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I picked up the Razer Wolverine V3 Pro 8K PC expecting one of the sharpest, most immediate controller experiences available — and yet, for a while, matches in Call of Duty felt slightly sluggish, as if my inputs were arriving just a hair too late. The fix turned out to be less about hardware and more about the software layer sitting between my hands and the game: specifically, how Razer Synapse 4 manages deadzones with its Prevent Double Deadzones feature. My trial-and-error with deadzone...

PC gaming is in the midst of two parallel tremors: a tangible migration by some enthusiasts from Windows 11 to Linux for cleaner, often faster gameplay, and a separate but related flurry of Windows stability and security headlines that are reshaping how gamers and IT teams think about upgrades and platform risk. The shift is not universal, but recent hands‑on tests and community headlines show measurable performance and smoothness gains on lean Linux gaming images—especially on thermally...

NVIDIA’s CEO Jensen Huang has given the AI debate a new, combustible metaphor — “God AI” — calling the idea possible someday but placing it on “biblical” or even “galactic” timescales, and his remarks have reopened a high‑stakes conversation about corporate incentives, realistic timelines for artificial general intelligence (AGI), and what governments and enterprises should prioritize now. Background / Overview Jensen Huang made the remark in a long, wide‑ranging No Priors podcast interview...

Bojidar Bojanov’s public warning that the Bulgarian Council of Ministers is about to authorise a central procurement for Microsoft products is more than a procurement squabble — it’s a live debate about digital sovereignty, vendor lock‑in, and the practical limits of cloud dependency for a modern state. His post lays out three interlocking facts: the administration’s heavy reliance on Microsoft server software (Windows Server, SQL Server), the procurement language that permits “Microsoft or...

When I wanted my PC to behave more like my smartphone I started by installing a handful of focused utilities and enabling features that mirror the tiny, fast workflows I rely on when I’m away from my laptop — things like persistent clipboard snippets, quick image resizing, keyword-searchable activity history, and a lossless music player that actually understands album metadata. The strategy was simple: add a few lightweight tools that slot cleanly into Windows 11 rather than replace the OS...

Microsoft’s January Patch Tuesday produced a narrowly scoped but disruptive problem: after installing the January 13, 2026 cumulative update (KB5073455) some Windows 11 systems configured with System Guard Secure Launch restarted instead of shutting down or entering hibernation, forcing administrators and end users into manual workarounds until Microsoft shipped an out‑of‑band (OOB) corrective update four days later. Background Microsoft released the January 13, 2026 cumulative update for...

Windows already has the ingredients for a modern, phone‑centric workflow — you just have to know where to look and which toggles to flip. Pocket‑lint’s recent hands‑on guide distilled five small but high‑impact Windows features that turn a laptop or desktop into a true “smartphone companion,” and the payoff is real: fewer cables, fewer context switches, and a more seamless content pipeline between your devices. This piece verifies those claims, expands the how‑to with precise steps, flags...

The AI assistants that matter in 2026 are no longer general-purpose chatbots but task-specialized copilots: research assistants for citation-forward fact-finding, code copilots that embed into developer workflows, and presentation builders that turn notes into polished slides and narrated experiences—each with distinct strengths, operational trade‑offs, and governance requirements. Background / Overview AI assistants have matured from novelty chat windows into embedded productivity services...

Anthropic’s new Cowork pivot turns Claude from a developer-focused coding assistant into a desktop “AI coworker” for everyday tasks — a move that accelerates agentic AI into mainstream workflows while reopening familiar trade-offs between productivity gains, security exposure, and long-term platform economics. The launch is consequential on two levels: it democratizes powerful agentic capabilities previously reserved for terminal-savvy users, and it forces IT teams and privacy-conscious...

The Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 4GB remains a capable midrange card for Windows 10-era desktops, but finding the best drivers for it today requires a careful balance of compatibility, security, and practical expectations — start with Windows Update for stability, then move to AMD’s legacy Adrenalin packages only if you need legacy features, and always follow a clean-install workflow with backups and driver-cleaning tools. Background / Overview The Radeon R9 270X is a Pitcairn-based (GCN 1.0...

