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Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite laptops suffer compatibility issues with many games — even Intel's integrated Arc Graphics is up to 3x faster

Snapdragon X Elite advertised 'flawless' Windows gaming on Arm, but the truth lands far from that lofty goal. Some games run quite well, but many have problems and older games ofter refuse to run at all.

Tom’s Hardware

This Windows 11 setting can ruin your Copilot+ PC gaming — how to turn off Automatic Super Resolution

A new Windows 11 setting made just for Copilot+ PCs isn't meshing well with many games, even games the setting is supposedly compatible with.

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Upcoming Xbox RPG Avowed features some "darker, scarier areas" and "tonal variety," according to directors

In an interview, Avowed's game director and gameplay director share details on the game's tone, including the kinds of variety players can expect in the atmosphere of the Living Lands.

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Lenovo Slim 7 (2024) review: My favorite business laptop of the year (so far)

The Lenovo Slim 7 is available at Costco for $999, and that's a great deal for this 14-inch Windows 11 laptop with an OLED touchscreen. This Lenovo Slim 7 review will show you why.

Tom’s Guide

Elden Ring's DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree, surpasses 5 million tarnished in less than a week

The Elden Ring train has no stops. The new DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree, just surpassed 5 million sales. What's the next milestone?

Windows Central

Best laptops for graphic design in 2024, tried and tested

Top-quality laptops for designers, digital artists, photography enthusiasts and more

Evening Standard

Microsoft has gone too far: including a Game Pass ad in the Settings app ushers in a whole new age of ridiculous over-advertising

Windows 11 users will have Game Pass ads in their settings menu next month as Microsoft bloats PC’s with ads.

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I tried gaming on the Microsoft Surface Laptop 7th Edition... I wanted to cry

ARM-based processors, like the Snapdragon X Elite and Apple silicon, don’t have the best luck running video games. But I gamed on the Microsoft Surface Laptop 7th Edition to find out how good or bad it really is.

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The handheld gaming PC market is already oversaturated

Too much of a good thing.

PC Gamer

Valve says "more players than ever are choosing to play Steam games with a controller," and nearly 60% of them are on team Xbox

Controller use on Steam has tripled in six years

GamesRadar

Microsoft Surface Laptop 7 review: makes me believe in the Surface series again

The Microsoft Surface Laptop 7 has completely changed my mind about the Surface Laptop series.

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Windows 1.0 goes back to the future with the help of Raspberry Pi – PicoVision and emulation let you GUI like it's 1985

The Pimoroni PicoVision incorporates two RP2040 microcontrollers, offering plenty of computing power to run the OG Windows 1.01 version.

Tom’s Hardware

The wait is almost over. Windows 11 will FINALLY feature an ad for Game Pass in the Settings app next month

Microsoft just released a preview update to Windows 11 that ads an advertisement for Game Pass within the Settings app. The update will make its way to general users next month if testing goes well.

Windows Central

Microsoft console files are being exploited to let hackers gain access to private systems

MSC files used to target a known Windows flaw, allowing hackers to drop Cobalt Strike beacons.

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Microsoft Surface Pro 11 review: the best Surface ever — and it'll only get better

The Microsoft Surface Pro 11 had a high bar to clear, and it has absolutely made me a believer in Microsoft's vision for Windows-on-Arm.

Tom’s Hardware

Analysts say average laptop RAM quota will reach 11.8GB in 2024 — up 12% year-on-year

Minimum laptop RAM capacity is slowly inching to 16 GB as Microsoft requires it for its Copilot+ certification, but MacBooks that start at 8 GB still hold back the jump.

Windows Central

My biggest issue with Copilot+ isn't Windows Recall, it's that Microsoft is ignoring millions of Windows users

Copilot+ is here, but hardly anyone can use it. In a world of bad headlines and millions of Windows users, why has Microsoft decided to freeze out those with capable hardware from the likes of NVIDIA?

TechRadar

One of the most persistent Windows 11 bugs ever keeps telling users they’ve changed their location, when they haven’t – but it’s getting fixed

While it’s not a showstopper, this is one of the more annoying glitches we’ve seen on Windows 11 (and Windows 10 too).

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The new HP OmniBook X with Snapdragon X Elite just crushed the MacBook Air M3 in battery life

MacBooks with Apple Silicon set the current standard for laptop battery life, but some of the Copilot+ PCs we've tested have just surpassed them.

TechRadar

Gigabyte Aorus FO32U2P: a fast, well-featured but expensive 4K QD-OLED gaming monitor

The Aorus FO32U2P is a super-premium gaming monitor with plenty of features, but is it worth its high price tag?

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HP EliteBook Ultra Copilot+ PC gives the MacBook Air a run for its money

The first wave of Microsoft Copilot+ PCs arrived last week, which means it's time to test all of the claims made about the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite chipset's performance.

Windows Central

The best-looking File Explorer alternative just got a curvy new update

Files is a third-party file management app on Windows that includes several features not available in the official File Explorer. The latest update to Files adds more curves and a bunch of new options.

TechRadar

HP Spectre Foldable 17 review: a flagship screen and hugely versatile device, but it’s fatally flawed

Fatally flawed, but beautiful, HP’s $5,000 foldable fell short of our expectations in the end.

Windows Central

VALORANT's latest massive update brings Ranked to console and animated gun pets to everyone

Riot Games has released the VALORANT 9.0 update to console and Windows PC, with plenty of new features, balance changes, and improvements on board.

Tom’s Hardware

Microsoft now forces automatic OneDrive backups — feature enabled during clean Windows installs, users surprised with desktop icons and files

OneDrive backup and syncing becomes an opt-out feature for Windows 11.

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