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- February 22
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- Monster Hunter Wilds has spoiled its endgame surprise by revealing the return of 'special' monsters from Monster Hunter World
- Activision follows through on efforts to combat cheating in Call of Duty by sending cease and desists to prominent cheat providers
- Windows Phone 'revived,' Windows 95 in the news, and Halo back on TV? Did someone invent a time machine?
- February 21
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- Fortnite is the "biggest competitor" to any newly launched video game, says analyst
- Obsidian Entertainment CEO says the developer has grown significantly under Xbox Game Studios
- Microsoft boss Satya Nadella dismisses AGI milestones as "nonsensical benchmark hacking," — indicating AI agents could only run a Fortune 500 company with a "sandboxed" guarantee
- Microsoft's new Edge Add-ons site might keep you away from the Chrome Web Store
- Bill Gates says Microsoft's $3 trillion success is a blend of — youthful late-night coding escapades, a premature Harvard departure, and a sprinkle of "laissez-faire treatment" from passers-by
- NVIDIA dropping PhysX support isn't that big of a deal — Here are the affected games and what you can do to avoid performance loss
- "I really love Xbox; I've been a user since the original, and I've always wanted to release something for the platform." says the producer on this long-awaited Xbox entry of a classic JRPG franchise
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 tops the US sales charts for January, but Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has a strong debut on PC
- OpenAI surpasses 400 million weekly users even with DeepSeek’s cost efficient model in the fold
- Here's exactly when you can play Monster Hunter Wilds on PC and console
- Windows 7's Firefox lurking days from Microsoft's Graveyard are numbered — Mozilla to pull extended support for legacy operating systems on March 4, 2025
- Amazon admits defeat to Steam as former VP declares, "We were 250 times bigger, but Goliath lost."
- February 20
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- Marvel Rivals hits 40 million players with two new characters on the way, but the specter of layoffs lingers
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's first post-launch patch is here, but Hotfix 1.1.2 sure isn't fixing a whole lot
- Call of Duty hint appears to tease new Tony Hawk's Pro Skater game
- Latest NVIDIA drivers add support for the RTX 5070 Ti you can't buy while bringing DLSS 4 to Indiana Jones and Marvel Rivals
- NVIDIA's RTX 5070 Ti is another busted launch of bogus listings and a rhetorical MSRP for RTX 50 Series GPUs
- The Surface you know and love (or hate) is dead — Microsoft's Windows hardware enters a new era
- Did Microsoft just try to gaslight us? The tech giant has seemingly backtracked on changes to the account sign-in experience.
- Sea of Thieves Season 15 kicks off, with new Megalodon variants, ambient wildlife, and more on the way
- SCUF drops a hot new Xbox controller designed by pros for pros (and those of us who think we are)
- MMORPG Dune: Awakening finally gets release date and preorder info, but not for Xbox
- Microsoft 365 Copilot is about to make importing data into Excel almost effortless
- Bill Gates says Gen Z should worry about 4 "very scary things," including "keeping control of AI" — after predicting its replacement of humans for most tasks
- Here's exactly when you can play Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Warzone Season 2 Reloaded
- Apple Intelligence will reportedly ship to the Vision Pro to boost its $3,500 value — as HoloLens marinates in the Microsoft Graveyard before its prime-time
- February 19
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- Don't buy Avowed at full price when you can already get it for far less with this awesome discount
- The dev behind this long-awaited Xbox game says issues with Microsoft have been resolved, so hopefully it's coming soon
- Hades 2 gets a familiar god to thirst over and a new boss battle in its second massive update
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 players team up to generously gift over $2,000 in copies to random strangers, and even the devs pitched in
- Minecraft's spawn eggs are getting ridiculously cute, and our dogs are getting more personality
- Microsoft created a new 'state of matter' to revolutionize quantum computing
- Humane closes up shop after $116M HP acquisition to bolster "an intelligent ecosystem" across its tech stack — 'Ai Pin' bites the dust, branded "The Worst Product"
- Rewrite history in WWE 2K25's 'The Bloodline's Dynasty' Showcase Mode as shown in its latest trailer
- Microsoft is using a long-forgotten Xbox game for a new generative AI experiment
- Xbox could use AI to preserve classic games as CEO Phil Spencer dreams of making retro titles "portable to any platform"
- After 29 years, a veteran Microsoft Engineer admits "MS-DOS could do graphics," but the company opted for a lackluster UI — as Windows 3.1 runtime already checked the missing boxes
- The latest Windows 11 update did not end support for older Intel chips. Here's the source of the confusion.
