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The world’s first 16TB SSD costs.. HOW MUCH? — This must be the astronomical price of never deleting your files ever again

The Exascend PE4 16TB SSD, the world's largest internal solid state drive and first to reach 16TB of storage, is now available for purchase at Amazon for a military-grade price of $16,000, and stock is running out fast.

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Swiftkey will soon require a Microsoft account — data to be moved to OneDrive

Microsoft is killing standalone SwiftKey accounts on May 31, 2026. If you don't migrate your data to OneDrive soon, your personalized dictionary is as good as gone.

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Spotify's Windows 11 app gets a new quality feature FIRST, and high-end audio fans are going to love it

Spotify has launched Exclusive Mode, a new "bit perfect" quality setting first on Windows, for fans of the best-sounding music to get the best from their tunes.

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Should tired workers be banned from using Microsoft Copilot on Friday afternoons? "AI fatigue" could lead to lazy mistakes

Analyst firm Gartner suggests banning Microsoft Copilot on Friday afternoons, warning that tired workers may miss AI mistakes and risk productivity.

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Microsoft won't force this Copilot app onto your PC's Start menu in Windows 11 — a temporary setback for Microsoft 365 plans

Microsoft has paused plans to auto‑install the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on Windows 11 PCs, but it didn't explain why.

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Take-Two CEO backs Asha Sharma — “I’m going to bet on her continuing to do great”

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick shares his thoughts on Xbox’s new CEO Asha Sharma, offering support and explaining what drives success in the gaming industry.

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The 10 biggest changes coming to Windows 11 Insiders this March — and why they matter

Windows 11's March 2026 Insider builds add custom user folder names in setup, improved debloat policies, new admin protections, and other changes.

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Bethesda's Todd Howard says The Elder Scrolls 6 development is smoother than Starfield's ever was thanks to a key improvement — "builds of the game are really consistently working"

Bethesda's game director Todd Howard says that The Elder Scrolls 6 has been smoother to develop than Xbox's Starfield thanks to Creation Engine 3.

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Helldivers 2 is dropping a surprise Uncover the Truth update with a freaky Illuminate plot, new enemies, and sweet patch notes — plus the game's first content roadmap

Helldivers 2 is releasing a new Uncover the Truth update later this week with new Illuminate enemies, some big balance changes, and more.

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One of the biggest Genshin‑style hits on the planet might finally be coming to Xbox

A new datamine suggests Wuthering Waves could be coming to Xbox, with platform references discovered in game files, though no official announcement has been made.

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MacBook Neo makes Microsoft's Surface Laptop 13-inch seem like a bad deal

A $599 Mac laptop and $899 Surface laptop just don't compare, and it's not because the Surface is so much better that it warrants its higher price tag.

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Microsoft’s Copilot leadership shake‑up signals a major shift in how the company plans its AI future

Satya Nadella unifies Copilot leadership under a former Snap VP, signaling a shift toward in-house "Superintelligence" and independence from OpenAI's models.

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This open-source app turns Microsoft's GitHub into an app store for your Android phone — and your Windows PC, too

GitHub is a vast labyrinth of amazing open-source software projects, and it can be hard to see some of the awesomeness within. This app changes all that.

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An awesome Roguelite beat 'em up I never thought would come to Xbox has proved me wrong — with a release date confirmed for Xbox Game Pass

Among Microsoft's announcements for Xbox Game Pass additions for March 2026, one game caught everyone by surprise. Absolum, a popular beat em' up with Roguelite elements released in 2025 for PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, and PC, is finally coming to Xbox and Xbox Game Pass later this March.

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March’s Xbox Game Pass lineup is wild: Resident Evil 7, Disco Elysium, and a bunch of heavy hitters

Xbox Game Pass rounds out March 2026 with major additions including Resident Evil 7, Disco Elysium, and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, alongside several smaller and returning titles across multiple tiers.

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Don't buy a gaming laptop yet! Intel's new processors just launched, with "up to +8% faster performance" over its last gen — Core Ultra 200HX Plus Series mobile announced

Intel's new Core Ultra 200HX Plus Series mobile chips bring FPS gains to high-end gaming laptops with in-house performance-boosting "IBOT" tech.

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Microsoft 365 is paywalling most of Copilot in Office apps — what's changing?

Microsoft is stripping Copilot Chat from Office sidebars for non-licensed users on April 15, 2026, rebranding the included version as "Copilot Chat (Basic)."

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The Surface Pro 11 for Business's "unusable" pen is finally fixed — and so is its inaccurate and unresponsive touchscreen

Microsoft finally released a firmware fix for the Surface Pro 11 for Business, resolving "hover-inking" and touch accuracy issues that plagued the Intel model for a year.

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Microsoft banned this malicious extension — Google promoted it anyway

Google promoted a Chrome extension that secretly ran malware for a year, even after Microsoft Edge banned it, exposing millions of users.

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Microsoft's "most significant change to the Windows keyboard" in 30 years gets a slap in the face from a daring developer

Windows 11 Copilot+ PCs ship with a dedicated Copilot key. This free app restores the lost Ctrl key and fixes Microsoft’s controversial change.

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Crimson Desert's release date and launch times are only a few sleeps away — here's when you can play one of the most hyped-up open-world games I've ever seen

Crimson Desert could be one of the grandest fantasy adventure games ever made, and now it's just a few days away from its release date and launch times.

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Bethesda's Todd Howard says NVIDIA DLSS 5 in Xbox's Starfield is "amazing" — everyone else is calling it uncanny AI slop

The internet is laying into NVIDIA's DLSS 5 tech for making NPCs look like AI slop, but Bethesda's Todd Howard thinks it's "amazing" in Xbox's Starfield.

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NVIDIA’s new DLSS 5 drops with uncanny AI filters — and YouTube comments are almost 100% negative

Even already rendered video game artistry is being replaced by AI overlords as Nvidia unveils a new neural rendering technique for lighting.

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Xbox App finally lets you add any game or app — a huge step toward Steam‑level freedom

A new update to the Xbox PC app introduces manual library additions, allowing users to launch apps and games directly from the interface without relying solely on supported storefronts.

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Xbox’s "easier dev tools" pitch isn’t landing with fans who say the platform needs bigger fixes

Xbox says it is removing friction for developers, but readers debate whether install base, Game Pass, and platform priorities still matter more than tooling.

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