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Why You Shouldn’t Support Overwatch 2 | column

Why You Shouldn't Support Overwatch 2 |  column

Does anyone have a code? Written by Marcel Vroegrijk on Saturday 02 July 2022 09:24 I’d love to read a full Overwatch 2 post mortem in about a year. Yes, you read that right: post mortem. Now, I don’t expect the sequel to the once groundbreaking hero shooter to die prematurely, but my god, Activision Blizzard won’t have it. The …

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Windows Defender Unnecessarily Slows Intel Processors, But There’s a Fix

Windows Defender Unnecessarily Slows Intel Processors, But There's a Fix

A bug in Windows Defender can reduce the performance of Intel processors by 6%. This is more than you would normally expect from security software. The performance loss occurs on 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th generation desktop and laptop processors on Windows 10 and 11, but not on AMD systems. The problem lies in the seven hardware performance counters of …

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NASA probe explores Moon’s orbit before humans get there | NOW

NASA probe explores Moon's orbit before humans get there |  NOW

The NASA space agency launched the small space probe CAPSTONE on Tuesday. In four months, she is to enter an orbit around the moon that has never been completed before. The goal is to see how that plays out, as astronauts could take the same route for years to come. CAPSTONE, the size of a microwave oven, was launched in …

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Xbox Game Bar Insider build shows if your PC supports DirectStorage

Xbox Game Bar Insider build shows if your PC supports DirectStorage

In the latest Insider build of Xbox Game Bar for Windows, you can see whether your PC supports Microsoft’s DirectStorage† The information is displayed in the settings, under “Game features”. Under “DirectStorage” you can see if the GPU and Windows version supports all functions of DirectStorage. Below is an overview of the disk drives in the computer and which of …

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Few people know: the 112 emergency center can also be reached by SMS and app

Few people know: the 112 emergency center can also be reached by SMS and app

“Just a free tip from me,” tweeter Michael wrote to his followers in late May this year. “SMS ‘register’ to 112. This way you enable the fact that you can text 112 in an emergency.” Handy, he thought, if you can’t speak out loud during a burglary, for example, you can always contact the emergency services. His supporters were also …

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PlayStation Plus games already show an expiration date | New

PlayStation Plus games already show an expiration date |  New

We know exactly when they disappear Written by Jari Klapwijk on Saturday, June 25, 2022 2:23 PM Some games offered in PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscriptions already display an expiration date in the PlayStation menu. who laughed Eurogamer† Currently, Shadow Warrior 3 for the PlayStation 4 and Syberia for the PlayStation 3 are in the “last chance to play” …

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Apps of the week: Telegram adds a subscription | NOW

Apps of the week: Telegram adds a subscription |  NOW

The Telegram messaging app adds a subscription, and Videoland rolls out a new app with pain and effort. These are the apps of the week. Telegram The popular messaging app Telegram introduces a subscription: Telegram Premium. For $5 per month, the default limit for many features is doubled. Consider sending twice as many files up to 4 GB each and …

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Microsoft warns users of the end of Windows 8.1 | NOW

Microsoft warns users of the end of Windows 8.1 |  NOW

People still using Windows 8.1 will be notified from next month that Microsoft will stop supporting the operating system from January 10, 2023, he writes. ZDNet† The notifications Windows 8.1 users receive are similar to Windows 7. Microsoft discontinued this in 2020. Users can choose to receive notifications again later, but can also simply click on them. It’s unclear how …

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NASA lets Marslander detect earthquakes for a few more weeks | NOW

NASA lets Marslander detect earthquakes for a few more weeks |  NOW

NASA’s Mars InSight lander seismometer will remain in service for several more weeks to detect Mars tremors. As a result, the lander will run out of power faster, Lander reports space agency† InSight launched in May 2018 and in November of the same year the spacecraft landed on the surface of Mars. Since then, the lander has detected more than …

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