BIOS

If you already have one of AMD’s best processors for gaming, such as the Ryzen 9 7950X3D or the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, both your CPU and your motherboard might be in trouble. Several reports of the processor burning up have recently surfaced. While AMD hasn’t made any statements, it’s possible that a new BIOS update might be enough to keep your gear safe. u/Speedrookie / Reddit AMD’s latest 3D V-Cache processors are real beasts, but it appears that for some poeple, that power comes at a huge price. Reddit users have been…

Meta-owned Instagram has announced a new feature, which will allow users to add up to five links to their profile bios. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday announced the new feature in a post on his Instagram channel, saying, "the feature has been a top request among creators", reports The Verge. With the new feature, users can now add links by editing their profile in the mobile app, where they can give them titles and reorder how they'll appear. However, if a user adds more than one link to their profile,…

Laptop deals tend to focus on the average user who doesn’t need anything particularly potent or with a focus on security. Over at HP, there’s the exception — the HP ZBook Power G9 Mobile Workstation Wolf Pro Security Edition. It’s normally priced at $4,102 but it’s currently down to just $1,999. Sure, that’s not impulse buy territory but that’s still a saving of $2,103 which is huge. However, this laptop won’t be necessary for everyone so let’s take a quick look at who it will best suit. Why you should buy the HP…

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D MSRP $450.00 “The fastest gaming CPU you can buy, even beating out much more expensive options.” Pros Chart-topping gaming performance Great value Solid multi-core and productivity performance AM5 is getting cheaper Cons Weak single-core performance…

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Want to feel truly humbled by your past choices, so much so that you just might hide your face, crawl into a hole, and never come out? View your old Instagram bios by just opening the Instagram app and following these steps. Click on the profile icon across the bottom of your screen. Click on the three lines icon in the top right corner. Click on "Your activity." Click on "Account history." Scroll through your history. When you find an old bio you want to read, click the arrows next to "Bio." Just like that, you're…

By overclocking your CPU, you can squeeze extra performance out of your PC without spending any money. Most processors have a little extra headroom, and if you know how to overclock your CPU, you can result in higher frame rates in games, faster renders in programs like Adobe Pro, and everything in-between. Combined with a GPU overclock, your PC could punch well above its weight. While you might be asking yourself whether or not you really should be overclocking due to the potential risks, the reality is that it’s…

It’s official — the source code for the Intel Alder Lake BIOS was leaked, and Intel has confirmed it. A total of 6GB of code used for building the BIOS/UEFI source code is now out in the wild, having been posted on GitHub and 4chan. Intel doesn’t seem too concerned, but security researchers are now hard at work trying to see if this can be used in a malicious way. If you own an Alder Lake CPU, should you be worried? I can't believe: NDA-ed MSRs, for the newest CPU, what a good day… pic.twitter.com/bNitVJlkkL…

Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: Intel confirms their proprietary UEFI code appears to have been leaked by a third party; the Alder Lake BIOS source code was leaked to 4chan and GitHub — Hack's perpetrator and origins remain unknown. — We recently broke the news that Intel's Alder Lake BIOS source code had been leaked … Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: Intel confirms their proprietary UEFI code appears to have been leaked by a third party; the Alder Lake BIOS source code was…

We recently broke the news that Intel's Alder Lake BIOS source code had been leaked to 4chan and Github, with the 6GB file containing tools and code for building and optimizing BIOS/UEFI images. We reported the leak within hours of the initial occurrence, so we didn't yet have confirmation from Intel that the leak was genuine. Intel has now issued a statement to Tom's Hardware confirming the incident:"Our proprietary UEFI code appears to have been leaked by a third party. We do not believe this exposes any new security…