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Windows Updates
Patches for over 50 vulnerabilities for each OS.
Win10 – March 14, 2023—KB5023696 (OS Builds 19042.2728, 19044.2728, and 19045.2728)
Win11 – March 14, 2023—KB5023706 (OS Build 22621.1413)

Firefox 111
Over a dozen security fixes.
Download | Release Notes

Nvidia Geforce Game Ready Drivers 531.29 WHQL
A few game fixes. Fixes for CPU spikes, Adobe app stability, and fixes for a few laptop GPUs.
Download | Release Notes

Wednesday News

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AMD Software Adrenalin 23.3.1 WHQL Drivers
Support for Halo Infinite Ray Tracing Update, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, and 1/2 dozen fixes.
Download | Release Notes

Google Chrome Updated
“Chrome 111.0.5563.64 (Linux and Mac), 111.0.5563.64/.65( Windows) contains a number of fixes and improvements…This update includes 40 security fixes.”
Download | Release Info
Chrome for Android updated too.

Notepad++ 8.5
Freeware feature packed notepad replacement.
Download & Info

Stealthy UEFI malware bypassing Secure Boot enabled by unpatchable Windows flaw
“Researchers on Wednesday announced a major cybersecurity find—the world’s first-known instance of real-world malware that can hijack a computer’s boot process even when Secure Boot and other advanced protections are enabled and running on fully updated versions of Windows.
Dubbed BlackLotus, the malware is what’s known as a UEFI bootkit.“

RIP Gary Rossington

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Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Last Original Member, Dead at 71
“Gary Rossington, a founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd whose ethereal slide guitar helped make the Southern rock band’s song “Free Bird” an indelible anthem, died Sunday at the age of 71…Rossington was Lynyrd Skynyrd’s last surviving original member, a stoic figure who preferred to let his guitar do the talking and who cheated death more than once.”
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Wednesday News

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Audacity 3.2.5
Freeware audio editor.
“This is a hotfix release…Fixes authorization flow for the audio.com sharing service.”
Download | Release Info

CPU-Z 2.05
Freeware system info tool. This version has support for new hardware.
Download & Info

PowerToys 0.68
“Microsoft PowerToys is a set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline their Windows experience for greater productivity.”
2 new utilities and a host of fixes.
Download & Info

Thursday News

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AMD Software Adrenalin 23.2.2 WHQL Drivers
Support for Atomic Heart. Performance increases for Company of Heroes 3, a few other fixes.
Download | Release Notes

Google Chrome Updated
“The Stable channel has been updated to 110.0.5481.177 for Mac and Linux and 110.0.5481.177/.178 for Windows…This update includes 10 security fixes.”
Download | Release Notes
Chrome for Android updated too.

HWiNFO 7.40
New/improved hardware support.
Download (I use portable) | Version History

Patch Tuesday

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Sorry for the delay, long day yesterday.

Windows Updates
Over 30 vulnerabilities addressed in each OS.
Win10 – February 14, 2023—KB5022834 (OS Builds 19042.2604, 19044.2604, and 19045.2604)
Win11 – February 14, 2023—KB5022836 (OS Build 22000.1574)

AMD Software Adrenalin 23.2.1 WHQL Drivers
A ton of game fixes and optimizations. A few other significant fixes.
Download | Release Notes

Google Chrome Updated
“The Stable channel has been updated to 110.0.5481.100 for Windows, Mac and Linux”
A few fixes.
Download | Release Info
Chrome for Android updated too.

Firefox 110
Several new features, improvements, and security fixes. Reading release notes highly recommended.
Download | Release Notes
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