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Microsoft makes me hate how much I love its products — so I’m making a fresh start with my new Galaxy Z Fold 7

I'm divorcing myself from some of Microsoft's products and services with my new smartphone, because I'm tired of fighting Microsoft to be a fan of its products.

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Satya Nadella says company layoffs have been "weighing heavily" on him, which arrived despite the "objective measure" that "Microsoft is thriving" — and more layoffs could be on the way

Satya Nadella issued a statement addressing Microsoft’s recent layoffs. The company has been criticized for laying off employees while achieving success overall.

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Microsoft trials redesigned Windows 11 Widgets Board with new Copilot Discover feed — AI curated stories right on your desktop

A redesigned widgets panel on Windows 11 replaces the MSN feed with a new Copilot Discover layout, which curates stories based on your likes using AI.

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Microsoft Edge's settings menu is now so big it can't fit on a single screen

Microsoft Edge’s menu has grown so long it doesn’t fit on most laptop screens — and there’s no built-in way to customize or clean it up.

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Oculus founder Palmer Luckey wants to know if you'd spend 20% more on a "Made in America" PC — but it would surely need something else to stand out?

Best known for founding Oculus VR, Palmer Luckey is now polling for opinion on whether you'd spend more of your cash to get a "Made in America" laptop.

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7 features you need to know and configure on OneDrive for Windows 11

If you're on Windows 11, check out and learn how to configure these lesser-known features from OneDrive that can help you boost productivity, organization, privacy, and file recovery.

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Top 6 new features and changes coming to Windows 11 in August 2025 — from AI agents to redesigned BSOD screens

Microsoft is rolling out a handful of big new features and changes to Windows 11 in the next month, including new AI features and improvements to how the OS handles crashes and restarts.

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"It deleted our production database without permission": Bill Gates called it — coding is too complex to replace software engineers with AI

Replit's AI coder recently deleted a company's code base during a 12-day vibe coding experiment. The tool then hid the mistake and lied about the incident ever happening.

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Sam Altman won't trust ChatGPT with his "medical fate" unless a doctor is involved — "Maybe I'm a dinosaur here"

In multiple interviews, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman talked about the threat generative AI poses to professions, but doesn't think it can take over the health sector due to its hallucination tendencies.

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The best-selling PS5 game this year is by Xbox — it sold twice as many copies as PlayStation exclusive Death Stranding 2 in the same amount of time, and outsold 2024's GOTY too

Since coming to PS5 in April, Xbox's Forza Horizon 5 has sold over 3 million copies on the platform — making it 2025's best-selling PlayStation game so far.

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Microsoft’s not the only reason NVIDIA’s Arm chips are delayed — but Windows deserves part of the blame

NVIDIA's rumored Arm chips for laptops are delayed to 2026 due to Windows roadmap issues, processor revisions, and weaker notebook demand.

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As Nintendo Switch 2 breaks records, game subscription spending hits another all-time high in the US — boding well for Xbox Game Pass?

As the Nintendo Switch 2 dominates hardware sales in June, video game subscription spending is continuing to rise, per Circana.

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Wuchang: Fallen Feathers review and Metacritic score roundup — does this "brutally difficult" Xbox Game Pass Soulslike live up to expectations?

The highly anticipated Xbox Game Pass Soulslike Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is here, and so are reviews for the game. Here's what critics are saying.

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As Elden Ring Nightreign leads the pack, Final Fantasy XVI has a solid Xbox debut — Square Enix's multi-platform strategy for Final Fantasy is paying off in spades

Sales charts have shown that Final Fantasy XVI's Xbox port has cracked the top five best-selling Xbox games of June 2025 alongside popular titles like Elden Ring Nightreign and The Elder Scrolls: Online.

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Original Xbox quiz: Test your knowledge regarding Microsoft's first gaming console and the games that defined it

We're experimenting with quizzes on Windows Central, so test your knowledge going back to the original Xbox.

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The MSI Claw 8 AI+ could have muscled out the Steam Deck's rivals — was it the last straw for powerful Intel-based handhelds?

MSI could dominate the gaming handheld scene with its Claw 8 AI+ and Intel's Core Ultra chips if it weren't so expensive, and it might be too late to backtrack.

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"Three months, 30 simulations, and I can tell you, a ton of work" — how Alienware designed the Area-51 desktop's cooling is fascinating

Thanks to Adam Savage's "Tested" YouTube channel, we now have a behind-the-scenes look at how Dell tests its Alienware desktop PC cooling.

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Atlantic allies turn to xAI and OpenAI — Why chatbots are now a matter of national strategy

OpenAI teams up with the UK as xAI scores $200M Pentagon deal

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Microsoft concedes that 'The Outer Worlds 2' retail price was too high — Xbox says it "will keep our full priced holiday releases at $69.99," with refunds incoming

Xbox controversially raised the base price of its mainline games to $80 in an announcement a few weeks ago. Now, it seems to be backtracking, at least for the rest of 2025. Good, I say.

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Microsoft poaches 24 AI stars from Google to supercharge Copilot — despite DeepMind's ironclad noncompete clauses and lavish year-long PTO

Microsoft recently poached approximately 24 employees from Google's DeepMind AI lab to bolster its Copilot efforts.

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US agency overseeing nuclear weapons breached in Microsoft SharePoint attack

Microsoft SharePoint zero-day flaws were exploited to breach over 50 organizations, including the National Nuclear Security Administration.

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Grounded 2 will only be on Xbox and PC, at least for now — but Obsidian is already subtly hinting at a PS5 and Switch 2 launch

Grounded 2 is about to launch into Game Preview on Xbox and PC, but what about PS5 and Switch? Well, the first game went there, didn't it?

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You can now lock your Windows 11 PC from your Android phone — and it's all thanks to Microsoft's excellent Phone Link tool

A new update to the Link To Windows app on Android has introduced the ability to remotely lock your PC using your phone with the tap of a button.

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I played "Killer Inn" and now I have trust issues — but I can't wait to play this murder deduction game again

I spent about an hour and a half playing Square Enix's Killer Inn multiplayer game during a preview event. It's a compelling social deduction murder game that allows for different strategies, whether you're playing as an innocent lamb or a murderous wolf.

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Riot's fighting game 2XKO launches in beta this September with eventual cross-progression from PC to Xbox — and this Arcane character is joining the roster

Riot Games shared that the closed beta for fighting game 2XKO kicks off on Sept. 9, 2025 for Windows PC users, with Vi joining the playable roster.

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