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- July 31
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- Valve just announced every Steam sale date from now until Summer 2026 — here's exactly when you can save big bucks on the best PC games
 - As Microsoft posts $75B in Azure revenue, UK’s CMA says “competition is not working well”
 - Get Ready for Battlefield 6: Release Date, Beta Access, and Exciting Gameplay Details
 - ChatGPT chats will now show up in Google search, which is alarming — but there's an easy way to stop it from happening
 - NVIDIA announces end-of-life support for many of its GTX cards — but it's not all bad news
 - 'Xbox PC' branding appears to have shifted to 'Xbox on PC' — a subtle change but one that makes way more sense
 - As Microsoft drops features from Authenticator — Proton steps up with a new 2FA app
 - Why the Microsoft Store on Windows 11 is now a must use app store in 2025
 - Razer Cobra HyperSpeed wireless mouse review: Lots of features, but some aren't in the box
 - 9 new features that arrived on the Windows 11 Insider Program during the second half of July 2025
 - Sam Altman is afraid of OpenAI's GPT-5 creation — "The Manhattan Project feels very fast, like there are no adults in the room"
 - YouTube wants to use AI to treat "teens as teens and adults as adults" — with the most age-appropriate experiences and protections
 
 - July 30
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- Stop scrolling: This MacBook alternative just dropped $1,000 at Best Buy— get a Galaxy Book4 Pro 360 for $899
 - Beneath: The chilling new FPS that brings Lovecraftian nightmares to Xbox and PS5 — try the free demo!
 - Xbox FY25 Q4 gaming revenue is up 10% year-over-year, driven by growth in first-party games — with Xbox Game Pass reaching nearly $5 billion in annual revenue "for the first time"
 - Horse armor: Is this an Oblivion tribute — or just Minecraft being weird again?
 - ASUS Zenbook A14: A $599 OLED laptop that redefines performance and portability
 - This Ninja Gaiden spin off is not only amazing, it's converted me into a franchise fan — a retro gateway for newcomers
 - Microsoft Teams revives the Metaverse with Immersive Events: Here's what to expect
 - No $80 games from EA for now — Battlefield 6 pricing concerns laid to rest after company earnings
 - NVIDIA needs 300,000 more H20 AI chips from TSMC to meet China's demand — but some security experts aren't happy
 - Grounded 2 has a great photo mode — and it's superb in co-op because of this one returning feature
 - Adobe brings native Windows on Arm support to Premiere Pro, After Effects, and more — but not all features made it
 - Microsoft aims to extend its OpenAI partnership beyond 2030, even after achieving AGI — despite tensions over OpenAI’s for-profit shift and growing anticompetitive business concerns
 - Ex-Microsoft Bill Gates vs. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang: Does AI pose a real threat to professional coding careers?
 - Microsoft's limited-edition 'Smurface' Laptop: Only 100 made with a unique Smurf design, and we ask, "but why"?
 - Activision once again draws the ire of players for new Diablo Immortal marketing that appears to have been made with generative AI
 - Opera throws Microsoft to Brazil's watchdogs for promoting Edge as your default browser — "Microsoft thwarts browser competition at every turn"
 - New data shows Xbox is utterly dominating PlayStation's storefront — accounting for 60% of the Q2 top 10 game sales spots
 
 - July 29
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- Xbox and Obsidian just shared the Grounded 2 Early Access roadmap — here's when the Game Pass sequel is getting new content and language updates
 - VPN demand erupts in UK — outpacing France in the face of adult content rules
 - I've seen enough premium gaming handhelds — ASUS, Lenovo, and more could learn from AYANEO's new budget-friendly line
 - Grounded 2 needed to happen, and I'm so glad it did — because now I can ride a giant ant into battle
 - What you need to know about Call of Duty’s new standalone MW2 and MW3 launch
 - Quiz: How well do you know Windows 10 on its 10th anniversary?
 - New leak shows this acclaimed PC horror game is coming to Xbox — it's cheaper than a cuppa, and a 'Very Positive' hit on Steam
 - Elon Musk is 'working on' UK age verification for X — and Xbox should steal his idea
 - From day one, Grounded 2 is already as big as the game that came before it — and it's only getting bigger from here
 - Windows 10 turns 10, but is it time to say goodbye? 6 features I'll miss about the OS.
 - AMD's Z2 Extreme vs Z1 Extreme — early insights uncover performance and driver challenges
 - Goodbye, Windows 10: You promised a unified platform, and I went all-in — from Xbox One to Lumia, I saw the dream die
 - Grounded 2 has gorgeous lighting — the atmosphere pulls me in even more than the first game
 - I love how Grounded 2 gets rid of tired survival game tools — it makes the game better, not easier
 - Can I play Grounded 2 on Steam Deck, ROG Ally, and other handheld gaming PCs?
 - Elgato Facecam 4K is on the horizon with 4K60 video and 49mm Lens filter support — It's the direct successor to one of our favorite webcams
 - A Tale of Two Ants told from two sides — our experiences with Grounded 2's stellar early access launch
 - OneNote finally adds paste plain text shortcut — a feature I use constantly in Word and my browser
 - AI threatens to eliminate 40 job roles, according to Microsoft's latest research finding — Is your career safe?
 - Windows 10 is 10 years old today — let's look back at 10 controversial and defining moments in its history
 - With Windows 10’s fast-approaching demise, this Linux migration tool could let you ditch Microsoft’s ecosystem with your data and apps intact — but it's limited to one distro
 - Microsoft mysteriously offered a Windows 11 upgrade to this unsupported Windows 10 PC — despite it failing to meet the "non-negotiable" TPM 2.0 requirement
 
 - July 28
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- Microsoft is finally addressing my biggest issue with the Taskbar and multi-monitor support on Windows 11
 - Dell's new flagship laptops just dropped with a sleek launch deal — Grab a new Premium (formerly XPS) for school or work
 - More gamers can now upgrade to the latest version of Windows 11 — Microsoft finally removes update block
 - I'm torn over the Dell 16 Premium's sleek design — a laptop with great performance but polarizing controls
 - Grounded 2 PC system requirements show the Xbox Game Pass title is 5 times bigger than the original — but you can run it on decade-old specs
 - NVIDIA RTX laptops are up to $900 cheaper right now — these back-to-school deals are only available for a limited time
 - Xbox starts Age Verification in the UK: What users need to know
 - Microsoft revolutionizes Edge as an AI-powered web browser with new experimental 'Copilot Mode' — here's how to enable it right now
 - Xbox Ally
 - Legion Go 2
 - Microsoft dubs latest Windows 11 release "most reliable version of Windows yet" — PCs that upgrade will see an improved experience compared to Windows 10
 - NVIDIA's leaked N1x chip for ARM laptops has as many CUDA cores as an RTX 5070 — but don't expect the same performance
 - “Only slightly better than a coin flip” — most people can be fooled by AI images. Think you can do better?
 - World of Warcraft
 - Hollow Knight: Silksong will be PLAYABLE at Gamescom — among the big new titles hitting the Xbox booth
 - AdGuard joins the Windows Recall backlash party — "Leaving backdoors wide open and hoping Microsoft will always act in good faith isn’t a solid privacy strategy"
 - ByteDance clarifies concerns over Trae, its fork of Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code
 - New Xbox games launching this week, from July 28 through August 3 — Grounded 2 arrives on Xbox Game Pass
 
