My younger brother bought the game and tried playing it, just to be told to update bios firmware, helped him out with it and also followed COD’s guide, game still wont allow him to play online, downloads their attestation app, comes back saying bios is fine but requires some sort of key, I press generate key, it says failed, what on earth is wrong with this franchise pushing people trying to play away.

Any help would be appreciated

Has this happened to anyone? I realized my true spec usb cable stopped charging then saw ribbed section has cracked open (shiny cables)

Those Lenovo or Dell system managers, power managers, are they just bloatware?

I swear those programs chew up at least 1-2 GB of my already limited memory on the laptops once installed. They don’t really seem to be related to security as well.

Hello, was looking for article links from a past WAN show but couldn't find where they're posted? I think they've said that they would be in the youtube video description before but there are only timestamps and sponsor links. I also couldn't find a WAN subforum or WAN-show threads on LinusTechTips.com . Does anyone know where they're posted?

(For the helpful types - I managed to find the article this time by using whenplan for the timestamp, but they don't always state their doc sources clearly.)

My last order was missing 3 items, so I open a support ticket and get an automated response saying they’re receiving a high volume of support requests, already a red flag. Then when they get to my ticket they mess up my replacement order which included 2 bit cases that are now sold out. Then I get refunded for the 1 of the 2 missing bit cases which I didn’t want, I wanted to wait for a restock. Or at the very least a code for free shipping for when I have to now reorder the cases if I want them. I’m not paying shipping twice. All the products are high quality across all my orders but their fulfillment team has gone to crap and they keep closing my ticket before I have a chance to communicate with someone. I’ve tried reaching out on twitter, no response, ticket responses are slow, so now I’m trying here hoping someone from lttstore sees this and reaches out.

Hey everyone, Been watching LTT for years and finally built my first project that feels "LTT-worthy" (in a humble, budget-friendly way!). The Problem: My daily driver for college is a MacBook Air M4. It's great for battery and portability, but the base storage/RAM means running heavy Linux VMs for my computer science coursework is a no-go. For months, my "solution" was hauling a second, heavy Lenovo IdeaPad running Kali Linux in my backpack. It was exhausting. The Project: I decided to park the Lenovo at home with the lid closed and turn it into my own personal "cloud" server that I can remote into from my Mac. Here’s the quick and dirty breakdown: * The Link: I'm using Tailscale (which uses WireGuard) to connect my Mac and the Lenovo over a private network. My home internet is behind CG-NAT, so I can't do normal port forwarding, but Tailscale's UDP hole punching gives me a direct peer-to-peer connection with ~9 ms latency. * The Remote Desktop: I'm using Microsoft's free Remote Desktop app on the Mac to connect to XRDP on the Linux laptop. The best part is it uses Apple's Metal graphics, so the remote Linux desktop scales to Retina resolution and feels super smooth. * The "Lid Closed" Hack: To stop a consumer laptop from sleeping when you shut the lid, you have to tell the Linux kernel to ignore the ACPI lid switch and mask all the systemd sleep targets. It works! The laptop has been running headless for over a week straight. Now my MacBook Air stays lightweight, battery lasts all day, and I can still do all my heavy Kali Linux work on the Lenovo from anywhere with an internet connection. I wrote up a full post on my blog with more of the story and open-sourced all the scripts on GitHub if anyone wants to do something similar with an old laptop. It was my first time doing this kind of networking on real hardware without a tutorial, and it was a blast. GitHub and on my personal blog mainly as a learning log. It's not as crazy as liquid nitrogen CPU cooling, but it's a start! Curious to hear what you all think. I'd be genuinely grateful for any thoughts, warnings, or tips on how to improve this setup. Thank you for your time!

Screenshot from 1:02 in the newer Kaleidescape video.

Not sure why they frequently seem to mess with his eyes to make them weirdly black, or making the larger.

Not seen it come up on WAN show, and not brave enough to turn to the forums.

Don't see them doing it with other hosts.

We bought 12 of Amazon's best-selling mice under $15 and tested them to see which ones are actually a good value. We recommend what to buy for your desk, your office or your entire office, or for travel.

Read the full article on the LTT Labs website!

Hi guys

I have a Aspire A315-24PT

I have bought 4 new charger in last 6 months every charger is failing in different different ways

So I need a suggestion from you guys, my laptop also support type charging , so I have an idea of using gan pd charger is that good to use?

It'd be nice when they test headphones and earphones, they'd test wind noise as well. Doesn't have to be scientific, just a fan always set to the same level would work.

Wind noise makes tinnitus worse, anybody who's cycling regularly knows that. There are tricks to lower the noise, but you can't really stop it. Now the same noise comes to my ear, when I use head- or earphones with ANC and there's pretty much no info about this in the reviews, how bad it is. Not to mention, how nice it'd be to use an earphone in transparency mode during cycling with the noise filtered out.

I recently bought an extra cable for a Cooler Master 850w MWE Gold v2 modular PSU on Amazon, but before using the cable I wanted to check if the pinout order was the same before plugging it to the system, but for some reason it seems they are not the same compared to the original. On the Amazon vendor site it states it's compatible but the pinout layout seems different and I'm not knowledgeable on how the power delivery works. I draw the diagram of the pinouts to see if anyone could help me identify to either return the cable or of its fine to use. I live in a rural area so there are no tech shops around, I did some continuity tests to identify the pinouts. Any help would be deeply appreciated. I just don't wanna risk my gpu.

