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April 30
- Brave Search makes its final split from Bing but keeps Google fallback
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor — Rancor boss fight guide
- AI news you might have missed this week: Music, ChatGPT, and Bill Gates thinks it'll soon be teaching our kids
- Microsoft News Roundup: Farewell Activision Blizzard deal, goodbye Windows 10, and so long Microsoft-branded accessories
- Acer Swift X 16 unveiled with jaw-dropping OLED display, game-changing AMD Ryzen 7840HS processor, and RTX 4050 graphics
April 29
- Get this rare Destiny 2 armor set now before it goes away next week
April 28
- Minecraft Legends celebrates over 3 million players, releases first update
- Bing Chat will now make sure to give content creators credit for the recipes it shares
- May the Fail be with You: Star Wars Jedi: Survivor player goes to extreme lengths to boost PC performance, but it's still a disaster
- Destiny 2 cheat seller ordered to pay $12 million to Bungie
- Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty hits 1 million units sold, 3.8 million players on Xbox Game Pass
- Microsoft makes another cloud-gaming deal for Xbox despite CMA block
- Say goodbye to some of Microsoft's best keyboards, mice, and accessories
- The latest ChatGPT feature rolling out brings it closer to Bing Chat at last
- Don't waste your time with Google Bard, use Bing Chat instead — says Microsoft Edge
April 27
- Player known for fighting Elden Ring's hardest boss decides to make her every enemy... And wins
- This CS:GO skin sold for over $1,000 because it supposedly looks like genitalia
- Skyrim mod uses ChatGPT to give NPCs memories and generate conversations
- Report: Microsoft Gaming lead Phil Spencer comments on the future of Xbox, should the Activision deal fail
- Microsoft Designer's AI-infused alternative to Canva is now available for all to try
- Windows 10 is finished — Microsoft confirms 'version 22H2' is the last
- Forza Motorsport (2023) is taking accessibility seriously with Blind Driving Assists
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor ad shows Luke Skywalker 'training' Cal Kestis
- Xbox Games with Gold is celebrating Star Wars Day in May
- Diablo 4: Blizzard President clarifies how mounts work (Update)
- Edge might be sending every URL you visit to Bing's API by mistake: Microsoft responds
- Redfall's Xbox Series X|S and PC global release dates just got announced
- Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon launches in August 2023
- Microsoft will soon let you remove bloat from Edge
- ASUS ROG Ally could crush Steam Deck if this leaked price is legit
- Microsoft: Block on the Activision-Xbox deal is the firm's "darkest day" in the UK (Update)
April 26
- The latest Minecraft: Bedrock Edition patch update is out with over 40 fixes
- Five new songs are coming to Minecraft with the 1.20 'Trails & Tales' update
- Destiny 2 reveals Guardian Games 2023's start date, armor, and weapons (Update)
- Quantum Break returns to Xbox, now on PC Game Pass
- Hilarious Fallout 4 gun mod adds The Simpsons' iconic 'magazine revolver'
- Phone Link can finally connect your iPhone to your Windows 11 PC... kind of
- LG launches its thinnest laptop yet, the gram SuperSlim
- Xbox Design Lab scores five limited edition Redfall controllers
- Simplify Windows optimization with Wintoys: Streamlined bloatware removal and quick system tweaks
- I helped bring back this handy Microsoft Edge feature
- New feature alert: Microsoft Loop preview now supports personal accounts on iOS and Android
- Xbox's Activision Blizzard deal has been blocked by the UK, Microsoft to appeal
- This Destiny 2 weapon perk is broken. Here's how to abuse it
April 25
- Microsoft reportedly plans to close Activision deal despite FTC lawsuit
- Microsoft's Surface revenue plummets by 30%: Market overcrowded, buyers elusive, and PC sales in crisis
- Xbox FY23 Q3 gaming revenue down 4% year-over-year
- Overwatch 2 launches Talantis, a new map made by YOU
- ChatGPT unveils 'incognito' feature to shield your data from prying eyes
- This heavily-modded RTX 4090 ray-traced Skyrim offers a glimmer of Elder Scrolls 6
- Dysentery never looked so good: The Oregon Trail has gotten free DLC on PC
- Xbox's Grounded gets huge 1.2 Super Duper Update, here's what's new
- Meet the AMD Ryzen Z1 and Z1 Extreme, the secret to the ASUS ROG Ally's power
- This AI-generated pizza commercial is delicious and cheesy nightmare fuel
- ASUS reveals more on the ROG Ally and the Steam Deck should be worried
- Microsoft rains MSN news feed down on Windows 11 Weather app
- Amazon shows how AI is far more than chatbots with this amazing new Prime Video feature
April 24
- Is Microsoft going to debundle Teams and Office? One report says that's exactly what'll happen.
