Meet Windows 11 26H1: Microsoft’s Most Selective Update Yet

Microsoft breaks its Windows update cycle with 26H1, a targeted release built for Snapdragon X2 devices and next-gen ...

Crimson Desert Day One Update Goes Live in Full on PC, in Part on Console — Check Out the Patch Notes

Crimson Desert has launched across all platforms, and with it comes a day one update that makes some significant improvements to the game, some balance changes, and various fixes. Pearl Abyss ...

Optiscaler updated to support FSR 4 on older AMD RX 6000 GPUs without the need for driver mods

The situation prior to this latest update was that RDNA 2 GPUs, like the AMD Radeon RX 6800, could run a version of FSR 4 via Optiscaler, but that doing so required the use of mod ...
InfoQ

Java 26 Delivers Language Innovation, Library Improvements, Performance and Security

Oracle has released version 26 of the Java programming language and virtual machine. As the first non-LTS release since JDK ...

Microsoft 365 network connectivity test tool fails

If Microsoft 365 network connectivity test tool fails, whitelist required URLs and IP ranges on Firewall/Proxy, bypass the ...
PCQuest

Minecraft 26.1 Pre-Release 1 Is Low-Key a Big Deal for Java Players

Minecraft 26.1 Pre-Release 1 brings /time rate, creator tools, rendering tweaks, and bug fixes that point to a smoother Tiny Takeover launch.
TechSpot

Minecraft Java Edition is finally moving from OpenGL to multi-threaded Vulkan

Looking ahead: The first official visual upgrade in Minecraft's 16-year history was released last June for Bedrock Edition players. However, the original Java version has a long road ahead of it ...
Wired

You Can Now Install—and Update—Microsoft Store Apps Using the Command Line

I can't stand opening the Microsoft Store. It's slow to load, confusing to browse, and full of ads for things I don't care about. Luckily, thanks to a new feature, I don't have to open the Microsoft ...