Pennsylvania online services restored after Microsoft outage | Windows

TAYLOR HESS, WGAL NEWS EIGHT NEW TONIGHT, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY SAYS COMMONWEALTH ONLINE SERVICES HAVE NOW BEEN RESTORED FOLLOWING A MICROSOFT SERVICE OUTAGE. IN A POST…

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Call me a heretic, but I’ve enjoyed this retro-inspired shooter way more than Space Marine 2 — Here’s why it’s my favorite Warhammer 40,000 action game | Windows

With Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 on the horizon in 2026, it’s time we revisited its predecessor, Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, to get us hyped for the sequel now that it’s on…

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Xbox FY26 Q1 gaming financial results | Windows

Microsoft shared its latest financial results on Wednesday, detailing the results for FY26 Q1, while revealing that Xbox content and services revenue was up 1% year-over-year for the quarter ending…

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Task Manager won’t close and duplicates, may hurt performance | Windows

Windows 11 KB5067036 has a strange bug that causes the Task Manager instance to duplicate every time it is closed. Microsoft hasn’t acknowledged the reports yet, but 30% of our…

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how the company’s structure works | Windows

OpenAI announced Tuesday morning that it had completed a tumultuous corporate restructuring effort, simplifying a complex ownership web into a controlling nonprofit entity and a reimagined for-profit subsidiary. The simplified…

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Windows 11’s new Start menu released. Is it better than old Start? | Windows

This month’s optional update (KB5067036) for Windows 11 (version 25H2 or 24H2) has a new Start menu, which is being gradually rolled out. It’s under a Preview tag, which means…

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The Outer Worlds 2 isn’t working right now — here’s why | Windows

Today marks the general launch of The Outer Worlds 2, a science-fiction role-playing game (RPG) from developer Obsidian Entertainment and publisher Xbox Game Studios. It’s the team’s third game this…

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Microsoft Azure service hit with outage | Windows

NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft says users of its Azure cloud portal may be not be able to access Office 365, Minecraft or other services due to issues with its…

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Windows 11 KB5067036 25H2 adds new Start UI, direct download links (.msu) | Windows

Windows 11 KB5067036 is rolling out with a new Start menu, a “Ask Copilot” shortcut in the File Explorer Home, faster Windows Search, new colourful battery icons on the taskbar…

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Not gonna lie, I thought this remake of one of the greatest horror games of all time was going to be total trash — but boy was I glad to be proven 100% wrong | Windows

When the Silent Hill 2 remake was announced in 2022, I, like many old-school gamers who grew up on the PlayStation 2 classic, thought it would never live up to…

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OpenAI’s chief Sam Altman gets a licence to play the field | Windows

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Developing artificial intelligence that lives up to the hype will…

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ID@Xbox shows off new indies for Game Pass and Play Anywhere | Windows

ID@Xbox partnered with IGN today to reveal a slate of new indie games coming to the Xbox ecosystem for the remainder of 2025 and into early 2026. The games crossed…

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Battlefield 6 REDSEC’s mixed Steam reviews ignite a firestorm | Windows

Hot off the tarmac is Battlefield REDSEC, the Battlefield Battle Royale take by the developers at DICE. Whether it’s the enormously high player count or the reviews coming in, Everyone…

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Satya Nadella Said Bill Gates Warned Against Investing in OpenAI | Windows

Microsoft’s early investments in OpenAI may seem like a no-brainer today, but Satya Nadella says the company and its founder, Bill Gates, saw the decision as a risk back then….

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From Microsoft Teams to Zoom | Windows

Michelle Chang saw the start and end of the pandemic at two of the companies most associated with remote work. During 2020, she was the CFO of Microsoft Teams. In…

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Windows 11 AI feature lets you copy texts from screen, images or PDFs, now rolling out | Windows

AI on Windows 11 isn’t exactly useful, but it’s beginning to roll out a rather nifty “Text Extractor” feature. You can now use Windows 11’s screenshot shortcut (Win + Shift +…

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Battlefield 6 REDSEC reaches all-new player counts — Is it the Warzone crusher? | Windows

Battlefield “Battle Royale” RedSec has brought more life to Battlefield 6 than it’s seen since launch. Not that the game was dead or anything; it regularly boasted well over 300,000…

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OpenAI completes for-profit restructuring and grants Microsoft a 27% stake | Windows

OpenAI and Microsoft have jointly announced that they’ve reached a deal to complete OpenAI’s restructure into a more traditional for-profit corporation. As part of the deal, early investor Microsoft will…

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Battlefield RedSec FAQ: Release date, cross-play, file size, and other questions about this new Battle Royale mode answered | Windows

For those not in the loop, Battlefield Labs has been quietly testing a new battle royale mode for Battlefield 6. Today, it’s official. Battlefield Studios has unveiled Battlefield: RedSec, a…

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Halo: Campaign Evolved prequel missions tell an entirely new story — bringing new enemies, environments, and more | Windows

While developer Halo Studios is remaking the original game’s campaign with Halo: Campaign Evolved, the team is also including three new missions, expanding the available story for players to go…

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Transparency ⭐ – Thurrott.com | Windows

I’m fascinated to see others in my industry finally wake up to the lack of transparency in Microsoft’s financial reports. After all, I’ve been complaining about this problem for several…

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The one weird trick that FINALLY fixed Call of Duty crashing on my PC — and it only takes a couple of minutes | Windows

After playing the entirety of the Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 beta on my Xbox Series X, it was then time to go back to my gaming PC to…

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Microsoft’s digital crimes unit battles cyber threats from Russia to Redmond | Windows

REDMOND, Wash. — Redmond may be thousands of miles from a war zone, while simultaneously being on the front line. Some of our threat intelligence analysts were some of the…

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The survival horror classics you need to revisit ahead of Resident Evil Requiem | Windows

We’re only four months away from the release of Resident Evil: Requiem, the latest and possibly darkest installment of Capcom‘s iconic survival horror franchise to date. To help players catch…

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Microsoft Teams will tell your boss when you’re out of the office | Windows

Microsoft Teams might just be the new office snitch, thanks to a feature rolling out soon that can track a worker’s location. The update, set to arrive in December, will…

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Here are The Outer Worlds 2’s PC system requirements, specs | Windows

One of the biggest RPGs of the fall, as well as one of the biggest games of the year, is imminently releasing: The Outer Worlds 2, Obsidian Entertainment’s ambitious follow-up…

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Microsoft 365 app on Android, iOS is now a glorified Copilot with nudges to generate AI images | Windows

Microsoft 365 app for mobile, which was one of my favourite apps, is now just a Copilot app with a few useful features. On Android, you can still edit documents, but…

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CISA orders feds to patch Windows Server WSUS flaw used in attacks | Windows

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ordered U.S. government agencies to patch a critical-severity Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) vulnerability after adding it to its catalog of security flaws…

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Halo: Combat Evolved remake sparks backlash as fans, devs, and even politicians weigh in — excitement meets skepticism | Windows

The long-rumored Halo CE remake has officially been revealed by Halo Studios, showing off the game’s fourth mission, The Silent Cartographer. The trailer highlights modern visuals and modern mechanics in…

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How I installed Microsoft Store in Windows Sandbox with PowerShell script | Windows

Windows comes with a rather lesser-known feature called Windows Sandbox, which is a testing environment for executable files. By default, this feature doesn’t support the Microsoft Store, but we have…

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