 - July 27
 - July 26
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- The next time you look at Microsoft Copilot, it may look back — but who asked for this?
 - Elden Ring Nightreign's Patch 1.02 update next week is adding a feature we've all been waiting for since launch — and another I've been begging for, too
 - Sony wants to expand "PlayStation Studios games beyond PlayStation hardware" — hiring to partner with Xbox, Steam, Nintendo Switch, and more
 
 - July 25
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- Bethesda's Oblivion Remastered reaches massive milestone that makes it the Xbox Game Pass hit of the summer — but 'Mixed' Steam reviews highlight a huge problem
 - Frostpunk 2 finally has a console release date for Xbox Series X|S and PS5 — and it's still coming to Xbox Game Pass
 - The Division 2 has hit heights not seen in over five years — proof that proper DLC still matters to gamers
 - Fallout show producer is reportedly making a Wolfenstein TV Series for Amazon — I can't wait for more dead Nazis
 - 7 things you didn’t know your Microsoft account does on Windows 11
 - Dying Light: The Beast has been delayed to the beginning of 2025's Autumn season — Which is possibly the worst timing ever, as it will clash with Borderlands 4
 - GPD teases what could be the most powerful handheld gaming PC in the world — but there are many questions still to answer
 - Google is using AI overviews in search to nuke the web — studies say it makes you dumb: "I feel like I've lost some brain cells"
 - Wuchang: Fallen Feathers developers apologize for one of the worst PC launches in 2025 — "We deeply regret the inconvenience and negative experience"
 - Microsoft Copilot looks set to gain GPT-5 access via new 'smart' chat mode — right alongside ChatGPT
 - Skip the 5G model — this $879 Surface Laptop 7 is just as good for most people
 - HP OmniBook Ultra Flip 14 vs. OmniBook X Flip 14 — One AI laptop is clearly superior, but can you stomach the price?
 - Microsoft's AI CEO says Copilot will evolve into a "real friend" with a permanent identity — an ideal utopia of digital patina
 - Fortnite fans left in limbo as Epic blasts CMA for delaying iOS launch in UK
 
 - July 24
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- Intel plans to layoff 24,000 employees in 2025 — it will also pull back from several projects including some in Germany, Poland, and more
 - With Call of Duty's obsession with cringe-inducing pop culture skins, 'Battlefield 6' has a very real opportunity to offer the alternative — will EA deliver?
 - President Trump: "What the hell is NVIDIA? I've never heard of it before" — but is it right to dunk on him?
 - Here's exactly when you can play Grounded 2 — Xbox announced launch times for its release date, and the Game Pass survival game is coming in hot
 - NASCAR 25 by iRacing finally has a release date — but it sounds like PC players will be waiting even longer
 - Taking an all-in-one PC to Starbucks is certainly a move — what's the weirdest PC setup you've seen someone use in public?
 - Battlefield 6 reveal trailer shows grounded warfare in a divided America — and a multiplayer reveal is coming soon
 - Microsoft makes me hate how much I love its products — so I’m making a fresh start with my new Galaxy Z Fold 7
 - Satya Nadella says company layoffs have been "weighing heavily" on him, which arrived despite the "objective measure" that "Microsoft is thriving" — and more layoffs could be on the way
 - Microsoft trials redesigned Windows 11 Widgets Board with new Copilot Discover feed — AI curated stories right on your desktop
 - Microsoft Edge's settings menu is now so big it can't fit on a single screen
 - Oculus founder Palmer Luckey wants to know if you'd spend 20% more on a "Made in America" PC — but it would surely need something else to stand out?
 - 7 features you need to know and configure on OneDrive for Windows 11
 - Top 6 new features and changes coming to Windows 11 in August 2025 — from AI agents to redesigned BSOD screens
 - "It deleted our production database without permission": Bill Gates called it — coding is too complex to replace software engineers with AI
 - Sam Altman won't trust ChatGPT with his "medical fate" unless a doctor is involved — "Maybe I'm a dinosaur here"
 
 - July 23
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- The best-selling PS5 game this year is by Xbox — it sold twice as many copies as PlayStation exclusive Death Stranding 2 in the same amount of time, and outsold 2024's GOTY too
 - Microsoft’s not the only reason NVIDIA’s Arm chips are delayed — but Windows deserves part of the blame
 - Students: Grab one of our favorite laptops while it's on sale — Long battery life, solid performance, and a lower price make it ideal for heading back to school
 - As Nintendo Switch 2 breaks records, game subscription spending hits another all-time high in the US — boding well for Xbox Game Pass?
 - Wuchang: Fallen Feathers review and Metacritic score roundup — does this "brutally difficult" Xbox Game Pass Soulslike live up to expectations?
 - As Elden Ring Nightreign leads the pack, Final Fantasy XVI has a solid Xbox debut — Square Enix's multi-platform strategy for Final Fantasy is paying off in spades
 - Can the MSI Claw 8 AI+ compete with Steam Deck? Here's what I found — a high-end handheld’s price tag and features reviewed
 - Original Xbox quiz: Test your knowledge regarding Microsoft's first gaming console and the games that defined it
 - "Three months, 30 simulations, and I can tell you, a ton of work" — how Alienware designed the Area-51 desktop's cooling is fascinating
 - Atlantic allies turn to xAI and OpenAI — Why chatbots are now a matter of national strategy
 - Microsoft poaches 24 AI stars from Google to supercharge Copilot — despite DeepMind's ironclad noncompete clauses and lavish year-long PTO
 - Audeze LCD-S20 headphones review: Incredibly fun sound, but a little less accessible
 - US agency overseeing nuclear weapons breached in Microsoft SharePoint attack
 - Grounded 2 launches only on Xbox and PC — is a PS5 and Switch 2 version planned?
 - You can now lock your Windows 11 PC from your Android phone — and it's all thanks to Microsoft's excellent Phone Link tool
 - Microsoft concedes that 'The Outer Worlds 2' retail price was too high — Xbox says it "will keep our full priced holiday releases at $69.99," with refunds incoming
 - I can't wait to play this murder deduction game again — It gave me trust issues, but it was worth it
 - Riot's fighting game 2XKO launches in beta this September with eventual cross-progression from PC to Xbox — and this Arcane character is joining the roster
 - "A system that looks like the one you had as a kid." — This PC fuses 90s throwback vibes with absolute spec overkill
 - Windows 11 just got a wave of AI features — one Snipping Tool addition makes me want a Copilot+ PC
 - NVIDIA boasts a staggering $111 million in market value per employee — since it became the world’s first $4 trillion company
 - Sam Altman is "terrified" of voice ID fraudsters embracing AI — and threats of US bioweapon attacks keep him up at night
 - 'Wuchang: Fallen Feathers' came close to fully breaking me multiple times — a soulslike as brutal and as beautiful as it gets
 
