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A potentially scary, though difficult to implement side-channel attack that could allow malicious websites to read and extract sensitive data has broken cover. The vulnerability affects all GPU manufacturers across devices ranging from PCs, to laptops and phones. According to a paper released by researchers from four American universities (via Ars Technica), the so-called GPU.zip…

Fill her up! Some lucky motorists in Toledo, Ohio were able to purchase gas for less than 20 cents per gallon over the weekend due to a computer glitch. Most of the motorists who benefited paid around 17 cents to 19 cents per gallon of gas, though in some instances, the price dropped all the…

Another week, another videogame adaptation hits the movie theaters—but this one is a bit different. YouTuber Markiplier (Mark Fischbach) produced, directed, acted in, and even distributed an adaptation of indie horror game Iron Lung, which he first recorded himself playing in 2022. But which is better, watching Markiplier play the game for 45 minutes on…

Do you want the good news or the bad news about Intel’s new Arc B580 graphics card? OK, the main good news is that it exists at all. Intel’s second-gen Battlemage graphics tech is official, it’s announced, it’s real and it’s here. Going by Intel’s claims, the actual architecture looks pretty great, too. It’s been…

After endless bad news stories concerning buggy, borked and broken Intel CPUs, now it’s AMD turn. Yup, the Reddit threads are alive with the sound of expiring AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs. Specifically, it seems the problem is concentrated on but not necessarily exclusive to ASRock motherboards. To that end, ASRock has released a BIOS…

It’s a big day for The Blood of Dawnwalker, the upcoming vampiric RPG headed by The Witcher 3 game director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz and lead quest designer Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz. The release date was announced as part of today’s “Road to Launch” showcase, we got a (slightly) closer look at what the game has to offer, and…

We got our first official look at Amazon’s Fallout TV series recently—and the show looks great, by the way—so you may be feeling a sudden urge to play a Fallout game. I know I am. That just leaves one important question. Which Fallout game should you play? Unfortunately we’re in for quite the wait for…