Battlefield 6 has had an explosive launch, marking a return to critical acclaim and record-breaking player counts. Everyone wants to get in on the military shooter action, and it seems even your job can’t stand in the way of that mission. German reviewer AllAroundPC just showed us the best way to make use of the little downtime between tasks — by playing Battlefield 6 on the tiny circular screen of a CPU liquid cooler (video embedded below). That’s right, the

The first public release of DOSBox Pure Unleashed, a new version of the DOS emulator by Psyraven, was made available on Saturday evening. This is a fork of DOSBox Pure by the same coder, which runs as a RetroArch core. As well as being a standalone app for Windows, Mac, and Linux computers, the new DOSBox Pure Unleashed comes with its own convenient UI, and the developer calls out some interesting enhancements, like experimental support for Windows 9X.

Other features of DOSBox

Windows Recovery Environment (RE), as the name suggests, is a built-in set of tools inside Windows that allow you to troubleshoot your computer, including booting into the BIOS, or starting the computer in safe mode. It's a crucial piece of software that has now, unfortunately, been rendered useless (for many) as part of the latest Windows update. A new bug discovered in Windows 11's October build, KB506

Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar said that the U.S. should end its dependence on China, and that the first thing it should do is to recognize its dependence is a problem. According to his opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal , the U.S. and China are already engaged in an economic war with each other, and other people should wake up to this reality. However, Sankar says that many business leaders still refuse to see this, and still wholeheartedly

Intel’s 80386 turned 40 this week. Introduced in October 1985, the third-generation x86 processor — better known as the i386 — was the first 32-bit chip in Intel’s PC line, the origin point for the IA-32 instruction set, and the architectural turning point that transformed personal computing.

The i386 shipped with 275,

PC accessory maker Hyper has come up with what seems to be a promising alternative to Apple’s Magic Trackpad, but for Windows. The HyperSpace TrackPad Pro is a premium trackpad offering Bluetooth 5.2 connectivity along with haptic feedback, palm rejection, and pressure sensitivity. First spotted by Liliputing , it is claimed to be the “industry’s most advanced trackpad,” offering full support for Windows multi-touch gestures, and is compatibility with macOS for basic navigation and clicking functionality.

The final report from the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) regarding the implosion of the OceanGate Titan submersible in 2023 has now been published (h/t Scott Manley on YouTube). Earlier this week, we were surprised to see the tragic Titan submersible’s $62 SanDisk memory card found undamaged at the wreckage site. However, Docket #60 (PDF) of the final report shows that the computer equipment was far more severely damaged in the implosion

Microsoft introduced BitLocker storage encryption to Windows Vista in 2007. It was initially limited to only the Enterprise and Ultimate editions at the time, but since then, BitLocker has become an integral part of the operating system. Starting with Windows 11 , BitLocker is turned on by default when you sign in with a Microsoft account in the OOBE . In theory, this is a novel practice — encrypting your storage without manual interception, but it can easily lead to unwanted problems.

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