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Trade wars: The latest on tariffs, PC, laptops, GPUs, and gaming
By Daniel Rubino last updated
Industry Here's the latest news on how the Trump administration's aggressive tariff strategy is affecting consumer electronics, including PCs and laptops.

One of 2024's best games is getting a sequel, and it's closer than expected
By Brendan Lowry published
News In a new press release, developer and publisher 11 bit studios has confirmed a new Frostpunk game is on the way.

Trade tensions and Windows 10’s end drive PC buying frenzy
By Sean Endicott published
Computing Global PC shipments rose 9.4% in Q1 2025, driven by Windows 11 upgrades and fears over tariffs causing PC prices to increase in the future.

Microsoft bails on OpenAI, gives up on two mega data centers
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Microsoft wiggles out of two mega data center deals that would have helped facilitate additional training support for OpenAI's ChatGPT.

Ubisoft is finally showing off The Division 2's next DLC soon
By Richard Devine published
Gaming Having experienced a significant delay, the second DLC expansion for The Division 2 is getting closer to release, and Battle of Brooklyn will soon be fully revealed.

Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer is trying to avoid leaking his Xbox plans
By Samuel Tolbert published
Xbox Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer alludes to unannounced Xbox games coming this year in a recent interview.

Xbox update finally lets you buy games through the mobile app
By Samuel Tolbert published
Xbox The Xbox mobile app will soon let players buy games and subscribe to Xbox Game Pass, while the "Stream Your Own Game" featureis coming to Xbox consoles.

RTX 5060 Ti picks up support in NVIDIA's latest driver
By Cale Hunt published
Hardware NVIDIA's RTX 5060 Ti launched today, and with it comes an updated Game Ready driver. A couple of games pick up MFG support, and there's a list of stability fixes.

Outlook Classic bug spikes CPU usage to 50% while typing — but there's a temporary fix
By Kevin Okemwa published
SOFTWARE APPS Microsoft acknowledged a bug impacting Outlook Classic, causing CPU usage to spike up to 50% when typing. However, the company has already provided a temporary fix for the issue.
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