Surprise update breathes new life into Just Cause 3, proving the chaotic sandbox still has tricks up its sleeve

A surprise Steam update for Just Cause 3 appears to remove Denuvo entirely, shrinking the executable and temporarily breaking ...

Mozilla says Firefox will evolve into an AI browser, and nobody is happy about it — "I've never seen a company so astoundingly out of touch"

Mozilla's new CEO has confirmed that Firefox will evolve into an AI browser over the next three years, and the internet is ...
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Everything announced at the Xbox Partner Preview (Nov. 2025) — Xbox Game Pass, Xbox Play Anywhere, and more!

To help close out this year and give us a sneak peek at the next, Xbox hosted another Xbox Partner Preview event, showcasing 16 unique video games — and every single one fully supports Xbox Play ...
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MAI‑Image‑1 arrives on Bing — can Microsoft’s custom AI image generator dethrone DALL·E 3?”

You can now create images using Microsoft's first custom image creator directly from its Bing Image Creator app or Copilot Audio Expression. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...
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The Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X prices may have leaked — and if true, it's not as bad as I thought

Handheld Gaming PC New Xbox Ally X or older ROG Ally? Here’s why the latter wins for gamers Handheld Gaming PC The Xbox Ally X handheld is rough now, but it points to the future of portable Xbox ...
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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

Today, Microsoft revealed broad layoffs hitting 4% of its global workforce, across every division at the company. Many of those layoffs are hitting Xbox, with staffers in various departments receiving ...
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First direct comparisons suggests SteamOS destroys Windows 11 for gaming

SteamOS presents something of an existential threat to Microsoft and Windows 11, at least with gaming consumers. As Microsoft doubles down on making Windows 11 bloated with features nobody really ...
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Will an overreliance on Copilot and ChatGPT make you dumb? A new Microsoft study says AI 'atrophies' critical thinking: "I already feel like I have lost some brain cells."

With the rapid emergence of generative AI, more people are hopping onto the bandwagon with tools like Microsoft Copilot and integrating it into their lives and workflows to handle mundane and ...
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I moved my workflow to a Windows 11 PC no bigger than a bagel

As fun as it can be to test the latest PC hardware like NVIDIA's $2,000 GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition graphics card, I don't particularly enjoy writing articles with the same gaming computer I use ...
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Razer at CES — A history of wild gaming concepts with successful product launches, sample theft, and what to expect in 2025

Microsoft Microsoft didn’t lose momentum overnight — it lost the people who used to care. That’s the part you can’t patch. Handheld Gaming PC I played dozens of games on handhelds this year, but these ...
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Geekom A8/A7 review: These Ryzen-powered mini-PCs are on another level entirely

Having used the Mini IT13 (review coming soon), XT12 Pro, and GT13 Pro in recent months, I can say with some confidence that the Ryzen-powered A7 and A8 are the fastest models that Geekom has to offer ...
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What's new with AI on Windows 11 version 24H2 (2024 Update)

As part of version 24H2 (2024 Update), the operating system introduces the new Windows Copilot Runtime, which makes it possible to run many of the AI features, such as Windows Recall, Live Captions, ...