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Microsoft beats Apple and Google to the punch — waves fee for adding apps to its store
By Zac Bowden published
Windows 11 Individual developers can now sign up and publish their apps on the Microsoft Store on Windows 10 and Windows 11 for free.

Razer just announced the new Blade 14, and its thinner, lighter, and smarter than ever
By Zachary Boddy published
Laptops The Razer Blade 14 (2025) has been announced, bringing a redesign with AMD Ryzen AI, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50-series, less weight and thickness, and more features.

Microsoft open sources the Windows Subsystem for Linux
By Zac Bowden published
Linux After years of feedback, Microsoft is finally open-sourcing the Windows Subsystem for Linux, allowing developers to easily modify the feature.

DOOM: The Dark Ages gets Path Tracing update in June
By Samuel Tolbert published
PC Gaming DOOM: The Dark Ages' promised Path Tracing update is slated to launch in June 2025, NVIDIA has confirmed.

MSI swaps Intel for AMD in newly revealed Z2 Extreme handheld
By Rebecca Spear published
Handhelds During Computex 2025, MSI revealed a brand new MSI Claw handheld, but it will feature an AMD APU unlike previous Intel-toting MSI Claw devices.

NVIDIA's RTX 5060 is here, but where are all the reviews?
By Cale Hunt published
Hardware NVIDIA launched its RTX 5060 GPUs for desktops and laptops today, but they come without any real reviews. Here's what's going on behind the scenes.

Microsoft Copilot gets OpenAI's GPT-4o image generation support
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Microsoft Copilot gets OpenAI's GPT-4o image generation support to transform an image's style, generate photorealistic images, and follow complex directions.

Microsoft should be safe if anything "catastrophic" happens to OpenAI
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Microsoft's AI CEO, Mustafa Suleyman, says the company is well-equipped with in-house models, which protect it from anything catastrophic happening to OpenAI.
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