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Software

Human champion beats IBM's AI in debating challenge

At least one area where humans still reign supreme

By Rob Thubron, February 12, 2019, 9:55 AM

Gaming Software

Former Telltale developers reunite to form new studio

They've chosen their next adventure

By James Miller, February 9, 2019, 10:50 AM

Industry Software

Amazon VP calls for regulation of facial recognition tech

Well, not so much the software as those who use it

By Cal Jeffrey, February 8, 2019, 4:04 PM

Gaming Software

It's now possible to play Breath of the Wild on PC at 4K and 60 FPS

Yes, you can!

By Cohen Coberly, February 8, 2019, 6:17 AM 11 comments

Microsoft Software

Skype adds AI-powered background blur feature

Similar to the feature it introduced with Teams last summer

By Shawn Knight, February 7, 2019, 11:34 AM

Software Microsoft

Microsoft reveals how much Windows 7's extended support will cost

Hint: it's expensive

By Rob Thubron, February 7, 2019, 5:25 AM 23 comments

Software Gaming

Vivox SDK means to add 'real' voice chat to Nintendo Switch

Bye-bye Nintendo Switch Online app, and good riddance

By Cal Jeffrey, February 6, 2019, 9:22 AM

Software

VLC 4.0 will bring new user interface and media library manager

VR and 3D video support also incoming

By Greg Synek, February 6, 2019, 8:09 AM 8 comments

Software Industry

Slack has filed for a direct IPO

Slack may be worth around $13 billion

By Cohen Coberly, February 5, 2019, 5:23 PM

Software Industry

AllenAI aims to learn common sense by playing Pictionary

One step closer to achieving sentience

By Dean Pennington, February 5, 2019, 3:11 PM

Software Gaming

3DMark's Port Royal benchmark now supports Nvidia's DLSS

Put your GeForce RTX hardware to the test

By Shawn Knight, February 5, 2019, 12:40 PM

Mobile Software

OnePlus wants you to design the next OxygenOS feature

Win a VIP trip and a new phone

By Rob Thubron, February 5, 2019, 9:17 AM

Tech Deals Software

Master Python from the comfort of your couch

Learn one of today's most foundational coding languages

By TechSpot Deals, February 4, 2019, 1:15 PM

Microsoft Software

More people started using Windows 7 last month

But Windows 10 remains on top

By Rob Thubron, February 4, 2019, 9:57 AM 69 comments

Software The Web

Microsoft developer says Mozilla should join the Chromium project instead of building a parallel universe

How long can Firefox sustain support for few users?

By Greg Synek, February 4, 2019, 8:13 AM 19 comments

Software Microsoft

Windows 10 issue is blocking some users from updating or downloading the OS

The issue may or may not be Microsoft's fault

By Isaiah Mayersen, February 3, 2019, 11:01 AM 9 comments

Software Microsoft

Windows 10 Setup's error messages are about to get much better

They'll be far easier for casual users to understand

By Cohen Coberly, January 31, 2019, 6:14 PM 12 comments

Software

Google Chrome will soon warn you about look-alike URLs

Google will watch for typos

By Shawn Knight, January 30, 2019, 4:52 PM

10+ Tools for Finding and Deleting Duplicate Files on Windows

FEATURE By TechSpot Staff, January 30, 2019, 1:05 PM TechSpot Software

We've covered many ways that you can save space on your storage drives over the years and deleting duplicate files on your system could easily result in a sizable clean out if only a few large files are found. Although Windows doesn't provide a direct solution, there are many apps that can help, so here's a quick look at them.