Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin feels Microsoft Windows boot process is dystopian, here is why

Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ethereum, criticized Microsoft’s Windows installation process for requiring an internet ...
IGN

System Shock Review

Trapped in a hell he helped make, a lone hacker aboard a space station far from home sneaks and fights his way through horrible mutants and killer robots in order to take down the monstrous artificial ...
PC World

9 tips that turbocharge your Windows PC startup time

A freshly installed system starts up quickly and responds swiftly. A few updates and new software installations later, however, Windows seems to become slower and slower. There are several ways to ...
RealClearPolitics

Wikipedia Co-Founder Larry Sanger: Want To Fix Wikipedia? Start Editing, Or Join My New Project

Larry Sanger, the co-founder and original editor of Wikipedia, told the RCP Podcast on Thursday about his nine suggestions for how the site can get back to neutrality and his latest project to create ...
PC Gamer

'Systems that have a secure boot process, in reality, do not': Major backdoors have been discovered in Framework Linux machines and it might just be the tip of the iceberg

SSDs This neat Windows registry trick boosts NVMe SSD performance up to 80% but it's only officially available for enterprise users Linux 2025 might have been the year for Linux gaming, but there's ...
Powder

New Ski Boot and Binding System Aims to Relieve Foot Pain—Does It Work?

View post: James Bond Stuntman Recalls Skiing Down Italian Bobsled Track in 'For Your Eyes Only' Does anyone remember the ‘what are those?!?!?!‘ memes? This feels like an appropriate time for it. No, ...
TWCN Tech News

Windows 11 Stuck on Gigabyte logo when booting

When your Windows 11 system gets stuck on the Gigabyte logo during boot, it typically indicates a failure in the boot process before the operating system can fully load. This can result from hardware ...
The New York Times

Booting the ball out from kick-off is a worrying trend – this rule change would curb it

In 1991, England travelled to Poland for their final qualification match for Euro 92. It was a crucial contest: the winners would qualify for the tournament, with a draw favouring England. Considering ...
PC Gamer

Battlefield 6 requires Secure Boot to run and it's coming to more games soon, including Call of Duty Black Ops 7: here's what it is, why Linux gamers are mad about it, and how ...

If you've been trying to access the Battlefield 6 open beta and can't make it past an error screen, it's probably down to Secure Boot. A security feature on Window ...
IGN

Behind enemy lines.

If you’re trying to play the Battlefield 6 Open Beta on PC, you might have run into a problem: ‘Secure Boot is not enabled.’ You are not alone. PC gamers hoping ...
TechSpot

Two exploits are threatening Secure Boot, but Microsoft is only patching one of them

Facepalm: Microsoft and the PC industry developed the Secure Boot protocol to prevent modern UEFI-based computers from being hacked or compromised during the boot process. However, just a few years ...