Neowin News Feed for: Fails

Customer receives rocks instead of Nvidia GPU after paying $1200, Best Buy refuses refund

Usama Jawad — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 06:04:01 +0000

A Redditor claims that they received four massive rocks from Best Buy instead of the Nvidia RTX 5080 GPU that they paid $1200 for. The retailer is refusing a refund. Read more...

Google's 'uninterruptible' power supply ironically interrupted Cloud with a six hour outage

Sayan Sen — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 08:48:01 +0000

Google Cloud was hit with a six-hour-long outage at the end of the last month when its uninterruptible power supply system failed. Read more...

"Fake" frames to fake GPUs? Nvidia apparently just sold RTX 5080 as 5090 from official store

Sayan Sen — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 09:36:01 +0000

An RTX 5080 was apparently just sold by Nvidia with a 5090 shroud on top and it happened from the official store. Read more...

Rogue AI goes Admin-mode, installs updates that the PC could never reboot from

Sayan Sen — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 10:44:01 +0000

A recent incident highlights the importance of using AI carefully and responsibly. The AI went Admin-mode and installed a bunch of updates that it could never reboot from. Read more...

AMD pulls a villain as it quietly launches 8-core Ryzen 5700 that's worse than 6-core 5600

Sayan Sen — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 18:16:01 +0000

AMD has been making great strides in the CPU division ever since the advent of the first-gen Ryzen. However, it looks like the company launched its first dud in the form of the octa-core 5700. Read more...

Humane fixes promo video where its AI Pin gave wrong answers

Aditya Tiwari — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 07:14:01 +0000

Humane's futuristic wearable device called AI Pin gave wrong answers to some questions during its demo. The company acknowledged the issue and released an edited version of its promotional video. Read more...

Microsoft AI listed Ottawa Food Bank in travel guide, suggested "going empty stomach"

Sayan Sen — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 07:34:01 +0000

It is yet another goof-up by Artificial Intelligence this time by Microsoft's. In a recently published travel guide for Canada, the AI recommended going to a food bank on an "empty stomach". Read more...

Microsoft makes potentially-breaking Windows kernel patch default after an earlier warning

Sayan Sen — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 20:30:01 +0000

Microsoft had warned about a kernel patch that could break something on the system. However, two months since, it has pushed that update enabling it by default via the latest Patch Tuesday. Read more...

AMD 7800 XT could fail harder than Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti as leak suggests it loses to 6800 XT

Sayan Sen — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 08:32:01 +0000

AMD partner PowerColor has mistakenly leaked the images and specs of the RX 7800 XT. However, the leak suggests the upcoming Radeon card could end up being worse than its predecessor. Read more...

Nvidia can't stop embarrassing itself, awful new RTX 4060 Ti 16GB makes the 8GB seem better

Sayan Sen — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 11:46:02 +0000

Last week, a report suggested that Nvidia's partners were finding it hard to get excited over the company's 16GB variant of the already heavily criticized 4060 Ti 8GB. We now understand why that was. Read more...

Amazon customer surprised their £500 laptop was so light, found Weetabix inside

Sayan Sen — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 18:16:01 +0000

A customer ordered a new laptop from Amazon UK recently but was extremely surprised by how lightweight it was when they received the package. Turns out it had Weetabix inside it instead. Read more...

The missing Titanic Submarine allegedly used a $30 Logitech controller for steering

Mehrotra A — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 05:16:01 +0000

The OceanGate submarine taking five people to the Titanic that went missing underwater last weekend may have been using a decade old Logitech G F710 gaming controller with 3D printed thumbsticks. Read more...

Report: Microsoft Edge apparently leaking all websites you visit to Bing API

Sayan Sen — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 17:18:02 +0000

The latest Edge update may be sending data for all the websites and domains you visit to the Bing API server website. The reports are currently being looked into by Microsoft itself. Read more...

