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Gaming handheld companies should learn from AYANEO's budget line
By Rebecca Spear published
Handhelds AYANEO is a brand best known for creating Windows handheld gaming PCs. During today's Strategy Sharing Session, the company revealed several new devices including a new budget line of handhelds.

COD Modern Warfare 2 and 3 are now available as standalone downloads
By Cole Martin published
Gaming Call of Duty fans have decried the franchise's launcher since its release in 2022, with the HQ becoming more bloated each year. Now, Activision is decoupling legacy titles.

This hit PC horror game is coming to Xbox — it's cheaper than a cuppa
By Brendan Lowry published
News One of the better horror games of 2024 was The Cabin Factory, which proved to be a major hit on Steam. And now, thanks to a leak, we know it's coming to Xbox.

Xbox users face UK age checks — even 20-year-old accounts, but X has a better solution
By Sean Endicott published
Xbox Xbox now requires age verification in the UK — even for long-time users. Elon Musk's X has a smart solution than Microsoft.

AMD's Ryzen Z2 Extreme chip fails to impress in early benchmarks
By Cale Hunt published
Hardware AMD's Ryzen Z2 Extreme will soon be found in a range of new gaming handhelds, but an early range of tests shows that the newfound performance is hardly worth an upgrade over the Z1 Extreme.

Minecraft: Java Edition is finally testing the latest features
By Zachary Boddy last updated
Minecraft Mojang Studios has released Minecraft Preview 1.21.110.20, which includes shelves to swap out your hotbar items and turns Copper Golems into statues.

New Xbox Game Pass games (Jul. 2025): What's coming, leaving soon
By Zachary Boddy last updated
Xbox Game Pass As Xbox Game Pass grows ever bigger, I'm keeping careful track of the best new additions, upcoming arrivals, which games are leaving soon, and much more.

The Facecam 4K is unveiled with 49mm lens filter support
By Adam Hales published
News Elgato Facecam 4K might be an entry-level way into DLSR-like performance in a webcam form factor.

OneNote finally adds a long-missing shortcut for pasting plain text
By Sean Endicott published
Microsoft has added a long-requested paste text only shortcut to OneNote, matching functionality already found in Word, Chrome, and other apps.

Microsoft reveals 40 jobs about to be destroyed by AI — is your job on the list?
By Jez Corden published
Artificial Intelligence A Microsoft Research paper has listed out 40 professions it believes are most at risk from the rise of AI, as well as 40 professions that should be safe (at least for now...)
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