The damage from Intel’s 13th and 14th generation CPU instability is irreversible, and it could happen to many more chips than we thought

what you should KnowIntel says it has identified the root cause of 13th and 14th generation desktop processor instability; a microcode patch is expected in mid-August.More Intel processors than originally…

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I turned off my computer during the “do not turn off” symbol in five different games to see what would happen, and it was a tedious experiment

We’ve all seen it. The small rotating symbol warning players against impatient shutdown actions. “Do not turn off your system when this symbol is displayed,” reads the message often seen when loading a game (or some other version of those words). The subtext is clear. The saving process is delicate, and if you interrupt this invisible ritual, the data that is saved in some folder deep inside your computer will be damaged, destroyed, broken. You will lose all your progress, all your precious swords and achievements.

But is this true? How likely is it? really suffer catastrophic losses of shotgun shells? To find out, I decided to spend a very tedious afternoon turning my gaming system off and on during multiple games. Was that a good idea? I do not know. I’m a gamer, not an idea guy.

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Mass layoffs at FromSoftware won’t happen ‘as long as this company is my responsibility,’ says Miyazaki

Elden Ring creator and FromSoftware president Hidetaka Miyazaki said there will be no mass layoffs at the studio "as long as this company is my responsibility." Speaking to PC Gamer,…

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The total solar eclipse on April 8 will happen again exactly 54 years from today – here’s why and where

People watch the eclipse on the campus of Southern Illinois University on April 08, 2024. ... [+] Carbondale, Illinois. Millions of people flocked to areas across North America along the…

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