 - July 22
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- Free Windows 10 Extended Security Updates are now yours to claim — but there's a catch
 - From Xbox to iPad — Elgato’s new 4K S records gameplay in cinematic 4K60 HDR
 - "The best way for us to protect our users is to proactively disable this feature" — Brave gets edgy with its new update that auto-blocks Windows Recall
 - Ubisoft hits 5 million with Assassin's Creed Shadows — but what’s coming next has us guessing
 - Little Nightmares 3 developer Supermassive Games announces layoffs — while another horror game is delayed
 - It only took a week for Minecraft: Java Edition to begin testing the new shelves and Copper Golem statues
 - Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival coming to Xbox Series X|S and PC — One of the scariest horror films I've ever seen is getting a videogame adaptation that I never knew I wanted until now
 - The MSI Claw A8 handheld gaming PC appears for preorder in Europe — eye watering price is an understatement
 - New SSD just dropped — swallows Xbox Game Pass whole and dares your Steam backlog to challenge it
 - Battlefield 6 is the official title, and its reveal trailer has a release date this week — is my favorite multiplayer FPS about to make a massive comeback?
 - AMD's new generative AI promises "print quality" images from your laptop's local NPU — here's how to get it for free
 - Microsoft launches Intel-exclusive Surface Laptop 5G with reengineered design — but it's SHOCKINGLY expensive
 - Ubisoft's Avatar game is finally getting two features it should have had all along — better late than never
 - Windows XP returns from Microsoft’s graveyard in a nostalgic browser reboot — but don't expect Internet Explorer to work
 - 3 easy ways to customize Windows Terminal to look incredible in PowerShell and WSL
 - “Literally no one seems to know anything about this” — Microsoft used China-based engineers to maintain DoD systems with high impact data
 - Ubisoft blames gamers, Steam, trends, and everyone but itself for poor game sales
 - 9 features I want Microsoft to add and improve in Windows 11
 - Sam Altman needs 100 million AI GPUs worth $3 trillion for his vision — after OpenAI was forced to do "unnatural things"
 - Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 rated by the ESRB — and it looks like we're not going to be free of the weed-themed skins any time soon
 
 - July 21
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- My jaw dropped at this Fallout-themed DOOM mod that reimagines the classic RPG as an FPS — one of the coolest fan games I've ever seen
 - "Suddenly, he was asking me to tell him more about Hela." — Marvel Rivals finally got the son of MCU chief Kevin Feige into the comic characters
 - NVIDIA’s laptop GPUs are being throttled — modder blows past limits with 250W RTX 5090 and unlocks 40% more performance
 - Buy it, stream it, play it — Xbox PC app now supports 250+ owned titles via the cloud
 - The Lenovo Legion Go 2 has leaked — here's how it stacks up to the Xbox Ally X
 - Copilot+ PCs powered by Intel and AMD still trail behind Snapdragon counterparts — even with experimental features
 - "We’re witnessing an urgent and active threat" — Microsoft SharePoint "ToolShell" vulnerability is being attacked globally
 - Stop buying Steam games that are already on Game Pass — I found an extension that does the work for you
 - "PS5 makes the most sense at the moment." Ori dev suggests 'No Rest for the Wicked' will skip Xbox (for launch) due to "market conditions."
 - Whoa, this Xbox Game Pass hit's sequel just shadow dropped out of nowhere — the "massive project" is out in Early Access on Xbox and PC
 - "We underestimated how much they loved him" — Dying Light franchise director talks Kyle Crane's return, gore fidelity, and experimenting with the game formula
 - Top AI laptops are still on sale after Prime Day — starting at only $599 while they last
 - Grounded 2
 - WhatsApp will throw out "increased performance and reliability" by downgrading its Windows app — here's what you'll lose (and gain)
 - HP OmniBook X Flip 14 (2025) review: A great 2-in-1 laptop that feels made to go on sale
 - Windows 11 will finally let you share audio to multiple devices at once
 - Sorry, Steam Deck, but my ASUS ROG Ally is stealing your hype — now under $500 for this surprisingly brilliant Windows 11 rival
 - Sam Altman calls DeepSeek AI "impressive" — but casts doubts on claims of efficiency gains ahead of OpenAI's own dominance
 - Ubisoft says microtransactions "makes the player experience more fun" — ranking as maybe the worst quote in gaming history
 - Microsoft will bury 4.9M tons of "manure" in a secretive deal — all to offset its AI energy demands that drive emissions up by 168%
 
 - July 20
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- Intel reveals what’s stopping AI PC adoption — and it’s not the hardware
 - Roblox is turning teens into millionaires — the platform is bigger than all of Steam
 - New Xbox games launching this week, from July 21 through July 27 — Wuchang: Fallen Feathers comes to Xbox Game Pass
 - GameSir G7 Pro wireless controller review: STILL wired-only with Xbox, but I love it anyway
 
 - July 19
 - July 18
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- Surprise! The iconic Roblox 'oof' sound is back — the beloved meme makes "a comeback so good it hurts" after three years of licensing issues
 - Halo and Half-Life combine in wild new mod, bringing two of my favorite games together in one — here's how to play, and how it works
 - Galaxy Z Fold 7 review: Six years later — Samsung finally cracks the foldable code
 - "I don't think I changed his mind" — NVIDIA CEO comments on H20 AI GPU sales resuming in China following a meeting with President Trump
 - A Tomb Raider composer has been jailed — His legacy overshadowed by $75k+ in loan fraud
 - Remedy offers update on 'FBC: Firebreak,' details coming improvements — "We’ve seen many players come into the game and leave within the first hour."
 - Microsoft kills Movies & TV storefront on Windows and Xbox — here's what will happen to your purchased media
 - A massive discount turns this vanilla laptop into an affordable AI PC sundae — save $370 on HP’s 2-in-1 Copilot+ PC
 - Top 6 new features that landed on the Windows 11 Insider Program during the first half of July 2025
 - Razer DeathAdder V4 Pro wireless mouse review: Truly insane performance, even if it's not my next mouse
 - 4 features on Windows 11 exclusive to Europe that Microsoft should make global
 - Razer Core X V2 vs. Razer Core X V1 — There's only one eGPU you want in 2025
 - This brilliant RTS castle builder from 2002 has been remastered on PC — get it at only $16 for a limited time
 - Elon Musk teasing a Grok male companion inspired by "50 Shades of Grey" — beating Microsoft's AI CEO at his own game
 - Elon Musk says we're in the "intelligence big bang" — after warning that a power crunch could kill the AI revolution this year
 - OpenAI introduces "ChatGPT agent" as the ultimate jack of all AI trades — with its own computer to check out your to-do list
 
