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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) says that it will review and update its rules regarding submarine communications cables, especially after the incident in the Baltic Sea earlier this week where a Chinese freighter sailing from Russia issuspected to have sabotaged two undersea internet cablesthat connect Sweden and Finland to the rest of Central Europe, not to mention numerous other cable sabotage incidents spanning multiple regions this year. According toReuters, this update will address the U....

Valvehas released a major update to its open-source tool which facilitates running Windows games on Linux systems. Proton 9.0 is available nowon GitHub, bringing support for a host of games that were only previously only playable using an experimental release. TheProton software, which is derived from the long-running Wine 9.0 project (released in January), has also been tweaked and tuned to be more friendly with Nvidia GPUs and high core count processors....

Nvidia’s $549 RTX 5070 is set to hit shelves at 9 AM ET today, withreviewsindicating slight performance gains versus its predecessor. As with everything Blackwell, availability is expected to be a major concern, especially considering the frenzy surrounding launch days. TheFounders Edition modelwill be available sometime later this month, so interested customers must pick between select AIB models at launch, assuming they haven’t all sold out in the first five minutes....

Due to the sheer number of components involved, troubleshooting a PC that keeps crashing can be intimidating. But it’s very doable if you know where to look. In all cases, the key detail is that you shouldidentify the source of the crashes first. Then, you may apply the appropriate steps and get rid of the crashes. Identify the Cause of the Crashes Ideally, you’ll have some kind of lead to start with, like an error message or a stop code....

One of my worst experiences withcomputer stutteringwas playingArk: Survival Evolved. Even when I changed my game settings and updated my drivers, it was still freezing and jumping. However, a few other tweaks made it run so smoothly that I was able to chase down dinosaurs and build a thriving base in no time at all. Why is my computer stuttering? There are several reasons yourcomputer might be stuttering. That might seem like a lot to tackle, but the fixes are quick and straightforward....

Is your phone making sounds out of the blue? Or does it unnecessarily read aloud everything you type on the keypad? Although it seems like the phone is talking on its own, you probably have anaccessibility featureenabled on your device. The features especially serve visually impaired people and aid in figuring out what buttons they have pressed, reading text on the screen, and even carrying out some commands. While they are useful in specific situations, they may be inappropriate for other users....

The new high-end PC handhelds are imminent— the presale window of OneXPlayer’s OneXFly F1 Pro handheld, the world’s first AMDRyzen AI 300-based handheld gaming PC, is here and open through the end of November per the officialOneXPlayer store listing. The OneXFly F1 Pro should give theAsus ROG Ally Xand its ilk of Ryzen Z1 Extreme/Ryzen 7 8840U, particularly its Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 model. However, even the Ryzen AI 9 365 model can outperform the last generation while sparring Watt-to-Watt, which we’ll explain in more detail soon....

XFX posted a teaser via X (formerly, Twitter) that suggest it will be releasing graphics cards with swappable fans for the global market, unlike itsPhoenix Nirvanaseries that was originally announced to be exclusive for the Chinese market. Something Cool is coming. pic.twitter.com/oI21L9XCHYJune 12, 2024 It is highly likely that each of the Phoenix series models, including theRX 7900 XTX,7900 GREand the AMDRadeon7800 XTwill feature these swappable fans. The rather limited information afforded by the post means that we don’t know anything about its performance or bearing type but it does suggest that this series will be available globally....

A Reddit user got a very unexpected surprise upon booting their PC: 50GB of anime girl pictures in their Windows temp folder, courtesy of XPG’s Prime utility. This software was originally designed to customize andsync RGB lightingacross compatible products. In our brief testing, we found that the software doesn’t delete temporary UI wallpaper images and creates new redundant copies on every restart. XPG is a gaming hardware and accessories product brand from Adata that specializes in RAM and SSDs, with a strong commitment to its anime styled aesthetics, which you’ll find present on everything from their boxes to their apps....

Asus is known for making all kinds of graphics cards, from low-profile to some of thebest graphics cards. However, the GPU manufacturer has decided to release a new GT 710 graphics card—and it’s not a fancy one like its quad-HDMI-port GT 710 from fouryears ago. The new card, the GT 710 2GB GDDR5 EVO, sports a low-profile design optimized for SFF rigs and HTPCs. Pricing and availability have yet to be announced....

Redditor u/GoatWithAGun updated the BIOS of an old PC packing a BioStar A320MH motherboard, and 24 hours later, the update process is only about 66% done. The Reddit user is updating the subredditr/pcmasterraceon the process, and a lot of users are now following the progress through multiple posts. According to u/GoatWithAGun, the computer in question is used as a backup device and is often just used by their roommates for printing....

Windows Boot Manager reads your boot information and loads the necessary OS files. When your system can’t find it, it will show a ‘BOOTMGR is missing; Press Ctrl + Alt + Del to restart’ error message. This usually happens when there is no boot manager or if it is corrupted. To fix it, you may rebuild the boot data. Other than that, here are few reasons why you are seeing this error:...

The older you get the more nostalgic you can be towards the “good old days” or even your childhood memories - especially when it comes to your first experiences with gaming, whether it’s a handheld Nintendo Donkey Kong Game And Watch, Gameboy, Commodore 64, Famicom/NES, or PlayStation. Well, today’s deal features a retro mechanical keyboard from 8BitDo that looks like a time traveler has brought it back from the 80s, with a color scheme that replicates the famous colors of the Nintendo Famicom entertainment system....