Asus ROG Azoth X review

Asus has been on a tear with its gaming keyboards lately. I’ve tried most of its recent gaming keyboards, from the ROG Strix Scope II 96 Wireless to the compact Falchion RX, and I’ve liked pretty much every single one. You’d expect me then to shower the ROG Azoth X with the same praise, but…

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Google begins legal action against BadBox 2.0, ‘the largest known botnet of internet-connected TVs’ affecting more than 10,000,000 Android devices including *checks notes* picture frames

It’s not just your PC or your phone that’s a potential cybersecurity risk these days, as Google’s recent work uncovering an internet-of-things botnet proves. Researchers working in collaboration with Human Security and Trend Micro revealed the interestingly-named Badbox 2.0 botnet earlier this month, and now Google has confirmed it’s beginning legal action against its perpetrators….

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Elden Ring Nightreign finds a new way to victimise players as Nightfarers accidentally fight 2 bosses at once: ‘They were convinced I was just being dumb’

Elden Ring Nightreign has been infested with a few bugs for some time, and I’m not talking about the Sentient Pest. I’ve encountered a couple of issues that prevented teammates from pulling off rezzes, and I’ve even seen one of the map bosses disappear from my sight, despite it clearly still being there and managing…

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This Redditor says it wasn’t even that difficult to get a sub-$100 broken Steam Deck working again with parts from an old Nintendo DS Lite: ‘not that hard at all’

It feels like, at long last, at least some technology is moving in the direction of repairability. This is no doubt in large part thanks to the public pushing for the right to repair, which has probably encouraged some companies to make popular products that are very upgradeable and repairable (hello, Framework). Still, I was…

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Today’s Wordle answer for Friday, July 18

Whether you’re a brand new player or a seasoned pro, we’ve got something that can help with today’s Wordle. Start with a quick look at our tips, designed to improve every line, every day. Then why not use our hint for today’s Wordle to either kick off a fantastic game or help set a struggling…

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‘I have been fooled’: Reddit user endures the roasting of a lifetime after asking how to download a 487MB book they worked on with ChatGPT for over 2 weeks

A Reddit poster going by Emotional_Stranger_5 says they spent 16 days working with ChatGPT on an illustrated children’s book intended as a gift for a group of local kids. Believing that the chatbot had been invisibly toiling away creating 700 illustrated pages, they turned to the OpenAI subreddit to ask how to download the completed…

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OpenAI just launched its new ChatGPT Agent that can make as many as 1 complicated cupcake order per hour, but even Sam Altman says you probably shouldn’t trust it for ‘high-stakes uses’

OpenAI launched ChatGPT Agent on Thursday, its latest effort in the industry-wide pursuit to turn AI into a profitable enterprise—not just one that eats investors’ billions. In its announcement blog, OpenAI says its Agent “can now do work for you using its own computer,” but CEO Sam Altman warns that the rollout presents unpredictable risks….

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