Michael Crider

Colorado

Technology Writer at PCWorld

Technology writer for @PCWorld. Formerly @AndroidPolice, @HowToGeek, @DigitalTrends. Fuck Musk, I'm outta here: https://t.co/VEyPHKurLE

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Firefox quickly hotfixes multi-monitor glitches with Nvidia GPUs

1 week ago | pcworld.com | Michael Crider

Software is complicated—and I say that with the confident authority of someone who struggles to string a few lines of HTML together. But my point is, it’s not uncommon for software updates to cause unexpected problems, as is the case with the newest version of the Firefox browser running on PCs with Nvidia cards. But worry not! Mozilla has fixed it. With more software updates. That’s how this stuff works.
MSI's new RTX cards go retro with cooler designs

1 week ago | pcworld.com | Michael Crider

Considering how often I’ve had to write about tariffs in the last few months, it’s no surprise that there’s a wave of lovingly retro hardware coming out of Computex 2025. Like SilverStone, MSI is hopping on the retro bus with new GPU designs, marrying new RTX 50-series chips with coolers that look like they’re straight outta the aughts. PCWorld’s Adam Patrick Murray got to check them out on the show floor.
This gaming PC stuffed into a desk chair doubles as a butt warmer

1 week ago | pcworld.com | Michael Crider

PC gaming modders love to stuff gaming PCs into things that aren’t gaming PCs. I love a build that hides all the PC parts in a desk for a sleek “invisible” setup. But can you hide one under your… ahem… posterior? One YouTuber managed to do just that, stuffing a full desktop gaming PC (or at least its parts) into an office chair.
This gaming PC stuffed into a desk chair doubles as a butt warmer

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Michael Crider

6 hours agoZeniMax QA workers won a contract after two years of negotiations. A union of Microsoft gaming employees has won a tentative agreement with the company, in what's being called a first for the industry. The Communications Workers of America (CWA), which represents over 300 quality assurance workers at …
Zotac's Zone gaming handheld switched from Windows to Linux

1 week ago | pcworld.com | Michael Crider

Handheld gaming PCs are awesome. Handheld gaming PCs running Windows are… measurably less awesome. That’s probably why the launch of SteamOS on multiple devices beyond the Steam Deck is so exciting. But Zotac is going for something a little different with the updated version of the Zone handheld: running a custom Linux. Adam Patrick Murray got his hands on a prototype at Computex 2025. The new Zotac Zone looks, well, a whole lot like the original Zotac Zone.
Arc B770 inbound? 4 new Intel Arc GPUs spotted in Linux drivers

1 week ago | pcworld.com | Michael Crider

Intel’s Arc series of graphics cards have been met with hesitation, then excitement, as they’ve offered better value than both Nvidia and AMD at their respective price points. But the last new consumer card we saw was the second-gen Arc B580 way back in December, and the B570 is the only other one in the series. Where are the new cards? According to a new Linux driver, they’re…somewhere.
Thousands of Asus routers hacked and turned into a botnet, report says

1 week ago | pcworld.com | Michael Crider

The network equipment that you connect your computer to is, of course, also made up of computers—and they’re more complex than you might think. In fact, they’re sophisticated enough to run their own custom software… and that means they can be hacked and commandeered to do some shady things. According to a new report, approximately 9,000 Asus-branded network routers were turned into a botnet.
Most Trump tariffs struck down by US federal court as 'illegal'

1 week ago | pcworld.com | Michael Crider

The Trump administration’s unprecedented and unpredictable import taxes on goods and materials coming into the United States, which have sewn chaos both domestically and internationally for months, are illegal. That’s according to the Court of International Trade, which found Trump’s invocation of the Emergency Powers Act mostly invalid.
ASRock says Ryzen 9000 CPU issues are fixed in new BIOS

1 week ago | pcworld.com | Michael Crider

Laying down the better part of a grand for the newest, most powerful CPU can be a harrowing experience, especially if you’ve heard that it has some issues with allegedly compatible motherboards. That seems to be the case with ASRock AM5 motherboards and AMD Ryzen 9000 chips, which have been seeing an abnormal amount of issues. Good news is that ASRock says it has resolved those issues in the latest BIOS. Granted, ASRock doesn’t seem particularly interested in talking about it.
Microsoft wants all app & driver updates to go through Windows Update

1 week ago | pcworld.com | Michael Crider

When it comes to phones, most software is updated through a unified process. With an iPhone, you get all your operating system updates from Apple and all your individual app updates from the App Store. Android phones are similar, if slightly more fragmented. Now what if Windows worked in the same way, centralizing all your software needs and updating everything in one spot? Microsoft wants that.

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