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There’s nothing quite as gut-wrenching, frightening, and disheartening as losing all your precious files and folders in one fell, painful swoop. All those cherished pieces – the photos of your family in Yosemite, your thesis paper on the migratory pattern of the Red-throated Diver, your 200GB of illegally downloaded music you can’t live without – lost into the eternal abyss due to some software or hardware failure, or possibly, just your own accidental stupidity....

Baldur’s Gate 3 players beat key villain by annoying him into submission One Baldur’s Gate 3 player has found the best way to get rid of a key villain without the need to fight, trick, or even talk to them – all you need to do is be extremely annoying. One of the best elements ofBaldur’s Gate 3is the freedom of choice granted to players. Just likeDungeons & Dragons, Larian Studios has given its players a quest and let them work out the best way to solve it, be that violence, conversations, or in some cases, annoying the NPC into leaving....

California is again leading the way for environmental regulation in the U.S. with the state’s plan to transition to an all-electric public bus fleet by 2040. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved theInnovative Clean Transit regulation, the first of its kind in the U.S., in an effort to reduce emissions generated by the state’s public transportation. The sector, according to CARB, is responsible for 40 percent of climate-changing gas emissions and 80 percent to 90 percent of smog-forming pollutants in California....

Counter-Strike 2 devs warn players as AMD Anti-Lag+ triggers VAC bans Counter-Strike 2 devs have taken to Twitter with a harrowing warning to players using AMD’s Anti-Lag+ feature: Turn it off or risk VAC ban. With a driver update back in September 2023, AMD revealed their newAnti-Lag+ feature for RDNA 3 graphics cardsthat helps reduce latency for players of various games. They’ve since added it to Counter-Strike 2 with the 23....

Unnamed sources in the supply chain point tothe current overabundance of add-in desktop graphics cards as to why you’re not already seeing Nvidia’s new GeForce GTX 11 Series on store shelves. Nvidia reportedly has around 1 million chips ready for release but is holding back because there is simply no room for the next-generation cards. This is whyNvidia CEO Jensen Huang said in Junethat the launch would be “a long time from now....

On Episode 37 of Digital Trends Live, we discussed trending headlines from one ofthe first passenger spacecraft,anotherdata breach(this is getting ridiculous), and welcomed voice actor Holly Fields, Forter CEO Michael Reitblat, and Scott Cohen from Samsung to the show. In the race to get private citizens into space between SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, and Blue Origin — headed by Elon Musk, Sir Richard Branson, and Jeff Bezos respectively — Virgin Galactic has pulled ahead withthe fourth test flight of their passenger rocket, SpaceShipTwo....

Winter may be cold, but only the hottest tech news stories make the cut on Digital Trends Live, DT’s live morning show. On episode 32, host Greg Nibler and guest Jeremy Kaplan dove headlong into the news of the day. The trendiest news was the aftermath of The Game Awards, the annual awards ceremony founded by games journalist Geoff Keighley, in which video game luminaries gather to celebrate the best (or at least, biggest) games of the year....

If you’ve always been interested iniMac dealsbut you’ve been held back by the high prices of Apple’s desktop computers — or because you want to stick to Windows — you may want to take a look at the Dell Inspiron 24 All-in-One PC. This iMac-style computer, originally priced at $650, is down to an even more affordable $450 following a 31% discount from Dell. We’re not sure how much time is remaining before you miss this chance at $200 in savings, so if you’re interested, it’s highly recommended that you proceed with the purchase as soon as you can....

After nearly 12 hours, Facebook has finally fixed the bugs and outages affecting Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp on Wednesday.If you’ve had trouble accessing pictures or uploading video on the platforms, the outage is the reason why. All three platforms should now be working properly. Photos and videos on all three services were either broken, not viewable, or difficult to upload. Some people have also reported that mobile apps for each of the networks were crashing as well....

Fujifilm just unveiled its brightest aperture lens yet — and unlike most ultra-bright lenses, it doesn’t ditch the autofocus. Announced on Thursday, September 3, the Fujifilm Fujinon XF50 f/1.0 R WR is the first f/1.0 mirrorless lens with autofocus. Despite the bright aperture, Fujifilm didn’t eliminate the autofocus system. The company says that the lens even allows theX-T4andX-Pro3to focus as low as -7EV, near-darkness conditions that are a full stop better than pairing those same bodies with a different lens....

Adobe’s edit anywhere philosophy powering apps that work seamlessly across mobile and desktop is coming to video. Introduced during VidCon on Tuesday, June 19,Project Rushis a streamlined video editing program with identical features across the smartphone and desktop apps. Project Rush contains touches ofLightroom CC’s cloud-based, cross-device compatibilityand bits and pieces of Adobe Premiere Pro, its professional video editing software. It arranges all of this into an entirely new video editing platform, but Premiere Pro users shouldn’t feel threatened — Adobe says the app has Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Audition inspiration under the hood, but with a simplified user interface designed for YouTubers, vloggers, social sharers, and other online video users without the time or patience to learn those more advanced tools....

Guilty Gear Strive finally shows off Lucy gameplay and August release date Lucy was revealed as Guilty Gear’s first-ever guest character at Evo 2024. Now, a year later, her gameplay trailer has finally been shown — as well as her long-awaited release date. Guilty Gear Striveis getting a slew of big updates and the addition of a long-awaited character inCyberpunk: Edgerunners‘ Lucy. While character sketches and concept art were shown at Anime Expo, fighting game fans finally got what they were waiting for atEvojust a month later when her gameplay trailer was officially released....

You love your Roku, and we don’t blame you — with its vast universe of streaming channels, handy remote control, and superb user interface, what’s not to love? It’s so good, we don’t think you should have to go without it just because you’re staying at a hotel for a few nights. That’s why we’ve assembled this handy, step-by-step guide to using your Roku away from home, no matter where your travels take you....