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The Technwz editorial team covers the tools, platforms, and decisions that matter to small business owners, developers, gamers, and digital marketers. We research hosting and cybersecurity services; break down business and marketing software; and keep tabs on the gaming industry, testing what we can, cutting through vendor marketing where we can't, and writing it all up in plain language. No fluff, no filler.

256 Articles

Computer Stuck at Startup Screen: Fixes That Work

By Technwz Editorial Team

7 Min Read

Few things make your stomach drop like a computer stuck at the startup screen. Logo on screen, spinner going round and round, nothing else happening. I get the panic. But the cause is usually something dumb and small, nothing that needs a repair shop.…

Hooded figure facing a cracked crypto vault with glowing gold coins spilling out, with a glowing world map and red connection lines behind

Binance Heist: FBI Blames North Korea’s TraderTraitor

By Technwz Editorial Team

4 Min Read

The Binance heist now has a suspect. The FBI says North Korean hackers carried out the October 29 attack that took about $6.3 billion in crypto from the exchange. That is an enormous amount to lose in one go, and it is hard to picture how it moved so…

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Securus Friends and Family: How the System Works

By Technwz Editorial Team

8 Min Read

If someone you love just got booked into a jail or prison that uses Securus, the calls aren’t the hard part. The setup is. There are accounts, PINs, prepaid balances, a mobile app, a debit account that isn’t even yours, and a website that…

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NVIDIA GPU Unlocker Boosts RTX FP16 Speed on Windows

By Technwz Editorial Team

3 Min Read

An NVIDIA GPU unlocker that runs from a USB stick is drawing attention from local AI fans this week. The free open-source tool, nv-uefi-unlocker, targets a limit that holds FP16 math on some RTX 20, 30, and 40 series cards to half speed. The developer…

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ChatGPT Shared Links Could Run Attacker Code, and OpenAI Patched It

By Technwz Editorial Team

3 Min Read

Security firm Parameter found a flaw in ChatGPT’s shared-link feature. A malicious link could run attacker code in the session of anyone who opened it. Parameter reported the bug to OpenAI on October 18 through OpenAI’s bug bounty program.…

AMD vs Intel CPU: Which Should You Buy in 2026?

By Technwz Editorial Team

5 Min Read

I’ve owned both, so I’ll start there. My old Acer Predator ran an Intel Core i5-8300H. My current laptop runs an AMD Ryzen 7 260, a Zen 4 chip from the Hawk Point family. And honestly, the Ryzen feels like a different world. Faster, cooler,…

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Nvidia’s RTX Spark Laptops Are Now on Sale, Starting at $2,599

By Technwz Editorial Team

3 Min Read

Nvidia’s RTX Spark laptops are on sale now. Nvidia first showed the platform at Computex in Taipei in June. The company’s newsroom confirms that the PCs are available today. Tom’s Hardware reports starting prices of $2,599 across…

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Mistral Releases Open Weights for Its Trillion-Parameter Mistral Large 4

By Technwz Editorial Team

3 Min Read

Mistral has released the open weights for Mistral Large 4. The model has about one trillion parameters. Organizations can download it and run it on their own hardware. That matters because models this large usually sit behind hosted APIs. Using those…