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AMD says its display driver was exploited by hackers; Microsoft Weekly; TWIRL #39

AMD says its display driver was exploited by hackers; Microsoft Weekly; TWIRL #39

Sunday, November 14.

Microsoft Weekly: Overcharged batteries, Patch Tuesday, and Surface Laptop SE — www.neowin.net

It has been an exciting week in the world of Microsoft thanks to lots of Windows updates and builds, and the Surface Laptop SE and Windows 11 SE. Find out more about this in our latest weekly digest.

Microsoft "apologized" and restores WSATools, but it was "rightful" in removing it

Microsoft had removed a software called WSATools from its Store without providing detailed reasons. The firm has now "apologized" and restored it, although it was "rightful" in removing it.

TWIRL 39: Arianespace and Rocket Lab set to launch satellites this week — www.neowin.net

There will be two launches in the upcoming week. Arianespace will launch satellites for the French military while Rocket Lab will use its Electron rocket to put two BlackSky satellites in orbit.

AMD confirms its Windows driver was at the mercy of hackers due to a dozen security exploits

AMD has published a long list of security bugs and exploits that its Windows 10 graphics driver was susceptible to. Thankfully for Radeon GPU owners, these exploits have since been patched.

Weekend PC Game Deals: Fantasy Borderlands, curious free events, and more — www.neowin.net

This weekend's PC game deals include a brand new standalone DLC giveaway from Borderlands by the Epic Games Store, free weekends from a variety of genres, discounts from all over, and much more.

Windows 11 performance overwhelms Linux on Intel 12th Gen Alder Lake-S Core i9-12900K PC

When Intel and Microsoft stated that the 12h Gen Alder Lake architecture is optimized for Windows 11, they probably didn't lie as suggested by benchmarks run on both platforms using a Core i9-12900K.