 - July 17
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- Is Grounded 2 on Xbox Game Pass? — Here's what we know
 - There’s your weekend sorted — Civilization VI Platinum bundle is completely free for a limited time
 - Watch Blizzard's insane China drone show for World of Warcraft's 20th anniversary — Blizzard also announces a crazy, China-exclusive "Raid Rush" server that I wish the rest of the world could play
 - Here are 5 good *current* Microsoft products that have become stagnant — or worse — abandoned
 - Minecraft lets you get the Lava Chicken song in-game — but it's absurdly rare
 - Oblivion Remastered and Metal Gear Solid Delta co-developer Virtuos faces layoffs — with 270 workers cut
 - Steam takes down tons of porn games, cracks down on "certain kinds of adult-only content" — here's why, and its new policy (UPDATE: Valve responds)
 - AMD's budget Ryzen AI 5 330 processor will introduce a wave of ultra-affordable Copilot+ PCs with its mobile 50 TOPS NPU
 - Pokémon has partnered with one of the biggest PC gaming brands again, and you can actually buy these accessories — but do you even want to?
 - The wireless gaming mouse I've used for 5 years is down to $30 — that's less than 2 cents a day (and it's still my favorite)
 - Microsoft is on track to become the second $4 trillion company by market cap, following NVIDIA — and mass layoffs
 - Steam Deck seems to have quietly gained support for another popular online game — no anticheat block anymore
 - I don't play my handheld gaming PCs without this $10 accessory — Here's why it's a must-have for anyone who owns an ROG Ally, Steam Deck, or Legion Go
 - Elon Musk says "We need more babies" — then creates digital girlfriends so you actually won't go out and make any babies
 - Intel is laying off thousands of US workers in AI restructuring — CEO Lip-Bu Tan says it's "too late" to catch up with the competition
 - You'll soon be able to chat with Copilot and attend Teams meetings while driving your Mercedes-Benz — now there's no excuse to miss your meetings
 - Microsoft's AI CEO says Google nearly launched "ChatGPT" before OpenAI — but brutal skeptics, fears of disrupting search, and safety concerns thwarted the plan
 - ZeniMax QA testers face whiplash and "rancid" work morale following Microsoft's gaming layoffs — but the union still fights
 - This Microsoft pay scale reveals AI pros are making bank — with compensation packages reaching up to $336,000/year
 - You've got to try these 5 premium Minecraft add-ons — Dinosaurs, security systems, and more really shake up Bedrock Edition
 
 - July 16
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- Inside OpenAI’s Slack-driven evolution — engineer reveals secrets behind its meteoric rise and chaotic brilliance
 - Nintendo is taking desperate measures in patent infringement case against Palworld — and it's looking a little weird
 - A rare opportunity is here to get an HP gaming laptop for only $500 — NVIDIA RTX graphics and a 144Hz display at a bargain price
 - Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate reviews open 'Mixed' on Steam, with a player count only a fraction of The Final Shape's — I'm surprised it's this low after a new expansion
 - The cheapest place to get my games just got even cheaper — get an extra 10% off while you can
 - Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.3 is bringing more vehicle customization, photo mode options, and one amazing new feature — launching this week
 - VRAM shortages could be a thing of the past — NVIDIA and DirectX tech drops usage by up to 90% as seen in early tests
 - Microsoft scraps Windows 11's simplified Taskbar system tray layout after negative feedback from testers — but I don't understand why
 - People keep seeing Windows 11 allowing them to eject their GPU — don't worry about it, but you also shouldn't need to do it
 - Half of Windows PCs are still yet to upgrade to Windows 11 — and are running out of time, says study
 - Obsidian's Xbox RPG Avowed gets another update bringing bug fixes and these new abilities — and it's now Steam Deck Verified
 - Microsoft saved $500 million using AI — after slashing over 15,000 jobs in 2025
 
 - July 15
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- Microsoft begins testing sharing your desktop with Copilot on Windows 11 — allows AI to view and chat about what's on your screen
 - World of Warcraft: Midnight expansion confirmed to be fully revealed at Gamescom 2025 — Blizzard will show off an opening cinematic, story, gameplay, player housing public demos, and more
 - My 'Game of the Year' pick is on sale for a killer discount — and no, it’s not Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
 - Amazon delays Alexa.com's launch to "no sooner than July 31" — as OpenAI preps to topple Google Chrome's dominance in the coming weeks
 - Mark Zuckerberg says OpenAI and Anthropic researchers are flocking to Meta's AI camp for these 2 big reasons — aside from the inaccurately reported $100 million signing bonuses
 - I tested Razer's new Thunderbolt 5 Dock Chroma — I can no longer live without this extremely convenient feature
 - Xbox Game Pass gets Abiotic Factor, Grounded 2, a Soulslike RPG, and more — here's what is coming through the rest of July
 - Xbox Cloud Gaming's "Stream Your Own Game" feature comes to the Xbox PC app — live for Insiders today
 - "A future has been stolen from many of us" — ZeniMax Online Studios devs will reportedly soon be hit by Microsoft's Xbox layoffs after the MMO Phil Spencer loved was cancelled
 - "Everybody's jobs will be affected" — but NVIDIA's CEO believes society can think its way out of AI-related job loss
 - Windows 7 running natively on a Steam Deck is an affront to science — this tinkerer has Microsoft's OS booting in portrait mode
 - Xbox Cloud Gaming is getting next-gen treatment too — here's what we expect to see in the coming months and years for cloud gamers ☁️
 - You only have a short time left to own the only official John Wick video game — soon it'll be gone for good (luckily, it's now only $3.99)
 - Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater — How to pre-order, release dates, story, gameplay, and everything else you need to know
 - Microsoft nails the Windows 11 Firewall fix — after two failed attempts
 - 7 games that are perfect for handheld gaming PCs — with my favorite Steam Deck, Xbox Ally X, and Legion Go 2 titles
 - AI-powered malware eludes Microsoft Defender's security checks 8% of the time — with just 3 months of training and "reinforcement learning" for around $1,600
 - Marvel Rivals' swimsuit lineup kicks off this week — with hot new outfits for these characters
 
