Winners & losers: For the first time in nearly two decades, Mojang has announced a significant change in Minecraft's hardware requirements, a rare move for one of the biggest gaming products in ...

Adrian has been writing, critiquing, and thinking about games since he first picked up an N64 controller many years ago. These days he writes reviews, news, and features for Game Rant and believes ...

TL;DR: Microsoft raised Minecraft: Java Edition's minimum and recommended PC specs for the first time in 17 years, effective July 21: recommended 16GB RAM, a 2020s CPU, and a GPU with ≥6GB VRAM for ...

Simon is a Computer Science BSc graduate who has been writing about technology since 2014, and using Windows machines since 3.1. After working for an indie game studio and acting as the family's go-to ...

Minecraft is finally launching on the Nintendo Switch 2 this fall, giving Mojang's blockbuster sandbox game a native version built to take advantage of Nintendo's new hardware and bringing a massive ...

After more than 17 years, Minecraft has officially raised the minimum and recommended PC specifications for Java Edition, requiring more RAM and newer hardware. Mojang's enduring Minecraft has ...

Minecraft has been out a whole 17 years now, which makes me feel very old as I played it as a teenager when it launched, using (I believe) an AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition and 9600 GT. Oh how ...

A brand-new Minecraft release has just been announced for October 2026, and it’s hugely exciting for those who love playing on the go. Minecraft Java Edition now recommends significantly stronger PC ...

A proof-of-concept exploit for “Certighost,” a Windows Active Directory Certificate Services vulnerability, has been released that can allow authenticated attackers to potentially compromise a Windows ...

The recent Coldcard hack has raised broader questions about the security of hardware wallets and self-custody. Some bitcoin holders are moving coins onto exchanges. This on-chain flow is the opposite ...

The developers of the Coldcard bitcoin wallet urged users to move their funds amid an exploit that has already drained as much as $114 million from self-custodied wallets. The vulnerability affects ...