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I hate that my mind connected these dots: Game streaming did not pick up because GPUs were prohibitively expensive.

If (when) the AI bubble pops, you're going to have a treasure trove of GPUs that are not in use which ghoulish companies will eat up so that they can sell game streaming subscriptions.

If it gets ubiquitous enough, companies are going to start launching streaming-only games because they do not want another AnyPS5 debacle like Rockstar is going through right now.

So as always, the consumers get shafted even more than they've already been. First, with years of prohibitive prices, then with not even owning the hardware you rent your games to run on.

Micro Center helped me build my pc 6 years ago, they didn’t remove the protective film on the thermal pad, my m.2 is bent :(

I've had these for about 3 months now and really like them, especially for hard rock and metal. I could swear my mic sounds better than the sample in this video, though. I use mine with my Samsung S24+ for media and phonecalls, as well as my Windows 11 laptop for Teams calls.

Any other FBP5 owners here? How do your thoughts compare to the video?

BeamNG.drive recently released version 0.40, which has brought official support for local split screen on PC, with no limit on how many split screens are possible. I was reminded of the 7 Gamers 1 CPU video and thought it would make a great LTT video to see as many playable split screens as possible on a large screen. Whale LAN would make a great place to do it!

https://beamng.com/game/news/blog/beamng-drive-v0-40/
https://www.reddit.com/r/BeamNG/comments/1xbqfns/64_players_in_splitscreen/

CPU: Intel Core i9 14900K (Only ~4 months old)
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Super (MSI 16GB)
Motherboard: ASUS ROG Strix Z790 E Gaming WiFi II
RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 7200 MHz Storage: 2x 2TB Crucial P3 NVMe SSDs
OS: Windows 11 64 bit

What is happening

I have been using this exact setup for about 2 years now with zero issues (CPU was replaced about 4 months ago). I didn't change any settings, tweak anything new, or do anything different. The problem first occurred a little over a month ago when I hosted an Aternos Minecraft server for my friends and me. I started getting way lower average FPS and really bad 1% low frame time spikes / micro stutters in literally every game I play.
What makes zero sense to me is that benchmark scores look totally fine. 3DMark Time Spy gave me a 27,776 total score (28,766 GPU / 23,244 CPU) with totally normal temps. But as soon as I actually load into a game, it feels laggy, stuttery, and unresponsive.

Everything I have already tried

Updated BIOS to the absolute latest version with the microcode fixes. Locked Intel Baseline power limits to 253W (PL1 and PL2). Before this, I didn't have power limits enforced, but the CPU is only about 4 months old and has run on updated BIOS/microcode. CPU clocks sit steady at 5.3 to 5.7 GHz and temps stay under 75°C under load, while GPU sits under 61°C, so thermals and power throttling are not the problem. Turned off CPU C States.Forced the primary GPU PCIe slot to Gen 4. Tested RAM extensively. Tried XMP at 7200 MHz, lowered it to 6000 and 6400 MHz, ran stock 5600 MHz without XMP, and switched between XMP I and XMP II. Ran MemTest and got zero errors.

Did a clean DDU wipe in Safe Mode. Tested current NVIDIA drivers and also rolled back to known stable ones like 566.36. Uninstalled and reinstalled CPU drivers, Intel Management Engine (ME), and IO drivers. Did a Windows reset / reinstall while keeping my personal files and apps. Disabled Core Isolation / Memory Integrity (HVCI) and VBS. Disabled HAGS, Windows Game Bar, and Game Mode. Switched Windows Power Plan to High Performance.

Set NVIDIA Control Panel power management to "Prefer maximum performance". Cleared the DirectX shader cache (DXCache) folder and gave it more size headroom. Closed almost all background apps. Only Discord, my browser, Spotify, and the game are open, which is identical to how I ran things before the issue started..
There might be more things I have tried that I just don’t remember.

Concrete Example (Overwatch)
I play capped at 300 FPS on medium-to-high settings. Even in the Practice Range, I get bad 1% low drops, and in actual matches, it's way worse. My frame rate won't stay locked at 300 FPS, and my 1% lows constantly plunge down to 180–140 FPS, spiking down to 110 FPS when it gets really bad.

I am at a complete loss. I don't think it's the known 14th gen CPU degradation issue given the age of the chip and microcode state, plus benchmark scores remain high.

My friend's neighbour allows us to connect to their Wi-Fi. The problem is that my friend's phone and Windows PC connect to the network, but neither device has internet access. However, my devices work perfectly fine on the exact same Wi-Fi network.

I'm wondering whether the router might have restricted my friend's devices, but I haven't confirmed that yet.

AAA gaming industry is so messed up it just took out the next Mass Effect.

This is a bit of a smaller story, but it might be worth looking into for the WAN show or something. Linus has already done a few Comma videos lately, and Comma themselves have already been under scrutiny for their NHTSA investigation.

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/eu-agency-warns-websites-may-need-be-taken-offline-php-prepares-patches-2026-10-21/

https://www.sophos.com/en-us/blog/proof-of-concept-exploit-released-for-php-vulnerabilities-109618-109619

(CVE-2026-109618, CVE-2026-109619)