Dan Rice
Dan is a tech contributor on Windows Central. A long time Xbox gamer and former partner on Microsoft's retired streaming platform Mixer, he can often be found crying into a cup of tea whilst thinking about Windows Phone. You can follow Dan on Twitter where you will find him talking about tech, Formula 1 and his latest victories in Battle Royale games.
Latest articles by Dan Rice
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F1 Manager 23 Review: Unrealised potential
By Dan Rice published
Review F1 Manager 23 brings a more compelling experience over last year's game, but there's some unrealised potential.
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LG releases world's first wireless 4K 120Hz OLED TVs and they're great for gamers
By Dan Rice published
Cut the wires! LG released their range of wireless 4K 120Hz TVs that they previewed at CES 2023 earlier this year, and they look great for gaming.
![Some Excel experts battling to win the Excel world championships.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Sma27DFw7LRgXqY3GZ9QVJ-320-80.jpg)
The Microsoft Excel World Championship returns! This time on ESPN 'The Ocho.'
By Dan Rice published
Pure Excel(lence) ESPN brings us another Microsoft Excel World Championship as part of its "Ocho" event.
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Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker's final days will soon be here with Patch 6.5 'Growing Light'
By Dan Rice published
The Final Days... The final two-part patch for Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker arrives later this year before the launch of Dawntrail next year.
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Don't waste your money on a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5
By Dan Rice published
Don't fold If Samsung is going to put such little effort into its Galaxy Fold, why should you spend so much cash on one?
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Square Enix announces new Final Fantasy XIV expansion 'Dawntrail'
By Dan Rice published
A new dawn breaks Square Enix announces Final Fantasy XIV's next expansion 'Dawntrail' from Fan Fest in Las Vegas.
![Apex Legends home screen showing the features of the neon Network collection event](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GmjKc6NEva2WsFDuPfuUWQ-320-80.jpg)
Apex Legends Neon Network Collection Event is now live - here's what it's all about
By Dan Rice published
Neon is best Apex Legends just came out with another Collection Event and this time it's all about Neon.
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Many AMD Ryzen processors have been hit by 'Zenbleed' bug that leaks your data
By Dan Rice published
This is fine The 'Zenbleed' bug hits AMD's Zen 2 line-up including both Ryzen and EPYC processors with no fix until later in the year.
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AMD Radeon driver update boosts certain games up to 67% when using RX 7900 XT
By Dan Rice published
Pump that adrenaline The AMD Adrenaline 23.7.1 driver update has provided users with some unexpected performance gains across Radeon GPUs.
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Microsoft Edge's Sidebar is about to become even more awesome with extension support
By Dan Rice published
Side action Microsoft Edge's Sidebar is getting extension support which is going to make it even more useful to use.
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Framework Laptop 16 pre-orders go live, letting you build the sustainable gaming laptop of your dreams
By Dan Rice published
Modular freedom Framework now has its modular Laptop 16 available for pre-order, and it looks like a great option for gamers.
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Is it time to move on from Surface Duo?
By Dan Rice published
Time for a Duo-ver? The Surface Duo line isn't receiving much in the way of support from Microsoft right now, so is it time to move on?
![The new Razer blackwidow v4 and v4 x on a desk](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oi4phtXT6VsFU8E9kwK9pR-320-80.jpg)
Razer's new BlackWidow V4 and V4 X are more affordable siblings of one of today's best gaming keyboards
By Dan Rice published
Chroma all the things Razer brings its new BlackWidow V4 and V4 X keyboards to complete its line-up alongside the earlier released BlackWidow V4 Pro.
![Driver in F1 car with helmet on driving for Konnersport](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XPxS32zGL8BQFwtnNRWxAn-320-80.jpg)
F1 23 Review: Racing has never been so good yet so bad
By Dan Rice published
Vroom Vroom F1 23 from EA Codemasters follows on from its predecessor in being the best F1 experience out there, but it's also quite bad in one particular area that will ruin the overall experience for many.
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Corsair expands gaming empire by picking up mechanical keyboard maker Drop
By Dan Rice published
Dropping dollar bills Drop began as a DIY-focused keyboard company that expanded into battlestation products. It's now part of Corsair.
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Intel Arrow Lake leaks point to big performance gains that might worry AMD
By Dan Rice published
Arrow Lake on target Intel's 15th Gen Arrow Lake CPUs have leaked, and the performance uplift looks mightily impressive.
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ASUS doubles VRAM with ProArt RTX 4060 Ti, but it comes at a cost
By Dan Rice published
Double the fun? ASUS have revealed their ProArt RTX 4060 Ti that has double the VRAM at 16GB, but it also comes with a higher price.
![Microsoft Teams on Android](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DGDjKnz2Zn2ahUSgou6eCo-320-80.jpg)
Microsoft Teams Phone just made vacations better for executives
By Dan Rice published
Teams Phone users who are Microsoft 365 Insiders now have access to new features that make delegation easier than ever.
![AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT and XTX](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HQEe4MmmjEUofFq47NRW9j-320-80.jpg)
AMD fixes high power draw bug infesting RX 7900XT and XTX GPUs
By Dan Rice published
AMD Radeon 7900 series GPUs have had an issue since their release of having a high power draw as well as having some performance issues in VR.
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All these features are on the way to Threads by Instagram
By Dan Rice published
Threads is going to release numerous updates to the app in the near future to remedy complaints from users about missing functionality.
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Instagram's Twitter competitor 'Threads' launches tomorrow, but it briefly went live today
By Dan Rice published
🧵🧵 Instagram Threads went live earlier today before it was taken offline a few hours later.
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Mozilla Firefox says farewell to Windows 7 and 8 users with one last update
By Dan Rice published
Mozilla Firefox will not be supported on Windows 7 and 8 going forward, as the browser receives its final update for those operating systems.
![Surface Duo 2 with Lumia 1520](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GkbQ4HxvLPDKwCuzcFJMyH-320-80.jpg)
The Surface Duo is Windows Phone all over again
By Dan Rice published
Duowned The Surface Duo line seems to be abandoned by Microsoft just like Windows Phone as it fails to be kept up to date on features whilst app updates break functionality .
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