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Humane closes up shop after $116M HP acquisition to bolster "an intelligent ecosystem" across its tech stack — 'Ai Pin' bites the dust, branded "The Worst Product"

HP is expected to acquire assets from Humane Inc., including the majority of the company's employees, software platform, and intellectual property, for $116 million.

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Rewrite history in WWE 2K25's 'The Bloodline's Dynasty' Showcase Mode as shown in its latest trailer

WWE 2K25 gets a new trailer showing off its 2K Showcase mode where you play as iconic wrestlers like The Rock, Roman Reigns, Rikishi, the Usos, Yokozuna, Umaga, and more.

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Microsoft is using a long-forgotten Xbox game for a new generative AI experiment

Microsoft Research is partnering with Xbox studio Ninja Theory to debut "Muse" — an AI model that can generate artificial gameplay clips.

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Xbox could use AI to preserve classic games as CEO Phil Spencer dreams of making retro titles "portable to any platform"

Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer envisions a world where generative AI models can be used to study and port older games to new hardware.

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After 29 years, a veteran Microsoft Engineer admits "MS-DOS could do graphics," but the company opted for a lackluster UI — as Windows 3.1 runtime already checked the missing boxes

Veteran Microsoft Engineer Raymond Chen reveals why Microsoft decided to make Windows 95 setups so simple instead of using more graphics.

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The latest Windows 11 update did not end support for older Intel chips. Here's the source of the confusion.

Confusion caused by a support document led many to believe Windows 11 dropped support for many older Intel chips, but that is not the case.

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Best Civilization 7 mods so far — Steam, Nexus, CivFanatics, and everything you need to know

Civilization 7 isn't a perfect game, and, as expected, enthusiastic modders have begun releasing fixes for some of the game's biggest issues.

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Secretlab celebrates Monster Hunter Wilds' impending release with a themed gaming chair featuring the symbol of Arkveld

To celebrate the upcoming release of Monster Hunter Wilds, Secretlab has showcased a new Monster Hunter Wilds Arkveld Edition TITAN Evo gaming chair.

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Many of Microsoft Edge's most important features are now faster than ever

Microsoft Edge just got a big update that improves the speed of at least 14 UI elements by 40% on average. The speed boost is thanks to Microsoft's migration to WebUI 2.0.

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Two of the best-looking laptops of 2025 landed on my desk, so here's a photoshoot

I got both the Lenovo Yoga Slim 9i and ASUS Zenbook A14 in for review, and decided to share my first impressions of these two exciting Windows laptops.

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5 ways AMD can bungle its RDNA 4 launch — Will NVIDIA GPUs get the competition they need?

After weeks of delay, AMD is ready to reveal its RDNA 4 graphics cards on February 28. Will it be a success? Here are 5 reasons why it might fall flat.

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Avowed: All Godlike powers and abilities

As the Envoy, your Avowed character has access to Godlike abilities, so I've pulled together the full list of Godlike powers you can find.

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Obsidian is trolling all of us by disabling one of Avowed's most useful settings by default, and we're mad about it

Why they decided to disable the ability to see such important objects on the compass is beyond me!

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The director for one of 2025's best games was a Windows Phone fan, says Microsoft was "shocked" that he was voluntarily using it — I experienced similar

Daniel Vávra of Warhorse Studios fame was a Windows Phone fan, showcasing good taste. He also had a similar experience that I did upon visiting Microsoft HQ.

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Does Avowed have multiplayer or co-op?

Avowed stands tall as one of 2025's biggest Xbox and PC RPGs, but can you play it in co-op multiplayer?

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The Marvel Rivals team just got hit with layoffs despite its massive success

Marvel Rivals developers are being laid off, despite the free-to-play title's tremendous success since launching last year.

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Trump's tariffs force Acer to raise laptop prices by 10% — Expect similar news from other PC makers in the coming weeks

Acer CEO and Chairman, Jason Chen, announced a 10% price increase on its laptops sold in the US. This comes as an answer to US President Trump's 10% tariff on Chinese goods.

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Can you change your character appearance in Avowed?

Does Avowed let you change your character appearance? And if so, how can you do it? Here's what you need to know.

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3 reasons you should not buy the Surface Pro 11 or Surface Laptop 7 with Intel (and 1 reason you should)

The Surface Pro 11 and Surface Laptop 7 are now available with Intel processors, but how do they compare to their Snapdragon-powered siblings?

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"Elon Musk promised Grok 3 would be the smartest AI ever. Spoiler alert: it wasn't." — AI critic says Sam Altman can breathe easy as xAI's model launch was a "carbon copy" of previous demos

Elon Musk touts Grok 3 as the smartest AI on earth, outperforming proprietary models from top AI firms, including OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepSeek, and Google.

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DeepMind CEO claims Google has the "ingredients" to maintain AI lead over DeepSeek's "exaggerated" success — after Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said Google already missed the opportunity to be the "default winner"

Demis Hassabis, DeepMind CEO urged employees not to worry about DeepSeek's exaggerated success, citing Google's superiority in the AI landscape.

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Microsoft just put this controversial Notepad feature behind a paywall

Microsoft's Notepad app now requires a paid subscription to use the AI-powered Rewrite feature.

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Xbox Game Pass gets Watch Dogs: Legion and one of the best Warhammer 40K games soon

Owlcat Games' Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is coming to Xbox Game Pass as part of the second wave of February 2025 titles.

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You can now preorder ASUS' ridiculously powerful 2-in-1 detachable gaming laptop

You can now preorder the ASUS ROG Flow Z13, which pairs a versatile 2-in-1 design with AMD's most powerful mobile hardware ever. It could be the best gaming tablet.

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One of the best Xbox games suddenly got Xbox Play Anywhere support out of the blue

Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, Owlcat Game's critically acclaimed CRPG adaptation of Warhammer 40,000, just got Xbox Play Support.

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