In a truly galaxy-brained rebrand, Microsoft Office is now the ‘Microsoft 365 Copilot app,’ but Copilot is also still the name of the AI assistant

About a decade ago, hardware company Corsair attempted to pivot from its classic logo—a subtle trio of ship sails—to a newer, edgier look, a pair of crossed swords that gave off regrettable ‘2000s tribal tattoo’ energy. The rebrand didn’t last long: after a fierce outcry from people who correctly thought the new logo sucked, Corsair…

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League of Legends players worldwide couldn’t login for hours because Riot forgot to renew the client’s SSL certificate—just like it did 10 years ago

The changing of the year can be a time of renewal and reinvigoration, but that renewal isn’t always frictionless. The new year might mean wrestling with over-ambitious resolutions, the frustration of writing the previous year whenever you’re dating a document, or—in the case of Riot Games—forgetting to renew the encryption certificate for your software and…

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League of Legends players worldwide couldn’t login for hours because Riot forgot to renew the client’s SSL certificate—just like it did 10 years ago

The changing of the year can be a time of renewal and reinvigoration, but that renewal isn’t always frictionless. The new year might mean wrestling with over-ambitious resolutions, the frustration of writing the previous year whenever you’re dating a document, or—in the case of Riot Games—forgetting to renew the encryption certificate for your software and…

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Cherry may be down but it isn’t out with two new ‘more than magnetic’ TMR gaming keyboards

During this year’s CES, Cherry announced two keyboards with tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) switches. Both TMR boards will be part of the company’s peripherals sub-brand Cherry XTRFY—better late to the party than never turning up. According to Cherry, the new MX 8.2 Pro TMR keyboard is “more than magnetic”—whatever that means. What I can tell you…

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Thermaltake’s collaboration PC case with a French artist is so lovely it makes me want to finally start that mini PC build

Mini PCs and cute aesthetics just go hand in hand. There are two reasons you might build a small form factor machine: you want a compact machine that doesn’t dominate your entire desktop, or you’re building something so small because you simply think it looks good. And for me, Thermaltake’s latest PC Case looks so…

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