Bill Gates posts Altair BASIC source code for Microsoft's 50th
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Windows & Software
How to create scheduled tasks with Command Prompt on Windows 10
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Microsoft pushes the death of passwords forward with revamped login experience
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OpenAI's latest funding round pushes its market cap to $300B
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PC Hardware
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Don't buy NVIDIA's most powerful laptops until you read this
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Gaming
Here are the best pre-built gaming PCs for sim racing in 2025
PC Gaming The best pre-built gaming PCs for sim racing will offer a more personalized experience than a console. Grab a ready-made computer and hit the racetrack.
When will Verdansk go live in Call of Duty: Warzone?
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Nintendo Switch 2 shares features from the Xbox One
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Peripherals & Accessories
MicroSD Express Cards are next-gen microSD cards
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Touch grass with these fake grass skins that are very real
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Microsoft
Bill Gates: I'd start Microsoft again as an AI-centric firm
Microsoft @ 50 Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says he'd start the company again as an AI-centric firm to rival OpenAI, Google, and more.
News Roundup: Smaller Surface Pro, Windows 11 block, and Amazon warning Surface and Xbox shoppers
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Microsoft has killed "several" data center projects in the U.S. and Europe — Microsoft responds (Updated)
Microsoft Bloomberg is reporting that Microsoft is reducing its data center footprint globally, citing oversupply.
Looking back at Windows Mixed Reality, the VR we hardly knew
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Artificial Intelligence
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ChatGPT adds one million new users in just one hour
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