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This $1,300, 240Hz OLED gaming monitor would be perfect if something didn't keep falling off

The ASUS ROG Swift OLED 32 is part of a new era of 4K, 240Hz gaming monitors, and it boasts near-perfect picture quality and performance. There are some annoyances, though.

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HP's "Ultra" AMD AI PC is boring on the outside, but there's magic on the inside

The HP OmniBook Ultra 14 is a powerful, AMD-equipped AI PC with excellent endurance, but the design and display are dreadfully boring.

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Microsoft accidentally shipped this exclusive Copilot+ feature to the wrong PCs

Copilot+ PCs will soon support super resolution within the Windows 11 Photos app. The feature uses a PC's NPU to upscale images. An issue caused the feature to appear on unsupported PCs, but Microsoft has since fixed it.

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A third-party mod brings leaked Windows 12's macOS-inspired floating Taskbar to Windows 11 and Windows 10 — but it has a Microsoft Edge caveat

A new mod dubbed Seelen UI utility will allow Windows 11 users to tweak and modify certain design elements in the operating system's user interface according to their preferences, including "the floating Taskbar once seen in a Windows 12 leak."

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Netflix closes its AAA game studio, shuttering the team that pulled in Halo and God of War veterans

Netflix Games' Team Blue has been shuttered, with the AAA developer that pulled in talent like former Halo and God of War veterans being closed just a couple of years after it first opened.

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Salesforce CEO claims Microsoft is in panic mode: "Copilot is a flop because Microsoft lacks the data and enterprise security models to create real corporate intelligence — Clippy 2.0, anyone?"

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff indicated Microsoft's Copilot agents' announcement illustrates panic mode, further highlighting that Copilot is a flop because Microsoft lacks the data to create real corporate intelligence while touting Agentforce's excellence in the field.

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I review mobile controllers and this is by far my favorite for Xbox Cloud Gaming — but I’m kicking myself for not waiting on these Marvel editions

The GameSir G8+ is my favorite mobile controller for Xbox Cloud Gaming, offering Bluetooth connectivity, Hall Effect sticks, rumble motors, and a comfortable, full-sized grip. Now, GameSir has released Marvel limited editions featuring Hulk and Thanos designs adding some style to an already fantastic controller.

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These 6 NPU-friendly creative apps prove Microsoft was right about Windows on Arm

The library of native Windows on Arm continues to grow, and it now includes Blender and Affinity Photo 2.

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Qualcomm teases what performance we might expect from its 2nd Gen Snapdragon X Elite, and it looks like we're in for a treat

Qualcomm has made some early claims about the performance of its next Snapdragon X Elite for Windows laptops, and it's looking pretty incredible.

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What Hi-Fi? Awards 2024: Epos crashes the speaker party as familiar favourites dominate

It’s been another great year for speakers with new arrivals from the likes of Q Acoustics and Epos shaking up the price categories for 2024.

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Fallout TV show star says Season 2 starts filming soon, and that her character's "got some things up her sleeve"

The actress behind one of the Fallout TV show's major characters has revealed that its second season is scheduled to begin filming soon.

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PlayStation tried to lock a major third-party game into an exclusivity deal (but the devs said no) — but still, it looks like Xbox fans will continue having to endure exclusionary deals like 'Silent Hill 2' going forward. Should Xbox start doing similar?

Third-party timed exclusive deals have typically hit Xbox the hardest, and they may continue to do so, too. This year saw Black Myth Wukong, Silent Hill 2, and others reach paid exclusionary deals from PlayStation targeting Xbox.

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$22 billion Microsoft deal with U.S. Army could be in jeopardy unless the tech giant can get the price of its militarized HoloLens to be "substantially less than" $80,000 per unit

Microsoft's militarized HoloLens continues to face challenges, this time surrounding the cost of individual units.

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OPINION: As Xbox Series X|S digital game sales reportedly hit a 91% share, Microsoft needs to ensure disc collectors don't get left behind with the next-gen Xbox — I think it's time to revive the "hated" 2013 disc-digital licensing model

Xbox digital games have reportedly hit a 91% share over physical discs, making the future of physical look bleak.

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A TechTuber nostalgically runs Windows 95 on a Nintendo 3DS with 256MB of RAM and a stylus pen — but painfully slow boot times hashed his mellow

TechTuber MetraByte boldly attempted to get Windows 95 to run on the Nintendo 3DS with the aim of trying to make music. However, the experiment was rife with Blue Screen of Death errors coupled with poor performance.

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A Kentucky Man Asked Best Buy Employees to Help Him Transfer Files from His Computer. Those Files Contained Child Porn and He Was Arrested, Police Say

Authorities alleged that Hancock had been in the process of downloading more child porn when the search warrant was executed

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“Microsoft could be left behind if it is only using OpenAI technologies. It is a real race — and OpenAI may not win it”: Has the 'best bromance in tech' worth billions of dollars in investment run its course?

The New York Times reports that OpenAI's exorbitant computing power and funding demand has strained its partnership with Microsoft.

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Microsoft shuts up Salesforce CEO with Copilot agents that are "the new apps for an AI-powered world" and run on OpenAI's latest models

The ability to create custom autonomous agents with Copilot Studio is now public preview.

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Best Buy Stores To Shut Down For 24 Hours On Thanksgiving To Prioritise Employee Well-being And Family Time

Much to the surprise of avid shoppers, Best Buy has announced it will be closed on Thanksgiving Day 2024, forcing them to change their holiday plans.

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Is “Copilot just the new Microsoft Clippy?” — NVIDIA CEO brands Elon Musk ‘superhuman’ for hitting impressive AI feat in just 19 days as Qualcomm recalls subpar Snapdragon X Elite Dev Kit

A Microsoft rival believes Copilot is just the new Clippy.

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One of the biggest PlayStation games is finally coming to Windows PC, but there's some bad news for fans

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is coming to Windows in PC in January 2025, but there won't be any story DLC.

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OPINION: For a brief moment in time, Surface co-creator Panos Panay made Microsoft almost cool and inspired a wave of innovation — what happened?

Satya Nadella's modern Microsoft has given up on innovating and is instead chasing trends without insight.

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OpenAI's ChatGPT app for Windows is available for everyone, including free users — but PowerToys users might need to make a critical change

OpenAI has finally shipped the Windows desktop app to everyone, including free users. However, it shares the same keyboard shortcut as PowerToys Run so you might need to tweak one.

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Windows 11 will let you cut Copilot key from your life, no knife or screwdriver required

Microsoft rolled out a new feature to Canary Channel Windows Insiders that lets you customize the Copilot key.

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Microsoft and Be My Eyes collaborate in a first-of-it-kind program to make AI models more inclusive by closing the "accuracy gap" for over 340 million people in the blind and low-vision community

Be My Eyes announced it's working with Microsoft "to make AI models more inclusive for the over 340 million people around the world who are blind or have low vision."

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