The Call of Duty Black Ops ports on PS4 and PS5 are about as much of a mess as any Xbox player could have said they’d be | Windows
The Call of Duty: Black Ops and Black Ops 2 ports for the PS4 and PS5 were received to much hype and excitement. But guess what? They’re a mess. Who…
Read more“The business side … always gets the last remark”: Warframe director says Destiny 2 dying is “existentially threatening” for all game developers | Windows
One of the biggest and most upsetting recent developments in the gaming industry was the sudden and shocking end of Destiny 2, with developer Bungie announcing its conclusion in May…
Read moreWindows 11’s smallest upgrade shows a big commitment from Microsoft | Windows
Windows 11 has a new search box on the way, or at least a slightly larger one. The search box within the Windows 11 Start menu will be four pixels…
Read moreMicrosoft Forms just gave me another reason to prefer it over Google Forms | Windows
Microsoft Forms just got a major upgrade thanks to Copilot. Microsoft 365 Copilot chat now lives within Microsoft Forms, adding a familiar tool to those who use AI in Word,…
Read moreMicrosoft’s new Windows 10 ESU email doesn’t push Windows 11, just reminds users of the year extension | Windows
Microsoft is now emailing Windows 10 users about the ESU extension to October 2027, with the headline being “Stay secure for another year,” and that enrolled users get the extra…
Read moreMAIRE integrates Microsoft and Autodesk platforms for… | Windows
By Alex Smith | 13 July 2026 Italian engineering group MAIRE has connected Microsoft Copilot Studio and Microsoft Foundry with Autodesk Forma and Revit, giving its engineers natural-language access to…
Read morePay once and get Microsoft Office 2021 for life, only $30 | Windows
TL;DR: MS Office 2021 comes with lifetime, offline access to the entire productivity suite, including MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, OneNote, Publisher, and Access for just $29.97 (reg. $219.99)….
Read moreWindows 95 didn’t detect installers, it ‘guessed’ based on the file name, says veteran dev — it simply checked for words like setup, install, inst, or localized equivalents | Windows
Windows 95 worked out whether a setup program had run by reading the executable’s name and checking it against a short list of hard-coded words, according to Microsoft engineer and…
Read moreStarbucks Just Fired A Warning Shot At Microsoft And IBM AI Apps | Windows
Starbucks Just Fired A Warning Shot At Microsoft And IBM AI Apps (Photo Illustration by Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Starbucks spends roughly $400…
Read moreAfter nearly two decades, Minecraft is finally letting players take a rest on something other than a regular bed in its latest update | Windows
Despite being one of the studios affected by Xbox’s company-wide “Reset” and Xbox CEO Asha Sharma taking direct control of Minecraft with the goal of helping it compete with Roblox,…
Read moreMicrosoft is killing 15 products in 2026, including Windows 11 24H2 and Office 2021 | Windows
Microsoft is walking away from more products this year than it did in 2025. Products that still run on millions of devices, including Windows 11 24H2, Office 2021, SQL Server…
Read moreAgainst all odds, Palworld 1.0 proves that Pocketpair has built the ultimate Pokémon alternative and Nintendo should be very worried | Windows
When Palworld first launched in early 2024, skeptics labeled it simply as”Pokémon with guns” that would surely fold the moment Nintendo’s legal team caught wind of it. Instead, over the…
Read moreWindows now uses AI to find and help fix vulnerabilities, but it’s not replacing humans | Windows
Microsoft is using AI to protect Windows against attackers. The development represents an arms race because AI is also being used increasingly to find vulnerabilities modern tech, as highlighted by…
Read moreThe Windows Central Podcast breaks down the Copilot OS leaks, the latest Microsoft layoffs, and what all of this means for the future of Windows and the company’s AI strategy | Windows
The tech world is sweating, and it’s not just the summer heatwave. This week on the Windows Central Podcast, Daniel Rubino, Zac Bowden, and Jez Cordon sit down to unpack…
Read moreAs physical media fades, Windows 11’s Cloud rebuild shows how tech giants should handle user choice | Windows
With Sony planning to stop making discs for games and revoke access to movies and TV shows people paid for, physical media is more important than ever. Xbox is considering…
Read moreWindows 11 Copilot now tells you what’s slowing down your PC, while using 1GB RAM itself | Windows