- This Discord bot levels up your Destiny 2 Exotic farming
- Microsoft confirms Xbox DVR capture issues are 'actively being investigated' (Update)
- Sega of America workers form union
- Arm reportedly wants to make its own chip to show off its designs
- AMD Ryzen 7000X3D-series CPUs burning up and destroying motherboards from ASUS, Gigabyte
- JavaGPT brings ChatGPT to support ancient versions of Windows
- Math geeks rejoice: Bing Chat now supports LaTex
April 23
- Grab Xbox controllers of all shapes and sizes in these Super Spring deals
- Microsoft News Roundup: Surface Go on ARM, Windows 10X on Surface Duo, Diablo 4 Server Slam, and more
April 22
- Dying Light 2 kicks off gore war against Dead Island 2 in Gut Feeling Update
April 21
- Forza Horizon 5 "High Performance" update now available, adds proper oval racetrack
- AI demand helps drive NVIDIA market cap up by $329 billion since start of this year
- Wake up gamers, a new Destiny 2 infinite Legendary Shard farm just dropped (Update)
- Could Bing Chat replace my Doctor?
- Latest Windows 11 Insider build expands live captions to support five more languages
- ChatGPT? More like ChadGPT: How I'm using AI as my personal trainer
- Microsoft is making app 'snap assist' SMARTER on Windows 11 — here's what that means
- Unrecord: The game that looked too real to be true — until now
- Transform your conversations with ChatGPT using this simple yet powerful voice extension
- Overwatch 2 hero Lifeweaver to receive big buffs alongside control rework
April 20
- Thanks to Twitter changes, you can say goodbye to this Xbox DVR feature
- What we learned about endgame in the Diablo 4 live stream
- Get ready to game like never before: Razer's Viper Mini Signature Edition will feature eye-watering 8K HyperPolling
- Blizzard is giving you ONE MORE chance to play Diablo 4 before launch
- The Division 2 gets a new lease of life in Year 5 with new game modes and story DLC
- ChatGPT costs $700,000 per day to run, which is why Microsoft wants to make its own AI chips
- Redfall hero trailer reveals the skills of Devinder in the upcoming Xbox and PC shooter
- Figure out if your chat partner is human or an AI chatbot in this Turing Test game
- HP refreshes its Envy laptops, including world's first 'IMAX Enhanced' PC
- Windows Central Podcast #308: Windows Handheld Mode reveals Windows 12 designs
- Surface Go 4: Everything you need to know about Microsoft's next budget 2-in-1
- Acer packed a Ryzen 7940H and RTX 4050 into the Swift X 16 laptop for creators
- Acer's new Predator laptops offer glasses-free 3D and killer RTX 40-series GPUs
- Google reportedly ignored warnings before launching the 'worse than useless' Bard
- Major unpopular changes are coming to free image host Imgur
- A highly requested classic Taskbar feature is coming to Windows 11 soon — here's a first look
April 19
- Microsoft rejects $42k+ Twitter API subscription, pulls it from ads platform
- Overwatch 2 has brought the hammer down on 100,000 cheaters since launch
- Here's every Xbox and PC game shown at the Nintendo Indie World Direct
- Microsoft is working on another way to save battery when your laptop is plugged in
- One of our most anticipated ASUS gaming monitors is now for sale
- So far, Destiny 2's new midseason patch has done more harm than good (Update)
- Microsoft adds option to remove the date and time from the Taskbar on Windows 11
- Dell's Latitude 9440 2-in-1, brings the best of the XPS 13 Plus to business users
- Exclusive: Microsoft is working on an ARM-powered Surface Go 4 and new 11-inch Surface Pro
- You can now move the Bing button in SwiftKey or hide it entirely
- Fallout 76 is currently broken on PC Game Pass, fix incoming
April 18
- The new PowerA FUSION Pro 3 Xbox controller gives you Elite features for less
- Microsoft reportedly tests chips in stealth mode to boost AI performance
- OneNote now lets you erase your mistakes with a scribble
- Redfall, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, Homestead Arcana, and more come to Xbox Game Pass very soon
- Microsoft should adopt this awesome Paint hack
April 17
- GameSir launch a new controller and its giving serious retro vibes
- Lilith is almost here — Diablo 4 has officially gone gold
- Diablo 4 runs at 4K 60 FPS on Xbox Series X
- Netflix Games hires former Halo creative director for multiplatform AAA game
- Adobe is integrating its generative AI program into Creative Cloud
- This new Minecraft cereal doesn't explode, but it does come with free Minecoins
- No subtitles? No problem. Windows Live Captions could make gaming accessible to all
- AutoGPT is the first ChatGPT-based AI tool that could start to do your job for you
- Windows 10X can now run on both screens of the Surface Duo
- RØDE unveils game-changing audio hardware for streamers at NAB 2023
- Microsoft's Activision Blizzard purchase mostly approved by one more country
- Report: Samsung is considering dropping Google for Bing search on Galaxy Android phones
April 16
- The Yoga 9i, arguably Lenovo's best laptop, is now for sale at Best Buy
- Poll: Which form factor should Microsoft focus on for Windows 12?
