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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
- 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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- 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?
- 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
- 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
- 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
- What you need to know about Call of Duty’s new standalone MW2 and MW3 launch
- 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
- AMD's Z2 Extreme vs Z1 Extreme — early insights uncover performance and driver challenges
- 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
- 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
- More gamers can now upgrade to the latest version of Windows 11 — Microsoft finally removes update block
- 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
- 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
- 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?
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Battlefield 6 reveal trailer shows grounded warfare in a divided America — and a multiplayer reveal is coming soon
- 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?
- "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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Sam Altman is "terrified" of voice ID fraudsters embracing AI — and threats of US bioweapon attacks keep him up at night
- NVIDIA boasts a staggering $111 million in market value per employee — since it became the world’s first $4 trillion company
- 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
- “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
- 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
- WhatsApp will throw out "increased performance and reliability" by downgrading its Windows app — here's what you'll lose (and gain)
- Windows 11 will finally let you share audio to multiple devices at once
- 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
- 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
- "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
- 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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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- This Microsoft pay scale reveals AI pros are making bank — with compensation packages reaching up to $336,000/year
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- Microsoft nails the Windows 11 Firewall fix — after two failed attempts
- 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
- Microsoft’s extra year of free Windows 10 security updates feels like a last-minute snooze button — while groups like "The Restart Project" still want to help users
- 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 11
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- xAI's $300/month Grok 4, billed as a "maximally truth-seeking AI" — seemingly solicits Elon Musk's opinion on controversial topics
- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War, one of the greatest RTS games ever made, just had its release date announced for a Definitive Edition
- Final Fantasy XVI producer doubles down on multiplatform strategy for Xbox — comments on popularity of turn-based RPGS
- SAG-AFTRA video game actors approve new agreement — securing better pay, protections against AI, 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?
- July 10
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- YouTube ramps up campaign against AI slop — with stricter monetization caveats on inauthentic and repetitive videos
- Sea of Thieves is getting this widely-requested feature in early 2026 — and it's coming as part of a new subscription model
- Xbox Game Pass deals ranged from "$50,000 to $50,000,000" — offering a glimpse at how much Microsoft drops on content
- 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)
- NVIDIA became the first $4 trillion company — here's how the tech giant beat Microsoft and Apple
- 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
- July 9
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- Perplexity launches "Comet" AI web browser to take on Chrome and Edge — and you can use it today for $200 a month
- Game subscription spending hits an all-time high in the US — does it bode well for Xbox Game Pass?
- 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
- 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
- Bill Gates says AI will replace humans for most things — but coding will remain "a 100% human profession" centuries later
- Xbox confirmed to be in attendance for Tokyo Game Show 2025 — set to be its biggest show yet
- 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"
- 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."
- July 8
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- Report: Halo Studios was hit by Microsoft and Xbox layoffs, too — dev says nobody "is really happy about the quality" of the next game
- WWE 2K25 is getting a new story starring Bray Wyatt that will "get people emotional" — but not for PC or last-gen console players
- 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
- 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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- Microsoft Edge is now faster than ever — again — with 40% quicker load speeds
- Final Fantasy IX Remake possibly cancelled according to latest rumors — Which may be the saddest way to celebrate this legendary game's 25th anniversary
- 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
- A UN Human Rights Council report lists Microsoft among big tech companies that "profit" from Gaza genocide
- July 5
- July 4
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- Windows 11 overtakes Windows 10 to become most used desktop OS — 4 years after its controversial debut
- 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
- Microsoft's $200 Surface Earbuds are killing themselves — make sure you charge yours regularly to keep them going
- 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
- Report: Microsoft's 2025 layoffs revolve around its desperate $80 billion AI infrastructure investment
- Romero Games' next project loses funding due to Xbox cuts — most of the studio is now laid off
- 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
- Intel Unison for Windows 11 shuts down — encourages users to switch to another multi-device experience
- 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.
- Latest Microsoft Edge update breaks design visuals on Windows 11 — once you see it, you'll hate it
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Minecraft is reviving a dead Mob Vote loser and actually making copper useful in 2025's third update
- False alarm! Microsoft rectifies language that implied Windows may have lost millions of users since Windows 11 debut
- Intel’s former CEO speaks out — "I wanted to finish what I started"
- 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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