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Intel has provided anew Bluetooth driver updatewith several quality-of-life improvements for its wireless cards. Most notably, connectivity improvements have been made where a secondaryPlayStation 5DualSensegaming controller is connected to a single PC — a configuration gamers often use to play co-op games from a PS5 and a gaming PC. Intel has also added Bluetooth QoL improvements after a system comes out of hibernation or sleep mode. This new update should be very welcome for the many PC gamers who use a dual-sense controller....

Following the February unveiling of a90% recyclable Green PC conceptby Intel and partners in Beijing, major manufacturers have banded together in China to release a set of Green PC grading and implementation standards. Five evaluation units are included in the standard, with 15 first-level and 27 second-level indicators per standard unit. The five evaluation units required for receiving a Green PC grade are apparently “Design Definition,” “Production Delivery,” “Use & Maintenance,” “Recyclability,” and an unnamed bonus item....

Intel recently revealed theB580 and B570GPUs, which rival the best graphics cards. Chinese publicationMyDrivershas extensively pictured the upcoming Arc Battlemage B580, showing pretty much every inch of the graphics card. The word on the street says reviewers aren’t supposed to show internals until the full review release date. Although the B580 doesn’t officially release until December 13, Intel has given reviewers some leeway to publish images before full reviews go up on launch day....

A standard power supply serves all the components in your system. However, due to the increasing power demands of contemporary graphics cards, InWin (viaUniko’s Hardware) is creating a dedicated “GPU power supply” specifically for powering your graphics cards. The IW-1650W offers a 1,650W capacity solely for graphics cards. InWin employs a single-rail design in this power supply. Currently, the IW-1650W does not hold any 80 Plus, ETA, or Lambda certifications. However, the manufacturer asserts that the power supply achieves up to 90% efficiency and features an active PFC of 0....

Dump files are memory snapshots taken when Windows or a specific app crashes. They capture useful info such as the running processes, loaded modules, etc. If you’renot dealing with any crashes, the dump files you found are probably old ones.you may delete themwithout worrying as they’re no longer needed. But if Windows or a certain app iscrashing regularly, you shouldkeep the dump files. They’ll be useful for debugging the crashes....

Tom’s Hardware Verdict The Lenovo Yoga 9i is a powerful 16-inch laptop with a deep keyboard, 5MP webcam and lighter chassis than competitors, though its battery life could be better. Lighter than competitors Vivid display colors 5MP webcam Deep key travel Display could be brighter A bit of bloatware Lower battery life than competition Why you may trust Tom’s HardwareOur expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you....

There’s a vast difference between hardware and software developers, which opens up pitfalls for those trying to coordinate the two teams. Arm and x86 researchers encountered it years ago – and Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, fears RISC-V development may fall into the same chasm again. “Even when you do hardware design in a more open manner, hardware people are different enough from software people [that] there’s a fairly big gulf between the Verilog and even the kernel, much less higher up the stack where you are working in what [is] so far away from the hardware that you really have no idea how the hardware works,” he said (video embedded below)....

When your Logitech Mouse stops working, the fault could be with hardware components like a damaged circuit board, or a broken wire. Besides this, outdated mouse drivers or firmware may also stop your mouse from working. If you use a wireless Logitech mouse, the issue could be with the USB transceiver or the Bluetooth itself. So, depending on your Logitech mouse you need to perform several advanced solutions. First, go through some basic solutions to see if it fixes the problem....

Tom’s Hardware Verdict The Meletrix Boog75 feels and sounds fantastic, but its software is confusing and limited. Most gamers will expect more from their keyboard. Built like a tank Sounds fantastic Feels great Confusing software No rotary knob or media keys Why you can trust Tom’s HardwareOur expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you.Find out more about how we test....

A discovery by hardware detectivemomomo_usshows that Intel will launch a new variant ofMeteor Lakeprocessors for the new LGA1851 socket. Contrary to prior rumors,Arrow Lake, which will fight for a spot on the list ofbest CPUs, might not be the first processor to employ theLGA1851socket. Before Intel released Meteor Lake, opinions were divided on whether the chipmaker would release the 7nm processors on the desktop. During the official announcement, Intel confirmed that Meteor Lake would be an exclusive architecture for mobile platforms....

TheWindows 1124H2 has a peculiar issue where userscannot delete an 8.63GB update cacheusing any conventional method. Microsoft is aware of this problem and has noted on theWindows 11 Release Healthpage that it’s a reporting error instead of a folder that can never be deleted. The company says that the files have already been removed but that the Windows Disk Cleanup app still incorrectly displays the amount of storage space that can be freed under the ‘Windows Update Cleanup’ category....

MicrosoftCEO Satya Nadella revealed that the company now uses Artificial Intelligence to write between 20% and 30% of the code powering its software. Satya joined Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg this Tuesday at theLlamaCon conferenceto discuss developments in AI and their contributions to the open-source ecosystem. The fact that a major company like Microsoft relies so much on AI underlines how this technology is revolutionizing software development. Still, it also draws attention to the growing unease and uncertainty experienced by fresh software developers....

Earlier this month,Danluu.com released an exhaustive 23-page analysis/op-ed/manifestoon the current status of unoptimized web pages and web app performance, finding that just loading a web page can even bog down an entry-level device that can run the popular game PUBG at 40 fps. In fact, the Wix webpage requires loading 21MB of data for one page, while the more famous websites Patreon and Threads load 13MB of data for one page....