If I had this laptop, you know I'd be popping in my Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds discs.. [2/2]
If I had this laptop, you know I'd be popping in my Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds discs.. [2/2]
Which jewel cases would you crack open first if you had a gaming laptop with two disc drives?
A gargantuan PC from around 2006 is getting some love this week, and I did some digging to find out what it is and what's inside. [1/2]
With incoming CEO Asha Sharma taking the reins, debate over Xbox's "exclusive game" strategy has reignited.
Does Xbox Series X|S and the next-gen "Project Helix" console need exclusive games to survive? Or can Xbox survive without them?
We asked over 14,000 Xbox gamers for their take π
The same goes for Helium, but I'm impressed with what it's doing differently. This new Chromium browser could be the stripped-back take you've been looking for (2/2)
It's an early alpha build, but Helium might be the perfect web browser, serving as a cross-platform antidote to Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge.
Chromium, like it or not, is the dominant platform for web browsers. Chrome, obviously, is the biggest player, but Edge builds upon it, too (1/2) π
The blueprints for modern Windows 11 apps just got an update, providing code samples to help create software that aligns with Microsoft's design framework. (2/2):
Ugly and inconsistent Windows 11 apps could be a thing of the past β but Microsoft still can't figure out how numbers work.
WinUI Gallery is a digital showroom of sorts for developers, showing what UI elements look like on a PC.
Now, it's been bumped up to version 2.8 (1/2)
At least it seems more privacy-friendly than Windows Recall π€ (2/2)
Copilot will soon be able to take screenshots of your PC to help "communicate visual context more easily and receive more accurate, actionable assistance."
It seems as though it'll ship to desktops first, with speculation that availability will spread across Microsoft 365. (1/2)
It's a friendly throwback to some of the company's earliest days in software, as Microsoft now claims to be doubling down on its efforts across security, quality, and AI transformation (2/2)
Satya Nadella recently praised Intel (and even Apple) as contributing to critical parts of Microsoft's historical success.
"Without Intel, I don't know if Windows would have happened β in fact, without Mac, I wonder whether Office would have happened." (1/2)
Full details at Windows Centralππ(2/2)
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Patch Tuesday: March 10th, 2026: What's coming!
Windows 11βs March 2026 update is shaping up to be one a bigger midβcycle refreshe, with 9 new features and changes that actually move the OS forward. Itβs a solid mix of polish, fixes, and qualityβofβlife upgrades. (1/2)
In moments like this, I'm left concerned about the next generation of Xbox (2/2)
"A routine update locked up my Ally X, forcing a full cloud restore that lasted 12 hours.." π
While I'm usually quite optimistic about the future of Xbox, moments like this can knock that feeling down, ultimately leaving me frustrated with gaming on Windows (1/2)
Star Citizen, a PC game that might never leave development despite gobbling up about a billion dollars from supporters, has a passionate player base.
After developers Cloud Imperium Games fumbled the response to a recent data breach, many of those players are swearing off the game for good (1/2)
Was the MacBook Neo simply showing that it can run the apps students are familiar with?
Maybe. Maybe not. (2/2)
Wait a minute, did Apple just hint that Microsoft's apps are more popular than its own?
I spotted the MacBook Neo's cute nod to Office and Slack and will take it as irrefutable proof that Microsoft 365 is better than iWork (with a big pinch of salt and a healthy sense of humor) (1/2) π
Microsoft spent a year forcing Copilot into Edge, but the new Insider update does the opposite: it brings the web into Copilot.
Is this the "mini-browser" we didn't know we needed? (1/2) π
Resident Evil Requiem is dominating the Xbox charts, so I guess we do buy games after all π
Capcom has confirmed that the game has sold 5 million copies across all platforms in just five days.
And yes, Requiem seems to be doing very well on Xbox π
Windows 10 is in its last days, and it certainly isn't immune to PC-breaking bugs.
Check your old rig for Microsoft's fix to a previously broken Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) that comes in update KB5075039, and patch yourself up!
If you've had issues, this could be why π
Please stop proverbially pointing that oddly commercial-shaped gun at my head just to push your Premium plans, especially now that ad-blockers are apparently out of the question (2/2)
C'mon, Google.. 30-second unskippable ads are coming to YouTube on my TV now? π
According to YouTube, the new system "dynamically optimizes between 6-second Bumpers, 15-second standard and 30-second CTV-only non-skippable ad formats." (1/2)
The MacBook Neo burst onto the scene at $599.
Why aren't there more Windows laptop deals to compete? (2/2)
Is the entire online marketplace in cahoots with Apple, or did a bunch of Windows laptop deals just end before the $599 MacBook Neo appeared?
If you know where (and when) to shop, you can get a great PC for the same amount β even if some examples suddenly saw a price hike (1/2)
What is being called "one of the most fully featured browser-based surveillance toolkits" that Malwarebytes has ever seen doesn't need an exploit or bug to hijack your PC or phone π
Here's what you need to know:
I've always found that pricing was the biggest roadblock to trying macOS, and it's the primary reason I never built up much real-world experience with the operating system.
I wonder if Apple users could clue me in on what unique appeal the $599 MacBook Neo might have over Windows? π€
Microsoft finally gave Copilot something genuinely useful to do: fix your meeting conflicts and sort the work that actually matters. If Outlook has been running your life into the ground, this is the first AI upgrade that might actually save your calendar.
DETAILSπ
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