LastPass warns of a new phishing campaign involving death certificates and a nefarious email that demands you reply to it if you’re not dead

If you’ve recently been informed that a death certificate is being used to get into your LastPass account, you have fallen victim to bad actors. LastPass, one of the most popular password manager providers, has recently posted a blog detailing a deceptive new scam that claims a death certificate has been uploaded on your behalf…

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The Melt Mouse isn’t some Dali-esque nightmare, but rather a touchpad and haptic-equipped squeaker with serious Apple vibes

Gaming mice these days offer a wealth of features, like more remappable buttons than you can shake a magical cat girl stave at. However, I appreciate not everyone is a MMO sicko—so what if you feel like your gaming mouse has maybe too many buttons? For those craving a smoother, tactile device, there’s the wireless…

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The Fortnite Simpsons crossover is coming this weekend, with drooling aliens Kang and Kodos beaming players away to another island

Fortnite’s long-teased Simpsons crossover will officially begin on Saturday, Epic has confirmed. A new trailer points to an 11am ET in-game event—the servers will then go down for several hours before the Simpsons mini-season starts around 5pm ET. In the trailer the drooling aliens Kang and Kodos—who have also flown next to the Fortnite Battle…

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Capcom doubles down on its decision to go pay-per-view during the Street Fighter League despite the fact that nobody really likes it

Last month, Capcom decided to do something relatively unheard of in the fighting game community: charge people to watch the Capcom Cup Finals and Street Fighter League: World Championship online. Unsurprisingly, the pivot to pay-per-view has not gone down very well. With each ticket originally revealed to cost ¥4,000 (approximately $27/£20) separately or ¥6,000 (roughly…

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Global PC shipments are up 8% overall compared to last year, due to Microsoft killing off Windows 10 and ‘strategic inventory adjustments related to certain US import tariffs’

In 2023, research suggested that the decline in global PC shipments was so bad that it was “unparalleled in the industry’s recorded history.” Fast forward two years, and things are far rosier, with one analyst stating that in the past three months, shipments were up 9.4% compared to 2024. Now, another market research firm has…

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What I want from Fortnite’s Simpsons mini season: a decent sniper rifle, a flying skateboard, and proper comms from Epic

Fortnite’s Chapter 6 final flourish appears to be a Simpsons mini season with an entirely standalone Springfield-themed map. Leaks hint at what’s coming: the key art shows new skins and at least two of the weapons—the classic assault rifle, aka the SCAR, and the Thunder shotgun—while the full leaked map shows iconic Simpsons locations. But…

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This ‘shunt modded’ Asus RTX 4090 laptop beats the latest RTX 5090 portables but you’d be very brave to do this to your own machine

Back when Nivida’s RTX 4090 mobile GPU was the latest hotness for laptops, we took the view that it didn’t actually make sense compared to the cheaper RTX 4080. That’s because it was often constrained by the limited power budget of mobile form factors. Well, it turns out the laptop RTX 4090 is quite the…

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