Aaron Stebner’s long‑running .NET verification and cleanup utilities have been refreshed to recognize the newer runtimes and Windows 10 environments, and Microsoft’s Store is testing a more granular app‑install workflow that lets Windows 10 users pick a drive for large Store apps — two modest but practical changes that restore control to power users while also introducing new operational considerations for administrators and casual users alike. Background Windows tooling and the Microsoft...

Windows 11’s split between Home and Pro still sparks the same practical question for buyers and upgraders: do you pay for Pro’s extra controls or stick with Home’s simpler, lower-cost experience? The concise answer from a detailed comparison is this—for most people, Windows 11 Home is the right choice; upgrade to Pro only if you have a specific, measured need for BitLocker, Hyper‑V/Windows Sandbox, domain/Azure AD management, Remote Desktop hosting, or centralized update/policy controls...

Windows 11’s edition choice is simple on the surface but consequential in practice: Home delivers the full consumer experience with core security and entertainment features, while Pro layers in management, encryption, and virtualization tools that matter to developers, IT administrators, and security‑conscious users. Background Windows 11 has matured since its initial release, evolving from a visual and UX refresh into a platform with distinct edition-level trade‑offs. The shared baseline...

Microsoft has quietly — and strategically — turned Copilot into a checkout lane, embedding a native, in‑chat purchase flow that stitches discovery, payments, and merchant tooling into a single conversational surface and thrusting Microsoft firmly into the center of the emerging agentic commerce race. verview Copilot Checkout is Microsoft’s new in‑conversation checkout experience that lets U.S. users discover products, view details, and complete purchases without leaving the Copilot...

Microsoft has quietly given IT administrators a supported — but deliberately narrow — way to remove the consumer Microsoft Copilot app from managed Windows 11 devices, introducing a new Group Policy in the January Insider Preview that performs a one‑time uninstall only when a strict set of gating conditions are met. crosoft’s Copilot family now spans multiple products and delivery channels: a consumer‑facing Microsoft Copilot app that ships with many Windows 11 images, a subscription‑backed...

The hidden C:\Windows\Installer folder is a quiet system cache that can quietly swell into tens of gigabytes on long-lived or heavily patched Windows PCs — and cleaning it safely requires methodical diagnosis, a recovery-first workflow, and an awareness of what Windows needs to repair, update, and uninstall software. This article dissects the problem, verifies commands and risks with primary documentation, and lays out a conservative, repeatable procedure that recovers space without breaking...

Long after ATI’s Mobility Radeon X1600 left store shelves, the small but stubborn community of Windows 7 users still running older laptops faces a familiar problem: locating, installing, and trusting the right ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 Windows 7 driver. This in-depth feature walks through what’s available today, how to install legacy drivers safely, the realistic performance and security expectations, and the best paths forward for anyone still relying on this decade-plus-old GPU. Background...

Microsoft's January 2026 cumulative update for Windows 11 (KB5073455) has an unfortunate side effect on a subset of machines: systems with System Guard Secure Launch enabled may refuse to shut down or enter hibernation and will instead restart, a regression Microsoft acknowledged and corrected with an out‑of‑band update (KB5077797) issued days later. Background The January 2026 Patch Tuesday cycle included multiple cumulative updates across Windows client and server SKUs; the Windows 11...

Microsoft has quietly handed administrators a supported — but tightly constrained — way to remove the consumer Microsoft Copilot app from managed Windows 11 devices, introducing a Group Policy named RemoveMicrosoftCopilotApp in Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.7535 (KB5072046) that performs a conditional, one‑time uninstall when strict gating conditions are met. Background / Overview Since Copilot first expanded across Windows, Microsoft has delivered multiple, overlapping...

Microsoft released emergency out‑of‑band updates on January 17, 2026 — most notably KB5077744 and KB5077797 — to address critical post‑Patch‑Tuesday regressions that left many users unable to sign in to Remote Desktop services or in some cases unable to shut down cleanly. The packages are available through Windows Update for automatic deployment, and Microsoft has also published standalone installers in the Microsoft Update Catalog for administrators or users who need to download and apply...