Microsoft says 8.5 million devices were affected by the CrowdStrike bug or 'less than one percent of all Windows devices' as new details emerge on Friday's tech meltdown

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Anadolu / Contributor via Getty Images) Still, that’s 8.5 million devices causing turmoil worldwide, and as a result,Microsoft saysit deployed hundreds of Microsoft engineers and experts to work with customers to restore their stricken services (viaThe Verge). MS also engaged directly with CrowdStrike to work on a solution, with the company releasing its own,separate statementregarding some of the technical issues that caused the event....

July 22, 2024 · 12 min · 2454 words · John Rice

Modiphius has announced the year's most obscure tabletop RPG adaptation

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July 22, 2024 · 11 min · 2337 words · Jennifer Buck

No E, just the P—Intel quietly launches Raptor Lake Rekked for the embedded market

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July 22, 2024 · 14 min · 2871 words · Gary Cannon

Nvidia's third-party RTX 40-series GPUs are losing performance over time thanks to rubbish factory-installed thermal paste

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July 22, 2024 · 12 min · 2360 words · Kimberly Cox

Publishers 'eject too soon' on their live service games, says Warframe developer's CEO: 'It comes out, doesn’t work and they throw it away'

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July 22, 2024 · 13 min · 2591 words · Patrick Smith

Replaying Dragon Age: Inquisition has recalibrated my expectations for Dragon Age: The Veilguard

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July 22, 2024 · 9 min · 1828 words · Jamie Cunningham

Smaller and faster Windows 11 updates are on the way as Microsoft switches to downloading just what you need and none of what you don't

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July 22, 2024 · 10 min · 2036 words · Michelle Edwards

Stardew Valley creator swears 'on the honor of my family name' that he'll never charge money for DLC

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July 22, 2024 · 10 min · 2055 words · Jessica Diaz

The First Descendant players have discovered a Destiny-style loot cave but, rather than 'simply nerfing certain content', the devs are leaning in

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July 22, 2024 · 11 min · 2269 words · Daniel Taylor

This is not a typo: The world's fastest gaming monitor may well be this ancient IIyama CRT unit, pushed to 700 Hz at a glorious 120p resolution

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July 22, 2024 · 13 min · 2657 words · Sharon Bush

This new co-op horde shooter on Steam is so bad it made me feel physically ill

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July 22, 2024 · 10 min · 2041 words · Cynthia Cook

This Saturday-morning-cartoon-styled RPG brings all the strategy and none of the grind

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July 22, 2024 · 7 min · 1441 words · Mary Long

Today's Wordle answer for Monday, July 22

GamesPuzzleWordleToday’s Wordle answer for Monday, July 22When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. GamesPuzzleWordleToday’s Wordle answer for Monday, July 22When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Future) Jump to:Wordle hintToday’s answerPrevious answers...

July 22, 2024 · 14 min · 2928 words · William Pierce