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How to watch the Xbox Developer Direct 2026 showcase: When it starts and everything you need to know

Microsoft's Xbox Developer Direct showcase has become a January staple, and we just got the date for 2026's presentation. Here's when it starts, and how to watch.

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Xbox Ally X is available again at Best Buy — order now for immediate shipping and have the handheld delivered as fast as possible

We have discovered that the critically acclaimed Xbox Ally X gaming handheld has acquired new stock at Best Buy as a belated New Year's gift for Xbox players looking to play Xbox games on the go.

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Fallout games double their player counts across Steam after Season 2 debuts — a nuclear upgrade thanks to the TV show

Just like Season 1, Fallout Season 2 has pushed players back into the games, doubling concurrent player numbers across nearly the entire Fallout catalogue.

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OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health to connect medical records and wellness apps — CEO Sam Altman still won't trust AI with his "medical fate" without involving real doctors

OpenAI launches a dedicated experience in ChatGPT designed for health and wellness called ChatGPT Health. It lets users link medical records and wellness apps like Apple Health to ChatGPT.

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Lenovo has become what Surface was supposed to be about — a lineup of unique hardware that isn't afraid to be different

As Microsoft pulls back on Surface, Lenovo steps up as the Windows ecosystem's new innovator. With fresh hardware ideas and crazy designs, Lenovo is my new favorite Windows OEM right now.

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“Major change” on the way — Microsoft 365’s best-kept secret is retiring from the desktop

Microsoft will retire the Sway Windows app in June 2026, pushing users to the web version.

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Elon Musk gets his day in court over OpenAI's for-profit restructure and "ill-gotten gains" — here’s what’s at stake

U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, California, recentlyruled that Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI over its for-profit evolution will proceed to a jury trial scheduled for March 2026.

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How to get started with PowerToys Command Palette on Windows 11 — an answer to macOS Spotlight for Windows PCs

How to use PowerToys Command Palette on Windows 11 to launch apps, run commands, search faster, and extend features with extensions.

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Final Fantasy XIV players face persistent DDoS disruptions during its new savage raid release — 15 MMO outage incidents per day

Persistent DDoS attacks are impacting Final Fantasy XIV’s savage raid progression, leaving US players disconnected and questioning long-term reliability during a paid subscription release.

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The Elder Scrolls Online fully shifts to Seasons, with new story, reworks, and quests across 2026 — and most new content will now be free

The Elder Scrolls Online is changing radically across 2026, with a full embrace of the seasonal model and most new content being free.

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Panther Lake is officially Intel Core Ultra Series 3 — here’s how to understand all the new model names

At CES 2026, Intel officially unveiled Intel Core Ultra Series 3, the official name of Panther Lake that's appearing in many of the latest laptops.

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The Elder Scrolls Online is finally getting cross-play for Xbox, PC, and PlayStation — but don’t expect it to arrive soon

ZeniMax Online Studios is hard at work on cross-play for The Elder Scrolls Online, but it won't be coming soon.

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EXCLUSIVE: Fallout 3 is getting a remaster after all, and New Vegas is, too — but that's not what the TV show's countdown timer is for

Inside sources have confirmed that remasters for Fallout 3 and New Vegas are on the way, though few details about them are known right now.

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Lenovo's engineers said they couldn't make ThinkPad X1 lighter, so they went all in on repairability

At CES 2026, Lenovo unveiled the latest ThinkPad X1 Carbon and ThinkPad X1 2-in-1, debuting Lenovo's new "Space Frame" design for maximum repairability.

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"There is a delusion on our marketing side where literally everything has been renamed to have Copilot": Microsoft didn’t rebrand Office as Microsoft 365 Copilot — but its branding strategy remains just as confusing

Microsoft has clarified that it didn't rebrand Office to Microsoft 365 Copilot, dismissing recent reports.

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Ubisoft just killed its Halifax studio right after it unionized, but says the shutdown was decided "well before" — over 70 developers have been affected

Weeks after it formed a union, Ubisoft's Halifax studio has been shut down by the publisher as it moves to "streamline operations, improve efficiency, and reduce costs."

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A $2,500 MacBook needs this $139 accessory to support touch — catching up with Windows 8 in 2013

MacBook users are resorting to a $139 snap-on digitizer to get touch support—a "new" feature Windows laptops standardized over a decade ago.

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"100 percent made up / speculative / wrong" — Microsoft is not preparing for massive layoffs in January

A report claimed that Microsoft would likely cut thousands of jobs in January, but the company's chief communications officer says the report is "100 percent made up."

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There's a new Xbox and PC gaming showcase in town that puts games first, while saying no to paid placements — here's where, when, and how to watch it

On January 8, 2026, the world will witness the debut of the New Game Plus Showcase, a new annual gaming livestream event that promises to showcase 45 indie and AAA video games.

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The Fallout crossover in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 looks so good it's going to make me break my rule on buying cosmetics this year

The Fallout crossover in Call of Duty is happening real soon and we've finally got our first proper look at it. Okey dokey!

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Dell says the quiet part out loud: Consumers don't actually care about AI PCs — "AI probably confuses them more than it helps them"

Dell is the first hardware maker to openly admit that the recent AI PC push from Microsoft and its partners isn't working.

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Don't get your hopes up for a Fallout 3 remaster yet, despite what Amazon's countdown might have you think

Fallout fans have been getting excited over a mysterious timer on Amazon's interactive site for the second season of the TV show. Alas, it's not what you hope it is.

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Fortnite and Call of Duty dominated 2025 on Xbox and PlayStation — and show once again why Steam player counts don't always tell the story

Call of Duty and Minecraft, two of Microsoft's biggest franchises, rank top five most played of 2025 on both Xbox and PlayStation.

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How to set up parental controls for Xbox Ally and other Windows-based devices for safer gaming

A complete walkthrough for setting up parental controls on the Xbox Ally, Ally X, and other Windows handheld devices using Family Safety and Xbox Family Settings.

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Xbox in 2026 — What to expect from Team Green this year, and beyond

It's an interesting, and potentially pivotal year for Xbox in 2026. After a somewhat unprecedented year of negative headlines, Xbox has an opportunity to turn it around this year.

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