- Secretlab celebrates Monster Hunter Wilds' impending release with a themed gaming chair featuring the symbol of Arkveld
- Many of Microsoft Edge's most important features are now faster than ever
- Two of the best-looking laptops of 2025 landed on my desk, so here's a photoshoot
- Obsidian is trolling all of us by disabling one of Avowed's most useful settings by default, and we're mad about it
- The director for one of 2025's best games was a Windows Phone fan, says Microsoft was "shocked" that he was voluntarily using it — I experienced similar
- February 18
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- The Marvel Rivals team just got hit with layoffs despite its massive success
- Trump's tariffs force Acer to raise laptop prices by 10% — Expect similar news from other PC makers in the coming weeks
- 3 reasons you should not buy the Surface Pro 11 or Surface Laptop 7 with Intel (and 1 reason you should)
- "Elon Musk promised Grok 3 would be the smartest AI ever. Spoiler alert: it wasn't." — AI critic says Sam Altman can breathe easy as xAI's model launch was a "carbon copy" of previous demos
- DeepMind CEO claims Google has the "ingredients" to maintain AI lead over DeepSeek's "exaggerated" success — after Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said Google already missed the opportunity to be the "default winner"
- Microsoft just put this controversial Notepad feature behind a paywall
- Xbox Game Pass gets Watch Dogs: Legion and one of the best Warhammer 40K games soon
- You can now preorder ASUS' ridiculously powerful 2-in-1 detachable gaming laptop
- One of the best Xbox games suddenly got Xbox Play Anywhere support out of the blue
- February 17
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- After being dropped, the lesser received Xbox-game-turned-TV show has been picked up by Netflix — coming March 1
- Here's exactly when you can play Avowed on Xbox Game Pass
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 surpasses staggering new sales threshold
- WWE 2K25 reveals its full roster of over 300 playable WWE Superstars
- Bill Gates talks about trading for Windows 10 as Avowed wows reviewers and Microsoft kills HoloLens and lies about uninstalling Edge
- Intel says PC gaming handhelds are its "number one priority" — can Arrow/Panther Lake chips challenge AMD's dominance?
- Windows Phone revived: Tech Enthusiast "upgrades" Lumia 1020 with full-fledged iOS
- Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer says Xbox Game Pass helps smaller, single-player games: "They just want to tell their story."
- This Surface Pro Flex Keyboard discount is key to getting the ultimate Surface Pro 11 setup for under $1,000 (Update)
- Popular Linux distro for WSL is almost here, and you can help test it out TODAY
- February 16
- February 14
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- Obsidian's Avowed is off to a strong start as it claims the top spot on Steam in the US
- It's Valentine's Day but Avowed won't let me romance Kai so I'm still sad
- Elden Ring Nightreign's first network test was such a disaster that the devs might open the servers an extra time to make up for it (Update: They did)
- Surface Laptop 7 with Snapdragon now almost half the price of the Surface Laptop 7 with Intel (Update)
- NVIDIA RTX 5090 graphics cards are melting power cables (again) — but who's to blame for this recurring GPU nightmare?
