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How to complete the New Orders Operator Order and unlock the Bogey Camo in Call of Duty: Warzone Black Ops Royale

Black Ops Royale has a bunch of new Operator Order challenges with exclusive rewards. Here's how to complete New Orders and unlock the Bogey Camo.

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4 new Microsoft Teams features coming next month, including AI you'll actually use and a must-have feature for saving time

Windows 11 March 2026 update adds native Sysmon, WebP wallpapers, Taskbar speed test, Quick Machine Recovery for Pro, and more.

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Xbox just wiped out most of the excuses game developers use to skip the platform

Microsoft has significantly streamlined Xbox development, cutting onboarding time to about 30 minutes and introducing Foundation Mode, which gives developers free access to PlayFab cross platform backend services when shipping games on Xbox.

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How to complete the Memories Operator Order and unlock the Landfall Operator skin in Call of Duty: Warzone Black Ops Royale

One of the nine Operator Orders in Black Ops Royale is Memories, rewarding an Operator skin for Mason. Here's how to complete it and unlock the reward.

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Square Enix shadowdrops Bravely Default onto Xbox and PC — I'm so happy to see this classic JRPG finally escape Nintendo's prison for other platforms

Out of nowhere, Square Enix has announced that it's releasing another classic JRPG from its backlog onto Xbox and PC, the turn-based throwback to early Final Fantasy games called Bravely Default.

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Microsoft confirms Project Helix with a custom AMD chip built for next‑gen Xbox, plus new FSR Diamond tech that promises sharper, cleaner visuals for everyone

Microsoft has revealed the first hardware details for Project Helix, the next generation Xbox console. The system will use a custom AMD system on chip and feature new technologies such as FSR Diamond, DirectStorage, and improved ray tracing performance.

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Yes, you can run Windows apps on the MacBook Neo — but Parallels Desktop warns of 8GB memory constraints

Apple’s MacBook Neo can technically run Parallels, but the reality of Windows performance on Neo may disappoint.

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A free Xbox Ally X update could deliver up to 30% smoother performance for your handheld games — "Automatic Super Resolution" preview starts soon

Xbox has confirmed that Automatic Super Resolution will arrive on Xbox Ally X in a preview this April. The AI powered feature uses the device’s NPU to upscale games and improve performance.

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Still running Firefox on Windows 7? Mozilla has your back (for now) but admits it's risky without "official support from Microsoft"

Firefox just extended support for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 by six months, giving systems that refuse to die more time to get updates.

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Microsoft's AI wants to be your medical middleman, but is a "Secure by Design" promise really enough for Copilot?

Microsoft’s Copilot Health isn't a doctor, but it wants to manage your data from 50,000 hospitals. Can we trust the company's new "Secure by Design" mandate?

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Mac Neo vs. Windows’ future, Windows 12 misinformation, and the truth behind Project Helix — Windows Central Podcast

Podcast: Daniel and Zac discuss Apple's new MacBook Neo and how it might impact the Windows market going forward. Also on this episode: Windows 12 rumors, what's real and what's not? Plus, the latest on Project Helix, the next-gen Xbox.

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How to complete the Lost Tags Operator Order and unlock the Spotted Camo in Call of Duty: Warzone Black Ops Royale

Call of Duty: Warzone has finally dropped Black Ops Royale and a bunch of new Operator Order challenges with exclusive rewards. Here's how to complete the Lost Tags and unlock the Spotted Camo.

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Call of Duty: Warzone is testing Casual mode bots in Black Ops Royale, and oh boy, everyone's pissed — "The Warzone scene is cooked"

The Call of Duty: Warzone developers have announced they're testing Casual mode-style bots in the new Black Ops Royale mode next week, and fans are angry.

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Ex-Overwatch director says Blizzard threatened to lay off 1,000 devs if the game didn't make enough money, and blame him for it — "the biggest 'F*** you' moment I had in my career"

Years after his departure from Blizzard, former Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan has revealed why he left the studio, citing layoff threats over revenue.

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How to complete the Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 "Altitude Tactics" event as fast as possible — unlock the new weapon in flash

The new Altitude Tactics event in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 has a new weapon to unlock upon completion. Here's how to do it as fast as possible.

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I changed my Windows 11 wallpaper immediately the moment my friend sent me this

AI-generated wallpapers have sparked debate across the web, but I still love our Windows 11-inspired Windows Central wallpaper.

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Microsoft's Windows and Devices lead now reports directly to CEO Satya Nadella in important leadership shakeup

Microsoft's EVP of Experiences & Devices is retiring, and four new leads are taking his place who will now report directly to the CEO instead going forward.

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The MacBook Neo isn’t innovation. It’s Apple finally owning up to the iPad myth and hoping no one notices.

After years of gaslighting the market, Apple is back to selling the thing it said you didn’t need.

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Ex-Windows chief calls MacBook Neo "a paradigm shifting computer" — reflects on Surface failure and Windows on Arm while lamenting "we were early, but not wrong"

The mastermind behind Windows 8 and Surface RT has thoughts on Apple's new MacBook Neo, and says it validates his efforts from 2012 that the market originally rejected.

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"This is an Xbox" campaign vanishes overnight as Microsoft begins to "Build for What's Next"

Microsoft has scrubbed the "This is an Xbox" campaign from official sites, signaling a sharp pivot toward "Project Helix" and a return to console-first branding.

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OpenAI must match Microsoft’s size in 4 years to hit a $1 trillion IPO valuation — but it's still losing ChatGPT users to "QuitGPT"

OpenAI’s trillion‑dollar dream is under pressure as Pentagon deals spark backlash and QuitGPT drains millions of users from ChatGPT.

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Is Microsoft's recent return-to-office policy ruining Seattle's traffic? Highway travel speeds slow to a crawl during rush hour

Microsoft’s return-to-office policy aligns with Seattle's gridlocked traffic, with commute speeds dropping to just 5% during rush hour.

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Steam's Valve responds to lawsuit from New York Attorney General against its loot boxes, says they're like baseball cards — it's ready to fight

Valve, maker of Steam and games like Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, and TF2, has responded to a New York lawsuit filed against the loot boxes in its games.

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Rejoice! Microsoft's Xbox Backwards Compatibility Program is coming back this year — "we’re committed to keeping games from four generations of Xbox playable"

During its GDC keynote, Microsoft and Xbox announced that the Xbox Backwards Compatibility Program is returning in some fashion later this year.

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Microsoft just signed this Teams feature’s retirement papers before its replacement is ready

Microsoft is retiring Teams meeting recording expiration emails on June 1, but the promised setting to keep them active isn't ready yet.

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