From ExtremeTech: Law enforcement has frequently complained about the rise of smartphone encryption, which can prevent authorities from gathering vital evidence in criminal investigations. However, companies like Apple and Google maintain that encryption is essential to user privacy. Police around...

From CNET: Nintendo Switch owners can finally play Fortnite, but neither they nor Playstation 4 players were warned that bringing their account from one platform to the other would result in a lockout. And that's sparked outrage across the gigantic Fortnite community.

For those who haven't heard...

From Tom's Hardware: Steam Link for iOS went from being dead in the water to receiving more life rings than it could possibly use. Valve and Apple have both taken steps in the last few weeks to help the app, which lets you play Steam games on your iPhone or iPad, finally make its way into the App...

From ComputerWorld: Microsoft on Thursday declared that the latest feature upgrade to Windows 10 is fit for businesses, marking the fastest transition yet from consumer-only to enterprise-ready.

"Based on the update quality and reliability we are seeing through our A.I. approach, we are now...

From PC Gamer: A newly discovered chip vulnerability leaves owners of most Core processors susceptible to yet another side channel attack similar to Spectre and Meltdown. Fortunately, the fallout from this one shouldn't be as far reaching as those, nor is it as serious.

In a security bulletin...

From ExtremeTech: AMD’s GPU roadmap has been substantially aligned to meet semi-custom needs ever since it won the PS4 and Xbox One contracts. In a piece earlier today, we actually explored some of those links and how they may have impacted AMD’s overall roadmap in the past five years. But the links...

From PC Mag: If you're still gaming on a PC running Windows XP or Windows Vista installed, first of all well done! However, if you want to continue gaming using Steam, it's time to start thinking about upgrading. Valve is ending support for XP and Vista on Jan. 1, 2019.

The announcement was made on...

From PC World: Intel has officially confirmed that its first discrete graphics chip will land as soon as 2020. “Intel’s first discrete GPU coming in 2020,” the company said in a brief Tweet on Tuesday morning.

Gamers, take heart: Intel's Tweet didn't say where those GPUs were headed, but the...

From CNET: Senate Democrats and Republicans don't often work together. But they're joining forces to undo a deal that saves Chinese smartphone maker ZTE.

Senators plan to add a provision that would ban US suppliers from selling to ZTE to the National Defense Authorization Act, according to The Wall...

From PC Mag: If there isn't a console launch in the near future, E3 is usually all about the games and this year Microsoft certainly delivered on that front. During its E3 press conference, Microsoft showed footage from many new titles including Halo Infinite, Forza Horizon 4, Gears of War 5, Sekiro...