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GAMING Tarae: The Unbound is a dark fantasy ARPG coming in 2027, based heavily in Eastern folklore
GAMING Project ZETA is a 20-minute, four-team tactical arena by NIRVANANA offering a fast-paced, controller-friendly MOBA experience.
Gaming It's that time of year again where Call of Duty players go back to older games while waiting for the new one, and how did I miss this?
Gaming I recently got to play Final Fantasy Resonance's playable demo on Xbox, and it's stunning pixel-art graphics and turn-based combat feels like a return to form from the first chapter alone
On this Day A look back at Xbox’s 2015 “games everywhere” vision — the moment Phil Spencer sketched out a future that Asha Sharma is now fully realizing 11 years later.
Flashback A decade later, Microsoft’s unreleased Moonraker smartwatch still feels like a glimpse into an alternate timeline.
Flashback Looking back at the 2016 editorial that captured Xbox’s growing pains and predicted the decade ahead.
Flashback A look back at the LG Lancet and the era when Windows Phone 8.1 defined Microsoft’s mobile peak.
Apps A Microsoft Edge bug is freezing web apps, but reverting to version 152 requires a bit of work.
Windows 11 Microsoft just issued an out-of-band emergency update for Windows 11. The update fixes broken Hyper-V Linux folder sharing, Remote Desktop freezes, and USB audio bugs.
Windows 11 Windows 11 update KB5124008 causes many USB headsets, microphones, and speakers to fail with Code 10 errors, frozen volume controls, or total loss of audio output.
Surface Apple's iPhone Duo video features a real 2018 Surface Magazine article during its split-screen demo, likely poking fun at Microsoft's foldable history.
Surface Vindication!? Apple's new iPhone Duo validates the multitasking and windowing vision Microsoft originally set out to achieve with Surface Duo. Here's how.
Surface Apple’s iPhone Duo highlights a painful truth for Microsoft: Apple knows exactly what its hardware stands for, while Surface no longer has a reason to exist.
Review Starting at $799, the latest ZenBook 14 from ASUS features Qualcomm's Snapdragon X SoC inside a premium chassis that looks and feels the part, along with a new OLED display and all day battery life.
Deals Dell is offering a huge $1,000 discount on the Alienware Aurora Gaming Desktop, which offers premium-quality performance for both gaming and productivity.
Deals A big Labor Day discount turns this 16‑inch Ryzen AI laptop into a standout performance deal.
Deals The ASUS ROG Strix G16 remains one of the best-performing premium laptops for gaming at over 120 fps on 1,600p resolution, and it's now 24% off thanks to Best Buy's Labor Day deal
Deals Antonline is offering gamers a chance to boost their performance for less with Intel's modern Core Ultra desktop CPUs.
Handhelds Valve says its Steam Deck 2 plans remain unchanged despite the RAM crisis, aiming for clear performance gains even as rising component costs bite.
GAMING Tarae: The Unbound is a dark fantasy ARPG coming in 2027, based heavily in Eastern folklore
Review I tested the new Thrustmaster HOTAS WARTHOG MKII, an imposing metallic flight stick for hardcore PC milsim fans with an intense but fun learning curve.
GAMING Project ZETA is a 20-minute, four-team tactical arena by NIRVANANA offering a fast-paced, controller-friendly MOBA experience.
Apps Microsoft is bringing xAI's Grok models to Copilot across Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Here is what subprocessor integration means for IT admins and users.
App You can now summon Gemini on your computer by pressing Alt + Space.
AI Microsoft EVP overseeing Office and LinkedIn Ryan Roslansky posts an oddly oblivious self-own. The company flooding the internet with AI slop has started to realize how dumb its technology actually is in most scenarios.
AI In a new podcast, OpenAI and ChatGPT lead Sam Altman lamented how much the industry made AI a hated tech, in his words, that they failed to "explain the benefits."
Windows 11 Microsoft says the UK needs more data centers as Slough residents question the impact of the proposed site.
LIVE Join Daniel, Jez, and Zac on August 21 at 1PM ET for the LIVE Windows Central Podcast.
Windows 11 Microsoft swapped Bing Wallpaper backgrounds for a fullscreen movie promo, putting promotional text directly on Windows 11 desktops.
Microsoft 365 Switzerland is trialing alternatives to Microsoft 365, shifting 3,000 government workstations to test other apps amid sovereignty and data protection concerns.
REVIEW Razer's new hot-swappable Reclusa X Mini 65% isn't packed with premium bells and whistles, but at $49.99 it delivers one of the most satisfying typing experiences in the company's keyboard lineup.
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