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Bluetooth audio is about to get a big upgrade in Windows 11, and gamers in particular are going to be happy campers. Microsoft will be moving from using Bluetooth Classic Audio profiles, which are now over two decades old, to Bluetooth Low...
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Microsoft continues to find more ways to makes its Copilot AI available to users. It’s become a core part of the Windows 11 experience, including as an assistant to gamers. Now, the company is teaming up with Samsung to bring Copilot to...
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It’s been a few years since Call of Duty has had any real competition in the online shooter space. That looks to change this year as EA’s Battlefield 6 has impressed gamers during its open betas. This challenge is rattling some cages at...
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A few weeks ago, Microsoft released its usual monthly patch update on Tuesday, fixing 100 security flaws and a vulnerability already exploited in the wild. However, there have been widespread complaints about the update breaking some...
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The competition to be this year’s most popular online shooter is heating up. Battlefield 6 is returning the series to form, drawing in an impressive number of players during its beta phase. Meanwhile, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 got a proper...
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If you are a fan of Windows dark mode because of its low-light that reduces eye strain, you'll be excited by the fact that Microsoft is testing an expanded dark mode experience that sees it added to operating system dialog notifications...
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Have you looked at the price of gamepads lately? First-party controllers are not exactly cheap these days, in part because we've come a long way from simple one-button joysticks like the one that we used to play with on our Atari 2600...
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This month's edition of Microsoft Patch Tuesday fixes hundreds of security flaws, including 13 critical flaws and a zero-day vulnerability. It also contains security updates to vulnerabilities initially patched in July's Patch...
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The Xbox has been taking some lumps this year. There has been a wave of layoffs and various headlines claiming that its hardware division is dead. The latter looks like a bad take though, with rumors circulating that there will be a next...
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Phil Spencer, CEO of Microsoft Gaming, raised some eyebrows after wearing a graphic t-shirt featuring the box art of the classic video game Hexen during the 2023 Xbox Showcase event. At the time, he played it off as simply wearing a...
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First person shooter fans are looking forward to two major releases coming this fall, Battlefield 6 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. Regardless of which game players prefer there are some specific requirements their systems will need to...
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The current console generation has been a difficult one for Microsoft’s Xbox gaming division, where plans for an anticipated handheld have been put on hold. While it has been known that the company wasn’t selling as many boxes as its chief...
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A new study by Microsoft Research (MSR) has analyzed 200,000 conversations between users from various walks of life and Microsoft Bing Copilot, which revealed some interesting findings. This study claims that some occupations are unlikely...
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Official support for Windows 10 is coming to an end, with a cutoff date of October 14. While Microsoft wants all these users to upgrade to Windows 11, many are holding back from doing so because of the hardware requirements, or they aren’t...
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Effectively immediately, Microsoft is no longer allowing users to purchase or rent movies and TV shows through its app for Windows PC systems and Xbox consoles. The sudden pull-of-the-plug comes several years after Microsoft also abandoned...
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Microsoft's latest installment of Windows 11, specifically the now somewhat infamous 24H2 version, keeps pilling on problems for the software giant. Following the latest fiasco involving a Firewall error, Microsoft has issued an official...
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Fans of the Minecraft Movie will now be able to listen to the famous "Lava Chicken" song with the latest update to the Minecraft game. The Chicken Jockey character and this song were both crowd favorites in the movie, and now they're also...
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It has been a rough few weeks for Microsoft’s Xbox gaming division, as it was hit hard by the latest wave of layoffs. This move raised questions about the future of Xbox, including how much longer current head Phil Spencer will remain at...
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Microsoft’s Xbox gaming division took the brunt of the most recent round of layoffs, which resulted in 9,000 job cuts. It has lead many to question every aspect of the Xbox business, including the future of CEO Phil Spencer. More fuel has...
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Windows 11 is now the most popular operating system on the desktop, according to the latest market share figures at Statcounter. It took the first week of July for Windows 11 to reach that point, after coming up just short of overtaking...
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Helldivers 2 was one of the surprise hits of last year, buoyed by the fact that it simultaneously launched on PlayStation 5 and PC. Xbox players, however, were left out in the cold. This won’t be the case for much longer though, because...
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Microsoft’s Xbox division is currently going through a rough patch, where even the future of its gaming chief Phil Spencer is in question. The company is making cuts in personnel across its gaming division and outright shutting down some...
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