- Microsoft's 'Avowed' advanced access inexplicably skips Xbox Cloud Gaming in favor of NVIDIA GeForce Now, putting Xbox customers last
- PowerToys will soon have native integration with the best Windows 11 tool you should be using
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle grabs three wins at the 28th D.I.C.E. awards — but Astro Bot wins Game of the Year
- After skipping Xbox for 20 years, a major Japanese studio returns with the reveal of their latest RPG which looks like 'Animal Crossing' with multiplayer combat
- My favorite free video editor just got a big update, and the difference is night and day
- February 13
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- Monster Hunter Wilds is already having a discount ahead of launch – Here's where you can hunt for Capcom's biggest game of 2025 at a cheaper price
- Oh Liberty: Helldivers 2 just lost Angel's Venture to the Illuminate and the Meridia black hole, and now the aliens are sending it right at Super Earth
- Microsoft confirms it will change name of Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America on Bing Maps (Update)
- Avowed review and Metacritic roundup — Here's what critics are saying about the new Xbox RPG
- STALKER 2 just got a huge Patch 1.2 update with over 1,700 fixes, a new attack for one of its scariest mutants, and more [UPDATED]
- Xbox Cloud saves on Steam? Avowed continues new trend for Microsoft games
- Microsoft just made Windows 10 worse, and there's (almost) nothing you can do about it
- Intel stock soars almost 25% in one week after JD Vance' new comments on the chip maker's AI future, as the US and UK refuse to sign the Paris AI summit's regulation decree
- Avowed already supports NVIDIA DLSS 4 features at launch, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle adding support next week
- If you want to play Avowed today, CDKeys already have a crazy deal on the Premium Edition
- WWE 2K25's The Island Mode gameplay has been revealed by 2K and WWE's Paul Heyman
- Lies of P, one of my favorite Xbox Soulslikes, has finally revealed its DLC expansion, and it's inbound for Summer 2025
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wants to "work with China" but would the US government allow it?
- First the EU came for the iPhone charging port, now it's coming for unnecessary CPU packaging — stock coolers may be a thing of the past
- No RTX 5080? No problem. Alienware’s “incredibly powerful” m18 R2 with RTX 4080 is $500 off.
- Monster Hunter Wilds' launch trailer reveals its first Title Update and post-launch roadmap before the game is even out
- "I don't do Google searches anymore": Sam Altman touts ChatGPT Search as an "oracular system" as it opens to the public
- This hotly anticipated Xbox Game Pass title sees another delay to the end of 2025
- Elon Musk says it's "weird" that an xAI engineer was forced to resign after they referenced Grok 3's established existence
- GOG hypes up support for a classic Capcom JRPG franchise returning to PC after Dino Crisis: "We hear you loud and clear!"
- This jaw-dropping Xbox exclusive is getting a global open beta with PC crossplay enabled
- "Microsoft might legit publish more games on PS5 this year than Sony does." Gamers react to PlayStation State of Play, and the strange times Xbox finds itself in.
- Monster Hunter Wilds features a 40 FPS "Balanced" mode on Xbox Series X and PS5
- February 12
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- Every PC and Xbox game shown during Sony's PlayStation State of Play February 2025
- Blizzard just casually announced when Diablo 4 will get its second expansion
- AI gone wild: Gemini and ChatGPT flub spouse questions of public figures, says WSJ
- This 5-star laptop is a "true battery champion" with 12 hours of screen time — it's also only $799.99 right now.
- Overwatch 2 is fighting back against Marvel Rivals with a crazy third-person mode, ability perks, loot boxes, and more
- Overwatch 2 devs say Stadium is "the biggest game mode we've ever made," and it looks wild enough to make my head spin
- Overwatch 2's Perk system radically changes how the game is played
- Overwatch 2's next hero 'Freja' is a crossbow sniper with an arsenal of explosives
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is getting this highly requested feature, but only on PC and Steam
- Shockingly, ChatGPT doesn't consume as much power as previously thought — A new study reveals the stats were based on "napkin math" with the assumption that OpenAI powers next-gen models with dated GPUs
- Nintendo applying for anti-Palworld patents in the US with a whopping 22 out of 23 rejected, but "they are fighting"
- Alan Wake 2 is finally profitable after hitting a new sales milestone, Control 2 is entering full production
- The RTX 5070 could be delayed until March, stealing some of AMD’s RDNA 4 spotlight
- Intel's bold security claims: Mudslinging or genuine warnings for AMD & NVIDIA?
