Kojima choosing Xbox for PHYSINT is a major industry moment
Xbox In a major coup, Xbox has confirmed that it will be publishing Hideo Kojima's long-awaited action-espionage title "PHYSINT."
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Features
Windows Wrap: Project Zenith holds the key to fixing Windows 11
Windows 11 Project Zenith tailors Windows 11 for developers, but its core idea could pave the way for an AI-free Windows or other custom configurations.
Age Twisters is the cutest co-op game to play with kids who think you are too old
GAMING Age Twisters is an upcoming co-op adventure by Piccolo Studio about a granddaughter and grandfather who have more in common than they first think.
PUBG: DED.NET is not your average Battle Royale
GAMING PUBG: DED.NET is a 1996-set PvP FPS that introduces a multi-match career journey and roguelite progression to the PUBG universe.
Microsoft’s shifting priorities leave Xbox Cloud Gaming in limbo
Xbox Xbox's cloud gaming hourly limit rates have been met with derision in the fanbase, and have highlighted gaps between other services.
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On This Day: Xbox’s 2015 “games everywhere” strategy revisited
On this Day A look back at Xbox’s 2015 “games everywhere” vision — the moment Phil Spencer sketched out a future that Asha Sharma is now fully realizing 11 years later.
Moonraker turns 10 and still looks ahead of its time
Flashback A decade later, Microsoft’s unreleased Moonraker smartwatch still feels like a glimpse into an alternate timeline.
Looking back at 2016’s “I love you, Xbox” — and how much (and little) has changed
Flashback Looking back at the 2016 editorial that captured Xbox’s growing pains and predicted the decade ahead.
Revisiting the LG Lancet, 11 years later
Flashback A look back at the LG Lancet and the era when Windows Phone 8.1 defined Microsoft’s mobile peak.
Windows & Software
Windows 11 to gain new sound settings and cross device improvements soon
Windows 11 The latest Windows 11 preview builds are now rolling out to Insiders in the Experimental and Beta channels.
Windows 11 expected to set a new Patch Tuesday record with over 650 fixes
Windows 11 Microsoft is expected to release over 650 security patches for Windows 11 as AI speeds up the race to find and fix bugs.
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Skip the wait for Windows 11's official battery widget with Battery Flyout
Apps Battery Flyout adds a Battery Status widget to Windows 11 so you can check your PC and accessories.
PC Hardware
Windows 11 on Arm gaming gets a boost, but it's still a work in progress
Gaming Qualcomm released new Adreno GPU drivers for Snapdragon X and Snapdragon X2 PCs, bringing stability and quality fixes to titles like Halo Infinite and Avowed.
Lenovo may have finally found the right use for a rollable laptop display
Futurism Lenovo's newest rollable laptop concept doesn't try to reinvent the PC. Instead, it solves a surprisingly simple problem: how to get a bigger screen without carrying a bigger laptop.
MacBook Neo has another rival: Lenovo's colorful new IdeaPad Vibe lets you build a laptop with personality
Laptops With seven colors, customizable keycaps, and a choice of AMD, Qualcomm, or eventually Intel, the IdeaPad Vibe is anything but another boring laptop.
The most important laptop innovation at IFA wasn't AI, it was the fan
Airjet Powered by Intel and cooled by Frore Systems' AirJet technology, Lenovo's AeroBlade concept rethinks what a modern laptop can be.
Deals
Labor Day has brought this expensive workhorse laptop's steep price down to under $700
Deals A big Labor Day discount turns this 16‑inch Ryzen AI laptop into a standout performance deal.
Attain premium-quality gaming under $2,000 with this discounted laptop
Deals The ASUS ROG Strix G16 remains one of the best-performing premium laptops for gaming at over 120 fps on 1,600p resolution, and it's now 24% off thanks to Best Buy's Labor Day deal
Save up on Intel's modern gaming CPUs, and get two upcoming games for free
Deals Antonline is offering gamers a chance to boost their performance for less with Intel's modern Core Ultra desktop CPUs.
Grab 12 months of Microsoft 365 for as low as $61.99 with these NordVPN bundles
Deal Newegg is offering massive discounts on 12-month Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscriptions bundled with NordVPN, dropping prices down to as low as $61.99.
Handheld Gaming PCs
Pre‑orders are live for the ROG Xbox Ally X20, featuring a larger OLED display and a refreshed design
Pre-order The ROG Xbox Ally X20 is now available to pre‑order, giving Windows handheld fans a new OLED option with upgraded hardware and a premium standalone price.
Gaming
My favorite weapon has been perfected in Monster Hunter Wilds Ascendance
Gaming Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance's latest weapon trailer showcases the exciting changes coming to my favorite weapon type, Gunlance, and it's looking like the best weapon of them all.
The best flight sticks for Microsoft Flight Simulator
Gaming Introducing a joystick to your Microsoft Flight Simulator experience further adds to the realism, and I've rounded up the best you can buy.
GTA 6 launches first in New Zealand, but changing your Xbox's region is still easy
Xbox GTA 6 will start its rolling midnight launch in New Zealand, and willing Xbox players could potentially jump the queue by switching their console's region.
Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft EVP begs employees to stop sending him "AI slop." 🤔
AI Microsoft EVP overseeing Office and LinkedIn Ryan Roslansky posts an oddly oblivious self-own. The company flooding the internet with AI slop has started to realize how dumb its technology actually is in most scenarios.
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OpenAI's Sam Altman just admitted he was "wrong" about AI
AI In a new podcast, OpenAI and ChatGPT lead Sam Altman lamented how much the industry made AI a hated tech, in his words, that they failed to "explain the benefits."
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Microsoft will remove the COPILOT function from Excel
You will no longer be able to use the COPILOT function in Excel after September 14, 2026. Here is why Microsoft is retiring the preview feature and what it means for your spreadsheets.
Copilot vanishes from classic Outlook, addition by subtraction?
Apps Copilot has gone missing in classic Outlook, drawing joking questions about whether the behavior is a feature or a bug.
Microsoft
Windows 11 desktop backgrounds are now being used as ad space
Windows 11 Microsoft swapped Bing Wallpaper backgrounds for a fullscreen movie promo, putting promotional text directly on Windows 11 desktops.
Switzerland is the latest European country to try ditching Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365 Switzerland is trialing alternatives to Microsoft 365, shifting 3,000 government workstations to test other apps amid sovereignty and data protection concerns.
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Microsoft Teams will get a global notification pause button
Apps Microsoft Teams will soon let users temporarily pause all notifications. Here is how the new quiet feature works and how it differs from Do Not Disturb.
Over 41,000 people oppose Microsoft's $5.4B Leeds, England data center
Microsoft Over 41,000 people have signed a petition opposing Microsoft's planned $5.4 billion hyperscale data center in Leeds, England.
Peripherals & Accessories
SteelSeries' Aeon Pro controller seems totally perfect for Xbox and PC
Gaming SteelSeries unveils the Aeon Pro Controller, which features the world's first QuickSwitch Dock System for Xbox and PC, an Infinite Power System, Hall Effect Thumbsticks, and more.
