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After months of waiting, we finally learned that the Xbox Ally and its premium variant, the Xbox Ally X, are both launching on October 16, 2025. We’re still a few weeks out from release, but if you’re excited about getting your hands on one of these devices, then you’ve come to the right place. At the time of writing, listing …

Framework has built a name for itself by taking the locked down world of laptops and making them modular, upgradable, and repairable. So it’s surprising — and maybe even controversial — the way that Framework has approached its first desktop: it’s made a PC that’s actually less modular than most. Don’t worry; this isn’t a Mac Mini situation, where mere …

black hat Critical security flaws in Broadcom chips used in more than 100 models of Dell computers could allow attackers to take over tens of millions of users’ devices, steal passwords, and access sensitive data, including fingerprint information, according to Cisco Talos. The five vulnerabilities, CVE-2025-24311, CVE-2025-25215, CVE-2025-24922, CVE-2025-25050, CVE-2025-24919, exist in Broadcom BCM5820X series chips that Cisco says are …

So many people haven’t been able to upgrade their older Windows computers to Windows 11 because of the latter’s TPM 2.0 hardware requirement. Learn more about why you need TPM 2.0 for Windows 11, why TPM 2.0 makes PCs better, and why Microsoft is adamant about not letting older PCs without TPM 2.0 run Windows 11. Some users, however, are …

Windows 11 version 24H2 may be the “most reliable version of Windows yet,” according to Microsoft. But some gamers have been unable to upgrade to that version of the OS due to a compatibility hold put in place by the company. The tech giant blocked select PCs from upgrading to Windows 11 version 24H2 due to a bug that could …

I want a future where we don’t need a desktop PC to get the best gaming graphics. Maybe I’m a dreamer who needs to keep on dreaming, but I think that that pie-in-the-sky wonderland is closer to reality than you may think, and all PC component makers need to do is hop on the eGPU train. Better yet, they need …

Nearly five years after launch, Cyberpunk 2077 now runs natively on Macs — and it runs well, if you rely on Apple’s MetalFX upscaling tech. I know because here at Tom’s Guide our crack team of testing experts has been hard at work in our lab this week benchmarking how well the game runs on a slew of modern Macs. …

UPDATE July 14, 2025: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that Microsoft would cut support for Windows 10 in two months. This information has been updated to reflect that it will happen in roughly three months on October 14, 2025. As you may know, Microsoft is set to cut support for Windows 10 in approximately three months on …

Mini PCs seemed like niche devices at first. I thought they were suitable primarily for media centers or as backup systems, and didn’t expect much more. But after years of testing, building, and customizing them for all kinds of roles, I’ve come to realize just how capable these small machines really are. Looking back, there are several things I wish …

At the start of this month Neowin noticed Microsoft had quietly begun pushing the KB5001716 update, a periodic release that is meant to install feature updates on Windows 11 and Windows 10 computers. We speculated that this was likely the final push as the end of support for the latter was coming up soon (even governments are starting to warn …