Microsoft Pulls Windows 11 Patch After It Sends PCs Into BSOD Bootloop Hell

Hot Headlines In Tech For Today [HotHardware.com]( Here Are Today's Hot Headlines In Tech [View this email in your browser]( [Microsoft Pulls Windows 11 Patch After It Sends PCs Into BSOD Bootloop Hell]( By Zak Killian on Oct 01, 2024 02:50 pm [Microsoft Pulls Windows 11 Patch After It Sends PCs Into BSOD Bootloop Hell]( A new optional Windows Update Preview is apparently causing some percentage of users to lose access to their PCs. This is because the update is making the machines enter a "boot loop", where the system attempts to start, fails, restarts, and then starts over, with no way to resolve the problem without secondary boot media. The specific [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Ford Power Promise Program: Buy Or Lease An EV And Get A Free Home Charger]( By Tim Sweezy on Oct 01, 2024 10:50 am [Ford Power Promise Program: Buy Or Lease An EV And Get A Free Home Charger]( Ford is easing the pain of buying a new electric vehicle by offering up a free home charger with select models. The company says it’s simple, just buy or lease a retail Ford Mustang Mach-E, F-150 Lightning, or an E-Transit and take a complimentary home charger with you, or have it delivered. While the government may be pushing for all cars [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Galaxy S24 FE Preorders Are Live With Other Great Samsung Galaxy Deals]( By Paul Lilly on Oct 01, 2024 10:13 am [Galaxy S24 FE Preorders Are Live With Other Great Samsung Galaxy Deals]( Samsung recently unveiled a few new hardware devices, one of which includes the Galaxy S24 Fan Edition (FE), which is now official and available to preorder in several colorways—graphite, gray, blue, and mint (light green). Additionally, Samsung announced some bonus offers for those who decide to pounce on a preorder ahead of the handset's [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Pixel 9a Renders Reveal A Major Design Change To Google's Budget Phone]( By Aaron Leong on Oct 01, 2024 09:46 am [Pixel 9a Renders Reveal A Major Design Change To Google's Budget Phone]( Another leak of the Google Pixel 9a has just surfaced showing digital renders of the mid-range, mid-budget device. The biggest visual change is a flush camera island, omitting the trademark Pixel camera bar altogether. This corroborates our recent report regarding the revised camera design as seen in a physical 9a prototype. A new set of [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Next Solar Eclipse Will Display A Spectacular Ring Of Fire, Watch The Livestream]( By Tim Sweezy on Oct 01, 2024 09:30 am [Next Solar Eclipse Will Display A Spectacular Ring Of Fire, Watch The Livestream]( The 2024 annular solar eclipse is happening tomorrow and will include a ring of fire. While the path of the eclipse will take it mainly through the Southern Hemisphere, those north will still be able to watch via livestream. Back in early April of this year, many across North America took time out of their busy day to step outside and catch [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Modded Gaming Laptop With A Desktop GeForce RTX 4090 Is A Hefty Gaming Beast]( By Thiago Trevisan on Oct 01, 2024 09:26 am [Modded Gaming Laptop With A Desktop GeForce RTX 4090 Is A Hefty Gaming Beast]( NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4090 is a powerful GPU, dominating the charts across virtually all games today (see our GeForce RTX 4090 review). The RTX 4090 variants found in mobile laptops, while still powerful in their own right, are not the same GPU with performance on a much lower tier compared to their desktop counterpart. As such, a modder in [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Car Thief Who Stole A $575K Ferrari Thwarted By Apple's $129 AirPods]( By Paul Lilly on Oct 01, 2024 09:17 am [Car Thief Who Stole A $575K Ferrari Thwarted By Apple's $129 AirPods]( An alleged car thief who was arrested for stealing a 2023 Ferrari 812 GTS, a sports car that's worth over half a million dollars, must have thought he scored a major haul. However, he was undone by a pair of Apple's AirPods (possibly the new AirPods 4) that the owner left in the vehicle. Police were able to locate the stolen vehicle using [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Sony's Anti-Scalper Plan For PS5 Pro 30th Anniversary Edition Is Brilliant]( By Paul Lilly on Oct 01, 2024 08:26 am [Sony's Anti-Scalper Plan For PS5 Pro 30th Anniversary Edition Is Brilliant]( It's totally fair to criticize Sony for artificially limiting production of its PlayStation 5 Pro 30th anniversary edition console to just 12,300 units, which essentially means it's a console for scalpers and not genuine fans. However, Sony Japan deserves credit for how it's handling the limited quantity of themed consoles with a rather brilliant [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [New AMD AGESA Firmware Brings A Perf Boost To X600 And X800 Series Motherboards]( By Zak Killian on Sep 30, 2024 05:15 pm [New AMD AGESA Firmware Brings A Perf Boost To X600 And X800 Series Motherboards]( AMD and its partners have released a barrage of motherboards today based on the latest Socket AM5 chipsets. That's the X870, as well as the dual-chip X870E version, if you haven't been staying on top of things. 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