2077 from crashing when you use Photo Mode with Path Tracing. It also fixes the slowdown caused by the last driver (580.88) in Marvel Rivals. In Forza Motorsport, the game will no longer crash when using Smooth Motion with the NVIDIA App overlay. On top of that, Gray Zone Warfare and ARK: Survival Ascended should now run more smoothly and crash less often.
And that's not all. The NVIDIA GeForce 581.08 WHQL driver also fixes some other problems. It stops a possible memory leak when using NVENC hardware encoding. It also fixes an issue where the monitor flickered after turning it off and back on when the NVIDIA App was installed. On top of that, it fixes several problems with the NVIDIA App game filters.
If you're playing Mafia: The Old Country, you should avoid installing this new driver. Just like the older 580.97 driver, it causes serious visual problems, like screen artifacts and crashes. Right now, the only driver that works well with the game is 580.88. I've already reported this to NVIDIA, and they are currently working on a fix. |
Windows 11 24H2 Security Update Causes SSD/HDD Failures and Potential Data Corruption - [security]
02:45 AM EDT - Aug,18 2025 - post a comment A significant security update rolled out by Microsoft with the Windows 11 24H2 (KB5063878) release is causing widespread issues for users, with reports surfacing that the update can render SSDs and HDDs inaccessible and may potentially corrupt user data. The issue began when users started experiencing installation failures with error code 0x80240069 on the KB5063878 update, but Microsoftfs subsequent hotfix seemed to alleviate those issues. Unfortunately, that did not mark the end of the saga.
As of this writing, Microsoft has not issued an official fix for the storage drive disappearance issue. Users are advised to avoid installing the KB5063878 update if possible, especially if relying on large file transfers or critical SSD/HDD storage. For those affected, unplugging the impacted drive and reconnecting it may temporarily restore visibility, but this is not an assured solution and may not prevent future data loss or corruption. Routine data backups and delaying installation of the problematic update are strongly recommended.
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