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The next CODMas event is live in Black Ops 6, and its brought Stakeout 24/7 back for the festivities [UPDATE]
By Cole Martin last updated
Gaming Call of Duty's second holiday event, Archie's Festival Frenzy, kicks off today alongside the return of the Stakeout 24/7 playlist.
Qualcomm scores BIG win against Arm, can continue to sell Snapdragon X chips for PCs
By Daniel Rubino published
Hardware Qualcomm had properly licensed its central processor chips from Arm, though the jury delivered a mistrial.
OpenAI launches next-gen reasoning models with "incredible" coding capabilities
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI OpenAI o3 and 03-mini's availability is limited to safety researchers in preview for further testing and fine-tuning.
Qualcomm CEO brazenly thought Nuvia chip deal could save $1.4 billion in fees to Arm
By Sean Endicott published
During the Arm vs. Qualcomm court case, Qualcomm's CEO shared how the decision to purchase Nuvia for $1.4 billion was justified to the board.
Xbox's "VP of next-gen" to present with Lenovo at CES 2025
By Samuel Tolbert published
Xbox Xbox's Jason Ronald, VP of next generation, is appearing with Lenovo at CES 2025. What does it mean for the future of Xbox?
Windows Central Game Awards 2024 — The best Xbox and PC games
By Jez Corden published
AWARDS It's that time of year again. Windows Central's team comes together to showcase our favorite games of the past year across Xbox and Windows PC.
Only 15% of playtime on Steam was spent on games from 2024
By Sean Endicott published
PC Gaming Steam Replay revealed that only 15% of playtime on the platform was spent on games released in 2024, but that's actually an increase from last year.
OpenAI's Sam Altman says AGI is becoming a "less useful term" with o1 — "astonishing cognitive capabilities" predicted before 2026
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Sam Altman claims the term is increasingly becoming less useful. He predicts AI systems that "can do truly astonishing cognitive tasks" by the end of 2025.
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