For a while now, the Linux gaming scene has relied on Mesa's RADV driver to get AMD GPUs working on their PCs. While it's open-source and community-run, Valve has poured a lot of time, effort, and money into the project, allowing for AMD GPU performance on par with (or exceeding) Windows. In exchange, Valve had a reliable driver that powers the Steam Deck and Steam Machine.

For the longest time, I’d imagined container and VM-hosting workstations to require cutting-edge hardware. After all, I’d grown up drooling over Xeon rigs with dozens of CPU cores and an ungodly number of RAM sticks that could drive hundreds of virtual guests on powerful server platforms without breaking a sweat. However, it wasn’t until I began my descent into virtualization projects that I realized how wrong these misconceptions were.

Claude Code has quickly become the tool a lot of people reach for when they need to handle stuff that isn't really coding. I'm mainly talking about computer admin such as renaming files in bulk, working through an Obsidian vault, organizing folders that have gotten out of hand, or quick markdown cleanups nobody wants to do by hand. It's genuinely brilliant at all of that and there aren't many complaints to make about it.

Microsoft is working on an AI "super app" that combines Copilot's chat, coding, and agentic capabilities. During an earnings call on Wednesday, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said the app will span "both consumer and commercial experiences" when it launches this year."Copilot is evolving rapidly from chat to Cowork to Autopilots," Nadella said. "This quarter, we are bringing these Copilot experiences together, including code, in one super app… This is a major step forward, and I look forward to sharing more soon."Nadella's confirmation comes months after a report from Fortune revealed that Microsoft is working on a super app that blends its …Read the full story at The Verge.

RAMageddon won't be the only reason your next phone costs more - Qualcomm is about to raise prices on all its processors, as well. Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon said on Wednesday that "prices are going to go up" on the company's products starting on September 1st, CNBC reports. The price hikes were rumored last week to be "a percentage in the double digits." Qualcomm announced the planned price increases while reporting a 20 percent year-over-year drop in revenue from its handset business, the lowest it's reported since 2021. In its quarterly earnings presentation, Qualcomm said this drop is due to "unprecedented increases in memory pricing …Read the full story at The Verge.

Windows 11 has a rather funny way of making perfectly functional laptops feel obsolete. When I got my first laptop in 2019 — a budget-friendly Acer Aspire — it came with Windows 10, and it got me through college (and the pandemic). Seven years later, I fished it out of storage, and an uninterruptible update installed Windows 11. Things went downhill immediately, as the laptop became sluggish, frustrating to use, and a real test of patience. Thankfully, I gave it a second life by installing Zorin OS Lite instead of sending it to e-waste.

Meta is all-in on AI, and sometime soon, the company is going to make a big push into personal AI agents that can do things on your behalf.On Wednesday's Q2 2026 earnings call, CEO Mark Zuckerberg previewed a high-level vision of how the company is thinking about personal agents and what it will do to make them viable for users - and how it will convince less technical people to give them a shot:Soon we will have agents that can work 24/7 on your behalf to help you achieve your goals and improve your life, your health, your relationships, your finances, whatever you want. The first domain that agents have really taken off in is coding. …Read the full story at The Verge.

xAI is suing Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison over a law passed back in May that broadly targets "nudification" apps, claiming that the statute's punitive provisions leave the company with "no practical choice but to restrict Grok Imagine's image-editing features in various ways." The law, the company argues, violates the First Amendment. Back in January, Grok flooded the internet with millions of sexually explicit deepfakes, including images of minors. In another era, a content moderation disaster of this magnitude would have had the CEO flipping the kill switch on the product within hours. But in Elon Musk's brave new world, the …Read the full story at The Verge.

If you're planning to visit (or re-visit) the game that started one of the biggest media trends in the world, why not do it with style? Someone has released a mod that turns Pokémon Red and Blue into a 3D voxel game while still staying true to the look and feel of the original. The coolest part is that it doesn't emulate the Game Boy at all; all you need is a ROM of the game.

Every time I set up a new PC, whether it's mine or one that I've put together for a friend in need, there's one thing I check before anything else, particularly if the performance numbers don't match the output I should be seeing for the hardware in the rig. I open Task Manager, click through to Memory, and look at the speed reading. More often than not, it's the RAM to be blamed for the inconsistent performance.

I use Markdown almost every day for drafting blog posts, outlining ideas, and taking notes, so having the right editor makes a bigger difference than I once thought. Over the years, I've tried several Markdown editors, but many either felt too basic or were overloaded with features I never used. I wanted something that stayed out of my way and let me focus on writing. That's exactly what I found with the open-source markdown editor, MarkText. It doesn't try to be a second brain or a productivity suite. Instead, it offers a clean, comfortable writing experience that has quickly made it my go-to Markdown editor for almost everything I write.

CyberPunk 2077’s world is vibrant and dangerous. | Image: CD Projekt Red Over the last few years, CD Projekt Red put a ton of work into fixing Cyberpunk 2077, squashing bugs, polishing content, and even launching new DLC in 2023, Phantom Liberty. As a result, this game has gone from a source for funny, glitch-fueled videos to a world I’ve returned to a number of times to live out my futuristic fantasies. A big discount happening across almost all platforms makes it a lot more accessible.Usually $59.99 for the standard edition, the game is priced at $17.99 at Steam. Its Ultimate Edition, which includes the Phantom Liberty DLC (usually $29.99 on its own), is discounted to $33.10. Xbox has the standard edition for $17.99 (usually $59.99), and the Ultimate Edition for $33.60 (usually $79.99). Sony is selling the base game for PS4 and PS5 for $19.99 (usually $49.99), while the Ultimate Edition on PS5 is $35.49 (usually $70.99).GameStop sells pre-owned physical copies of Cyberpunk 2077 for $18.99 for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 (we can’t link directly to the pre-owned copies, so you’ll have to manually select the option). The older copies will automatically upgrade to their current-generation versions for free when played on an Xbox Series S/X or PlayStation 5.Cyberpunk 2077Where to Buy: $59.99 $17.99 at Steam $59.99 $19.99 at Sony $59.99 $17.99 at XboxIt’s generous to say that the ambitious RPG was only a bit buggy at launch. In fact, its performance issues were glaring enough to cause both Sony and Microsoft to offer extended refunds. After all the bug fixes and improvements, the game is now a commonly-used performance benchmark for PC and console gaming. While its most advanced ray tracing modes are reserved for few platforms, it’s a visually-stunning game no matter where you play it. Plus, continued updates have given players more options for getting the most out of their time in Night City.