Category: personal computing

Gearbox teases 'Borderlands 3' reveal on March 28th

[ad_1] Yes, an honest-to-goodness Borderlands sequel (not a pre-sequel) appears to be on the horizon. Gearbox has posted a teaser for what's likely to be the Borderlands 3 reveal at PAX East on March 28th. It doesn't say much about the game, but there's n… [ad_2] Source link

Windows 7’s first DirectX 12 game is ‘World of Warcraft’

[ad_1] Microsoft has tried to remain firm on the end of Windows 7’s lifecycle, which is scheduled to end in January 2020. Windows 7, first released in winter of 2009, is still a popular desktop OS for many PCs despite no longer being sold on new computers. According to Net Applications, Windows 7 still holds […]

The Master Chief Collection’ heads to PC with ‘Reach’ included

[ad_1] The staggered release is meant to ensure that each title is “right” without forcing players to wait until the whole collection is ready, 343’s Brian Jarrard said. Don’t worry, Xbox One owners, you aren’t left out. Reach is coming to the console, albeit in a split offering. Anyone who owns MCC will get the […]

Microsoft’s phone-screen mirroring beta hits Windows 10 this week

[ad_1] There are a few stipulations. You’ll need a Windows 10 PC running Windows build 1803 or later and an Android phone running Android version 7.0 or newer. Microsoft specifically says to make sure you’ve updated to the latest Insider build, and your PC will need to support Bluetooth’s low energy peripheral mode. Right now, […]

Apple will finally unveil its streaming video service on March 25th

[ad_1] It turns out rumors of an Apple spring event were true: the company’s next event will happen on March 25th at the Steve Jobs theater on Apple’s Cupertino campus. And judging by the event invite, we’ll finally hear about Apple’s long-rumored video service. The rumblings had pointed to a Spring event that would see […]

NVIDIA will stop supporting 3D glasses in April

[ad_1] Other software is affected. NVIDIA’s tool for running games on 3D TVs, 3DTV Play, is now bundled with the Release 418 drivers for free. However, the 3D Vision Video Player app will only be available (again for free) through the end of 2019. The company didn’t explain the decision to pull 3D Vision (we’ve […]

NVIDIA joins Intel in bidding war for major Israeli chip maker

[ad_1] Mellanox and Intel have declined to comment, while NVIDIA wasn’t available for comment on the weekend. Xilinx is also believed to be involved in the bidding, but Reuters believed that NVIDIA is close enough that it could unveil a deal as soon as March 11th. While the exact reasons for a potential deal aren’t […]

Update Chrome now as attackers are ‘actively exploiting’ a bug

[ad_1] Google Chrome tends to auto update quickly and silently, but you may want to make sure you’re on the latest version right now, as the company announced a zero-day vulnerability that it said attackers are “actively exploiting.” As Chrome security engineer Justin Schuh explained in a series of tweets, the thing that makes this […]

Facebook Messenger bug let other people see who you’d been talking to

[ad_1] In a blog post, Imperva security researcher Ron Masas explains how a CSFL attack could exploit the properties of iFrame elements to determine the state of an application. Running this process through individual Messenger contacts would yield one of two states, full or empty, indicating whether a user had ever communicated with that contact […]

‘Apex Legends’ update attempts to balance its most powerful weapons

[ad_1] The Peacekeeper shotgun is also slightly weaker, but it hasn’t been nerfed directly. Instead, the Shotgun Bolt attachments don’t increase the rate of fire as significantly as they did before, but only when paired with the Peacekeeper specifically (leaving other shotguns unaffected). Perhaps the biggest hit on both guns, though, is that they’re now […]