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Is the best Windows laptop for $1,100 the MacBook Air M5? The answer genuinely surprised me.

I looked at the MacBook Air M5 and Parallels Desktop to see if Apple's latest hardware is actually the best way to run Windows for $1,100 in 2026.

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Lenovo makes it easier to test the Xbox Full Screen Experience on your Legion Go handheld — here's how to sign up and try the FSE interface before a wider rollout

Lenovo has opened beta registrations for the Xbox Full Screen Experience on the Legion Go. The console-style interface aims to streamline Windows handheld gaming by booting directly into the Xbox app and reducing background tasks.

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GitHub Copilot unlocks OpenAI's GPT-5.4 in VS Code and other coding platforms — Adding even more vibe coding options

GitHub Copilot has added support for OpenAI’s GPT-5.4 coding model, bringing improved reasoning and support for multi-step tasks. The model is available across several development environments.

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella calls gaming a core part of the company and says it is “long on gaming” in new discussion with Xbox leadership

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella joined Xbox CEO Asha Sharma for an internal Q&A with staff, describing gaming as one of Microsoft’s core identities and reaffirming the company’s long term commitment to the industry.

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Xbox CEO Asha Sharma hosted Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in an internal Q&A, amplifying that Microsoft will "always" invest in gaming. "We're long on gaming. We'll continue to invest, and we'll always do so."

At a big internal Q&A session, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma hosted Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, discussing the "long" vision for Xbox's future.

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3 remarkable PC concepts and pioneers that still influence today's hardware — including Lenovo's wacky new Legion Go Fold gaming handheld

Lenovo's unique new Legion Go Fold concept gaming handheld, revealed earlier this week, led me down a rabbit hole of concepts and pioneers in the PC and PC gaming space that directly influenced the device.

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Someone rebuilt Task Scheduler for Windows 11 and it goes way harder than it has any right to

FluentTaskScheduler is a free, open-source wrapper that brings a modern interface for the built-in Task Scheduler on Windows 11. It's not perfect, but it's promising.

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Early benchmarks say it: Qualcomm's Snapdragon Extreme chip is cooking Intel’s top-tier Panther Lake

Early Geekbench benchmarks suggest Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme could outperform Intel’s Core Ultra X9 388H from the Panther Lake lineup. The results highlight ARM’s growing role in Windows laptops.

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No Windows 12 in 2026, so here’s the wishlist Microsoft should steal

Microsoft may not be releasing Windows 12 this year, as its roadmap is focused on improving user sentiment around Windows 11. Still, my wishlist for Windows 12 is already in the wild.

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Microsoft delays the “New Outlook takeover” again — admins get one more year to panic in peace

Microsoft has delayed the opt-out phase of its new Outlook for Windows rollout until March 2027, giving enterprise administrators another year to prepare for the transition away from classic Outlook.

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My gaming PC has suffered enough — I'm locking down updates until NVIDIA's drivers and Microsoft's Windows releases gain back my trust

The combination of NVIDIA's faulty drivers and Microsoft's buggy Windows releases for my gaming PC is driving me nuts, and trust has eroded to the point that I'm stopping automatic updates. Are you with me?

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This week in Windows: Surface strategy wavers, OEMs push back, and Apple’s $599 MacBook Neo circles the market

Microsoft's rising Surface prices have created a vacuum in the $600 laptop market. Can Windows OEMs pivot before the MacBook Neo dominates the segment?

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My top 5 Decky Loader plugins every SteamOS and Bazzite handheld gaming PC should use

Decky Loader unlocks powerful plugins for Steam Deck and Bazzite handhelds. This guide highlights the five best plugins that improve performance, usability, and library organization.

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Original Xbox games on Android are the funniest technical miracle of 2026

Original Xbox emulation is now possible on Android through a community port of the Xemu emulator. Early testing shows mixed results, with some games running while others struggle with performance.

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I'm still here with Xbox for now — but it has some serious identity work ahead if it wants to reassure long-time fans

After nearly two decades with Xbox, I am reflecting on how its shifting brand messaging has shaped how I feel about the platform, alongside Phil Spencer’s retirement and Asha Sharma’s arrival as CEO, and why I'm not dooming about the whole ordeal.

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Windows 11 users are calling out Microsoft for missing features the OS should have had years ago, and the community is not being subtle about it

The Windows community demands a leaner operating system, an AI master switch, faster search, and full control. The real Windows 11 debate isn't new features.

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Twitch FPS legend Shroud "can't believe" Marathon is so hard — "you play ARC Raiders and it's like you're playing Hello Kitty Adventures"

Marathon and ARC Raiders are both extraction shooters, but Bungie's FPS is a far harder game — so much so that the Twitch star Shroud "can't believe" it.

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Marathon's Outpost map has released and can be unlocked now, and boy is it brutal — "it just becomes a real clusterf*** when you're in there fighting"

Marathon's new Outpost map has been unlocked, and compared to the other maps in Bungie's extraction shooter, it's far more brutal and dangerous.

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Black Ops Royale ditches player loadouts for upgradable weapons in new Call of Duty: Warzone mode — here's how they work

Call of Duty: Warzone's next big update introduces Black Ops Royale, a mode inspired by classic Blackout battle royale from Black Ops 4. The new mode will drop weapon loadouts in exchange for encouraging more scavenging for weapon and gear. Here's how you build yourself up to victory.

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We asked how you feel about Xbox's new console "Project Helix" — here's what you said about Microsoft blurring the line between Xbox and PC

Microsoft has officially announced the next Xbox, Project Helix — and it'll be a hybrid console-PC. We asked how you felt about that; here's what you said.

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Forza Horizon 6 is dropping a long-standing feature — players move to protest

Forza Horizon 6 lets go of Social Clubs after Microsoft does, but maybe this doesn't have to be the end?

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Do you know everyone in your meeting? — Microsoft Teams is ready to boot bots out.

Malicious bots can sit in on company calls to obtain sensitive data. A new Microsoft Teams feature keeps them locked out.

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A laptop with more ports than you'd ever need AND two disc drives? — This viral gaming rig from 20 years ago channels peak Alienware energy

Seeing old gaming laptops from 20 years ago get some love is always fun, and this gargantuan model has been making waves this week. Here's what it really is and what it had inside.

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I polled over 14,000 Xbox gamers on exclusivity — only 12.4% said Xbox should have zero exclusive games

Incoming Xbox CEO Asha Sharma will have to navigate the rather fractious debate on whether or not Xbox Series X|S or Helix should have exclusive games.

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Helium might be the perfect web browser — a cross-platform antidote to Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge

If you're tired of your web browser shoving AI and endless features in your face, then Helium might be just what you've been looking for.

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