- Fallout season 2 will blow the first "out of the water" according to its two main stars
- Elden Ring Nightreign has a release date — here's when you can team up in FromSoftware's new co-op experience
- Windows 11 Patch Tuesday tweaks taskbar and adds handy icon in system tray for AI effects
- Built by one of Diablo and Blizzard's co-founders, this new Xbox game tasks you with raising a son in the zombie apocalypse — you've already been bitten
- World of Warcraft: The War Within's next big season, "Undermine(d)," gets a February 25 release date
- Sam Altman rubbishes Elon Musk's $97.4 billion bid — OpenAI and its mission aren't for sale: “I wish he would just compete by building a better product"
- February 11
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- Will an overreliance on Copilot and ChatGPT make you dumb? A new Microsoft study says AI 'atrophies' critical thinking: "I already feel like I have lost some brain cells."
- Microsoft Copilot struggles to discern facts from opinions — posting distorted AI news summaries riddled with inaccuracies: "How long before an AI-distorted headline causes significant real-world harm?"
- I can't stop using Helldivers 2's best new weapon, and it just got even better in a new update patch
- Microsoft confirmed to dump $22 billion IVAS HoloLens project onto military tech firm via new partnership
- Xbox is getting over 25 new indie games this week, and 2 of them are out now
- 65% off a premium laptop with 64GB of RAM? This could be the best laptop deal of the year.
- Microsoft loses top executive to Google in the latest round of tech giant musical chairs over 'cloud' domination
- Interested in buying Civilization 7 for PC? Here's where to get the best deal.
- The 16-inch AI PC deal saves you $200 on the chip that "challenges Snapdragon X and stomps Intel Meteor Lake"
- Sam Altman says AI prices will drop 10x yearly after OpenAI launched a $200/month ChatGPT sub that thinks "extra hard"
- OpenAI CEO touts Trump's hands-on approach with $500B Stargate project as a "welcome breath of fresh air" — Altman predicts a "vibe shift" in Silicon Valley
- Stellar Blade will be coming to PC optimized for Steam Deck and other handhelds [UPDATED]
- "Swindler." Elon Musk reportedly led an unsolicited bid to buy OpenAI for $97.4 billion, Sam Altman offers a withering response.
- February 10
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- Bill Gates says the late Steve Jobs recommended taking LSD to make Microsoft products more appealing — matching Apple's flair: “Look, I got the wrong batch”
- I'm having a blast with this new roguelike that's basically co-op Hades, and you can too for a huge discount if you hurry [UPDATED]
- Developing Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 for Xbox Series S "helped greatly" for other platforms, says Warhorse Studios
- This apps adds features to Windows 11's File Explorer I didn't even know were missing
- "I would have made different decisions than they made.” Diablo creator discusses the franchise's move to MMO-style in a recent interview
- Microsoft 'lies' about how to uninstall Edge then seemingly removes page from the web
- Would you trust AI to change your browser passwords automatically? Google thinks you will.
- Dragon Quest 12 is still in development, says creator Yuji Horii, with new information coming soon
- Monster Hunter Wilds responds to PSN outage — extending the second open beta test period to compensate its players
- Unreal Engine 5 engineers are looking to solve the problems many modern game developers have with its engine
- Sam Altman doubts he'll be smarter than GPT-5 after promising the model would outperform the "mildly embarrassing" GPT-4 with "high scientific certainty"
- Bill Gates says he'd "hide from the press" if former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer traded "the new and hot OS" for Windows 10
- Seriously, more people need to be talking about this upcoming Xbox exclusive
- Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 developer claims Witcher 4 development is slow, blasts open-world games on Unreal Engine 5
- PlayStation Network's outage over the weekend should serve as a reminder to Microsoft and Xbox on what can happen if you "put all your eggs into one basket"
- February 8
- February 7
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- The CDKeys 2024 Game Awards: Who's winning and more importantly, what's discounted for us?
