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ELDEN RING: Nightreign Now Available for Preorder for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One Ahead of May 30 Launch

ELDEN RING: Nightreign Now Available for Preorder for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One Ahead of May 30 Launch

Elden Ring Nightreign is now available for preorder on Xbox series X|S, Xbox One, PC and PS5.
Google Meet Introduces new Continuous Framing feature with Logitech Series One Kits

Google Meet Introduces new Continuous Framing feature with Logitech Series One Kits

Google Meet gets a new feature called the Continuous Framing, which will be useful for video conference meetings. Read more about it here.
This is hilarious! Google calls Microsoft Edge as “Edgium”

This is hilarious! Google calls Microsoft Edge as “Edgium”

While referring to Microsoft Edge as one of the supported browsers for the Gemini Web App, the app help page refers to Edge as 'Edgium' when mentioning the Gemini Web App's eligibility and requirements.
Chrome on android may soon make it easier to force reader mode for pages

Chrome on android may soon make it easier to force reader mode for pages

Google is testing the ability to force reader mode in Chrome on Android for compatible pages by adding an option in the menu.
Asus Teases Xbox-Branded ROG Ally Handheld Ahead of Nintendo Switch 2 Reveal

Asus Teases Xbox-Branded ROG Ally Handheld Ahead of Nintendo Switch 2 Reveal

The speculated Project Kanan, is now confirmed to be the Asus Xbox ROG Ally, a handheld Windows powered device.
The Sinking City Remastered Announced For Xbox Series X/S, PC, and PS5

The Sinking City Remastered Announced For Xbox Series X/S, PC, and PS5

Good news for gamers as Frogwares has announced The Sinking City Remastered for Xbox Series X/S, PC and PS5 users.
Windows 11 Enhances Narrator with Speech Recap Feature for Visually Impraired users

Windows 11 Enhances Narrator with Speech Recap Feature for Visually Impraired users

Microsoft has introduced a new “Speech Recap” feature in the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.5160. This feature is currently being tested to improve the Narrator experience for users who rely on screen-reading assi...
Microsoft rolls out Quick Machine Recovery feature in Windows 11 Insider Preview Build

Microsoft rolls out Quick Machine Recovery feature in Windows 11 Insider Preview Build

?In the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.3653, Microsoft introduced a new “Quick Machine Recovery” feature that aims to automatically detect and resolve critical boot issues as they occur. ? You may also like to rea...
Google Chrome for iOS Tests Gemini Integration with ‘Explain’ Feature

Google Chrome for iOS Tests Gemini Integration with ‘Explain’ Feature

Google Chrome on iOS may soon allow users to ask Gemini to explain the selected text, with a new button “Explain Gemini” being added to the Edit menu, according to Chromium Gerrit. Gemini is Google’s large language model t...
NVIDIA wants to expand even more in the AI market, reportedly through AI servers

NVIDIA wants to expand even more in the AI market, reportedly through AI servers

NVIDIA is reportedly in advanced negotiations to acquire Lepton AI, a company that rents out servers based on NVIDIA’s artificial intelligence (AI) hardware. Sources told The Information that the acquisition is reportedly worth severa...
Windows Game Bar has a brand new look, and I bet you’ll love it

Windows Game Bar has a brand new look, and I bet you’ll love it

Microsoft has rolled out its March 2025 update on Xbox, which introduces significant changes to Windows and Cloud Gaming platforms. Among the notable features are a redesigned Windows Game Bar, improved Cloud Gaming features, and additional...
Waze drops Google Assistant on iOS, promises a better AI assistant soon

Waze drops Google Assistant on iOS, promises a better AI assistant soon

Waze has officially discontinued support for Google Assistant on its iOS app, citing persistent integration issues that have lasted over a year. In a Tuesday announcement, the company acknowledged the prolonged inconvenience to users and vo...
Google is making the Android development private, but doesn’t touch open-source releases

Google is making the Android development private, but doesn’t touch open-source releases

Google has confirmed a significant alteration of its Android operating system (OS) development process: It will perform all development work in secret. This is to ease operations and eliminate the complexities associated with having both pu...
Get yourself a paid ChatGPT account if you want to use the new image generator

