Waze's latest update makes the navigation app way less annoying
…Thankfully, a new update solves this exact issue by adding a Less Chatty mode. According to the Google-owned navigation app, the feature aims to allow drivers to listen to music and…
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Your PC gets slower the longer it stays on, and it’s not just your imagination
…A Windows update in April 2025 caused severe memory leaks , causing up to 99% RAM usage. I've seen this happen on my system, too, and the memory consumption of individual processes…
Restarting isn’t enough — you should always shut your PC down
…Another great benefit is fixing update glitches. While Windows updates usually trigger a restart, stuck updates often fail because the hybrid shutdown keeps the old, buggy kernel session alive. A full shutdown…
Radeon is still the best choice for an HTPC GPU, and the reason has nothing to do with performance
…on top, nothing to rebuild after an update, and no separate package to install. Bazzite does include an Nvidia image that includes the needed drivers, but it's distinctly separate from the…
Linux gamers didn't do anything wrong, but they might pay for Windows piracy anyway
…Driver Signature Enforcement, which ensures only signed drivers can load into the kernel, is bypassed so the unsigned hypervisor driver can install. VBS and HVCI, Microsoft's hardware-backed security features that…
Fedora quietly turned into a serious gaming distro while everyone argued about Ubuntu
…that base specifically because Fedora's cadence hands them earlier access to new GPU drivers and kernel updates than a slower-moving base like SteamOS would. Nobara comes at it from the…
SysMon logs everything Task Manager misses, and it's now built into Windows 11 for free
…It installs itself as a driver that launches in the early stages of your computer's boot process, so it can even spot kernel-mode malware that launches during the boot process…
4 one-minute changes you can make to your PC that will improve its performance
…Windows has a long-running habit of defaulting high-refresh monitors to 60 Hz after driver updates, display swaps, or cable changes, and a lot of people are running 144 Hz or…
I revived my old router with OpenWrt after the package manager rewrite, and it took ten minutes
…Attended Sysupgrade makes that process as simple as hitting a button to search for an updated firmware version. That's it: once it finds an update, it will build a custom image…
I tried Nvidia's Smooth Motion in older games, and it works best when I don't need it
…NVIDIA App The Nvidia App isn't just for updating your graphics drivers. You can use it to optimize games, fine-tune DLSS settings, and enable handy features like Smooth Motion and…