Microsoft confirms botched WSUS upgrade led to failing Windows 11 Patch Tuesday updates

Sayan Sen — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 06:40:02 +0000

Microsoft recently rolled out Patch Tuesday for this month. The company however has confirmed that WSUS servers based on Server 2022 failed to offer the update due to a botch. A workaround is out. Read more...

AMD confirms its RX 7900 XTX coolers cause 110°C hotspots in a new statement

Sayan Sen — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 10:46:01 +0000

Following more third-party testing regarding very high temperatures on AMD's RX 7900 XTX, the company has confirmed that it is indeed its cooler which seems to be behind the 110°C hotspots. Read more...

Microsoft may just be really bad at Maths as it touts another big performance boost in Teams

Sayan Sen — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 14:48:03 +0000

Microsoft detailed another big performance boost to Teams, claiming faster switching, responsiveness, and latency improvements. However, some of the percentage gains appear to be somewhat misleading. Read more...

Nvidia pulls RTX 4080 12GB due to backlash on confusing naming

Sayan Sen — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 17:08:39 +0000

Nvidia it seems has finally realized that naming different specced products with the same name is misleading to consumers. As such the company has announced that it is "unlaunching" its RTX 4080 12GB. Read more...

Upcoming 12 core Ryzen 7900X comes first on AMD-hating UserBenchmark website

Sayan Sen — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 09:12:01 +0000

Online benchmarking website UserBenchmark is known for hating on AMD, often openly bashing the company and its products. Rather ironically, the upcoming AMD Ryzen 7900X has managed to top its charts. Read more...

ICYMI: 10,000 Asus ROG Z690 boards recalled due to danger of burn and fire

Sayan Sen — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 23:16:01 +0000

ICYMI, the U.S. CPSC has announced the formal recall of Asus ROG Z690 Maximus Hero motherboards. This boards had the potential to cause fire and burn hazard as it had a major manufacturer fault. Read more...

In a major embarrassment, AV-TEST's Twitter remains hacked after more than a week [Update]

Sayan Sen — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 08:22:01 +0000

One of the leading anti-virus assessment companies, AV-TEST couldn't stop the breach of its own Twitter account. The attack happened over a week ago and the account still remains hacked. Read more...

Windows 11's Smart App Control not smart enough yet as it blocked Microsoft's own file

Sayan Sen — Tue, 24 May 2022 17:32:01 +0000

Windows 11 has several new security-related features. One of these features called Smart App Control that intelligently blocks suspicious apps and files blocked one of Microsoft's own files. Read more...

Careful what you buy: Alder Lake Core i5 laptop CPUs are smashing Core i7s

Sayan Sen — Sat, 21 May 2022 09:46:01 +0000

Testing has revealed that Alder Lake P Core i5 parts are outperforming the corresponding higher Core i7 CPU variants. For consumers looking to buy some, this makes choosing much harder. Read more...

AMD might be cooking the worst graphics card it has ever served with alleged 2GB RX 6300

Sayan Sen — Sat, 02 Apr 2022 22:10:01 +0000

AMD may be developing a 2GB desktop card in the form of the Radeon RX 6300 based on the company's Navi 24 chip. If true, the card may potentially be even worse as a product than the 6500 XT itself. Read more...

This silly mistake from ASUS could be burning up your brand new $600 Z690 board

Sayan Sen — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 07:34:01 +0000

The $599.99 Maximus Hero Z690 motherboards could be going up in flames due to a silly error from ASUS' manufacturing. Analysis shows that the board's capacitor is placed incorrectly, causing failure. Read more...

Amazon Alexa asked a 10-year old to perform a shocking TikTok challenge, quite literally

Sayan Sen — Tue, 28 Dec 2021 13:18:01 +0000

Amazon's Alexa proposed to a 10-year-old child to perform a dangerous "outlet challenge" from TikTok. Thankfully for the kid, its mother was close by and shared this incident on Twitter. Read more...

Report claims just 500,000 Chromebooks sold in last two years

Andy Weir — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:37:24 +0000

A report claims that fewer than half a million Chromebooks have been sold in the 21 months since they first went on sale, with "compatibility and consumer usage habits" highlighted as factors. Read more...

