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Obsidian Is Making a New Fallout Game—and Fallout 5 Is Now in Pre-Production
Bethesda has confirmed that Fallout 5 is in pre-production, that Obsidian Entertainment is developing a separate Fallout project, and that remasters of Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas are in the...
Zenless Zone Zero Lands on Microsoft Store July 29 with Xbox Play Anywhere and Free S-Rank Agent
HoYoverse is bringing its hit free-to-play action RPG Zenless Zone Zero to the Microsoft Store on Windows on July 29, 2026. The launch coincides with the Version 3.1 update, “The Long Goodbye,”...
Microsoft Abandons 'Halo: The Endless' Trademark—What It Means for You
On April 1, 2026, Microsoft abandoned its U.S. trademark application for “Halo: The Endless”—a name that had fanned three years of anticipation among Halo fans. The move, first spotted by Halo...
July 17 Gemini outage: What happened and why Google hasn't said a word
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Your RTX 5000 GPU Is Missing a Hotspot Sensor in Afterburner—Here’s the Fix
If you’ve recently plugged in an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5000-series GPU—whether a desktop 5090 or a laptop 5080—and launched MSI Afterburner to check temperatures, you likely noticed that the...
RTX 50 GPU Hotspot Data Now Available: How to Test Your Card and Prevent Thermal Throttling
After 18 months of silence from NVIDIA, RTX 50-series graphics card owners can finally read their GPU's true peak temperature. On July 16, 2026, CPUID released HWMonitor 1.65.1, a minor update that...
Acura’s Free Gemini Upgrade Is Rolling Out Now: Check Your Model, Trim, and Account Settings
On July 16, 2026, Acura quietly confirmed that Google’s conversational Gemini AI is coming to a narrow slice of its lineup—at no charge. The over-the-air update lands automatically on eligible...
Radeon RX 9070 XT Missing from 'Best 4K GPUs' List — What Buyers Need to Know
A freshly published roundup of the best 4K gaming graphics cards for 2026 has a glaring hole: it ignores AMD’s Radeon RX 9070 XT entirely. The guide, published July 17 by PropelRC, crowns...
Infinix HOT 70 Pro 5G Promises 5 Years of Security Updates—but Only if You Spend More
Infinix announced the HOT 70 Pro 5G on July 16, and while the device packs a 144Hz display and a capable MediaTek chipset, its standout feature is a software support commitment that rivals flagships:...
Android 16 Lock-Screen Bug Lets Anyone Send SMS via Gemini Without PIN—Patch Incoming
Google acknowledged a serious lock-screen flaw in Android 16 that lets anyone with physical access to a locked phone bypass the PIN and use Gemini to send SMS messages and activate WhatsApp...
UEFI Secure Boot 2011 Certificates Expire Oct 19—Use This Microsoft Script to Prepare
Microsoft’s July 15 Secure Boot Office Hours session confirmed that the final 2011-era certificate, the Windows Production PCA 2011, will expire on October 19, 2026. The event also revealed a...
AMD’s Local AI Agent GAIA 0.22.0 Can Now Draft Emails in Your Writing Style
AMD released version 0.22.0 of its open-source GAIA local AI-agent framework this week, giving Windows and Linux users a beta email agent that drafts replies in their personal style, tracks...