 - July 14
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- Windows 11 will soon be able to describe images on your screen using AI — and it'll all be done locally
 - I'm shocked Microsoft's Xbox Graphics department used this embarrassing AI-generated ad — "The irony that the head of Xbox Graphics using a Al image and didn't see the screen was backward."
 - GOG is delisting two of the best indie games ever — buy them now before it's too late
 - I can finally use this awesome NVIDIA feature on my RTX 40-series GPU, and you can too — if you're willing to test an unstable preview driver
 - Microsoft shareholders call for review of ties to Israel — "In the face of serious allegations of complicity in genocide and other international crimes, Microsoft’s HRDD processes appear ineffective"
 - Microsoft's new 'flash' reasoning AI model ships with a hybrid architecture — making its responses 10x faster with a "2 to 3 times average reduction in latency"
 - Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is being fully revealed at Gamescom 2025 — here's when to tune in
 - See how Microsoft Copilot stacked up head-to-head with other AI LLMs in a direct IQ test 🧠
 - Windows 11 will periodically enable energy saver mode while you work to increase battery life — even when your battery isn't low
 - Microsoft will stop releasing new Office features on Windows 10 — you'll need to upgrade to Windows 11 for the latest features soon
 - The Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X prices may have leaked — and if true, it's not as bad as I thought
 - Germany wants Google and Apple to ban China's "illegal" DeepSeek AI — after it failed to comply with data protection laws
 - ChatGPT falls for another Windows license key scam — generating valid codes in a guessing game after a researcher "gives up"
 
 - July 12
 - July 11
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- Grab these 7 Xbox games all under $40 — you don't have long before Amazon Prime Day ends, so act fast
 - This RDR2 deal feels like highway robbery — grab the "Wild West masterpiece" today before it rides off into the sunset
 - [ENDED] This Xbox Edition mechanical keyboard is at its lowest price yet while this sale lasts — Nostalgic green transparency for the win
 - xAI's $300/month Grok 4, billed as a "maximally truth-seeking AI" — seemingly solicits Elon Musk's opinion on controversial topics
 - Monster Hunter Wilds disappointed me, so I returned to Monster Hunter Rise now that it's cheaper than $11 — You only have a few hours left until this steal of a deal goes away, so get hunting!
 - Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War, one of the greatest RTS games ever made, just had its release date announced for a Definitive Edition
 - Stack years of Microsoft 365 — this deal would have been a bargain in 2013
 - I don't care about Genshin Impact, but this is the best power bank I've ever used — and there's still time to save on one before Prime Day ends
 - STOP ignoring mini PCs! Today's your last chance to save on a bagel-sized Windows PC during Prime Day — YES, it runs my games
 - This last-minute anti-Prime Day deal on an RTX 5070 gaming laptop is ELITE — it's "Razer's best-selling machine made better than ever"
 - [ENDED] TODAY ONLY: My favorite All-in-one desktop is on sale right now — It's the perfect all-rounder for work, school, and creative use
 - Split Fiction is on sale during Amazon Prime Day — this is your last chance to save on one of the "best co-op games of the last several years"
 - HP's discount on one of the most powerful gaming laptops on the planet is absolutely UNBEATABLE — but you only have a few hours to get one!
 - This fantastic Xbox remake of a classic Atlus JRPG we gave a perfect review score to is now 49% cheaper — Don't miss out on this deal from Amazon, as there are only a few copies left in stock
 - Don't waste the LAST 24 hours of Amazon Prime Day sales buying a MacBook — buy this much better Windows laptop instead!
 - One of Atlus' best Xbox JRPGs that puts modern Final Fantasy games to shame is now on a 50% discount — A deal that was even cheaper than it was during Amazon Prime Day
 - Stack up to 3 years of Xbox Game Pass Core and save nearly $50 in this last minute anti-Prime Day deal!
 - Final Fantasy XVI producer doubles down on multiplatform strategy for Xbox — comments on popularity of turn-based RPGS
 - This refurbished Surface Laptop 7 was already cheap, but on the LAST day of anti-Prime Day sales, it's now even cheaper — but you must act now!
 - Windows 11 adds an AI agent to help you manage settings — Here's what it is and how it works
 - SAG-AFTRA video game actors approve new agreement — securing better pay, protections against AI, and more
 - My SSD enclosure was already inexpensive, but this sale makes it SUPER cheap — Read or clone any compatible SSD for less
 - Don't miss out on the best ROG Ally accessory deals going on now — Improve your gaming handheld PC with a microSD card, power bank, dock, and more
 - OpenAI’s $6.5 billion purchase fuels Sam Altman’s quest to build next-gen computers for “transcendentally good” AI — The biggest tech disruption since the iPhone?
 - These are the 5 Prime Day deals I'd buy if I weren't about to have a baby
 - This discounted SSD fixed my gaming handheld's biggest weakness — Extra storage space for Steam Deck, ASUS ROG Ally, and Lenovo Legion Go
 - Get free money towards the latest Xbox games with this gift card deal — Last call, it ends soon!
 - WWE 2K25 gets its steep MSRP chokeslammed with a 43% discount — now with previously unseen Bray Wyatt content!
 
 - July 10
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- I've loved using this wireless gaming headset since the day I reviewed it — I can't believe it's almost $100 off for Amazon Prime Day
 - I decided to change which sites appear first in Google Search — and it works on Chrome, Edge, or Firefox
 - YouTube ramps up campaign against AI slop — with stricter monetization caveats on inauthentic and repetitive videos
 - These are my 5 favorite ways to optimize my Windows 11 PC for gaming — Here's how I tweak my settings for extra performance
 - I found the best Prime Day deal on our top Xbox and PC controller — and it's not on Amazon
 - Sea of Thieves is getting this widely-requested feature in early 2026 — and it's coming as part of a new subscription model
 - Alan Wake 2 for Xbox Series X is on sale during Amazon Prime Day — dive into Remedy's title that "bloodily earns its place as a horror game"
 - The Division 2's new Brooklyn Archivist Merit Commendation was driving me INSANE — it turns out there's a sneaky extra step you need to do first
 - Xbox Game Pass deals ranged from "$50,000 to $50,000,000" — offering a glimpse at how much Microsoft drops on content
 - I've been using the next-gen update to the world's most popular esports gaming mouse, and everything has changed — except for the design
 - Upcoming Xbox Game Pass title 'Subnautica 2' is facing boycotts — after publisher Krafton Inc. allegedly nuked dev bonuses and ousted leaders (UPDATE: Krafton extends bonus period)
 - Forget the Nintendo Switch 2 and buy this instead — The Lenovo Legion Go is now below $500, thanks to Amazon Prime Day
 - The cheapest anti-Prime Day laptop deal worth actually buying just got EVEN CHEAPER — but there's not long left to grab one
 - NVIDIA became the first $4 trillion company — here's how the tech giant beat Microsoft and Apple
 - Microsoft's flagship Surface Laptop 7 is an eyewatering 42% off right now for Amazon Prime Day in the UK — that's a saving of £900 on one of the best laptops ever! 🚨
 - The best Warhammer 40,000 third-person shooter has its price chainsawed by 43% — a Best Buy bargain worthy of the God Emperor's praise
 - Is Microsoft's new AI still "4x more accurate than human doctors"? — Typos in medical prompts to chatbots could be catastrophic
 - TES4: Oblivion Remastered is getting new difficulty settings in patch 1.2 — but I'm happier to see a fix for this major issue
 - Minecraft's mob vote loser just made a surprise comeback — and it brought brand new gear to the Bedrock Preview with it
 - Copilot and ChatGPT went against a 4 KB Atari chess game from the 70s — with an embarrassing effort from Microsoft's AI
 - ChatGPT falls for a "dead grandma" scam and generates Microsoft Windows 7 activation keys — but they're useless
 - I’ve accepted that Adobe subscriptions are part of my creative life — but with these discounts, it stings much less than it used to
 - It's Ubisoft's most polished game in years — Assassin's Creed Shadows on Xbox Series X has a fantastic Amazon Prime Day discount
 