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2 gets first big patch on PC as "Mixed" player reviews pour in
- This Xbox analysis chart shows how only 7% of games launched with "Play Anywhere" support in 2024 — a decline year-over-year
- Microsoft Teams and Zoom calls are about to get better in your web browser
- "You’ve cheapened the entire experience” Diablo creator bemoans the current state of ARPGs and MMOs
- Xbox and Obsidian's Avowed supports cross-buy with Blizzard's Battle.net
- As Rocksteady reportedly returns to Batman, WB Games' Wonder Woman is struggling
- Google's Gemini 2.0 rolls out to everyone to compete with OpenAI, Microsoft, and DeepSeek
- Kuromi got Razer's best collaboration yet, but these aren't the PC gaming accessories I'd use
- Highly anticipated Sega 2025 game is cancelled entirely because it simply won't be ready in time
- Meta CTO reportedly predicted DeepSeek AI six months ago: "They've probably done a lot of distilling against existing models."
- Bill Gates says AI will replace humans "for most things — but you wouldn't want to watch computers play baseball."
- Forget DeepSeek: Researchers develop a $50 OpenAI competitor in less than 30 minutes that thinks harder when you ask it to "wait"
- This is GameSir's best-looking controller—and this discount gets you the charging stand for free
- Monster Hunter Wilds open beta test is live with over 225,000 concurrent Steam players in less than 24 hours
- RTX 5070 Ti with an OLED display? Acer’s new gaming laptops might be a solution to NVIDIA’s GPU scarcity.
- February 6
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- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 paid for itself in a single day after release thanks to impressive launch sales
- Grand Theft Auto 6 is still slated for Fall 2025, says Take-Two Interactive CEO
- This Microsoft Store update will let you save 100GB of space for games with a couple clicks
- Arm withdraws threat against Qualcomm that could have seen Copilot+ PCs with Snapdragon chips destroyed
- E3's ESA has a new video game conference — Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, and more are attending
- Microsoft tries again with aggressive tactics against Google and Chrome, touting Edge's "world-class performance" with a pop-up ad promo
- OpenAI's "Google killer" AI-powered search experience is now freely available for everyone — you'll no longer need an account or $20 subscription plan, but don't ask silly questions either
- Sick of laptop docks and spaghetti cables, I moved my entire daily workflow to a Windows 11 PC no bigger than a bagel
- Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater's release date may have just leaked
- Have Copilot+ PCs with Snapdragon turned a corner? Qualcomm saw a massive surge in this specific PC market.
- Avowed confirmed to have 60 FPS on Xbox Series X
- Ubuntu on WSL doesn't have to rely on the Microsoft Store any longer
- EA is predictably learning the wrong lessons from Dragon Age: The Veilguard's failure
- A new rumor suggests 'Final Fantasy 16' and 'Final Fantasy VII Remake' will be announced for Xbox Series X|S "soon"
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 pays homage to an iconic Elden Ring hero with this amazing easter egg — here's where you'll find it
- February 5
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- Bill Gates says, "I thought I was one mistake away from death." — Microsoft's success and his billionaire status didn't really arrive until the late '90s
- Windows Phone fans finally get a much-loved feature for Microsoft Edge on Android and iOS
- We now know how World of Warcraft's player housing feature works, and it already beats Final Fantasy 14 in key ways
- DeepSeek is reportedly sending intricate user data to Chinese telecom despite US ban — weeks after suffering a "large-scale cyberattack"
- If you're one of the three people in the world who haven't played the latest Call of Duty yet, now's your chance—Black Ops 6 gets another free trial for Season 2
- Less than 24 hours after launch, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 already soared past this huge sales milestone
- Windows 11's "Handoff" clone is official, and it works with iOS or Android
- Microsoft just confirmed the dates for Build 2025 — expect a heavy dose of AI
- AMD's "early March" RDNA 4 GPU launch is confirmed, and it could make or break the company's struggling PC gaming division
- Microsoft AI CEO headhunted 3 former colleagues from Google DeepMind to bolster advances in a new AI division
- WSL 2 will soon get support for another popular, and legendary, Linux distro
