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Nvidia Geforce Game Ready Drivers 512.77 WHQL
“Game Ready for Evil Dead: The Game”
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Brave Search
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Where I Find Tech Security News
Krebs On Security
Schneier On Security
Bleeping Computer
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Google Chrome Updated
“The Stable channel has been updated to 101.0.4951.67 for Windows.” Bugfixes
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HWiNFO 7.24
Support for new hardware.
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Wise Disk Cleaner 10.8.5
Support for a few more browsers, improved cleaning for Chrome and Edge.
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Windows Updates
Win10 & Win11 have 40-some security fixes including at least one that is supposedly being actively exploited.
Win11 – May 10, 2022—KB5013943 (OS Build 22000.675)
A couple of “address an issue” fixes and the aforementioned security updates.
Win10 – May 10, 2022—KB5013942 (OS Builds 19042.1706, 19043.1706, and 19044.1706)
“This update contains miscellaneous security improvements to internal OS functionality. No additional issues were documented for this release.”
Google Chrome Updated
“The Stable channel has been updated to 101.0.4951.64 for Windows, Mac and Linux…This update includes 13 security fixes.”
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AMD Software Adrenalin 22.5.1 Recommended (WHQL) Drivers
Support for new hardware. Fixes transparency issues on Win10.
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Intel Graphics – Windows DCH Drivers 30.0.101.1960
Support for new hardware. Support and fixes for many games.
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Brian Krebs – Your Phone May Soon Replace Many of Your Passwords
“Apple, Google and Microsoft announced this week they will soon support an approach to authentication that avoids passwords altogether, and instead requires users to merely unlock their smartphones to sign in to websites or online services. Experts say the changes should help defeat many types of phishing attacks and ease the overall password burden on Internet users, but caution that a true passwordless future may still be years away for most websites.“
Pardon the lack of posts. I broke my wrist and just haven’t been in the mood.
Intel Ethernet Adapter Complete Driver Pack 27.2.1
Support for new hardware and Win11.
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GPU-Z 2.46.0
Support for new hardware and a few fixes.
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Google Chrome Updated
“The Chrome team is delighted to announce the promotion of Chrome 101 to the stable channel for Windows, Mac and Linux…This update includes 30 security fixes.”
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Chrome for Android updated too.
Nvidia Geforce Game Ready Drivers 512.59 WHQL
Support for Dune: Spice Wars and a few other game related tweaks.
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AMD Software Adrenalin 22.4.2 OPTIONAL Drivers
Support for Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodhunt and a 4K fix.
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Intel Graphics Beta Driver 30.101.1934
Support for Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodhunt and 8 other fixes.
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Notepad++ 8.4
17 changes.
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Ars Technica – Android’s app store privacy section starts rolling out today
“When you look up an app on the Play Store, alongside sections like “About this app” and “ratings and reviews,” there will be a new section called “Data privacy & security,” where developers can explain what data they collect.“
VLC Media Player 3.0.17
1 fix
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VirtualBox 6.1.34
Over 2 dozen fixes and improvements.
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Patch Tuesday
Over 100 vulnerabilities patched.
Win11 – April 12, 2022—KB5012592 (OS Build 22000.613)
Win10 – April 12, 2022—KB5012599 (OS Builds 19042.1645, 19043.1645, and 19044.1645)
Firefox 99.0.1
4 fixes
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Google Chrome Updated
“The Stable channel has been updated to 100.0.4896.88 for Windows, Mac and Linux…This update includes 11 security fixes.”
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Chrome for Android updated too.
AMD Software Adrenalin 22.4.1 OPTIONAL Drivers
Support for Unreal Engine 5.0 and City Sample. A few fixes.
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Intel Ethernet Adapter Complete Driver Pack 27.2
Support for Windows 11.
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Google Chrome Updated
“The Stable channel has been updated to 100.0.4896.75 for Windows, Mac and Linux…This update includes 1 security fix”
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Chrome for Android updated too.
Firefox 99
“Meh” except for sandbox improvements in Linux.
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O&O AppBuster 1.1.1341
A few fixes and GUI changes.
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O&O ShutUp10++ 1.9.1429
One bugfix: “Error when starting High Contrast mode corrected”
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Samsung Magician Software 7.1
Couple three new features.
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Intel Graphics Windows DCH Drivers 30.0.101.1660
Game related fixes. Netflix HEVC HDR Playback bug fix.
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O&O ShutUp10++ 1.9.1428
Bugfix for the previous release.
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HWiNFO 7.22
“Hardware Analysis, Monitoring and Reporting for Windows”
Support for new hardware and a few fixes.
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Google Chrome 100
“The Chrome team is delighted to announce the promotion of Chrome 100 to the stable channel for Windows, Mac and Linux…This update includes 28 security fixes.”
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Chrome for Android updated too.
O&O ShutUp10++ 1.9.1427
7 new features.
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