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Garmin Unveils Major Firmware Updates with New Features for 2025 and High-End Smartwatches

Originally Published 19 days ago — by DC Rainmaker

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Garmin has released a comprehensive public beta update for its 2025 series watches, introducing 25 new features across various models, including enhanced display options, health tracking, and user interface improvements, marking a significant milestone in their platform unification.

Major Motherboard Flaw Exposes Early-Boot Security Risks and Cheating Vulnerabilities

Originally Published 24 days ago — by The Hacker News

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A new UEFI firmware vulnerability affects motherboards from ASRock, ASUS, GIGABYTE, and MSI, allowing early-boot DMA attacks due to a failure to properly enable IOMMU protections during startup. This flaw could let attackers access or modify system memory before the OS loads, emphasizing the importance of applying firmware updates to mitigate the risk.

Elite Square In-Depth Review: Assessing Its Position

Originally Published 25 days ago — by DC Rainmaker

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The Elite Square aims to be a versatile, cross-compatible smart bike frame but faces challenges due to industry standards, limiting third-party trainer support. While it offers excellent build quality, quiet operation, and good compatibility with Elite trainers, its third-party trainer support is currently limited, with improvements expected by March 2026. It remains a compelling option for existing Elite users and those seeking multi-platform compatibility, especially in Europe.

Sony A7 V: Clarifying Lens Compatibility, Performance, and Upgrades

Originally Published 27 days ago — by PetaPixel

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Viltrox, a third-party lens manufacturer, confirms it is working on a firmware update to improve compatibility and performance of its lenses on the Sony a7 V, dispelling rumors that Sony intentionally degraded third-party lens performance. The issues are attributed to normal post-release optimizations, and Sony has stated it did not make any intentional changes to harm third-party lenses, with manufacturers like Viltrox actively working to resolve the compatibility issues.

Nintendo Switch 2 and Firmware 21.0.0 Update Enhances Stability and Features

Originally Published 2 months ago — by Nintendo Everything

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Nintendo released firmware update 21.0.0 for the Switch and Switch 2, introducing new features like software icon symbols, options for disabling downloads during system transfers, updated cloud backup info, and volume control in VR mode, along with general stability improvements.

Apple's AirPods Pro 3 Firmware and Real-Time Translation Features

Originally Published 3 months ago — by 9to5Mac

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Apple released new firmware (8A358) for AirPods Pro 3, AirPods Pro 2, and AirPods 4, likely including bug fixes and improvements, possibly preparing for expanded Live Translation features in iOS 26.1, which is in beta testing. Firmware updates are automatic and not manually installable.

Nintendo Releases October 2025 Backwards Compatibility Fixes for Switch 2

Originally Published 3 months ago — by Nintendo Everything

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Nintendo released a firmware update in October 2025 for Switch 2 that includes backwards compatibility fixes for several Switch 1 games, with a focus on titles like Deemo Reborn, Library of Ruina, and Warframe, along with ongoing issues in other titles such as Jelly Troops and Kingdoms of Amalur.