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Epic Games has kicked off August with another free game giveaway. Having offered F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch and in-games for Olympic Go! Paris 2024 last week, the storefront has now moved onto an indie puzzle game that has received 'Very Positive' status from Steam customer reviews.

Qualcomm wants to revolutionize the laptop market with the Snapdragon X Elite. Our reviews of the Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 shows us that Qualcomm puts too much emphasis on performance in tryping to do so.

CheckMag Lost in the Snapdragon X Elite hype is the prospect of lower-end Qualcomm laptop chips taking the market by storm as these hold so much more promise for a true revolution than their costlier counterparts do.

CheckMag Windows 11 is packed full of garbage which is one of the reasons people are determined to stick with Windows 10 or look for alternatives. Tiny11 is impressive, especially now it works on all Windows 11 variants. However there is an easier way that utilises Microsoft's own tools to create a bloat free Windows 11 installer in seconds.

A handful of DIY-friendly Epomaker mechanical keyboards are on sale on Amazon, with up to 50% off. The sale brings some impressively quality keyboards down to very reasonable prices, like the Epomaker x Aula F87 Pro wireless TKL keyboard that is now as low as $39.99. Epomaker's keyboards often feature gasket mounting, foam noise isolation, and hot-swappable key switches, for endless customisation.

Microsoft's latest Windows 11 Insider update has added the ability to manage files on your Android phone through File Explorer. This will eliminate the need to connect your smartphone to your PC through a USB cable for storage management.

Wooting argues that its SOCD (Simultaneous Opposing Cardinal Directions) feature only levels the playing field after Razer popularised its Snap Tap implementation. A large swathe of the gaming community and some developers, however, considers the feature a game-breaking cheat that should be banned from competitive play.

Epic Games has switched up its weekly game giveaway. While it has been allowing account holders to pick up Arcade Paradise and Maid of Sker, it has now moved onto F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch and expensive in-games for Olympic Go! Paris 2024.

NTDev, the developer behind Tiny11, has managed to get Windows 11 running on an iPhone 15 Pro. The dev showed the operating system adapting well to the phone's smaller screen, but NTDev notes that it took around 20 minutes for the OS to boot, and it runs slow.

The funky 8BitDo Ultimate C Bluetooth game controller is discounted to under $25 on Amazon, offering a shockingly complete feature set for a very affordable price, thanks to a coupon. The affordable controller offers 6-axis motion control and claims up to 16 hours of playtime on one charge.

JSAUX has announced a Lite version of its innovative, foldable portable monitor. It is now the most affordable variant of its line-up, and is also the first version of the FlipGo in which its dual screens are 15.6 inches in diagonal length. Then again, there are some compromises relative to its higher-end Pro siblings.

Bungie's habit of doing episodic content releases persists and as a result, fans of the game have just been given access to a new story and additional activities to explore.

Digital Extremes revealed a content roadmap for Warframe, a free-to-play action RPG. A new story quest, "The Lotus Eaters," arrives in August, setting the stage for the "Warframe: 1999" time travel expansion this winter. Before then, a fall update will bring general upgrades, including a new arsenal management system and robotic companions. Players can expect new enemies, weapons, and lore in the 1999 expansion.

Magazine CrowdStrike’s recent failure has been reported as the “Largest IT outage in history,” which leaves many to wonder why so many critical points of the global infrastructure rely on their platform. CrowdStrike’s cyber security services are responsible for 298 of the Fortune 500 companies, 538 of the Fortune 1000 companies, and 8 out of 10 of the top financial firms. 

Epic Games has now confirmed which game in its vast library is next in line for its free game giveaway treatment. Incidentally, a reliable leaker beat to the storefront to revealing which Metroidvania-inspired game will be discounted to $0.00 from its $29.99 retail price.

Epic Games' latest game giveaway is now live. While recent giveaways have focused on providing one free game, this week's giveaway extends to two titles with a $44.98 face value.

A major tech outage is causing havoc globally as of July 19th. Airlines have grounded flights due to communication problems, while hospitals, banks, and media outlets are also experiencing disruptions. Early reports suggested a potential link to a software issue with CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor, a cybersecurity program that is causing Windows systems to display the "blue screen of death". The company CEO has since posted a tweet about identifying, isolating and working on the issue as they urge organizations to communicate with CrowdStrike via official channels.

CheckMag While buying the latest tech is tempting, older desktop and laptop computers are often more than enough to meet the demands of modern computing work. An older machine may require some time and tinkering to get up to par, but the payoff can definitely be worth the work and the results can be rather surprising.

Unleashed earlier today, Nvidia's video driver package with version number 560.70 comes with day-one optimizations for the following DLSS 3 games: Stormgate, Dungeonborne, and Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn. This new piece of code also includes support for no less than 14 G-Sync Compatible displays.

Microsoft is ending support for the old Mail and Calendar apps in favor of the new Outlook app before 2024 comes to a close. The updated version of the new Outlook app notifies users that the toggle to shift to old version of the app will be much harder to find as the toggle is moving away from the homepage to inside Settings.

The Steam Fighting Games Fest has officially started, offering as much as 90% off stalwarts like Soul Calibur VI, Mortal Kombat 1, Injustice 2, and Guilty Gear Strive, along with excellent discounts on a few underrated indie fighting games.

You can now play one of 2024's most hated games without having to pay for it — all thanks to Amazon Prime Gaming's free game giveaway. Rise of the Tomb Raider and Chivalry 2 are also free for Prime Video subscribers. The games will only be available for 48 hours on Prime Day.

Epic Games has updated its free game of the week giveaway with Floppy Knights. Available to download for free until next Thursday, the game should be playable on pretty much any Mac or Windows machine released in the last decade.

Acer’s portable Swift Go 14 with an Intel Core Ultra 7 155H processor has now recorded a considerable price reduction on eBay and the laptop can now be had at a discount of $454. The discounted price is for a certified-refurbished model that Acer offers with two years of Allstate warranty.

Canva CEO, Melanie Perkins, recently reaffirmed in an interview that AI is key to Canva's mission of providing affordable, easy-to-use design software that rivals Adobe's creative software empire. Canva's recent acquisition of Affinity means this AI-happy ethos is likely to permeate into the Adobe rival, too.

The Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge with the latest Snapdragon X Elite SoC has recorded a massive price cut and the laptop can now be had for a sizeable 26% discount. The discounted price makes the Galaxy Book4 Edge quite a compelling option as the laptop brings a high-resolution AMOLED screen.

Blackview recently launched the AceBook 8 which is a budget 15.6-inch laptop with a few standout features. The AceBook's RRP is $319.99; perhaps rather unsurprisingly, several corners had to be cut to achieve that price point.

Honor's next product releases are almost here, including Magic Vs3 and Magic V3 foldables. Additionally, the company has the MagicPad 2 and MagicBook Art 14 in the starting blocks, which it is comparing against other popular devices like the Apple MacBook Pro 14.

A very popular system tweaker back in the Windows XP days, XP-AntiSpy was around for a decade and can still be used on Windows 2000, XP, Vista, and 7. While its last beta release surfaced in 2015 and can be considered a dead project, this piece of code is now back for Windows 11 users as XD-AntiSpy.

OLED, WWAN, a user-replaceable keyboard: All these features are not present for the Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 5 Intel - the older ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 Intel still offers them.

GOG is giving away another game this week. Available to download until July 6, The First Templar - Special Edition is an action-adventure title that blends 'RPG-inspired' character development with unique abilities and skill trees.