Why it matters: For years, users have been forced to rely on OEM-supplied Intel graphics drivers to make sure their hardware works as intended. In case of updates, however, it's either a long wait until the PC/laptop manufacturer approves the new version or -- as is more common -- decides not to bother and drops supporting older machines altogether. It is a tough line to walk between the two, which Intel is now eliminating with its new 'Unlocked Driver' meant for users on

Why it matters: It's no secret that since the launch of its Ryzen processors, AMD has been clawing CPU market share away from leader Intel. In its latest financial report, CEO Dr. Lisa Su revealed this has been happening for ten quarters in a row, or 30 months, and the company now has “more than 50 percent of premium processor sales at many top global etailers.”

Last year brought several indicators that AMD was taking the fight to Intel in the desktop CPU space, having

Why it matters: Despite the security challenges it faces, the benefits of using two-factor authentication (2FA) have long been acknowledged by businesses and consumers alike, as adding another verification layer on top of a username and password makes an account much more difficult to breach. Epic is now encouraging players to make use of this feature for protecting their accounts and will occasionally require enabling it when redeeming free games on the Epic Games store.

It might be a slight inconvenience to set up at first, but using 2

A hot potato: Time might feel like it’s passing slowly these days, but we really are moving ever closer to the holiday season and the launch of the next-gen consoles. Ramping up the hype train, Xbox boss Phil Spencer has claimed that the Xbox Series X will bring about the biggest change in gaming since the move from 2D to 3D.

Microsoft has given away plenty of details about the Xbox Series X’s capabilities, including its hardware-accelerated Ray Tracing. Answering a question about

What just happened? The Galaxy S20 Ultra might be the pinnacle of smartphone technology, but it isn’t without its faults. According to user reports, there could be a design flaw in the device that causes the camera bump to shatter randomly.

SamMobile writes that dozens of owners have been complaining about the problem on Samsung’s official forums. They all insist that the phone hadn’t been dropped and that the glass on the camera broke on its own.

Some users say the issue began with a

In context: The world's biggest PC company in terms of shipments has decided to offer a few select models with Linux pre-installed. In doing so, it joins the existing club that includes Dell and other smaller players like Purism, ZaReason, and System76.

If Linux has a special place in your heart, you will want to know Lenovo is partnering with the Fedora Project to give you your dream machine in the form of ThinkPad laptops that make it easy even for a newcomer to get started with

In context: Video conferencing app maker Zoom has experienced exponential growth in the last few months. In December, the company had 10 million daily active users. By February, the count had ballooned to 200 million. As of March, Zoom has eclipsed all competition with over 300 million daily active users.

Zoom experienced a surge of scale for which it was not prepared, as evidenced by security issues that came with the enormous customer base. This growth also put tremendous pressure on its cloud infrastructure.

In context: While it always sounds nice to talk about complete solutions that a single company can offer, in today’s reality of multi-vendor IT environments, it’s often better if everyone can play together. The Google Cloud strategy team seems to be particularly conscious of this principle lately and are working to extend the reach of Google Cloud Platform and their Anthos platform into more places.

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