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Qualcomm has officially cancelled the only currently Snapdragon Elite desktop implementation available along with any software support for the $899 mini PC. It will refund all existing pre-orders for the ARM-powered desktop, but existing owners are left in the dark. An email to buyers of the Snapdragon X Elite dev kit confirmed that the mini PC did not meet Qualcomm's expectations, and no further software support will be issued for the few buyers that have received their orders.

Epic Games has announced plans to give away a game from the team behind the Worms series. Worth $24.99, the game will be available to download for free and keep forever, but only for a short time.

Although it has been present in Firefox for ages, the "List all Tabs" button recently got a bigger icon, so it became more visible. However, Firefox 131 came with a minor change, now labeled by Mozilla as a bug, which consisted of the users' inability to remove the button. Now, that option is back.

When we tested the Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6, the lightweight productivity laptop achieved an outstanding battery life. Now, Lenovo has expanded the options for this Qualcomm Snapdragon X laptop, adding a high quality OLED display, 5G mobile connectivity and a more affordable Snapdragon X Plus 8 Core CPU into the mix.

Epic Games Store is updating its game giveaway program with two more titles. Worth roughly $30 when purchased together, Epic's latest deal will go live later today and run throughout next week.

Windows 11 24H2 update introduces new features and system improvements, but it also comes with some issues. One of the reported problems is that the clipboard history is appearing blank, preventing users from accessing previously copied items.

This month, Blizzard is back with a series of hotfixes for issues that were plaguing The War Within, Cataclysm Classic, Season of Discovery, WoW Classic Era, and Hardcore. In addition to the multiple adjustments across all classes, there are also fixes in several dungeons, raids, and quests.

Released yesterday, the third point update for Firefox 131 follows last week's critical security update, which addressed a critical flaw. Now, Firefox 131.0.3 comes to fix no less than five problems, including a crash that occurred when AVG and Avast Windows users visited certain websites.

Windows 11's latest update (24H2) is causing serious issues for users with certain Western Digital NVMe SSDs, resulting in frequent blue screen crashes. The problem stems from changes in memory allocation for I/O caching. A workaround exists, but it may impact performance.

Microsoft continues to improve Windows 11 by rolling out fresh new features. A notable recent addition that is currently being tested is the "Copy as Table" feature in the Snipping Tool which enhances its existing optical character recognition (OCR) capabilities.

It looks like the popularity of the Lenovo Legion Go, Asus ROG Ally, and their stablemates has finally forces Microsoft to realise that gaming handhelds are here to stay. In the latest Windows Insider Preview, Microsoft has added a new on-screen game keyboard that uses an optimised layout and a mixture of touch and controller input to increase typing speed.

The excruciatingly long road to the release of GIMP 3.0, along with its revolutionary new non-destructive editing features, is finally drawing to a close. The GIMP development team has announced that it only has eight bugs reports left to resolve before the first release candidate goes live.

It looks like Microsoft's Recall push is back in full swing with Windows 24H2. A recent technical analysis revealed that disabling Recall also disables the modern File Explorer interface. Currently, it is unclear whether this is a bug or intended behaviour, but it's indicative of Microsoft's AI-encrusted future.

The Epic Games Store has freshened up its game giveaway service with another two titles. Worth almost $30 combined, the new deal will go live later today and run until next Thursday.

In a recent performance review comparing Intel's Lunar Lake Core Ultra 200 series laptop processors on Linux and Windows 11, performance on Linux was consistently better across almost all benchmarks. Linux was on average 14% faster, and Blender 3D rendering and heavily multi-threaded workloads saw the biggest performance gap.

The 24H2 update for Windows 11 is now being rolled out, and some users are encountering a frustrating bug causing the cursor to disappear in certain scenarios. Thankfully, an easy way of dealing with the issue has already been discovered.

Succeeding the now ancient Microsoft Write, which was released in 1985, WordPad arrived with Windows 95 almost three decades ago. Sadly, Windows 11 24H2 will remove this app once it gets installed, and no successor is planned. In the future, Microsoft suggests users to replace WordPad with Notepad or Word, but those who want can keep using it.

