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Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Friday News

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AMD Software Adrenalin 23.4.3 WHQL Drivers
Support for STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor plus a couple of fixes
Download | Release Notes

Audacity 3.3.1
Free, open source, cross-platform audio software. v3.3.0 has several improvements and fixes.
Version 3.3.0 was released a few days ago. Version 3.31 is a bugfix for that release.
Download & Info

Windows 10 EOL
Stories about this issue were all over the web yesterday like is was big news.
“Windows 10 will reach end of support on October 14, 2025. The current version, 22H2, will be the final version of Windows 10, and all editions will remain in support with monthly security update releases through that date.”
There is no real news here. I spoke of Win10s EOL date of October, 2025 back in 2021 and it wasn’t news then.

Another Chrome Zero Day

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“The Stable and extended stable channel has been updated to 112.0.5615.137/138 for Windows and 112.0.5615.137 for Mac…This update includes 8 security fixes…Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2023-2136 exists in the wild.”
Download | Release Info
Chrome for Android updated too, “This release includes stability and performance improvements.“

Tuesday News

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Nvidia Geforce Game Ready Drivers 531.68 WHQL
Support for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and Dead Island 2 and a few game related fixes
Download | Release Notes

VirtualBox 7.0.8
Freeware, open source virtualization software. Lots of fixes and improvements.
Download | Extension Pack | Changelog

GPU-Z 2.53.0
Freeware portable video card/GPU info tool. Support for new hardware.
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai warns society to brace for impact of A.I. acceleration, says ‘it’s not for a company to decide’
Some snippets:
“We need to adapt as a society for it,” Pichai told Pelley, adding that jobs that would be disrupted by AI would include “knowledge workers,” including writers, accountants, architects and, ironically, even software engineers…
“When warning of AI’s consequences, Pichai said that the scale of the problem of disinformation and fake news and images will be “much bigger,” adding that “it could cause harm…”
However, fears of the consequences of the rapid progress has also reached the public and critics in recent weeks. In March, Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak and dozens of academics called for an immediate pause in training “experiments” connected to large language models that were “more powerful than GPT-4,” OpenAI’s flagship LLM. More than 25,000 people have signed the letter since then…
“You don’t fully understand how it works and yet you’ve turned it loose on society?” Pelley asked.
And here is the daft, baffling response from Pichai:
“Let me put it this way, I don’t think we fully understand how a human mind works either.”

Thursday Morning News

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Google Chrome Updated
“The Stable and extended stable channel has been updated to 112.0.5615.86/87 Windows”
Seems to be a single fix.
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PowerToys 0.69.1
Bugfix release.
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EMDB 5.19
Freeware movie database software. A few fixes, a few new features.
Download | What’s New

4 Maps updates to help you explore U.S. national parks
“This month, four new updates are coming to Google Maps on iOS and Android to help you find the information you need when you head to a national park — all in one place. With these updates, everything from finding your way around a park to discovering things to do when you’re there will feel like, well, a walk in the park.“

Thursday News

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PowerToys 0.69
“set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline their Windows experience for greater productivity.”
New utility: Registry Preview, many improvements and fixes.
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Notepad++ 8.5.2
Freeware feature packed notepad replacement. Many fixes and a few new features.
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Microsoft/Sysinternals Process Explorer 17.04
“Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded.”
“This update to Process Explorer fixes a regression highlighting immersive processes and fixes a security bug.”
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Intel Graphics Drivers 31.0.101.2121 for 6th-10th Gen Intel CPUs
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AMD Software Adrenalin 23.4.1 WHQL Drivers
Support for: Meet Your Maker. Game optimizations for The Last of Us Part 1. A few fixes.
Download | Release Notes