US Fails to Protect Against the Living Dead & Other Dangers

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:56:59 +0000

The week of August 7th, 2008 the amount of malicious spam a single computer user received finally overtook health and product spam. Meant to exploit holes in your operating system, get credit card information... Read more...

Microsoft Fails to Reach Decision on Yahoo Takeover

Fri, 02 May 2008 10:35:33 +0000

Microsoft Corp. directors failed to decide on the next step in the pursuit of Yahoo! Inc. yesterday, leaving open the debate over whether to walk away from the $44.6 billion bid or fight to replace... Read more...

Apple shares take a pounding as Air fails to impress

Steven Parker — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:55:44 +0000

Apple Inc. shares continued to take a pounding for a second straight day Wednesday, with investors and some industry analysts expressing disappointment with Apple's latest announcements at the annual Macworld Expo. Apple's stock cut its... Read more...

Internet Over Unused TV Airwaves Fails Government Test

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:39:25 +0000

The US Government has given a failing grade today to a prototype device that Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Dell Inc. and other technology companies said would beam high-speed Internet service over unused television airwaves. In... Read more...

Trend Micro fails anti-malware test

Tom Warren — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:17:41 +0000

All three of the anti-malware products submitted by Trend Micro for Virus Bulletin's independent tests failed because they produced false positives. Of the 20 products submitted for testing, six generated false positives when scanning a... Read more...

Defendant settles with RIAA after motion for sanctions fails

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:33:00 +0000

A federal judge in Texas has sanctioned the attorney of a defendant in one of the RIAA's countless file-sharing lawsuits after the attorney himself requested sanctions for the RIAA's counsel. Not long afterwards, the parties... Read more...

Microsoft Fails PC Gamers

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 18:28:03 +0000

Is Microsoft Trying to Kill PC Gaming? When Microsoft started talking up Vista's gaming functionality, PC gamers got all hot and bothered. There it was, laid out in front of us, the holy land... Read more...

Author apologizes but fails to fix Panda worm

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 02:00:03 +0000

The first man to be arrested in China for virus-writing goes by the name of Li Jun, a 25 year-old man from Wuhan, who was arrested last month for allegedly selling copies of Panda. In... Read more...

Microsoft FAT Patent Fails in Germany

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:04:56 +0000

While the U.S. courts recently reaffirmed Microsoft's FAT (File Allocation Table) patents, the German Patent Federal Court has just dismissed the patent for use in Germany. According to a report in the German news publication... Read more...

Microsoft's Vista fails to find 'Second Life'

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:11:06 +0000

Despite Microsoft's virtual concert launch party for Windows Vista in Second Life, according to a recent post on Second Life's official blog, some Vista users cannot reliably connect to the virtual world. Second Life... Read more...

Nvidia Fails The Vista Test

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 11:11:46 +0000

Nvidia is scrambling to improve the low performance of its graphic-card drivers on Windows Vista. The maker of the GeForce graphic processors and related daughterboard products has received lots of flack from gamers who say... Read more...

Microsoft OneCare fails virus test

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:08:54 +0000

Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare security suite has failed a test to detect or stop 37 malicious programs on Windows Vista. Independent security certification body Virus Bulletin tested 15 security suites on Windows Vista against a... Read more...

Draft 802.11n Standard Fails to Pass

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 04 May 2006 12:05:13 +0000

A draft version of the 802.11n standard failed to pass a first ballot on May 2, leading existing 802.11n vendor Airgo to criticize existing "pre-802.11n" products that have already shipped. Although the 802.11n working group... Read more...

Apple Fails to Patent iPod Interface

Wed, 10 Aug 2005 14:11:11 +0000

A near three-year-long attempt by Apple Computer to patent the menu-based software interface of its popular iPod digital music player has ultimately proved unsuccessful, AppleInsider has discovered. The company's patent application, which... Read more...