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AppWizard

May 7, 2025

How to get New Land Beyond in Destiny 2

Acquiring the New Land Beyond exotic sniper rifle in Destiny 2 requires a pre-order of the Year of Prophecy Ultimate Edition, as it is currently not available for free in-game. Players can expect future opportunities to obtain it without cost. Pre-ordering grants immediate access to the weapon. The Ultimate Edition also includes all playable content for the year, such as the Renegades expansion, battle passes, three Star Wars-themed outfits, an exotic sparrow, an emote, and an exotic catalyst and ornament for New Land Beyond. Players must collect the weapon from the Exotic Archive in the Tower after pre-ordering. The weapon has several perks, including increased damage from precision hits, enhanced range, and improved handling speed.

Winsage

May 7, 2025

Microsoft: April updates cause Windows Server auth issues

Microsoft has acknowledged that the April 2025 security updates are causing authentication challenges for certain Windows Server domain controllers, specifically affecting Windows Server versions 2016, 2019, 2022, and 2025. The issues arise after installing the April Windows monthly security update (KB5055523 or later), leading to complications in processing Kerberos logons or delegations that rely on certificate-based credentials. Affected authentication protocols include Kerberos PKINIT, S4U via RBKCD, and KCD. These issues are linked to security measures addressing the critical vulnerability CVE-2025-26647, which allows authenticated attackers to escalate privileges remotely. A temporary workaround involves modifying a registry value. Microsoft has previously addressed similar authentication issues in Windows 11, Windows Server 2025, and earlier versions.

AppWizard

May 5, 2025

How to get a Turtle Shell in Minecraft | Esports News – The Times of India

The Turtle Shell in Minecraft is a piece of headgear that allows players to breathe underwater for an additional 10 seconds and provides 2 armor points of protection. To obtain a Turtle Shell, players must find and breed turtles in beach biomes to collect scutes. The breeding process involves feeding two turtles seagrass, which leads to egg-laying. After the eggs hatch and the baby turtles mature, they drop scutes. Players need five scutes to craft one Turtle Shell by arranging them in a helmet pattern on a crafting table. The Turtle Shell can also be enchanted for extended underwater exploration.

TrendTechie

May 4, 2025

Understanding Torrents: A Beginner’s Guide

Torrents enable efficient digital file sharing through a peer-to-peer (P2P) system, allowing users to download content from multiple sources simultaneously rather than a single server. This collaborative method enhances download speeds as users share file segments with one another. uTorrent is a tool that facilitates this process by connecting to trackers for peer discovery and managing the downloading and uploading of file pieces. Key terms in the torrenting community include seeding, which is sharing a complete file after downloading, and leeching, which is downloading without sharing. The decentralized nature of torrenting improves file availability and speeds, as all users contribute bandwidth. To optimize uTorrent usage, users should select torrents with a good ratio of seeders to leechers, manage speed settings, and practice seeding etiquette.

Tech Optimizer

May 3, 2025

Understanding transaction visibility in PostgreSQL clusters with read replicas

On April 29, 2025, Jepsen released a report on transaction visibility behavior in Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL and its Multi-AZ clusters, which has been acknowledged since at least 2013. The report identifies a Long Fork anomaly affecting the visibility order of transactions between primary and replica nodes in cluster configurations, which does not lead to data loss or corruption and is absent in Single-AZ deployments. This anomaly allows two readers to see transactions in different sequences, breaching Snapshot Isolation. It affects all isolation levels in community PostgreSQL and can also occur in self-managed deployments. The issue has been discussed extensively in the PostgreSQL community, and potential solutions, including synchronizing visibility with commit order using Commit Sequence Numbers, have been proposed. AWS has established the PostgreSQL Contributors Team to address this anomaly and enhance PostgreSQL's capabilities.

Winsage

April 28, 2025

While Windows 10 users panic, Ubuntu makes extending support easy

Ubuntu offers a service called Ubuntu Pro that allows home users to extend support for Ubuntu 20.04 at no cost through Extended Security Maintenance (ESM), providing a decade of vulnerability management for critical, high, and select medium security issues. Ubuntu 20.04, launched in 2020, has five years of support remaining. Users can create a free Ubuntu Pro account to link their operating system to ESM, which can be done by executing the command "sudo pro attach TOKEN" after obtaining a unique token from their account. ESM is available for all Long Term Support (LTS) versions of Ubuntu, including 20.04, 22.04, and 24.04, with support lasting until 2030, 2032, and 2034, respectively.

AppWizard

April 23, 2025

How to help the Jar in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Players in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 encounter a creature called the Jar in the Spring Meadows area, who needs help to light his lamp. To assist him, players must find resin hidden behind smashable crates. They can locate the resin by following a path past patrolling enemies and white flowers, descending towards a bridge, and then going underneath it to smash the crates near tree roots. After obtaining the resin, players return to the Jar, who asks them to light his lamp using a free aim mechanic. Once the lamp is lit, players receive lore about the Paintress and a Healing Tint Shard, which enhances their combat capabilities. Additionally, players face a moral choice of whether to engage in combat with the Jar after completing the quest.

AppWizard

April 23, 2025

That’s hot: Android will soon add an easy shortcut to the Pixel Thermometer app

Google is enhancing its Pixel Thermometer app by developing a lock screen shortcut for supported Pixel devices, discovered in the code of Android 16 Beta 4. This feature aims to simplify access to temperature readings, allowing users to launch the app directly from the lock screen instead of navigating through the launcher after unlocking their phones. The app uses an infrared sensor on select Pixel Pro models for contactless temperature readings. Although the shortcut requires users to unlock their devices to display temperature readings, it is more efficient than the current process. The 'Thermometer' shortcut has not yet been activated in Android 16 Beta 4, and its official rollout timeline is uncertain, with speculation that it may debut alongside the upcoming Pixel 10 series.

Winsage

April 18, 2025

Windows 11 Update Fiasco: Microsoft Confirms Blue Screen Of Death. Here’s What To Do

Reports of the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) have emerged following updates to Windows 11, with Microsoft confirming the issue in a support document. Users may encounter a blue screen exception with error code 0x18B (SECUREKERNELERROR) after installing the latest updates, specifically linked to the Windows 11 version 2H42 release and affecting updates KB5053598, KB5053656, and KB5055523. Microsoft is working on a fix and has deployed a server-side update to disable changes causing the BSOD. Affected users are advised to check for updates multiple times to receive the server-side patch quickly. Additionally, the April update has caused issues with Windows Hello functionalities, which Microsoft plans to address in a future update scheduled for May 2025.

AppWizard

April 15, 2025

New GTA V Update Released On PC Ahead Of Xbox Game Pass Inclusion

Rockstar Games has released its sixth post-launch update for the Enhanced version of Grand Theft Auto V on PC, which also applies to the Legacy version. The update, approximately 1.15GB in size, includes general fixes for stability and security, as well as specific bug fixes related to gameplay and audio issues. This update enhances compatibility with Xbox's PC Game Pass service, with both versions of GTA V becoming available on the subscription starting April 15th. Additionally, a background update for all versions of GTA Online has been implemented, addressing various gameplay issues.