Get yourself a paid ChatGPT account if you want to use the new image generator

OpenAI’s introduction of image generation in ChatGPT has been a real success, it seems, getting people excited and interested in AI image generation for the first time in a while. Maybe a bit too excited, as CEO Sam Altman said on X t...
Microsoft overhauls the sign-in UI, makes it “passwordless and passkey-first”

Microsoft overhauls the sign-in UI, makes it “passwordless and passkey-first”

Microsoft is rolling out a new sign-in interface across its services like Outlook, Windows, Xbox, and Microsoft 365 to enhance user experience and security. The overhaul, designed from the ground up based on Microsoft’s Fluent 2 desig...
Microsoft’s new Surface devices are reportedly smaller, lighter, and thiner

Microsoft’s new Surface devices are reportedly smaller, lighter, and thiner

Microsoft is reportedly preparing to launch a smaller Surface Pro, with a new device appearing in a certification database that has fueled speculation that the release is coming soon. The smaller Surface PC, as reported by Windows Central, ...
Microsoft’s new block on Windows 11 24H2 is caused by an audio bug

Microsoft’s new block on Windows 11 24H2 is caused by an audio bug

Microsoft has temporarily halted the Windows 11 24H2 update rollout due to known audio compatibility issues with specific devices. The problem happens on devices that have Dirac Audio with cridspapo.dll. This new block comes days after Micr...
Strix Halo might end up in desktop PCs, AMD CEO confirms in an interview

Strix Halo might end up in desktop PCs, AMD CEO confirms in an interview

AMD might be introducing its Strix Halo processors on desktop platforms, as CEO Dr. Lisa Su hinted in an interview recently (5:40 minute) with the General Manager of Asus China. Initially aimed at mobile use, Strix Halo turned out to be an ...
Google’s new Gemini 2.5 models can “reason through their thoughts before responding”

Google’s new Gemini 2.5 models can “reason through their thoughts before responding”

Google has unveiled Gemini 2.5, its latest set of AI reasoning models designed to enhance the accuracy and depth of AI responses, not long after Gemma 3. This version has enhanced “thinking” power, where the model sequences task...
PlayStation Store pre-orders are dominated right now by Xbox exclusives

PlayStation Store pre-orders are dominated right now by Xbox exclusives

Microsoft’s recent efforts to get its gaming roster on multiple platforms are rewarding the company in a huge manner, as evidenced by the pre-order numbers of former Xbox exclusives on the PlayStation Store. Titles such as Forza Horiz...
ChatGPT’s new image generator might actually be good. It’s definitely easier to use

ChatGPT’s new image generator might actually be good. It’s definitely easier to use

OpenAI has significantly improved ChatGPT by adding advanced image-generation capabilities utilizing its new GPT-4o model. The new release allows users to create and edit images directly within the ChatGPT platform, a radical enhancement of...
Google patches a Chrome zero-day vulnerability used in espionage

Google patches a Chrome zero-day vulnerability used in espionage

Google has released an out-of-band security patch for its Chrome browser to fix a high-severity zero-day vulnerability, CVE-2025-2783, which has been actively exploited in targeted espionage campaigns. The security firm Kaspersky unearthed ...
Microsoft’s 365 Copilot gets Researcher and Analyst, two new agents to help you out

Microsoft’s 365 Copilot gets Researcher and Analyst, two new agents to help you out

Microsoft unveiled two advanced AI agents, Researcher and Analyst, for its Microsoft 365 Copilot. These agents will apparently make users more productive by saving time on research and data analysis.? Here’s how the new agents work Re...
If you’ve seen the This app can’t run on your PC error when installing Chrome, Google fixed it (+ an alternative solution)

If you’ve seen the This app can’t run on your PC error when installing Chrome, Google fixed it (+ an alternative solution)

Google has resolved a recent issue that prevented users from installing the Chrome browser on Windows PCs. The problem, which started on March 25, 2025, was accompanied by an error message stating, “This app can’t run on your PC. To...