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AMD is bringing FSR 4.1 to Xbox consoles and handhelds
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Microsoft reportedly plans Xbox handheld in 2027, next-gen console in 2028
Tom Warren Close Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Follow Follow is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is reportedly planning to launch an Xbox “next-generation handheld device” for the holiday season of 2027. The Xbox next-gen console, codename Project Helix, would then launch in the holidays of 2028, according to a new report from Fortune.
AMD is bringing FSR 4.1 to Xbox consoles and handhelds
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AMD is bringing FSR 4.1 to Xbox consoles and handhelds
Tom Warren Close Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Follow Follow is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. AMD has just revealed that it’s bringing its latest upscaling technology, FSR 4.1, to the Xbox Series S and X consoles, as well as laptops, 6000-series GPUs, and both the Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X handhelds.
AMD is bringing FSR 4.1 to Xbox consoles and handhelds
It sure looks like the PS6 will cost over US$1,000 PlayStation’s next console is likely going to be even more expensive than you might think. According to credible AMD leaker KeplerL2, Sony’s …
A week with RTX Spark: everything we’ve learned using Nvidia’s new laptops
3 hours ago iPhone Duo, Apple’s first foldable iPhone, went up for pre-order today. Within minutes of pre-orders opening, however, estimated delivery dates started slipping all the way to next year. The first iPhone Duo pre-orders are set to arrive on October 23, but only for the lucky people who placed their …
Surface Laptop Ultra review: a different kind of MacBook Pro
CPU cores 18 20 18 10 18 12 Graphics cores Apple M5 Max (40 cores) Nvidia N1X (6,144 CUDA cores) Apple M5 Pro (20 cores) Apple M5 (10 cores) Adreno X2-90 Nvidia RTX 5090 Laptop GPU (10,496 CUDA cores) Geekbench 6 CPU Single 4330 2864 4294 4208 3643 2968 Geekbench 6 CPU Multi 29143 19030 29104 17948 22044 15922 Geekbench 6 GPU (OpenCL) 145613 144352 88531 49059 41101 213016 Geekbench 7 CPU Single 3693 2705 3675 Not tested Not tested Not tested Geekbench 7 CPU Multi 35439 23445 34021 Not tested...
Microsoft says Windows 11 is now ‘more responsive’ and runs better on 8GB of RAM
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How Windows is being optimized for Nvidia’s RTX Spark laptops
Xbox is officially embracing the chaos of AI-powered game ports. Retro gaming is booming at the moment thanks to decompilations and recompilations that are letting gamers port classic titles to new devices, or merge code from two different games into a single new experience.
Microsoft says Windows 11 is now ‘more responsive’ and runs better on 8GB of RAM
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Honey, Xbox shrunk its controller
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Honey, Xbox shrunk its controller
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Xbox is officially embracing the chaos of AI-powered game ports
Team, The first video games emerged some 75 years ago. In the time since, there have been booms and busts, but every year there are more great games to play, more devices to play them, and best of all, more people than ever playing. That growth helped make XBOX what it is today, and we’ve helped shape the industry in return, from bringing hard drives to consoles and online gaming through Xbox Live to Game Pass and cloud gaming, alongside franchises that have brought millions of people together.
Xbox is officially embracing the chaos of AI-powered game ports
Hundreds of layoffs and many cancelled projects later, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma reportedly says 'we will not survive' without new IPs Having one's cake and eating it too is meant to be a metaphor. Thousands of layoffs, a couple of booted studios, and a re-organisation of Obsidian …
DLSS 5 gets toned down for its Hogwarts Legacy debut next month
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DLSS 5 gets toned down for its Hogwarts Legacy debut next month
6 hours ago Get better at: Being magnetic Today's move The people who command a room aren't just interesting, they're fully present. That allows them to notice how people are reacting and to make those around them feel they have their full attention. To be present during important interactions, you need to first …
Microsoft’s new AI chip makes it less reliant on Nvidia’s GPUs
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Microsoft’s new AI chip makes it less reliant on Nvidia’s GPUs
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Microsoft tries to spark new life into Windows
When Microsoft released Windows 11 five years ago, it felt like an operating system that was still being renovated, a work in progress. You’d think by now that those renovations would be complete, with Microsoft turning its attention to Windows 12. Instead, Windows 11 feels like it’s here to stay, forming the foundation for Microsoft’s next big ambition: transforming Windows into an agentic OS.
Microsoft 365 Family subscribers will finally be able to share AI benefits
AI for everyone on your plan: Share your Copilot benefits and AI usage with other members on your plan. Plus, manage AI access for younger family members. More flexible AI usage: Your individual AI feature limits will shift to a single AI usage allowance that you can apply to the advanced AI features you use most. Plus, purchase more AI usage when you need it.
Microsoft 365 Family subscribers will finally be able to share AI benefits
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Microsoft’s new Windows Search is exactly what Windows 11 needs
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The Surface Laptop Ultra finally has a release date — and a starting price of $2,599
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Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra has built-in magnetic USB-C charging
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Windows and Surface event: how to watch and what to expect
Surface Laptop Ultra. Microsoft already unveiled its MacBook Pro competitor earlier this year, but we’re still waiting on pricing, release dates, and full specs. I’d expect we’ll get all of these details and lots more. Rumors suggest Microsoft will release multi configurations of the Laptop Ultra, with 18-core and 20-core CPU variants and RAM configurations all the way up to 128GB. RTX Spark platform.
