If you've been trying to log into Arc Raiders and wondering why nothing can connect, don't worry; it's not just you. As it turns out, there's growing evidence that Arc Raiders is currently experiencing some downtime. And while we're not sure of the details, all we can say for sure is that we can do nothing but wait until it comes back.

If there's any type of laptop I prefer above almost all others, it's a thin, powerful gaming laptop. While I do love the portability of a good 14-inch gaming laptop, I'm almost equally fond of the 16-inch thin gaming machine. So naturally, the Maingear Super 16 immediately caught my attention.

It is not surprising that a major security vendor wants to tap into the growing Linux desktop market, especially as more people adopt Linux for both personal and professional use. Even so, the arrival of a new antivirus product from Kaspersky immediately raises concerns for anyone who follows security news or understands the geopolitical baggage associated with certain companies.

With so many different options, it's not always easy choosing a motherboard when you're looking to build something new. But if you're not careful, there's a good chance you might end up regretting what you choose, if you're not careful to ensure that you're getting all that you need. This isn't just about now, but also about future upgrades, especially since we're seeing huge advancements with new and more powerful ports.

If you use Google's NotebookLM often, one of the reasons why you probably keep returning to it is because it lets you control your knowledge base and get answers grounded in your own sources. Since it only references sources you've fed it and creates an AI that essentially only has expertise in the materials you provide, you don't need to worry as much about hallucinations.

Have you noticed that your gaming performance hasn't been up to par on Windows 11 lately? If so, it may be because of the October 2025 update, which has apparently caused some issues with in-game performance if you own an Nvidia GPU.

Earlier today, Microsoft held its latest Xbox Partner Preview livestream. Like Nintendo Direct Partner Showcases, this presentation is fully focused on third-party games coming to Xbox and PC over the next year or so. That means we didn't get a look at games like Halo: Campaign Evolved, but several known and new games showed up and impressed.

Storage formats aren't short-lived in the way CPUs and GPUs are; they last for decades, not years. Yet, when you zoom out and look at the storage types that have become obsolete, irrelevant, or downright inconvenient in 2025, there are quite a few on the list. At the same time, some old storage types still have their uses, such as USB flash drives, external hard drives, microSD cards, eMMC storage, SATA SSDs, and Blu-ray discs. There are four storage types, however, that dropped out of the zeitgeist years ago.

Last year Qualcomm promised that games would “just work” on its Snapdragon X Elite laptops, but in my testing I found that was far from the case. Now, a year on, Windows on Arm is a lot more ready for gaming, thanks to emulator improvements, driver updates, a new Snapdragon Control Panel, and Qualcomm’s work on anti-cheat compatibility.Qualcomm is releasing its Snapdragon Control Panel this week, which automatically detects games you’ve installed on a Snapdragon X Elite laptop and then optimizes them. It’s very similar to the apps that AMD and Nvidia use for their own GPUs, with settings for frame rate caps, anti-aliasing, texture filtering, and much more.The Snapdragon Control Panel also allows you to install the latest Adreno GPU drivers, which are optimized for the latest games to improve stability and performance. Qualcomm says it has made fixes and improvements for more than 100 games since launch last year, with continued bug fixes for stability and performance.Alongside the Snapdragon Control Panel release, both Microsoft and Qualcomm have also made some significant changes to help PC gaming on Windows on Arm. Microsoft’s Prism emulator now supports x86 Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX), which are required by many games and creative apps. Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon X2 Elite chips also support AVX2 emulation, and existing Snapdragon X series devices “will also receive the update in coming weeks.”Microsoft has also updated its Xbox app on Windows on Arm recently to add the ability to download ARM64 compatible games. When Copilot Plus PCs launched last year, the Xbox app was simply a portal to Xbox Cloud Gaming. It didn’t have library or store options, so you couldn’t use it to install games from PC Game Pass. That’s all changed now.Qualcomm has also been working with Epic Games to get Fortnite running on Windows on Arm, with full kernel-level anti-cheat support. You’ll need the latest Adreno GPU driver to get Fortnite running, and Qualcomm says it’s also working with other anti-cheat providers like Tencent’s Anti-Cheat Expert, Roblox’s Hyperion, Denuvo, InProtect GameGuard, Uncheater, and BattleEye to enable more multiplayer games on Windows on Arm.Fortnite’s arrival on Windows on Arm comes just as the game debuts on the Xbox PC store. It’s the first time Epic Games has released Fortnite on another PC store or launcher, and it’s part of a deal to bring Fortnite Crew to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers.All of these improvements are a much better start for gaming on Windows on Arm than the launch last year, but performance and compatibility is still far from perfect. You can check to see if your favorite game runs natively, via emulation, or not at all right here.

Google has been hard at work lately, rolling out NotebookLM feature after feature. Interestingly, these aren't minor tweaks (although there have been a bunch of small updates too). Instead, they’re additions that have clearly been carefully thought through, solving pain points NotebookLM users have been expressing for the longest time.

Black Friday is almost here, and as you can imagine, the deals are slowly starting to roll out from big retailers like Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart. But that doesn't mean you need to wait it out until November 28 in order to start your holiday shopping.

Thanks to its support for cool accessories and different operating systems, the Raspberry Pi 5 is easily the most versatile device in my home lab. While it bears a pint-sized footprint and barely consumes any power, the Single-Board Computer can run a handful of cool projects – ranging from simple emulation platforms and NVR utilities to full-fledged container-hosting hubs and file sharing servers.