April 15
- The craziest Halo PC mod just got an amazing update
- Halo Franchise Director Frank O'Connor has left Microsoft (Update)
- Capcom just confirmed that Exoprimal's worst feature is optional
April 14
- Diablo 4 reveals beta feedback changes coming at release, here's the full list
- Redfall hero trailer sheds a light on Remi and her robot companion
- Diablo wasn't even meant to be in Diablo 3
- You can now remove the Bing icon from Microsoft Edge, no Registry edit required
- Microsoft is making it easier to browse through and share your photos on Windows 11
- Destiny 2 is cracking down on Cronus and XIM cheating
- Remedy Entertainment reveals new logo, says Alan Wake 2 is still out in 2023
- Microsoft Edge's Sidebar is coming to the Windows 11 desktop
April 13
- Vampire Survivors was rebuilt just to run well on Xbox consoles
- Amazon's new AI coding tool has one HUGE advantage over Microsoft's GitHub Copilot
- Destiny 2 is down, servers to remain offline for emergency maintenance (Update)
- The Razer Stream Controller X is brand new and nearly half the price of Razer's first attempt
- Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League officially delayed to 2024
- Microsoft Edge is making it easier to continue conversations with Bing Chat
- Windows 11 apps will soon be able to detect when you are present in front of your PC
- Microsoft President warns of Russian intelligence infiltration in gaming communities
- Microsoft adds power of ChatGPT to SwiftKey and Skype groups
- Porsche wants you to spend $2500 to sit on your butt
- Ubisoft+ is available now on Xbox consoles
- On Xbox, caveats, and mismanaged expectations
- Watch a Blizzard game director code a game using nothing but ChatGPT
- Use Bing Image Creator in the terminal because why wouldn't you want to do that?
- Steam Deck shader cache files to shrink by 60% with a driver update
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070: Stock updates and where to buy it
- NAB 2023: Adobe announces major updates for Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Frame.io
- AMD’s new Radeon PRO W7000 GPUs promise exceptional performance and value for pro creators
- Microsoft experiment adds 'Handheld Mode' gaming UI to Windows 11 for Steam Deck-like devices
April 12
- Overwatch 2 is fixing Lifeweaver's worst gameplay feature
- Windows Central Podcast #307: Surface Dock 3 and Windows 10X on Surface Duo
- Your next phone could feature an Arm chip made by Intel
- New Minecraft 1.20 Preview brings shield customization and dozens of changes
- Microsoft Spring Sale: 10 best Xbox games on offer right now
- Windows 11 can now launch Android apps quicker without hogging system resources
- The Xbox April Update brings a brand-new search experience and active hours
- Microsoft is bringing Windows 11 to HoloLens 2 later this year
- Redfall: Arkane just announced some bad news for Xbox players
- Diablo 4 to get story updates every 3 months
- Meet the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070: A 1440p powerhouse for $599
- ChatGPT will be a keyboard shortcut away, thanks to this PowerToys plugin
- At least two exciting new features look to be on the way to Bing Chat
- Start menu tweak in Windows 11 update sparks debate
- Extra Xbox Elite Series 2 colors join Design Lab for expanded controller customization
- Microsoft is CHANGING what the 'Print Screen' key does on Windows 11 — here's how to change it back
April 11
- A much cheaper version of Valve's Steam Deck dock just hit the market
- Bing Chat imagines itself as a human girl and we get a face to put to Sydney
- Microsoft will talk more about AI, Windows, and ARM at Build 2023 next month
- Microsoft gaming chief Phil Spencer teases 'Keystone,' the unreleased mini Xbox console
- Bing Chat goes beyond the browser and gets turbocharged with BingGPT
- Today is the last day you can use Microsoft Teams Free (Classic) — here's how to save your files, chats, and data
- Windows PC shipments are down massively in Q1, but Apple took the biggest hit
- AI regulations in the making? Biden administration finally considers rules to govern ChatGPT and Bing Chat
- Redfall hero trailer dives into Jacob's spectral powers in this Xbox and PC shooter
- Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun brings retro action to Xbox and PC in May 2023
- Microsoft and the U.S. Army have a plan to make the HoloLens combat-ready
- Enjoy some real Suspicious Stew with the Official Minecraft Cookbook
- PC Game Pass arrives in 40 new countries
- The big change coming to Microsoft Rewards that will make you love it even more
- Here's what happened when Stanford created a virtual world full of ChatGPT-powered people
- Your future Windows PC might be full of mushrooms
