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17.07.2026, 21:25 • By News-Redaktion

The stable release of Wayland 1.26 has been announced and includes improvements in pointer position accuracy, socket management, and system debugging.

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Huawei Deals on Amazon Prime Day 2026: Price Cuts on Wearables and Audio Devices

Huawei has announced a series of price adjustments for select hardware products that will be available during the Amazon Prime Day event. The promotion will run for four days, from June 23 to 26, 2026, and will ...

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23.06.2026, 11:43 • News-Redaktion

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Amazon has kicked off its Prime Day event and is offering discounts on a wide range of GeForce RTX 50 Series hardware products. The deals include both discrete graphics cards and gaming laptops that incorporate ...

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22.06.2026, 23:28 • News-Redaktion

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22.06.2026, 23:07 • News-Redaktion

AMD Adrenalin 26.6.2 WHQL Driver Download: New FSR 4.1 for the Radeon RX 7000 Series

AMD has released the “Adrenalin Edition 26.6.2 WHQL” driver update—the second version in June. This update focuses heavily on the RDNA 3 architecture and, in particular, brings FSR upscaling 4.1 to the Radeon RX...

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22.06.2026, 22:54 • Andreas Bunen

Valve Steam Machine Prices and Pre-orders Now Available

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22.06.2026, 09:02 • News-Redaktion

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22.06.2026, 08:39 • News-Redaktion

Windows 11 Update KB5094126: Improvements to the Start menu are negated by major system errors

The June 2026 update for Windows 11, identified as KB5094126, has introduced some technical setbacks in addition to the intended improvements. While the patch successfully improves the performance and layout of ...

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20.06.2026, 10:43 • News-Redaktion

NVIDIA open-source NVK driver brings experimental DLSS support

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$Google Lens integrates visual search with analysis$

20.06.2026, 10:16 • News-Redaktion

Google Lens integrates visual search with analysis

The shift towards visual data consumption has led to the development of specialized search tools that go beyond text-based queries. Google Lens serves as a visual search engine that uses artificial intelligence ...

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19.06.2026, 22:36 • News-Redaktion

Keychron 14-in-1 Thunderbolt 5 docking station presented

Keychron has added a 14-in-1 Thunderbolt 5 dock to its range, designed for the integration of high-performance laptops into a comprehensive desktop environment. It is designed for both Windows and macOS systems ...

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19.06.2026, 22:00 • News-Redaktion

Quantum random number generator “Q-Dice” from Fraunhofer for high-security applications

The Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS) has announced the development of “Q-Dice”, a quantum random number generator (QRNG) designed to provide true randomness for safety-critical infrastructur...

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ASUS outs new ROG Strix and TUF gaming monitors with 4K Fast IPS and dual mode

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Online calculator from Google with scientific calculator functions

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