Colton Stradling
Colton is a seasoned cybersecurity professional that wants to share his love of technology with the Windows Central audience. When he isn’t assisting in defending companies from the newest zero-days or sharing his thoughts through his articles, he loves to spend time with his family and play video games on PC and Xbox. Colton focuses on buying guides, PCs, and devices and is always happy to have a conversation about emerging tech and gaming news.
Latest articles by Colton Stradling
Phase 2 of World of Warcraft's 'Season of Discovery' launches on February 8th and I can't wait
By Colton Stradling published
Phase 2 Season of Discovery is WoW classic on mushrooms with new runes, class roles, and new raids and gear.
GOG is back at it with up to 90% off games in its New Year sale
By Colton Stradling published
GOG If your backlog has been brimming over already, tell it to make more room. The GOG New Year Sale has some fantastic deals on fantastic games.
In the quest for small Windows 11 gets stripped of its GUI to make a Tiny11 text-based 100MB version of the OS
By Colton Stradling published
MinWin Tiny11 gets smaller as NTDev strips out the GUI completely and clocks the Windows 11 operating system in at 100MB.
Palworld: How to catch or hatch Bushi
By Colton Stradling published
Bushi power Bushi is one of the better all-around workers in Palworld. With level 1 handiwork and gathering, level 2 kindling and transport, and level 3 lumbering this Pal is a great addition to your base.
Don't miss this $600 discount on HP's 'Cryo Chamber' gaming desktop PC powered by an RTX 4070 — TODAY ONLY
By Colton Stradling published
Deal The HP Omen 45L features an awesome cryo chamber CPU cooler and you can pick one up for $600 off today only.
How to get and farm organs in Palworld: Electric, Fire, Ice, and more
By Colton Stradling published
Get Organs If you want to get the best gear and level up your base, you will need to find the right organs and other Pal resources.
Avowed deeper dive video shows more gameplay and talks setting, companions, and combat
By Colton Stradling published
Avowed Avowed is on many Xbox fan's list of most exciting games of 2024. Obisidan developers sat down with Xbox to discuss their game in more depth.
Palworld: How to get Pal Fluid
By Colton Stradling published
Get Pal Fluid Like every other resource in the game, gathering Pal Fluid will be fundamental to building your base. Here's how to do it.
Palworld interactive map: Where to find specific Pals
By Colton Stradling published
Pals 4 all If you've been looking for a certain pal all day like me and having a hard time finding them, this map is perfect.
A huge gaming company, Embracer Group, is showcasing the dangers of irresponsible consolidation
By Colton Stradling last updated
Bad example Embracer Group has repeatedly closed studios and laid off employees since it fell on hard times in May of 2023.
Palworld errors: 'OnCreateSessionComplete Delegate bWasSuccessful == False' and 'Failed to Host Multiplayer Session.' Is there a fix?
By Colton Stradling published
Error Fix Palworld is all the rage but we all want to be able to play multiplayer with our friends, but some launch day bugs are stopping us.
Game Pass day one game Palworld, a.k.a. 'Pokémon with guns' sells one million copies in just 8 hours
By Colton Stradling published
PalWin? Palworld shows the world that Game Pass doesn't hurt game sales but allows word of mouth to push games into the zeitgeist.
Palworld, Brotato, Persona 3 Reload, and more come to Xbox Game Pass
By Colton Stradling published
🥔 Several games are being added to Xbox Game Pass for the second half of January, including Palworld, Brotato, Persona 3 Reload.
Intel Core i9-14900K vs Core i9-13900K: New generation or more of the same?
By Colton Stradling last updated
Showdown With 24 cores, 32 threads, and 2.4-6.0 GHz frequency, does Intel's 14900K offer enough over the 13th Gen 13900k?
Microsoft looks to make Copilot invulnerable by lessening its reliance on OpenAI's ChatGPT
By Colton Stradling published
Copilot Microsoft's AI strategy has evolved in the last few months as Copilot begins utilizing more AI LLM's beyond ChatGPT.
Early RTX 40-Series Super graphics card prices look promising if scalpers can resist ruining it for everyone
By Colton Stradling published
SUPER cheap? NVIDIA's upcoming RTX 40-Series Super GPUs are set to begin launching first with the 4070 Super, hopefully retailers can prevent scalpers from grabbing most of the stock.
Microsoft's GitHub is being abused by hackers and ransomware groups. But can it be fixed?
By Colton Stradling published
GitHub A recent report by the Insikt Group highlighted how hacker groups use GitHub to carry out their attacks.
'Pokémon with guns' Palworld comes to Game Pass this month as Xbox starts 2024 strong
By Colton Stradling last updated
Pika-pew-pew Being colloquially referred to as "Pokémon with guns," Palworld looks to offer a great time when it hits Xbox Game Pass this month.
Microsoft and Sony partnering on an AI-powered car assistant is the strangest news to come out of CES this week
By Colton Stradling published
AI wins In a surprising move, Sony and Honda announced that Microsoft is powering the AI assistant for Sony Honda Mobility.
Acer's new gaming laptops are all about AI power with RTX graphics and a dedicated Copilot button
By Colton Stradling published
Acer AI Acer announced two new Predator Helios and two Predator Helios Neo laptops that move the brand to 14th Gen Intel CPUs and add better AI integration into the devices.
Alienware announces the world's first 1440p monitor with an outrageous 360Hz refresh rate
By Colton Stradling published
QHD@360Hz With a 0.03 GtG response time and 360Hz refresh rate at 1440p, the Alienware 27-inch 360Hz QD-OLED Gaming Monitor will likely open the door to a new standard for FPS gaming.
Intellectual property theft? Non-fiction authors sue Microsoft and OpenAI in class action lawsuit mirroring New York Times case
By Colton Stradling published
Fair Use? In a similar argument as was seen in last week's suit by the New York Times against Microsoft and OpenAI, a class action suit looking to protect creators' intellectual property.
Microsoft is getting close to overtaking Apple as the most valuable US company
By Colton Stradling published
MSFT #1? Apple's $2.834 trillion market cap vs Microsoft's $2.752 value is an $82 billion difference, which is about the value of the recent ABK deal.
Baldur's Gate 3 developers are fighting for our right to record clips of any scenes on Xbox without the risk of account bans
By Colton Stradling published
Baldur's Bans Michael Douse, director of publishing at Larian, took to X to alleviate Xbox players' fears about potential bans for recording BG3 lewd content.
New York Times sues Microsoft and OpenAI for impacting its business, claims generative AI models don't qualify for fair use
By Colton Stradling published
Fair Use? While regulators are already investigating the question of fair use regarding AI bots like ChatGPT, it seems the New York Times wants to press the issue in the courts instead.
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