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Porn site traffic plummets as UK age verification rules enforced
Data suggests leading adult site Pornhub lost more than one million visitors in two weeks.

Giant 12-inch ‘handheld’ gaming PC puts the Steam Deck to shame
What’s the difference between a gaming laptop and a handheld gaming PC? Aside from the keyboard on the former, the most immediately recognizable thing is probably the size, with screens typically seven to eight inches. One modder wasn’t satisfied with that, or with relatively low-power parts, and built a massive handheld powered by an RTX 4090. According to a video posted on China’s BiliBili video site (spotted by VideoCardz), the project essentially ripped the guts out of a high-powered gaming laptop and reconfigured them into a massive 12.5-inch handheld chassis. Or possibly a tablet with controller handles — this sort of project really blurs the lines between form factors. The most obvious feature is that massive 4K screen, but hiding underneath it are some seriously beefy specs, including the aforementioned laptop 4090 graphics card, a Core i9-14900HX CPU, 64GB of RAM, and 2TB of SSD storage. I don’t speak or read Chinese, so I can’t confirm any other details based on the video, but I have to say I’m impressed with the body of the handheld. I’m assuming the chunky chassis is 3D-printed (check out the fun Gundam graphics on the back), with controller buttons and probably PCBs borrowed from another device. If you’re interested in this sort of thing, obviously you can’t buy a one-off creation from a modder. But there are some super-sized PC gaming handhelds out there, like this 11-inch offering from OneXPlayer. It’s nowhere near as powerful, but the newer Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 or Core Ultra 7 255H are still mighty impressive for anything that’s (technically) portable.

Hate the new Netflix app for Apple TV? Change this one setting now
Yep, the redesigned Netflix app has finally hit Apple TV devices, and I was eager for the change. Nothing could be worse than the previous version of the app, right? Silly me, wrong again. Netflix announced its big app revamp back in May, and now that it’s finally landed in Apple TV 4K devices (it’s making the rounds on other platforms, too), the changes are just, like, what? For example, the main menu items have all been moved from the left side of the screen to the top, because that’s clearly the best place for menus. Just don’t tell that to HBO Max, which (when it was still just “Max”) recently did the opposite, moving all its menu items from the top side of the screen to the left. Gotta keep you on your toes, right? I’m also annoyed by what didn’t change—for example, there’s still no “More Like This” section for finding related shows or movies (as you can find on the iOS version of Netflix), and you still can’t filter by genre; instead, you must scroll down one curated row of titles (“Witty Sitcoms,” “TV Dramadies”) after another. (Here are some better ways to find awesome Netflix videos.) But the most annoying change are the auto-playing previews. Scroll over a thumbnail for a movie or TV show, and a preview for the title will immediately start playing, complete with sound. Hate it. The bad news is that there’s no way to change that behavior directly within the Netflix app for Apple TV, but there is a setting on the Netflix website that’ll take care of it. Go to Netflix on the web, click your profile icon in the top-right corner of the screen, then click Account. Scroll down and click Edit Settings, then click Playback Settings. Under the Autoplay controls section, uncheck the box that’s labeled “Autoplay preview while browsing on all devices.” Click Save. Now, go back to Netflix on Apple TV and browse—the auto-playing previews should be gone. Change this one setting to banish auto-playing previews from the Netflix app. Ben Patterson/Foundry If they’re not, close the Netflix app (double-click the Apple TV button, then swipe up on the navigation pad) and re-open it. Ah, sweet relief.

Microsoft fixed 100+ security flaws in Windows and Office this month
Yesterday was Patch Tuesday for Microsoft, which means tons of security updates across the company’s products and services. Specifically, 107 new security vulnerabilities have been patched. Microsoft classifies several of the vulnerabilities in Windows and Office as critical, but also says that none of the vulnerabilities are currently being exploited in the wild. Keep reading for an overview of fixed security flaws and how they might affect you. The next Patch Tuesday will be September 9th, 2025. Security updates for Windows A large number of the vulnerabilities—67 this time—are spread across the various Windows versions for which Microsoft still offers security updates, namely Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server. Users on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 haven’t been getting security updates for quite some time, so will remain vulnerable. If that’s you and your system requirements allow it, you should upgrade to Windows 11 24H2 to continue receiving security updates. Critical Windows vulnerabilities Microsoft has identified CVE-2025-53766, a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the Graphics Device Interface API for graphical applications, as well as CVE-2025-50165, another RCE vulnerability but in the Windows Graphics Component, as critical. A visit to a specially prepared website is sufficient to inject and execute arbitrary code without user interaction. With the latter vulnerability, an attacker simply needs to craft an image to be embedded in a web page. Microsoft has categorized three vulnerabilities in Hyper-V as critical. CVE-2025-48807 is an RCE vulnerability which, if exploited, makes it possible to execute code on the host from the guest system. CVE-2025-53781 is a data leak that allows confidential information to be accessed. CVE-2025-49707 is a spoofing vulnerability that allows a virtual machine to fake a different identity when communicating with external systems. Microsoft has fixed 12 vulnerabilities in the Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS), half of which are RCE vulnerabilities, the other half are data leaks. All are categorized as high risk. The only previously publicized vulnerability in this Patch Tuesday is CVE-2025-53779 in Kerberos for Windows Server 2025. Under certain conditions, a successful attacker can gain administrator rights for domains. Microsoft classifies it as medium risk only. Security updates for Office Microsoft has fixed 18 vulnerabilities in its Office product family, including 16 RCE vulnerabilities. Four of these RCE vulnerabilities are labeled as critical because the preview window is considered an attack vector. This means an attack can occur via a file displayed in the preview, even if the user doesn’t click on it or open it. Two of these vulnerabilities are in Word. Microsoft categorizes the other Office vulnerabilities as high risk. Here, a user must open a prepared file for the exploit code to take effect. Security updates for Edge browser The latest security update to Edge 139.0.3405.86 was released on August 7th and is based on Chromium 139.0.7258.67. It fixes several vulnerabilities in the Chromium base. Edge for Android 139.0.3405.86 is slightly newer and Microsoft has made this version available to close two Edge-specific gaps.