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Intel Wireless Drivers
Intel Killer Performance Suite 34.23.5134
Windows 10 and Windows 11 Wi-Fi Drivers for Intel Wireless Adapters 22.230.0
Intel Wireless Bluetooth for Windows 10 and Windows 11

EMDB 5.23
Freeware movie database software. A few fixes, a few new features.
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Turn your phone off every night for five minutes, Australian PM tells residents
“Experts back Anthony Albanese’s cybersecurity advice, saying forcibly closing apps could stop criminals from monitoring users or collecting data…
The Australian government’s advice is not new. In 2020, the United State’s National Security Agency issued best-practice guidelines for mobile device security, which included rebooting smartphones once a week to prevent hacking.“

Updating Firmware on Samsung SSDs

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There were some recent firmware updates for the Samsung 980 Pro lineup. I updated mine and thought I would pass this along…
Download and install/update the Samsung Magician SSD Management Utility.
Although Magician has several uses, the only thing you really need this utility for is updating firmware (unless you want to go through the hassle of creating a boot disk). Firmware updates for SSDs can resolve performance or security issues.
Tips:
– It is not necessary to have Magician running in the system tray. Right-click on the tray icon and remove from startup.
– It is not necessary to have the SamsungMagicianSVC service running all the time. Set it to Manual:
press the Windows + S key > type services > scroll down to SamsungMagicianSVC and double-click it > change it to Manual (optionally stop it too) > click Apply
– I typically check for updates via Magician every month or so, or when it comes to mind.
– Simply running Magician will let you know if there are updates.
– Standard warning: Firmware updates can go wrong…blah, blah, backup, blah blah. In all these years I’ve never had BIOS or firmware updates go wrong and I’ve done too many to count. RTFM

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New Intel Chipset Drivers

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Intel Chipset Drivers
Package version: 10.1.18716.8265
Installer version: 3.1.7.142
Date: 03/30/2021
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 x64
Microsoft Windows 10 (Refer Release Notes for details.)
Microsoft Windows 10 x64
Microsoft Windows* Server 2016 x64
Microsoft Windows* Server 2019 x64
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