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‘AI’ is coming for your online gaming servers next

You can’t find RAM, you can’t find storage, you can’t find a GPU. But at least you can play the PC games you already own, right? Well, maybe not. Consumer PC parts aren’t the only things being gobbled up by the “AI” industry. A Starcraft-inspired strategy game is shutting down its multiplayer servers because the hosting company got bought out for “AI.” The game in question is…
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Linux users surge on Steam, doubling in a year

Slowly but surely, Linux is gaining a foothold in PC gaming. According to the March 2026 Steam hardware survey, 5.3 percent of users are on some flavor of Linux, compared to 92.3 percent on Windows and just 2.4 percent on macOS. One year ago, Linux was at just 2.3…
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Cracking Denuvo games in Windows just got easier—and insanely dangerous

Digital piracy has never been without its dangers. Back in the glory days of Limewire you could turn your PC into a cesspool of viruses with just a few MP3 downloads. But the newest tools to defeat Denuvo, the perennially unpopular anti-game piracy tool, uses a technique that could get your PC pwned even harder. Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM is contentious to say the least. For over a decade it’s been…
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AI malware threatens Windows 11 security. Traditional antivirus can’t keep up

Windows 11’s security situation continues to deteriorate. Users and businesses, especially the latter, are facing two risky developments: first, a new AI-powered malware threat, and second, additional emergency updates from Microsoft fixing critical security vulnerabilities. This combination highlights just how rapidly the threat landscape in the Windows environment is changing these days. At…
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Windows is finally fixing a years-old security hole in April

Microsoft is tightening security in Windows 11. Starting April 2026, outdated kernel drivers will be phased out—the company’s response to a well-known security issue that has plagued Windows for years. In a Windows IT Pro blog post, Microsoft announced that it will cease…
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The new Ryzen 9: Did AMD just announce a CPU for exactly no one?

Summary created by Smart Answers AI In summary: PCWorld reports AMD’s new Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 processor launches April 22nd with V-cache on both chiplets and 208MB total cache. The high-end CPU offers 5-10% performance gains in creative workloads like DaVinci Resolve and Blender, targeting developers rather than gamers. With an expected $1,000 price tag and 200-watt TDP, the processor’s niche…
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