 - July 9
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- [UPDATE] LIGHTNING DEAL: I still use these amazing headphones rather than the latest version — They're currently at their lowest price ever with 42% claimed already
 - Perplexity launches "Comet" AI web browser to take on Chrome and Edge — and you can use it today for $200 a month
 - This "game-changing" MiniTKL keyboard with Hall Effect switches, Rapid Triggers, and Snap Tap is perfect for PC Gaming — and it's now on sale for 25% off, thanks to Amazon Prime Day
 - The best FPS game I played last year has fallen to its lowest-ever price — see why it "captivates me like no other open world can"
 - This is the handheld gaming PC accessory you need this Prime Day — it's made my gameplay so much more convenient
 - Game subscription spending hits an all-time high in the US — does it bode well for Xbox Game Pass?
 - If you just bought a Surface Pro 12-inch, don't forget to grab these 7 accessories — They're ALL discounted for Prime Day!
 - This popular Game Pass Xbox exclusive is coming to PS5 this year — the devs announced it in the coolest way possible
 - AI "vibe coding" platform Replit partners up with Microsoft for Azure — but the non-exclusive deal keeps Google Cloud in the fold
 - 13 outstanding deals on tech you actually need — Batteries, chargers, cables, and more under $30 for Amazon Prime Day
 - PSA: A 1TB microSD Express card has entered the market — I hope future handheld gaming PCs are compatible with this speedy storage option
 - Amazon is discounting my favorite wired Xbox controller — but it's $2 cheaper at Walmart, and you don't need a membership
 - Subnautica 2 publisher Krafton reportedly delayed it to 2026 — did it just kill a $250 million bonus for devs in the crib?
 - Microsoft says 'we have threads at home' — rolls out feature Slack has had for years
 - Owlcat Games talks to us about about WH40K: Rogue Trader, the next game 'Dark Heresy' — and how the studio feels about working with Xbox Game Pass
 - I pretended to need more time to test this Hall Effect controller because it's so good — now it's at its lowest price ever
 - I rounded up 10 of best Windows 11 Copilot+ PC deals available this Amazon Prime Day — starting under $500!
 - If you have a Steam Deck, you NEED to try these AR glasses — and they're a LOT cheaper than XREAL right now 😲
 - Don't buy any sub $200 laptops during Prime Day — they're awful, not worth your money and you'll regret buying one
 - The BEST value premium-feeling gaming headset you can buy is 17% OFF for Prime Day | My Astro A50 headset died, so I'm moving to this instead
 - If you have Amazon Prime Membership, then you're in luck — one of the *BEST* budget wireless gaming headsets we gave a near-perfect score to is having a 40% discount for Amazon Prime Day
 - I don't care about Amazon Prime Day, but you loved my favorite ANC wireless headphones last time I wrote about them — and that hot discount is back
 - Bill Gates says AI will replace humans for most things — but coding will remain "a 100% human profession" centuries later
 - Our favorite mobile controller is at the lowest price it's ever been — "Well and truly the best at what it does"
 - Xbox confirmed to be in attendance for Tokyo Game Show 2025 — set to be its biggest show yet
 - It doesn't matter how many laptops I review or how great the deals are — this is the one I keep coming back to over and over again
 - Sam Altman admits current computers were designed for an AI-free world — but OpenAI's new type of computer will make the AI revolution "transcendentally good"
 - Holy smokes! You can get a Snapdragon X-powered AI laptop for only $450 right now — a low price I didn't think we'd see this soon
 - Microsoft sees its carbon emissions soar on a 168% glut in AI energy demand, "we recognize that we must also bring more carbon-free electricity onto the grids."
 - The gaming headset I use every day is slashed to its lowest price ever thanks to Amazon Prime Day — "stellar battery life" awaits
 
