The third Xbox price hike in 15 months raises all models by at least $100
Xbox Series S rises to $499 and Series X to $799 on August 1
Windows 10's free security updates now extend to October 2027
Because hundreds of millions of users still won't upgrade
Recap: Windows 10 technically reached end-of-life last October, and analysts say users have been migrating to Windows 11 in large numbers – but potentially millions are stubbornly holding on to the older OS. Microsoft appears to have quietly acknowledged that reality by tacking on another year to Windows 10's critical security support window.
The Halo remake launches July 28 with new missions, four-player co-op, and Unreal Engine 5 visuals
RTX 2060 Super for 1080p 60fps, while native 4K at high settings demands an RTX 3080 Ti or RX 9070
Microsoft is selling new 8GB Surface laptops that don't qualify as Copilot+ PCs
At $849, the budget Surface Pro undercuts the flagship by $650
Microsoft researcher builds a working neural network in Age of Empires II using goats
The study is focused on stripping the perceived human-like nature off LLMs
Ori director says Game Pass needs "smash hits," not studios slopping out mediocre content
Thomas Mahler compared Game Pass incentives to communism
A hot potato: Things aren't going well for Xbox right now. With the massive changes, studios closing, and the future of the brand itself being questioned, Game Pass has also found itself under the spotlight. According to the director of the Ori games, the subscription service would be much more successful if studios weren't incentivized to "slop out mediocre content like a factory."
Windows 11 26H2 continues Microsoft's shift to smaller and faster updates
Support extends to October 2028, no new hardware requirements, no new features either
This month's Windows 11 update broke the Recycle Bin, OneDrive, and possibly your PC's stability
Bugs remain a major problem despite Microsoft's emphasis on improving the user experience
Microsoft and Adobe team up and make Photoshop 20% faster on Windows
Microsoft compiler optimizations deliver a 20% speedup on x64 and 13% on Arm
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Microsoft refreshes Surface Pro and Surface Laptop with Snapdragon X2 chips, longer battery life, and higher prices
Compared with 2024's cheaper Snapdragon X Plus entry models, prices are up by as much as $500 and $600
Microsoft Teams is getting Wi-Fi location "check-in," but it's less creepy than it sounds
A powerful surveillance tool or just another "nothingburger" from Redmond?
Microsoft is making Windows 11 updates require just one reboot instead of several
A "unified update experience" will reduce the number of reboots per month
Xbox is closing Ninja Theory and Double Fine, and Compulsion may not be far behind
Microsoft's 100-day Xbox reset may bring more layoffs and studio closures
Microsoft's shader stutter fix is now available for all AMD Radeon GPUs, Nvidia users have to wait
Radeon support now extends back to RDNA 1, but only for games played through the Xbox app
Microsoft president says AI backlash at graduation events should be wake-up call for the tech industry
Young people aren't anti-AI, Brad Smith argues – they're anti-replacement
Microsoft may consider Xbox spin-off or joint venture as console business struggles
Asha Sharma wants Halo, Elder Scrolls, and Fallout development to pick up the pace
Microsoft's June Patch Tuesday fixes a record 200 vulnerabilities, including five being actively exploited
Five zero-days, 55 remote code execution bugs, and a disputed BitLocker backdoor fix
Xbox is planning major layoffs and hinting at "radically different" console business model
Microsoft's gaming division spent $20 billion in five years and lost $500 million in revenue
Windows Ready Print is Microsoft's biggest overhaul of Windows printing in years
The framework becomes the default for newly installed printers as soon as July
Windows 11 will soon have an option for removing web results from local search queries
Microsoft appears to answer users' complaints
Microsoft admits Game Pass price hike drove away "millions" of subscribers
Who could have seen this coming?
Facepalm: If there's a sure way to lose a huge number of subscribers to your successful service, it's implementing a massive price hike. It seems Microsoft was unaware of this obvious fact when it increased Game Pass prices last year, only now admitting that "millions" of people left as a result. It wasn't long before Microsoft reversed this (under new leadership), lowering prices closer to their original levels.
Microsoft's 25th-anniversary Xbox Series X is translucent green and full of nostalgia
The limited-edition Xbox revives the original Xbox look with a matching retro-inspired controller
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Browser makers are calling out Microsoft for using Windows to push Edge on users
A coalition of browser developers just sent Microsoft's CEO a letter demanding it stop burying rival browsers