The Witcher 3 is getting a major free remaster in September, new expansion arrives in 2027
Songs of the Past takes Geralt to a new region before The Witcher 4 targets 2028
Nvidia releases DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction, available now in 30 games
Nvidia has released DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction, bringing its 2nd-gen Transformer model to all RTX GPUs. The upgrade promises improved lighting, temporal stability, and detail in motion, while reducing artifacts such as ghosting. An early access update to the Nvidia App lets users enable this in 30 supported games, including Cyberpunk 2077, Alan Wake 2, and Resident Evil Requiem, with a wider release coming in September.
Sony reminds players they don't actually own the PlayStation games they purchased
"You will own nothing"
Russian tech giant VK wants Apple to pay $696,000 every day until its apps return to the App Store
The daily penalties would add up to around $252 million per year
Windows NT 4.0 turns 30: when Microsoft brought the Windows 95 look to the enterprise
NT 4.0 included the Start Menu, Taskbar, and Explorer shell. Much of the interface that's basically still with us
A hidden Windows cleanup routine is quietly deleting Asus laptop GPU drivers
The issue traces back to Asus's Eco mode, which disables the dedicated GPU entirely
CPU-Z version 3 adds PC health checks to the classic system information tool
CPU-Z remains a favorite for checking processor, memory, and motherboard details, but version 3.01 makes it more useful for troubleshooting. The new Validator V3 can quickly scan for more than 100 potential issues, including overheating, outdated drivers, hardware problems, and bloatware.
Uber hit with near-$1 billion fine after algorithms suspended drivers without human review
Regulators say the software cut drivers off from their income without meaningful human oversight
Windows could soon let you control how your PC splits memory for gaming and AI
Possibly targeting Nvidia's RTX Spark chip, Microsoft is testing manual unified memory allocation between system, graphics, and AI tasks
A cracked version of Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls runs better than the original game, and players are fuming
Undisclosed Theia DRM is apparently harder on performance than Denuvo
Open Forum: What's your most-used keyboard shortcut?
Beyond copy, paste, undo, and Alt + Tab, which shortcut has become second nature?
Someone got Doom running on a 2009 Canon DSLR camera, and it's surprisingly playable
Open-source port supports multiple mods and level packs
GTA 6 leaker may have access to a playable build as fake downloads spread malware
New footage suggests the leaker could be playing the game directly
Todoist keeps tasks and projects organized without getting in your way
Todoist is a free task manager with a clean interface that lets you quickly capture to-dos, set recurring deadlines and priorities, and organize everything into projects and lists. It works across desktop, mobile, and the web, and is also one of our Essential Apps for Windows and macOS.
Microsoft confirms latest Windows 11 update is crashing games and rebooting PCs
Yet another Windows Update gone wrong
Back in 1996, Quake's shareware CD locked id Software's entire catalog behind flawed encryption that made it a free-for-all
A flawed CD copy-protection scheme cost id Software 150,000 unsold discs
PeaZip is a powerful free alternative to built-in archive tools
Modern OS can handle common archives on their own, but PeaZip gives you finer control over compression, broader format support, encryption, split archives, integrity checks, and file conversion. It's available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. PeaZip is also featured in TechSpot's Essential Apps.
Apple's services business is finally feeling the pain of losing control over App Store payments
US App Store spending fell 6% as developers steered users to outside payment systems
Some Tesla owners are using Full Self-Driving for 95% of their trips, but they're still legally in control
The Level 2 system is taking on city streets as drivers grow more comfortable with it
New GTA 6 gameplay just leaked, and Rockstar can't take it down fast enough
Biggest leak since 2022 shows off basketball, brawls, and a six-star wanted level
MPC-HC is old-school software in the best possible way
Media Player Classic - Home Cinema is fast, lightweight, and plays virtually anything without unnecessary extras. Its classic interface stays out of the way, while advanced users can fine-tune playback with custom filters, shaders, and renderers such as madVR. MPC-HC is also one of our Essential Apps.
China pulls the plug on Windows 10 for government machines months ahead of schedule
The order comes weeks before Donald Trump's planned meeting with Xi Jinping
Windows is losing a command-line tool that dates back to the Windows 2000 days
Microsoft is removing WMIC a decade after saying it would
Upscayl is our favorite cross-platform image upscaling tool, and it's free
Upscayl is an open-source tool for enlarging lower resolution images. It uses local AI models to upscale and sharpen images, adding believable detail instead of just stretching pixels. It runs entirely offline on your own GPU, and runs on Windows, Mac and Linux, with batch processing built in. For more useful tools, check out TechSpot's Essential Apps feature.
GitHub is down again, and this time it's hitting almost everything
The outage follows a lengthy Actions disruption last week that GitHub called "unacceptable"