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Windows 11’s Notepad gets AI-powered ‘Rewrite’ feature, but not everyone’s going to be happy about it
By Darren Allan published
Here’s how Notepad’s new Rewrite feature works, and what you need to get the ChatGPT-powered ability.

Nvidia RTX 5070 early pricing hints at plenty of GPUs at the MSRP – but I’ll believe it when I see it
By Darren Allan published
Nvidia RTX 5070 GPUs appear at MSRP in apparent early glimmers of hopeful pricing – but I really wouldn’t read much into this.

AMD warns its RX 9070 GPUs are strictly ‘UEFI-only’ – and if that sounds worrying, don’t panic, it probably doesn’t affect you
By Darren Allan published
AMD’s new RDNA 4 graphics cards will only support UEFI, and we’ll explain exactly what this means for your gaming PC.

Don’t panic – Microsoft’s Edge browser isn’t about to subject you to a flood of unblocked adverts (not yet, anyway)
By Darren Allan published
Some folks seem to believe that the end is nigh for uBlock Origin – and maybe other popular extensions for Edge – but it very much isn’t (yet).

Windows 11 24H2 bug is confusing people by displaying half the interface in one language, and the remainder in another
By Darren Allan published
I’ve seen some weird bugs in Windows 11, but a glitch that mixes up two languages in the operating system’s menus takes the cake.

Evidence mounts that RX 9070 XT GPU could equal Nvidia RTX 4080’s performance – I just hope AMD doesn’t mess up pricing
By Darren Allan published
Purported RX 9070 XT benchmark shows it edging out Nvidia’s RTX 4080 while keeping impressively cool, suggesting AMD’s got a real winner of a GPU.

Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti GPU with 16GB rumored for March launch, followed by 8GB flavor in April – but where does that leave the vanilla RTX 5060?
By Darren Allan published
Nvidia could potentially be forced to don its flame-retardant suit for rumored April launch of 8GB version of RTX 5060 Ti.

I have good news and bad news about Windows 11 24H2’s new update: it introduces nifty features and fixes... but also includes another ad
By Darren Allan published
Tired of ads in Windows 11 yet? I know I am, but Microsoft looks to be bringing in yet another, and this time it’s referrals for PC Game Pass.

Microsoft just gave Edge a great new feature to ensure the browser doesn’t slow down the PC, and it’s tempting me to switch from Google Chrome
By Darren Allan published
In the Edge vs Chrome battle, Microsoft just landed a telling blow – a nifty new RAM limiter feature.

Some lucky RTX 5080 buyers may not be so lucky after all, as Nvidia confirms ‘rare’ chip fault also applies to this GPU as well as the RTX 5090 and 5070 Ti
By Darren Allan published
If you’ve bought an RTX 5080, you need to check your GPU specs and see if the count for a certain rendering pipeline is correct.
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