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SteamDeck HQ noticed a recent blog post from John Cable, the vice president of program management for Windows servicing and delivery, that hints Microsoft wants to find ways around drivers and tools using kernel-level access. This is partly due to world-wide embarrassment of Cloudstrike and other kernel-level systems that are beginning to proliferate.

Cable mentions VBS Enclaves featuring a way to provide an isolated environment that don’t require kernel drivers along with Microsoft Azure Attestation’s security advancements.

If this happens, the mechanisms that caused Cloudstrike and kernel-level anti-cheat software would be immediately rendered inoperable – something almost all gamers would applaud.

It’s definitely no guarantee Microsoft will do anything – but stopping the spread of kernel-level direct access would dramatically improve Windows security and stability.

Replace each animal/kid/parent with the name of the country, and this is pretty much how WW1 started…

1. Austria-Hungarian Archduke Ferdinand is killed by assassin
2. Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
3. Germany declares war on Russia, France, and invades Belgium
4. Britain declares war on Germany, France and Britian on Austria-Hungary
5. US enters the war

When North Korea isn’t infiltrating Fortune 500 companies using fake identities, they are making off with the biggest Bitcoin heist in history.

In February 2025, North Korean hackers successfully infiltrated Bybit and walked away with $1.5 billion in cryptocurrencies – the largest theft in history. The group has become notorious – stealing $1.3 billion in 2024 and $660.5 million in 2023.

The Chainalysis report says the theft utilized social engineering attacks and sophisticated laundering methods. North Korea’s has increasingly turned to hackers to fund military and other operations

Don’t be afraid to spend money on traveling.

Be afraid of growing old and realizing that the only place you ever went was to work.

Jerry Wayne gives some astounding literary reflections on things like a failed hotel toilet, mosquitos, and his summer electric bill.

He definitely sounds more literate and educated than half the people I know here in Portland.

Want to capture the magic of LARPing? The $3 indie game Mage Arena is shooting up the Steam charts. Make a lobby of up to eight players, divide into Wizards and Warlocks, and start yelling “FireBall!”, “Freeze!”, and “Magic Missile!”

The game is voice controlled. You speak your spells – and reviewers say it works really well – which is a nice change of pace from many voice controlled games that often have a…less than perfect voice recognition hit rate.

The mechanics are comical. Fireballs hit like localized nukes or obliterate the caster if they’re land too close. A direct freeze spell hit turns your friend into a hilarious block of ice while you ready a magic missile barrage.