Fallout franchise sees player count resurgence across all games thanks to sales, promotions, and an excellent TV series

What you need to know Fallout is a video game franchise that first started in 1997 by Interplay and acquired by ZeniMax Media’s Bethesda Softworks in 2007.  Every Fallout game is currently seeing increased player counts on Steam, with multiple titles becoming best-sellers on Steam and GOG.  This resurgence is thanks to a number of […]

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Intel’s next-gen Lunar Lake CPUs will be able to run Microsoft’s Copilot AI locally thanks to 45 TOPS NPU performance

What you need to know Intel hosted its Vision 2024 event in Phoenix, Arizona this week, where it showed off next-gen Lunar Lake processors and many upcoming AI advancements. It was revealed that the Lunar Lake chips will offer total package performance in the range of 100+ TOPS, with 45 TOPS set aside for the […]

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Microsoft Gaming’s Blizzard Entertainment games are coming back to China thanks to a new deal with NetEase, while also ‘exploring ways to bring more new titles to Xbox’

What you need to know Blizzard Entertainment games were published in China with help from Chinese gaming company NetEase until 2022.  The deal ended after relations between the companies reportedly soured, with NetEase president Simon Zhu blaming a “jerk” at Activision Blizzard.  A new deal signed by Microsoft Gaming, Blizzard Entertainment, and NetEase will bring […]

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Microsoft Copilot is now more accurate and powerful, thanks to a free upgrade to GPT-4 Turbo

What you need to know GPT-4 Turbo has replaced GPT-4 when using the free version of Microsoft Copilot. Copilot Pro subscribers can choose to use GPT-4 rather than GPT-4 Turbo if they’d like. GPT-4 Turbo has a knowledge cutoff date of April 2023, which is significantly more recent than the September 2021 cutoff date of […]

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Rumor: Galaxy Z Fold6 will be 11mm thick and lighter thanks to titanium

A second report has surfaced, pointing to a thinner Galaxy Z Fold6. According to Chun Bhai on X, citing sources, the Galaxy Z Fold6 will be much thinner and lighter, and exactly 11mm when folded. This is reportedly achieved by using titanium in the phone’s build, though the same didn’t yield any meaningful weight reduction […]

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Galaxy S24 could be Samsung’s smoothest phone ever, thanks to One UI 6.1

Samsung will unveil the Galaxy S24 series in a couple of days, and it has failed terribly at plugging leaks. By now, we know how the upcoming phones look and what their specifications are. Most of the software features of the phones in the lineup have leaked over the past few weeks. A new leak […]

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Galaxy S25 could finally beat iPhone in CPU performance, thanks to ARM

iPhones have always had an upper hand in terms of CPU performance. In fact, Apple’s smartphones have been 2-3 generations ahead of flagship Android smartphones from the likes of Samsung, OPPO, Vivo, and Xiaomi. Even this year, the iPhone 15 Pro is at least 28% faster than the fastest Android smartphone chip, the Snapdragon 8 […]

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Bixby and SmartThings are becoming more intelligent, thanks to Spatial AI

Samsung is bringing AI-powered features and technologies to as many product categories as possible. Its newer home appliances, smartphones, tablets, and even TVs now have AI-powered features. The company has now announced that it is even improving the fabric that ties together its ecosystem, SmartThings, and its AI-powered digital voice assistant, Bixby, with the help […]

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Microsoft just killed Windows Mixed Reality but the company’s VR vision lives on thanks to a surprising savior in Meta Quest

What you need to know Microsoft announced the deprecation of Windows Mixed Reality, marking the end of the Windows-based VR ecosystem. The last Windows Mixed Reality headset to come out was the HP Reverb G2, which was released in 2021. At least part of Microsoft’s vision for virtual reality will continue on Meta Quest and […]

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Ubisoft is killing off a game millions have bought thanks to one of gaming’s worst trends

