Heads Up, Gamers: Windows 11's New Memory Feature Could Tank Your FPS

October's patch tuesday update will auto-enable a memory security feature for millions of Windows PC that can damage gaming performance; we explain how to turn it off.
Scientific American magazine

Why loneliness and not social isolation may be making you sick

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. You can spend every day surrounded by other people and still feel lonely.
The Conversation

Loneliness may damage health in ways isolation does not – new study

You can spend every day surrounded by other people and still feel lonely. You can also spend long periods alone without finding the experience distressing. That difference may help explain why ...
The Atlantic

Another Symptom of Growing Isolation

In Europe in the 1700s, coffeehouses were sources of coffee, but also conversation. As the MIT psychologist Sherry Turkle points out in her 2016 book, Reclaiming Conversation, many people went to ...
XDA Developers

Your gaming PC gets throttled by Windows 11's hidden security layer, and disabling it takes 30 seconds

Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming hardware, she's covered just about everything. Whether it's ...
From Software

Alien: Isolation 2 Studio Wants to “Expand and Evolve” Beyond the Original, Says Creative Director

The sequel to the critically acclaimed horror title Alien: Isolation, appropriately dubbed Alien: Isolation 2, was announced over the weekend. As for whether fans should expect more of what we saw in ...
IGN

First Alien: Isolation 2 Footage Revealed at Summer Game Fest 2026

Sega and Creative Assembly have finally officially revealed Alien: Isolation 2 with a new trailer at Summer Game Fest 2026. While the trailer stops short of announcing a release date or even a release ...
Gematsu

Alien: Isolation 2 announced for PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, and PC

Publisher SEGA and developer Creative Assembly have officially announced horror first-person shooter sequel Alien: Isolation 2 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, and PC (Steam). A release date ...
Polygon

First teaser for Alien: Isolation's long-awaited sequel doesn't feature a Xenomorph, but it's very eerie

Sega and Creative Assembly finally shared a brief teaser for their long-awaited sequel to Alien: Isolation to celebrate Alien Day 2026. The teaser, which you can watch below, is titled "False Sense of ...
ZDNet

My 5-step security checklist for every new Windows PC

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Windows 11 offers a variety of security settings designed to better safeguard your PC and personal files. But those settings tend to be scattered ...
Wired

You Can Now Install—and Update—Microsoft Store Apps Using the Command Line

I can't stand opening the Microsoft Store. It's slow to load, confusing to browse, and full of ads for things I don't care about. Luckily, thanks to a new feature, I don't have to open the Microsoft ...