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If your system is throwing more UAC prompts asking for admin privileges and some application installs or repairs are failing, it may be due to a recent security update for Windows and Windows Server. Thankfully, Microsoft has posted a very...
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There's little argument that although its inner workings are quite solid and speedy, Windows 11's UX choices are often best described as schizophrenic. One day Microsoft adds a useful feature, only to add yet another Edge-begging pop-up...
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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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Windows 10's imminent sunset on October 14th has been the subject of much ink lately. Windows 11 is a free upgrade, but some users wish to stick with the older version due to device or app incompatibility, fear of a botched upgrade, or...
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The engineers on Microsoft's DirectX team are always busy bees, constantly working on one improvement or another. Today, the team announced that it's taking initial steps to get rid of a perennial annoyance in PC gaming: shader compilation...
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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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Microsoft typical patch Tuesday just passed, and within a day, the company acknowledged installation issues with some of the security updates. Microsoft has since provided a temporary fix for organizations using Windows Server Update...
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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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Microsoft's new GPT-5-powered Smart mode, which OpenAI describes as the "best model to date", is automatically rolling out for free to Copilot users. We've tested it here at HotHardware and observed that you don't even need to update your...
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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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AI is now further integrated into your gaming PC with the Xbox Gaming Copilot Assistant making its way to the platform. For Xbox Insiders, it's available as a beta release starting today. It will be on the Game Bar on Windows PCs, and is...
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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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Opera filed a complaint against Microsoft, accusing it of unfairly promoting its browser to the detriment of others. In Opera’s complaint with Brazil's anti-trust authority (CADE), the software company accused Microsoft of influencing...
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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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