 - July 8
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- Call me a filthy casual — I recommend this RTX 4050 gaming laptop over any of the powerhouses on Prime Day
 - Report: Halo Studios was hit by Microsoft and Xbox layoffs, too — dev says nobody "is really happy about the quality" of the next game
 - The iPad Mini is $120 off — but this gaming tablet is BETTER, and it still costs $50 less (and actually includes a charger in the box)
 - This new RTX 5060 gaming laptop is already $400 off — the cheapest way to get NVIDIA's DLSS 4 and Multi Frame Gen
 - Legion Go S is the cheapest Windows handheld gaming PC right now during Prime Day — I still wouldn't buy it, I'd buy this other one instead
 - This limited ThinkPad deal is the best I've ever seen in 9 years of Prime Day coverage — but 70% off won't last long
 - This Xbox controller anti-Prime Day discount is truly a standout — and "audio features sweeten the deal"
 - I'm a lifelong PC gamer who's covered every Prime Day — here are the 7 best AMD Ryzen CPU deals I'd buy right now
 - This is an Xbox that goes on your face! — The Meta Quest 3s plus Xbox Cloud Gaming is an absolute winner, but you don't have long left to save big
 - I couldn't care less about PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSDs until I tried this one — finally down to a reasonable price for Amazon Prime Day
 - I won't recommend products I haven't used — so here are 13 great deals on laptops and tech I actually reviewed (and liked)
 - WWE 2K25 is getting a new story starring Bray Wyatt that will "get people emotional" — but not for PC or last-gen console players
 - Microsoft's new Surface Laptop 13-inch is now priced how I thought it should've always been — all thanks to this Prime Day deal that WON'T last forever
 - Walmart outlives Prime Day with a bargain Xbox Series S discount that's still live — grab one before it's too late
 - Blizzard announces release date for World of Warcraft: The War Within's 3rd major content patch — a patch that will feature the largest, city-sized raid boss in MMORPG history
 - Everyone needs PC storage, and this SSD at its lowest ever price is the one to get — take it everywhere you go for just 5 cents per GB!
 - I hate spending money on PCs — that's why I recommend these affordable mini PCs instead of a desktop or laptop on Prime Day
 - My favorite Xbox and PC controller is a 3rd-party device that trounces Microsoft's official controller — and it's now on a big 41% discount thanks to Amazon Prime Day
 - This iconic Xbox RPG is just $25 in an anti-Prime Day deal — don't miss out on a physical copy while they last
 - My favorite 2025 laptop is perfectly priced thanks to this anti-Prime Day deal — It has a number pad and a gorgeous AMOLED touchscreen
 - No console needed — this discounted bundle comes with an Xbox Controller, Fire TV Stick 4K, and Game Pass Ultimate
 - I haven't even finished reviewing this brand-new 2-in-1 AI PC and Best Buy has already knocked off a third of its price — and it's worth it
 - Skip Amazon this Prime Day for Xbox gift cards — this retailer is giving $6 free with $60 purchase
 - This might be the cheapest I've ever seen a Snapdragon X laptop — a deal so good I couldn't say no
 - "One of the best and most premium charging accessories" — Razer Universal Quick Charging Stand for Xbox is 40% off
 - Diablo 4, one of Blizzard's best Xbox games, is now 64% off — a devilish Anti-Amazon Prime Day discount that's worth taking over Amazon's deals
 - This 360Hz QD-OLED monitor is more than magnificent — and it's $280 off right now
 - There's a massive 42% Amazon Prime Day discount on the Razer DeathAdder V3 Pro — One of the best gaming mice we gave a near-perfect score to
 - Xbox Game Pass actually *is* profitable and isn't quite the albatross you've heard it is — as rumors swirl about Microsoft's gaming business' health
 
 - July 7
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- Razer BlackShark V2 Pro gets noteworthy sale for Prime Day — "One of the best Xbox headsets you can buy right now"
 - "Every gamer should replace their AirPods with these." — Prime Day has made these SteelSeries GameBuds cheaper than ever
 - Microsoft Edge is now faster than ever — again — with 40% quicker load speeds
 - "I don't know how I managed without it" — the best office upgrade I ever made just hit a new low price
 - I back up everything on this rugged 4TB SSD — here's why I recommend it at 40% off
 - Final Fantasy IX Remake possibly cancelled according to latest rumors — Which may be the saddest way to celebrate this legendary game's 25th anniversary
 - I’ve been using this Alienware 240Hz gaming monitor for 2 years — less than $1 a day if I'd bought it with this Prime Day discount
 - My favorite "non-gaming" gaming accessory is down to its lowest price for Prime Day | XREAL's AR glasses give you a virtual cinema screen for Xbox Cloud Gaming, Netflix, PC gaming handhelds, and more
 - I'm finally ready to buy Microsoft's new Surface Pro 12-inch — and it's this incredible anti-Prime Day deal that pushed me over the edge
 - This Prime Day deal nets you 21% off a powerful mini-PC that supports desktop-class GPUs — it's been my daily driver for months
 - This Surface Laptop 7 deal has me shocked… well, not that shocked — it’s only $1 more than Prime Day
 - Windows 11 is set to gain big lock screen improvements this year — here's what to expect, and when
 - Microsoft reportedly met with Romero Games just a day before pulling funding — and said absolutely nothing about what was coming
 - One of our favorite Xbox storage expansion cards just dropped below $130 — thanks to an anti-Prime Day deal that beats Amazon
 - This massive Samsung TV is an Xbox — and it's cheaper than a Series X in Best Buy's anti-Prime Day sale
 - This Surface Pro 11 deal outlived Prime Day — save big on a bundle
 - The powerful Lenovo Legion Go (Z1E) PC gaming handheld is far better than a Steam Deck or Nintendo Switch 2 — and it's $200 OFF at Best Buy with this anti-Prime Day deal
 - Dell 14 Premium vs. Dell XPS 14 — How the 'new XPS' compares, and why I still recommend the older model
 - 7 new features coming with the July 2025 Security Update for Windows 11
 - Xbox says all the games shown in the 2025 Showcase are still coming — but why should we believe them?
 - Amazon's tablets like the Fire HD 10 and Fire 11 Max are up to 50% off — meaty savings on devices for Kindle books, browsing, inking, and even Xbox Cloud Gaming
 - A UN Human Rights Council report lists Microsoft among big tech companies that "profit" from Gaza genocide
 
 - July 6
 - July 5
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- “A fantastic device for creative users” — this $550 discount on ASUS’s 3K OLED creator laptop disappears before Prime Day
 - Now that we're halfway through 2025, here are my 5 favorite video games I've completed — and the backlog titles I'm most excited to play
 - Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 is bringing another season of the excellent animated series — I couldn't be more excited
 - Razer Iskur V2 drops to $399.99 — the gaming chair with the best lumbar support we've ever tested
 - Dell 32 Plus 4K QD-OLED Monitor (S3225QC) review: Missing something important, but not great sound
 - Microsoft plans to revamp Recall in Windows 11 with these new features
 - Xbox layoffs and game cuts wreak havoc on talented developers and the company's future portfolio — Weekend discussion 💬
 - Just days after joining Game Pass, the Xbox PC edition of Call of Duty: WW2 is taken offline for "an issue"
 
 - July 4
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- Windows 11 overtakes Windows 10 to become most used desktop OS — 4 years after its controversial debut
 - I got tired of running out of room on my Legion Go — Here's how I upgraded the SSD
 - I've already published 58 reviews in 2025 — These are my top 10 favorite laptops, accessories, and other tech so far
 - Forza Motorsport's future doesn't look good following the grim week at Xbox — Turn 10 layoffs reportedly had a massive impact on any future for the franchise
 - iRacing finally gives us the smallest glimpse of NASCAR 25 gameplay — but don't get too excited, yet
 - Out of the blue, GTA V is finally approved for release in Saudi Arabia — and it's coming soon
 - Keychron K8 HE wireless review: Not a gaming keyboard, but great for gamers
 - Microsoft's $200 Surface Earbuds are killing themselves — make sure you charge yours regularly to keep them going
 - With Helldivers 2 coming to Xbox — here are 7 games I'd love to see PlayStation bring to Microsoft's platform
 - OpenAI almost shipped ChatGPT with a different name — before a late-night twist
 - Microsoft's extra year of Windows 10 security updates isn't a "viable solution" for the 400 million PCs that can't upgrade to Windows 11 — "It's obvious users are frustrated and feel yanked around."
 - Microsoft is replacing salespeople with "solutions engineers" amid recent layoffs — promoting Copilot AI while ChatGPT dominates the enterprise sector
 - Hideo Kojima's "OD" is still in development with Xbox, at least for today
 