Forza Horizon 6 Reportedly Coming to PS5 in January on Disc
According to a report from reliable leaker billbil-kun on French site , will finally land on PS5 early next year, despite Microsoft insisting it would make it out by the end of 2026. Playground's well-received racer launched on Xbox Series X and S and PC in May 2026. The PS5 version is now set to dodge a collision with , which seems to have its own track and street racing, and will reportedly release on January 26, 2027.
Xbox has secured exclusive GTA 6 streaming rights
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Xbox has secured exclusive GTA 6 streaming rights
An unofficial GTA V port on a web browser went live and was taken down within hours. Alex St. Louis, the founder of Wonder Interactive, shared a clip …
Inside Microsoft’s big Copilot rethink
Microsoft refreshes its smaller Surface Pro and Laptop with Qualcomm’s X2 Plus. Microsoft is keeping the same design and hardware features of its existing Surface Pro 12-inch and Surface Laptop 13-inch devices, but it’s upgrading them with Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon X2 Plus chips. That should mean better performance and battery life, but thanks to RAMageddon, it also means higher price points.
Microsoft’s Office and Teams chief is leaving
Team, In 1996, as a college freshman, I taught myself to code so a few friends and I could help other students find a place to live around campus. I didn’t know much. I did know the internet was about to change how people found things, and I wanted to be as close to that as possible.
Inside Microsoft’s big Copilot rethink
Last week, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella hosted an intimate, invite-only event for leaders from some of its key enterprise customers. Instead of a flashy media event, Nadella outlined the future of Copilot directly to the customers Microsoft really cares about, pitching its latest rethink of the AI assistant as the “OS for work.” Microsoft is adding coding and agent capabilities directly into Copilot, as well as bringing the full power of Office into Copilot for the first time.
Inside Microsoft’s big Copilot rethink
Chatbots 7 hours ago NFL Week 4 predictions by Microsoft Copilot AI for every game USA TODAY Sports - Jacob Camenker • 7h Microsoft Copilot AI had its worst week of the season thus far with its Week 3 picks. After posting a record of 11-5 in each of the first two weeks of the 2026 NFL season, Copilot was only able to go 9-7 with its Week 3 predictions.
‘Xbox is not for sale’ says Microsoft’s gaming chief
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‘Xbox is not for sale’ says Microsoft’s gaming chief
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Apple’s ‘HomePad’ will reportedly launch on October 13th
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Xbox’s Mythic Achievements are here and they’re just like PlayStation Platinum trophies
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Xbox’s Mythic Achievements are here and they’re just like PlayStation Platinum trophies
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Xbox’s Mythic Achievements are here and they’re just like PlayStation Platinum trophies
17 hours ago Asha Sharma, the 38-year-old chief executive of Microsoft’s Xbox division, approaches questions with the camera-ready positivity of Zohran Mamdani and the corporate pragmatism of Sam Altman. Like those other millennial leaders, she answers swiftly, with proverbs on demand. “Great things happen over …
Microsoft thinks its new Copilot ‘super app’ will be as influential as Office
Tom Warren Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All by Tom Warren is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. After teasing its new Copilot “super app” last month, Microsoft is officially unveiling it today. The redesigned Copilot app bundles three AI capabilities into a single interface of chat, coding, and agents.
Microsoft thinks its new Copilot ‘super app’ will be as influential as Office
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Microsoft puts Brad Smith in charge of communications
Communications has never been more important to Microsoft. The company is changing, our industry is changing, and the world around us is changing. And in a media environment that is increasingly fragmented and noisier than ever, we need to continue to be grounded in our mission, earn trust each day, and find new ways to connect directly with all of our constituencies. I first want to thank Frank for everything he has done for Microsoft.
The Xbox reset gets ugly
2 days ago The latest changes at Microsoft’s gaming division signal a further retreat from the Xbox brand. Xbox has become a shell of its former self — and things are only getting worse. As part of its planned cuts impacting around 3,200 workers, the company announced today more changes that will further …
The Xbox reset gets ugly Original
It feels like Xbox has been in a permanent state of turmoil for at least two years now, and this week is no different. Microsoft cut 268 jobs across its gaming division this week, shuffled major studios and franchises around, and continued its Xbox “reset.” Layoffs have become a way of life for Xbox employees, after Microsoft started cutting thousands in early 2024 and hasn’t slowed down.
Microsoft’s new Surface Mouse has haptic feedback and a customizable action button
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Microsoft refreshes its smaller Surface Pro and Laptop with Qualcomm’s X2 Plus
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Xbox’s Mythic Achievements sound like PlayStation’s Platinum trophy
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Xbox’s Mythic achievements sound like PlayStation’s Platinum trophy
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Xbox is merging its Forza developers into a single studio
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Microsoft is laying off 268 Xbox staffers and Ninja Theory may close
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Microsoft is laying off 268 Xbox staffers and Ninja Theory may close
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