Windows 11 is testing a new AI-powered feature that will allow Copilot to understand system resource usage, including current CPU and RAM usage, and help you identify the root cause…
Read moreMicrosoft Carbon Emissions Surge 25% to 20 Million Metric Tons as AI Data Centers Drive Energy Demand | Windows
Microsoft’s 2030 carbon-negative target, announced with considerable fanfare six years ago, now looks increasingly difficult to achieve. The company’s emissions have risen substantially since the baseline year of 2020, propelled…
Read moreDatacentres drive up big tech’s carbon emissions to a third of those of France | Datacenters | Windows
Microsoft, Amazon and Google’s collective carbon emissions have increased by nearly a fifth in the past year, driven largely by datacentre construction. In the financial year ending March 2026, the…
Read moreYour Samsung Gallery Won’t Be Able To Sync With Microsoft OneDrive Soon | Windows
Your photos don’t have to go home, but they can’t stay here. Max Miller for Engadget Those who’ve been Samsung Galaxy owners for long enough will no doubt…
Read moreI Asked Microsoft About Windows 12. Here’s What It Would (and Wouldn’t) Say | Windows
Windows 12 (or whatever the next version of Windows is called) will probably arrive someday, but not any time soon. Microsoft didn’t say anything publicly about it at Build or CES, and when…
Read moreMicrosoft’s emissions just jumped 25% because AI datacenters are exploding in size, and dropping renewable credits finally exposed how much power the company is burning to fuel its AI ambitions | Windows
Microsoft’s latest sustainability report sparked claims that the company produced 34 million metric tons of carbon emissions in a single year. That figure was never reported by the company. What…
Read moreNo, Windows did not fall below 60% market share or lose 20 points to Linux | Windows
StatCounter, a web analytics company, claimed that Windows’ market share had fallen from roughly 79% to just 56%, but as expected, it turned out to be a reporting error. In…
Read moreWe explain why Cloud rebuild is one of Windows 11’s most important new features, and how it lets you recover your PC without a USB drive or complicated steps | Windows
Microsoft has spent years building different ways for users to recover Windows. From System Restore and Reset this PC to the other tools available in the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE)…
Read moreAcer Swift Go 16 AI review: An impressive OLED Windows laptop | Windows
Why you can trust Windows Central Our expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you. Find out more about how…
Read more“This has had a crushing effect on morale”: The Elder Scrolls 6 devs fear Microsoft’s Xbox layoffs at Bethesda will cause delays and crunch for the RPG | Windows
While many different development teams were affected by this week’s massive wave of 3,200 Xbox layoffs from Microsoft, studios under the Zenimax and Bethesda banner have reportedly faced some of…
Read moreMicrosoft has run out of reasons to push Edge over Chrome, so one of the four is just Microsoft recommended | Windows
Microsoft says Edge is better than Chrome. Search “chrome” on Bing, and you’ll be greeted with a panel that compares Edge against Chrome across four meaningless categories, including Earn Rewards,…
Read moreInsight Enterprises (NSIT) Joins Microsoft AI Launch as Valuation Questions Build | Windows
Insight Enterprises (NSIT) recently announced it will serve as a launch partner for Microsoft 365 E7 and Microsoft Agent 365, highlighting its role in advanced productivity, security, and AI agent…
Read more“I have no idea how they’ll continue”: Bethesda dev is worried Xbox layoffs could end Fallout 76 updates without help from “an external studio” | Windows
Though it launched to scathing criticism and widespread controversy in late 2018 due to lackluster content offerings and severe technical issues, Fallout 76 — Bethesda Game Studios‘ multiplayer-focused MMO-lite take…
Read moreMusk turns to antitrust claims over OpenAI-Microsoft alliance after charity loss | MLex | Windows
By Mike Swift and Alex Wilts ( July 10, 2026, 21:39 GMT | Comment) — Hardly a stranger to using the legal system to benefit his AI ambitions, Elon Musk…
Read moreMicrosoft Executive Buys Seattle-Area Home for $20 Million | Windows
Microsoft’s chief marketing officer notched one of the largest residential purchases of the year in the state of Washington. Takeshi Numoto and his wife, Mari, bought a 7,200-square-foot lakefront property…
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