Computer News

Nvidia Geforce Game Ready Drivers 466.27 WHQL
“This new Game Ready Driver provides support for the Metro Exodus PC Enhanced Edition, which adds additional ray-traced effects and NVIDIA DLSS 2.0 for greater performance and improved image quality. Additionally, this release also provides optimal support for Mass Effect Legendary Edition and Resident Evil Village, along with support for 5 new G-SYNC Compatible displays.”
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VLC Media Player 3.0.13
A few fixes depending on your OS.
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***see comments. Thanks James! : https://www.tweakhound.com/2021/04/29/thursday-news-10/#comments

VirtualBox 6.1.22
A few fixes.
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New: O&O Lanytix
The makers of O&O Shtup10 have released a free, portable app “that enables quick and easy analysis of the local network“.
I like it.
Download & Info

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I went to my favorite sports site this morning and saw an article about the greatest linebacker of all-time. Look at all the trackers.
Did they do this on purpose or have they been hacked?
https://www.barstoolsports.com/blog/3360977/the-giants-drafted-lawrence-taylor-40-years-ago-so-lets-start-our-day-by-watching-lt-absolutely-annihilate-some-quarterbacks
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MediaMonkey 5.0
“9 years after the first release of MediaMonkey 4, we’re proud to announce MediaMonkey 5! It’s a complete overhaul of MediaMonkey that includes a foundation for a more modern UI, a framework that allows MediaMonkey better integrate with cloud/music services, and allows MediaMonkey to eventually become cross-platform and support different form factors.”
I fired it up. Album Art isn’t there. I feel like I’m looking at the periodic table. Went to Views and nothing obvious. I shouldn’t have to work for it. Displays just fine in MediaMonkey 4. Uninstalled (at least for now).
Download | Release Announcement | What’s New

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Sysinternals Freeware Updated
***Do not update Autoruns. Version 13.99 crashes on Win10 20H2 x64.
Autoruns, Procmon, Sysmon, and others updated.
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Google Chrome Updated
“The Stable channel has been updated to 90.0.4430.85 for Windows, Mac and Linux…This update includes 7 security fixes.”
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AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 21.4.1 Recommended (WHQL)
A bunch of new features. Be sure to see the release notes.
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Tor Browser 10.0.16
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Tails 4.18
Couple of fixes. Updated Firefox.
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VirtualBox 6.1.20
A bunch of fixes and a few improvements.
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Off Topic

Dunning-Kruger Effect: Ignorance and Overconfidence Affect Intuitive Thinking, New Study Says
“To put it bluntly, the Dunning-Kruger effect says that due to cognitive bias, incompetent people are too inept to realize they are incompetent, which causes them to defend incorrect opinions or beliefs.”

Sharks’ Patrick Marleau Passes Gordie Howe for Most Games Played in NHL History
“Nobody has played more regular-season games in NHL history than San Jose Sharks forward Patrick Marleau.
Monday’s contest against the Vegas Golden Knights was the 1,768th game of his career, which passed the legendary Gordie Howe’s mark of 1,767…The 41-year-old entered the league in the 1997-98 season for the Sharks”
Well done sir.

Firefox 88
A few of minor changes and fixes. 13 security fixes. FTP disabled and is slated for removal.
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Audacity 3.0.2
“Audacity is an easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux and other operating systems.”
A few improvements and fixes.
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What Is Hi-Fi Audio, and Should You Pay More for It?
“Can I Hear the Difference in Quality?…Do I Need Special Equipment?…Where Can I Stream It?…How Much Does It Cost?”

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It’s boring out there computer news wise. I’m sure folks have been doing some spring breaking like I have been.

Intel Ethernet Adapter Complete Driver Pack
Version: 26.2 Date: 3/31/2021
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HWiNFO
“Comprehensive Hardware Analysis, Monitoring and Reporting for Windows and DOS.”
Download (I use the portable version) | Version History

Are You One of the 533M People Who Got Facebooked?
“Ne’er-do-wells leaked personal data — including phone numbers — for some 553 million Facebook users this week.”
#DeleteFacebook

String theorist Michio Kaku: ‘Reaching out to aliens is a terrible idea’
“There are some colleagues of mine that believe we should reach out to them. I think that’s a terrible idea. We all know what happened to Montezuma when he met Cortés in Mexico so many hundreds of years ago.”
Dr. Stephen Hawking had the same instinct.