- Sorry students, these goofy Snapchat Lenses in Microsoft Teams are for professional use only
- No VR? No worries. Half-Life: Alyx is now playable with a mouse and keyboard
- Phil Spencer makes yet another 10-year pledge for Xbox Cloud Gaming
April 10
- Minecraft oddly finds itself in the middle of a US national security issue
- QuakeCon returns with in-person event in August 2023
April 9
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor gets final trailer showing a wide range of threats
April 8
- Report: Microsoft confirms Joseph Staten is leaving Xbox (Update)
April 7
- Overwatch 2's new hero Lifeweaver is already getting a major buff
- Age of Empires 2 Definitive Edition: Return of Rome DLC gets May 2023 release date
- Minecraft Legends: Launch times, preorder, localization, platforms, preload, and more
- Nintendo might be the reason that Xbox is banning emulators (Updated)
- Resident Evil 4 remake crosses 4 million copies sold
April 6
- Microsoft SwiftKey is making South Park's ChatGPT episode a reality
- Wild Hearts grabs its biggest update yet, now has a free trial on Xbox and PC
- Microsoft 365 Cloud PCs are getting a lot more flexible, and they're on the way to your TV
- Overwatch 2 Season 4 trailer reveals Galactic Emperor Sigma Mythic skin and more
- Bing Image Creator now has a home in the Edge Sidebar, at least for now
- This is the only browser extension you need to use with ChatGPT
- Microsoft Edge Drop is the best browser feature you're not using
- Square Enix once again snubs Xbox for a major upcoming game launch
April 5
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Windows PC system requirements detailed
- New Halo: The Master Chief Collection update brings multiplayer to Steam Deck
- Minecraft movie still exists, apparently, releasing in 2025
- Destiny 2 is making it easier to farm Exotic god rolls, but there's a catch
- Diablo 4 endgame progression detailed by Blizzard Entertainment
- Redfall hero trailer shows off Layla's strange abilities and vampire ex-boyfriend
- Microsoft Teams green screen helps you stand out against your background
- Microsoft's massive Teams update is on the way for Education users as well
- Activision takes a stand against XIM cheating in Call of Duty with new Ricochet countermeasures
- Microsoft Edge just brought back this fan-favorite feature for blocking ads
- The new Outlook for Windows app finally gains support for Gmail accounts
- Windows Central Podcast #306: Windows 'CorePC' and a new Surface Hub 2S
- Don't worry, Overwatch 2 will have 'guardrails' to stop Lifeweaver trolling
April 4
- Meet Lifeweaver, Overwatch 2's latest support hero, in new gameplay trailer [Update]
- Microsoft’s 48th birthday bash: A week of 80s nostalgia
- Meet the Surface Thunderbolt 4 Dock: Microsoft’s most powerful and versatile dock ever
- Minecraft Legends, Ghostwire: Tokyo, and more join Xbox Game Pass soon
- Chat like a pro with Easychat AI, an awesome Windows app that leverages ChatGPT
- New Xbox Special Edition Remix controller made using recycling, available in April
- Naughty Dog neglects Steam Deck users as it struggles to fix The Last of Us PC disaster
- RODE introduces Wireless ME: Ultra-compact 2.4GHz mics compatible with Windows and mobile
- Microsoft Teams has a new feature to make sure you don't miss anything
- Quantum Break disappearing from Xbox Game Pass is a complicated licensing issue
April 3
- Microsoft’s upcoming 'Surface Dock 3' drops proprietary connector, adds Thunderbolt 4 support
- World of Warcraft: Dragonflight's next major update is less than a month away
- Xbox Insiders get new 'Friends & Community Updates' home group
- ASUS ROG Ally April Fools' joke was about a very real Steam Deck competitor
- Microsoft Edge gains hidden split-screen feature for running two webpages under one tab
- ChatGPT tricked into generating a working key for Windows 95
- Perplexity is a lightning-fast, totally free ChatGPT app you can use on your Windows PC (and iPhone)
- You can now run Windows 10X on the Surface Duo
- Windows PCs can finally connect with Google's Nearby Share, Android's answer to Apple AirDrop
- This hidden Destiny 2 Gunsmith vendor mechanic will help you get god rolls
April 2
- ChatGPT goes back in time on a nearly 40-year-old MS-DOS PC
- Microsoft News Roundup: 'Windows 12' with AI, Surface Hub 2S, 'BingBang' hack, Xbox Game Pass Friends & Family, and more
- WD_Black Xbox Series X|S Expansion Card SSD listing appears online
April 1
- Overwatch 2's Ashe was so OP in the April Fools' patch that Blizzard disabled her
- Windows 11 is testing this new option to help your laptop save energy
- Microsoft just fixed local searches in Bing Chat
- Poll: Are OneDrive notifications in the Start menu ads?