 - July 3
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- EA is killing a game I didn't even know was alive
 - Xbox CEO Phil Spencer reportedly couldn't stop playing ZeniMax's unannounced game — and now it's canceled
 - The big "Stop Killing Games" petition just hit 1 million signatures — in partial thanks to one dev who tried to kill it
 - You can now make text bold or italic in Notepad — hell has frozen over
 - Helldivers 2 on Xbox could strike Halo gold — I’m begging you, please add this one thing
 - Report: Microsoft's 2025 layoffs revolve around its desperate $80 billion AI infrastructure investment
 - If you want more PlayStation games on Xbox, you'd better buy Helldivers 2 — Sony will go where the money does
 - SteamOS saves the Legion Go S — and you can save on the superior version this 4th of July
 - Romero Games' next project loses funding due to Xbox cuts — most of the studio is now laid off
 - Why Microsoft's enshittification of Xbox, Surface, and even Windows itself — are all by design
 - More than my Switch or ROG Ally, a tiny tablet and mobile controller has been my favorite gaming handheld lately
 - Intel Unison for Windows 11 shuts down — encourages users to switch to another multi-device experience
 - This Call of Duty game just hit Xbox Game Pass, but it's infested with RCE hackers — I'd take cover and avoid playing until there's a fix
 - Gamers continue to make the switch to Windows 11 — and not just from Windows 10, either
 - "I'm hoping we'll bring all players together." PlayStation hit Helldivers 2 is coming to Xbox — a needed win in a bleak week for Microsoft.
 - I’m convinced Best Buy doesn’t know this Seagate Xbox Storage Card deal is still live — and I’m not telling if you won’t
 - I finally tested a "SteamOS" Legion Go S — it's the perfect handheld gaming PC if you don't mind these three things
 - This early PRIME DAY deal will nab you a flagship Surface Laptop 7 for less than Microsoft's midrange Surface Laptop 13-inch — but not for long!
 - Latest Microsoft Edge update breaks design visuals on Windows 11 — once you see it, you'll hate it
 - Grounded 2 — Release date, early access content, Bugs, Buggies, and everything you need to know
 - Sam Altman's future ChatGPT sounds like Microsoft's Windows Recall but with Copilot's companionship traits — "running all the time, looking at all your stuff"
 - Microsoft reportedly lacks the know-how to fully leverage OpenAI's tech — despite holding IP rights
 - Cloudflare is fighting to safeguard "the future of the web itself" — standing directly in the way of leading AI firms
 - Capcom reports that its Steam game sales have risen massively — despite flagship titles like Monster Hunter Wilds receiving profuse backlash from PC players
 - Microsoft Gaming studios head Matt Booty says "overall portfolio strategy is unchanged" — with more than 40 games in production
 
 - July 2
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- Microsoft 365 Copilot just got smarter — now supports 48 languages and key new features
 - Battlefield 6 devs plagued by "extraordinary stress and long hours" — changes to compete with Call of Duty, Fortnite are wreaking havoc, and I'm worried
 - Everwild's cancellation has me worried for one of my favorite dev teams and Xbox itself — It needs creative new games to thrive and refresh its identity
 - No, Microsoft and Xbox's Phil Spencer isn't stepping down any time soon — here's the truth
 - Microsoft is closing down Xbox studio The Initiative, with Perfect Dark killed as well — joining Everwild and ZeniMax's new IP, and other unannounced projects
 - Xbox is cancelling Rare's 'Everwild' and ZeniMax's new MMORPG IP as part of broader cuts — with 'Perfect Dark' impacted as well
 - One of the best PowerToys features just got even better — and it puts Windows Search to shame
 - Microsoft's layoffs to top 9,000 people, impacting around 4% of the firm's entire workforce — total 2025 layoffs now top 15,300 people
 - Microsoft continues Xbox layoffs, with jobs cut at King, Turn 10, ZeniMax Media, and more — read Phil Spencer's note to staff
 - Apple is making a cheap MacBook — that's bad news for Windows
 - I made 21 tweaks in Windows 11 to increase gaming performance — and they worked
 - Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is a Soulslike RPG that's coming to Xbox Game Pass — after playing it, I still have these concerns
 - Marvel Rivals Season 3 is bringing Blade and Phoenix — but I need this balance issue fixed
 - Can OpenAI’s mandatory week-long break fend off Meta’s $100 million talent grab? — "Someone has broken into our home"
 - Sam Altman says his CEO ouster "wasn't the craziest thing that would happen in OpenAl's history" — neither will Meta's $100 million raid on the firm's top AI talent
 
 - July 1
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- Microsoft has a new way to use AI in OneNote — but a "dumb" feature excites me more
 - "I want to support the sweaty boys!" — Fallout: New Vegas director says it's a "mistake" to trade RPG crunch for "super accessible" gameplay, and he's right
 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 is coming to Xbox Game Pass soon — and one of the service's biggest-ever hits is returning, too
 - Minecraft’s 'Vibrant Visuals' side-by-side comparison pics — Here’s what it gets right and where it falls short
 - My son's been bugging me to play Minecraft for six years — this one mod could finally make me do it
 - Rejoice, PC gamers: this Steam feature just got a massive update — here's how to use it and how it works
 - AMD's Ryzen 7 7800X3D just hit a new low price AGAIN — don't miss one of the best gaming CPUs ever
 - Minecraft is reviving a dead Mob Vote loser and actually making copper useful in 2025's third update
 - ASUS ROG Ally deals are running out of stock — grab this one while it lasts
 - False alarm! Microsoft rectifies language that implied Windows may have lost millions of users since Windows 11 debut
 - NVIDIA RTX 5000 GPUs are on sale at Newegg, and discounted gift cards can be used towards your purchase — It's free money
 - Intel’s former CEO speaks out — "I wanted to finish what I started"
 - A Microsoft engineer made a Linux distro that's like a comfort blanket to ex-Windows users — I finally tried it, and I'm surprised how good it is
 - Prime Day PC hardware deals are here — These are the GPUs, CPUs, SSDs, and RAM that I'd buy as a PC build expert
 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 — Release date, price, Career Mode, Skaters, Platforms and everything you need to know
 - Amazon isn't always the best place to shop on Prime Day — these 21 hot deals at Best Buy's Black Friday in July event are proof
 - Mark Zuckerberg announces Meta Superintelligence Labs — with a battalion of AI gurus poached from OpenAI, Google, and DeepMind to try and secure an AGI win
 - Microsoft's new AI can be 4x more accurate and 20% cheaper than human doctors — Mustafa Suleyman calls it "a genuine step toward medical superintelligence"
 
 
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