Known as either Windows 11 24H2 or Windows 11 2024, the latest feature update to Microsoft's popular operating system is already rolling out to compatible devices. However, there are two areas of focus, namely for AI and non-AI devices. The list of common changes includes improved energy saving, Wi-Fi 7 and HDR background support, and more.

The latest free game giveaway from the Epic Games Store has now arrived. The deal, which will run until next week, is another game from the same publishers behind Epic Games' most recent free game offer.

Microsoft Office 2024 is the latest version of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc., that does not require a subscription and is available for both Windows and macOS. Microsoft has given the Office apps a fresh design and a range of new features.

Unleashed yesterday alongside a refreshed Nvidia app that sports RTX HDR multi-monitor support, the 565.90 GeForce Game Ready Driver software package focuses on three games, namely MechWarrior 5: Clans, Throne and Liberty, and Starship Troopers: Extermination. The update also sports optimal settings for three titles and several fixes.

Scheduled to launch tomorrow, the "Red October" update will push the version number of World of Warships to 13.9. Its highlights include Mode Shuffle's return, an Event Pass dedicated to the German Navy, Soviet-themed rewards (hence the update's name), new missions, as well as multiple tweaks and fixes.

The Epic Games Store has announced its plans for its next free game. Available for a short time late next week, the game comes from the same developer behind this week's free game giveaway.

Certified as compliant with the IP66 and MIL-STD-810H standards, the 11.6-inch Darveen RTC-I116 rugged tablet has a dual hot-swappable battery design, a rich set of connectivity options, and employs 12th-generation Intel Core i5 and i7 processors. On request, it can ship with either Windows 10/11 or Linux.

Epic Games has updated its weekly free game giveaway with a popular indie title. Aimed at gamers of all ages, The Spirit and the Mouse allows you to take control of a tiny mouse that is tasked with solving puzzles to restore electricity to a fictional French village.

Ghostrunner 2 launched in 2023 as a follow-up to the massively successful Ghostrunner, adding vehicles, new combat mechanics, and new game modes to the fast-paced first-person perspective slasher. Humble Bundle has discounted Ghostrunner 2 Deluxe Edition to just $14.99 for a limited time.

Although the source code became public yesterday, it's far from having been released as open source. However, while the Winamp Collaborative License (WCL) Version 1.0 forbids distribution of modified versions, a few forks are already online. Since WCL contradicts GitHub's ToS, the future looks interesting for Winamp and its forbidden versions.

Announced back in April, Wētā Workshop's Tales of the Shire was supposed to be released by the end of the year. Sadly, a delay to the first months of 2025 was announced earlier this month, without a specific release date. Now, that information is official as well, so the game should launch on March 25th if everything goes smoothly. 

A popular indie game is set to be offered for free on The Epic Games Store. Typically available for $19.99, it still receives a very positive rating on Steam two years after its release.

Zorin OS and Zorin OS Pro have both been updated to version 17.2, which brings with it the latest Linux Kernel. Touted as one of the easiest Linux distros to theme, the update brings even more customization options as well as improved performance and security.

This week, Blizzard fixed multiple issues across more World of Warcraft flavors, including The War Within, Cataclysm Classic, Season of Discovery, Classic Hardcore, and Classic Era. While some are already in effect and others require realm restarts, many others need a client-side patch to be applied first.

Upcoming first-person shooter Trust allows the user to play as a vampire who's back after a century-long sleep to battle humans using vampiric powers or human weapons and technology. This title with a 90s-styled setting and comic book visuals will launch via Steam in the near future, although there is no date set yet.

A whole nine years after launch, Rockstar Games seems to want to crack down on cheaters in GTA V, announcing that it has implemented BattleEye kernel anti-cheat for online play. GTA Online is no longer compatible with Linux or the Steam Deck, locking Linux gamers to single-player mode exclusively. This is despite multiple BattleEye games verified to run on Steam Deck via Proton.

Yesterday's stable Google Chrome release brings the version number of this popular web browser to 129 and, in addition to addressing several security problems, this update also comes with a new AI feature. Tab Compare can generate an overview of the products open in multiple tabs. Now, iOS users can also sync saved tab groups.

Microsoft has officially announced its intent to move security measures out of the kernel, following the Crowdstrike disaster a few short months ago. The removal of kernel access for security solutions would likely revolutionise running Windows games on the Steam Deck and other Linux systems.