Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Windows Central

MSI Showed Me Its New Mini-PCs, and It’s No Game — A Copilot+ PC Variant of This Cubi NUC Could Replace Your Desktop at Work

MSI is contributing to the well-known NUC brand of mini PCs with two Intel-powered options under the Cubi NUC AI range, but one is Copilot+ PC-certified.

Windows Central

Battlefield 6 beta menu screen draws in 40,000 concurrent, days before beta begins — This really could be make or break for the franchise

Over 40,000 people are waiting to get into the closed and open beta for Battlefield 6 by simply sitting in the games main menu

Windows Central

Like Battlefield 6, Call of Duty Has Announced the Roll Out of New Anti-cheat Protections Utilizing TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot in Preparation for Black Ops 7

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Season 5 launches on August 7, and the RICOCHET anti-cheat team has announced new hardware-level protections in anticipation of Black Ops 7's launch later this year.

Windows Central

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Helldivers 2 CEO Thanks PlayStation for Xbox Release: A Sign of Gaming's Changing Landscape

Helldivers 2 CEO speaks out amid game releasing on Xbox, "It was all PlayStation"

Windows Central

“Some Suspect They Might Already Exist” — NVIDIA’s Chief Security Officer Doubles Down on the Lack of Kill Switches, Backdoors, and Spyware in Its GPUs

NVIDIA is attempting to ease concerns from China regarding vulnerabilities in its H20 AI GPUs, and its Chief Security Officer recently published a blog post explaining NVIDIA's stance.

Windows Central

Test Your Gears of War Knowledge Ahead of Reloaded Launch on August 26

Take our latest quiz and check how well you know Gears of War from across the Xbox franchise's history.

Windows Central

Xbox Design Lab Makes a Comeback After Six-Month Hiatus — Here's What's New

Well, I'll chalk this up to manifesting. The Xbox Design Lab has returned this morning, as the Xbox Gear Store goes offline.

Windows Central

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Battlefield 6 Secure Boot not enabled? Here's how to prep your PC for launch.

I'm seeing a lot of PC players concerned over Battlefield 6's Secure Boot requirement, so I put together this step-by-step guide on how to get everything set up properly.

Windows Central

World's First Rollable OLED Screen in a laptop — Hands-on with Lenovo's Strange ThinkBook Plus. Who is this for?

After months of waiting following an official reveal at CES 2025, the Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable finally showed up at my door. Here's an early hands-on look at the unique PC.

Windows Central

Microsoft's Will Open Source Windows 11's Native UI Framework — Here's What to Expect

The company has confirmed that WinUI 3 is on the path to become open-source, but that there's lots of work to be done first before that can happen.

Windows Central

Xbox Gear Store Offline: What's Behind the Restructuring and Future Plans?

The fallout from Xbox's mass layoffs last month is continuing, has it claimed another victim?

Windows Central

Monster Hunter Stories 3 Takes a Dark Turn: What to Expect from Twisted Reflection

Capcom has revealed Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection, the third installment of Monster Hunter's turn-based JRPG spin-off series. Here's everything you need to know on this epic, war-torn take on Monster Hunter Stories.

Windows Central

Why GaN Chargers Are the Future of Efficient, High-Power Charging Technology

Most of the best chargers you can buy for your phone, laptop, or other tech today utilize Gallium Nitride (GaN) technology, but how does it actually work?

Windows Central

Microsoft Engineer Unveils Mystery Behind Windows' Blank Shutdown Blocker

Microsoft veteran Raymond Chen recently revealed the whole concept behind the secretive window with no name blocking Windows shutdown in his ongoing Old New Thing series.

Windows Central

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Windows Central

Forza Motorsport's Future in Doubt: Players Demand Answers from Xbox

It's been more than a month since reports suggested Forza Motorsport was essentially done following layoffs at Turn 10, the studio making it. And we're still waiting for Xbox to even acknowledge it.

Windows Central

"Risk it all. Deny everything." Halo Infinite isn't dead (yet) — Adds new vehicle, weapon, maps, Forge features, and more

Halo Studios just dropped Halo Infinite's Fall 2025 Update, kicking off Operation: Shadows with new features, content, and challenges for players to explore.

Windows Central

Bill Gates on AI's Impact: 'Be Curious, Read, and Use the Latest Tools'

Bill Gates says AI is rapidly evolving and could potentially take over professional jobs at a moment's notice, leaving workers with little to no time to adapt to the drastic changes.

Windows Central

Surface Laptop 8: Everything we know so far about Microsoft's next flagship Windows 11 laptop

The next Surface Laptop is likely to launch in the new handful of months, powered by Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X2 with more power and better battery life.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Windows Central

Copper just got another use in Minecraft’s latest snapshot — and it’s not what you might expect

Minecraft's latest Java edition snapshot has added in Copper Torches, chains, bars, and more to the sandbox.

Windows Central

Have your Microsoft Rewards points streaks been killed off on Xbox? You're not alone — but don't worry.

If you've seen your Microsoft Rewards points streaks reset randomly, Microsoft says that a fix is on the way.

Windows Central

“Unstoppable?” ChatGPT Surges to 700 million Weekly Users as Rivals Race to Compete

ChatGPT’s user base is set to hit 700 million weekly actives in August 2025, soaring from 500 million in March and quadrupling year over year. Here's why that's a big deal.

Windows Central

Xbox Game Pass Gets an Assassin's Creed Game and More in August — While this Awesome Co-op Title Returns to the Service

More games are headed to Xbox Game Pass soon, including Assassin's Creed Mirage and the return of Aliens: Fireteam Elite.

Windows Central

OpenAI Unveils Two New AI Models: gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b — and run locally on Snapdragon PCs and NVIDIA RTX GPUs

OpenAI just released a pair of open‑weight models that runs natively on Snapdragon PCs and RTX devices.

Windows Central

"No amount of redundancy matters" — AWS deletes 10 years of an engineer's data, and there could be a conspiracy afoot

Software engineer Abdelkader Boudih published a lengthy post on their Seuros blog outlining how AWS deleted 10 years of data. Is there a conspiracy afoot? Boudih certainly seems to think so.

Windows Central

Microsoft Launches Windows XP-Themed Crocs with Nostalgic Jibbitz

Ever wanted to rock the world's most iconic operating system wallpaper on your feet? Well now you can thanks to Microsoft's new Windows XP Crocs.

1 … 91 92 93 94

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.