From PC World: Last week’s optional Windows 11 update, known as patch KB5050094, was nice because it fixed several issues, including broken USB audio playback and Auto HDR for gaming.

But like with so many Windows 11 24H2 patches in the past, this update has broken a few things itself, reports...

From PC Mag: AMD’s gaming desktop processor, the Ryzen 9800X3D, is so popular it helped the company’s PC chip business reach record revenue.

“We had record desktop channel sell-out in the fourth quarter in multiple regions as Ryzen dominated the best selling CPU lists at many retailers globally,”...

From PC World: Firefox 135 debuts today, with (what else?) AI built right into the browser.

Unlike Microsoft Edge and Copilot or Brave’s own Leo AI chatbot, Firefox isn’t investing in its own AI capabilities. Instead, the company is building in AI access to third-party chatbots such as Anthropic’s...

From CNET: Uber is one step closer to letting customers hail a self-driving vehicle in Austin, Texas, through its app. The company on Wednesday opened up its interest list so that curious riders can declare their interest in potentially being matched with a Waymo robotaxi, once that partnership...

From Corsair Press Release: Elgato is proud to unveil Wave Link 2.0, the latest evolution of its powerful audio management software, which introduces incredible new features and major quality-of-life improvements. Highlights include Voice Focus, an integrated tool that ensures crisp vocals in any...

From The Verge: China has launched an antitrust investigation into Google as part of a salvo of responses to US tariff increases, including its own retaliatory tariffs and export controls. China’s State Administration for Market Regulation announced the Google probe on Tuesday over suspicions the US...

From PC Mag: If you use Grubhub, some of your data may have been lost to a hacker. On Monday, the food delivery app reported a breach involving user names, email addresses, and phone numbers.

Grubhub didn't say how many customers were affected. But the hacker accessed contact information for...

From PC World: Microsoft’s powerhouse collection of useful Windows utilities, PowerToys, is adding the ability to strip out an audio track from a video file, plus the more general ability to transcode video files as well.

Microsoft isn’t adding an additional app to PowerToys, a collection of more...

From The Verge: Microsoft is getting ready to remove the VPN feature from its Microsoft 365 subscription later this month. Originally designed as a privacy feature, the VPN in Microsoft 365 utilizes the Microsoft Defender app to encrypt internet traffic and hide IP addresses. Microsoft is now...

From PC World: According to a recent blog post, a new update is being rolled out to Windows 11 Insiders (Build 26120.3073) that adds a bunch of fixes and improvements, including a Copilot button in Microsoft Paint.

Clicking the Copilot button will expand a drop-down menu with all the generative AI...