- Monster Hunter Wilds has received updated PC Spec requirements and a new PC Benchmark program to help players test them out
- OpenAI's new "Deep Research" blows ChatGPT o3-mini and DeepSeek out of the water with 26.6% accuracy in the world's hardest "AI exam" — but it skipped the line
- Salesforce will reportedly lay off 1,000 employees while hiring extra AI marketing roles to bolster agentic product sales
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is 2025's GOTY frontrunner, and it can be yours for less with these deals
- To nobody's surprise, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is absolutely blowing up Steam right now
- February 4
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- Monster Hunter Wilds Showcase reveals new and returning monsters, cosmetic customization options, Photo Mode, Open Beta Test details, and more
- Capcom highlights Onimusha: Way of the Sword in its February showcase
- Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics launches on Xbox today
- Everything shown during Capcom's live Monster Hunter Wilds, Onimusha event
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 in-game bundle raises $1.6 million for LA Fire Relief
- Age of Mythology: Retold Immortal Pillars expansion arrives in March, bringing Chinese myth to Xbox and PC
- Sam Altman admits OpenAI has been on "the wrong side of history," citing a dire need for a different open-source strategy: "Not everyone at OpenAI shares this view, and it's also not our current highest priority"
- WWE Superstars show off WWE 2K25's new Intergender Match gameplay feature and Anoa'i-themed Showcase Mode
- New Microsoft Teams calendar adds "latest innovations from both Copilot and Places," aligns experience with Outlook
- Xbox's Age of Empires 2 and Age of Mythology: Retold are coming to PlayStation 5
- Can a browser reduce stress and help you focus? Opera hopes its "mindful browser" can convince you to leave Google Chrome.
- Xbox Game Pass is getting Obsidian's Avowed, another EA sports game, and more
- This forgotten Windows 11 feature is about to get some love from Microsoft
- You'll care about these 7 big changes coming to Windows 11 in 2025 — here's what to expect
- "Deep Research has been a personal AGI moment for me": OpenAI's new AI agentic tool simulates a personal research analyst
- DeepSeek's $6 million R1 cost-efficient model training might be a ruse — the Chinese startup reportedly spent $1.6 billion and bought 50,000 NVIDIA GPUs while its top researchers earned $1.3 million
- Microsoft's AI push includes funding a college student's innovative startup
- Call of Duty launches an end-of-day update to address Season 2 launch issues, but many persist [UPDATE]
- February 3
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- Civilization VII reviews are live — Let's see what everyone's saying about the next 4X epic
- UPDATE: NVIDIA says it's "investigating the reported issues with the RTX 50-series" as reports of faulty GPUs pile up
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 reviews and Metacritic scores are in — Here's what everyone's saying about the medieval RPG
- After "not meeting expectations" on PS5, 'Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth' has enjoyed a spectacular Windows PC launch via Steam
- My favorite Windows 11 File Explorer alternative just got its biggest update in years
- EA aims to save Battlefield with its new Labs initiative — Here's how you can help shape the future of the franchise
- This Microsoft app is the latest to get infused with Copilot
- PowerToys next new feature is a handy transcoder for audio and video files
- OpenAI and Apple's former design legend Jony Ive collab to develop next-gen AI hardware — potentially leading to the "most significant disruption in tech since the iPhone"
- Testing Multi-Frame Gen on Cyberpunk 2077 Ray Tracing Overdrive with an RTX 5080 — 40 FPS to 135+ with 63°C temps at 1440p
- One retailer shows how bleak the outlook is for getting an RTX 5090 this side of the summer
- If you bought an RTX 5090 or RTX 5080 before stock ran out, you need to grab this NVIDIA driver
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth gets a Steam Deck hotfix and other emergency stability fixes on PC
- Microsoft CFO urges employees to "focus" amid recent AI developments like OpenAI's $500 billion Stargate project — but Satya Nadella says DeepSeek is good for business
- "Woefully unjustified": Meta's AI lead scientist blasts market reactions to DeepSeek's cost-efficient model following NVIDIA's $600 billion valuation drop
- Windows 11 hits a new market share milestone as Windows 10's death looms on the horizon
- February 1
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