What you need to know Ubisoft’s The Crew is being shutdown in 2024 when the servers will be turned off.  The game has been delisted from stores, but players who own the game have until March 31, 2024 to play it. Then it’s gone for good.  The lack of an offline mode for The Crew […]

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Boredom at work is over, thanks to fully functional Tetris within Microsoft Excel, at least for one genius

What you need to know A Reddit users made a fully functional version of Tetris within Microsoft Excel. The game has a scoreboard and a preview of the next block, just like the full version of Tetris. The shortcuts to move between tabs in Excel are CTRL+Page Up and CTRL+Page Down. If you’re tired of […]

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Windows 11 widgets will finally become usable, thanks to an upcoming update

What you need to know Microsoft will soon let you disable the news feed within the widgets board on Windows 11. The change is in testing among Windows Insiders, though it is rolling out gradually. Despite initial concerns of the option being limited to Europe, Microsoft confirmed that “the new settings experience is not limited […]

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Windows Central Podcast #333: BIG changes coming to Windows 11 thanks to the EU

On this week’s episode of the Window’s Central Podcast, Dan and Zac discuss Microsoft Copilot officially coming to Windows 10 soon, the changes coming to Windows 11 as a result of Microsoft complying with the Digital Markets Act, Apple using RCS messaging, all the fallout from Microsoft Ignite including Microsoft launching the “Windows app” & […]

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This BEAUTIFUL Special Edition Stormcloud Vapor Xbox Wireless Controller is a top seller right now thanks to its great discount

Xbox Controllers are definitely some of the most comfortable and well-made gamepads on the market. Right now the various colors of the Xbox Wireless Controller are on sale at a low price of just $39.99 (or $49.99 for the special editions). That’s $20 off one of the very best gamepads on the market. Of course, […]

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This MASSIVE power bank won’t break the bank, thanks to this last-minute Black Friday deal, and it’s fast enough to charge your laptop, phone, and more

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are great times to pick up electronic devices at a discount. But what good is a smartphone, laptop, tablet, or gaming console if it’s out of power? The Anker Prime Power Bank has 20,000mAh of power and a total output of 200W, which is enough to keep all your gadgets […]

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This MASSIVE power bank won’t break the bank, thanks to this last-minute Black Friday deal, and it’s fast enough to charge your laptop, phone, and more

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are great times to pick up electronic devices at a discount. But what good is a smartphone, laptop, tablet, or gaming console if it’s out of power? The Anker Prime Power Bank has 20,000mAh of power and a total output of 200W, which is enough to keep all your gadgets […]

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This MASSIVE power bank won’t break the bank, thanks to this last-minute Black Friday deal, and it’s fast enough to charge your laptop, phone, and more

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are great times to pick up electronic devices at a discount. But what good is a smartphone, laptop, tablet, or gaming console if it’s out of power? The Anker Prime Power Bank has 20,000mAh of power and a total output of 200W, which is enough to keep all your gadgets […]

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This MASSIVE power bank won’t break the bank, thanks to this last-minute Black Friday deal, and it’s fast enough to charge your laptop, phone, and more

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are great times to pick up electronic devices at a discount. But what good is a smartphone, laptop, tablet, or gaming console if it’s out of power? The Anker Prime Power Bank has 20,000mAh of power and a total output of 200W, which is enough to keep all your gadgets […]

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Thanks to Cyber Monday, I only paid $150 for this Windows 11 laptop with a hidden number pad

As a technology fan, I’m oddly mesmerized by cheap laptops. So when Cyber Monday rolls around, I’m always on the hunt to see if those cheap laptops are even cheaper than normal. I’ve found one, in the form of the ASUS VivoBook Go, which includes a unique hidden capacitive number pad in the trackpad and […]

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Get the AirPods Pro 2 With USB-C for Best-Ever Price of $189.99 Thanks to Amazon’s $59 Discount

Apple’s AirPods Pro 2 with USB-C are available for the all-time low price of $189.99 today on Amazon, down from $249.00. This is a match of the previous low price that we tracked during Prime Day earlier in the month. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a […]

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