The European Union accused Microsoft on Tuesday of violating competition rules. In a formal statement of objections, the bloc said it suspects the software giant of abusing antitrust rules by bundling its real-time communications and collaboration tool Teams with popular productivity apps, including cloud-based business suites Office 365 and Microsoft 365. The EU opened an … Read more
After briefly being anointed king of the stock market, Nvidia has been hit hard. While that could be a warning sign for investors concerned that this year’s rally has relied too heavily on a few big tech names, there are many ways to avoid bubble-like prices while staying broadly invested. Last Tuesday, Nvidia briefly passed … Read more
What you need to know Microsoft used to have a guide for switching between a Microsoft account and a local account on Windows 11. Several media outlets covered the guide, and many criticized Microsoft’s push to let people use Microsoft accounts on Windows 11. Microsoft has since removed the guide detailing the steps to switch … Read more
Las Vegas took center stage this weekend as the global hub for flight simulation, hosting the dynamic 2024 edition of FlightSimExpo. The event was an enthusiast’s paradise, offering them the opportunity to connect with the creators they admire and follow closely. The Microsoft Flight Simulator team was in full force, including, of course, Jorg Neumann … Read more
What you need to know iFixit recently shared its preliminary repairability scores for the Surface Pro 11 and Surface Laptop 7. Both devices received an 8/10, although they are rated as part of different form factors. iFixit praised Microsoft for making repair guides available from day one, making it easier to remove and replace parts, … Read more
What you need to know Microsoft no longer has any active underwater data centers. The company experimented with underwater data centers as part of its Project Natick. Underwater data centers experienced one-eighth the failure rate compared to land-based data centers. Microsoft explained that in other cases it will use what it learned from the project. … Read more
During the day WWDC 2024Apple showed off some shiny new features heading to iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia (and the other software platforms) later this year, but if you don’t want to wait for these features to become available, you can get quite a few of them now. Is this the end of Apple’s Lightning … Read more
What you need to know Black Myth: Wukong is an upcoming action-adventure title from Game Science. Based on the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West, Black Myth: Wukong’s spectacular visuals and tight combat are highly anticipated. Unfortunately, the Xbox version of the game was “delayed due to optimizations” to an unknown date on June … Read more
Adam StarkeyPublished June 21, 2024, 1:41 PM|Updated June 21, 2024, 1:42 PM Make way for GTA 6 (Rockstar) If you’re wondering why Microsoft gave so many vague release dates during the Xbox Games Showcase, it looks like GTA 6 is partly to blame. While the Xbox Games Showcase was perhaps the best presentation during this … Read more
Make way for GTA 6 (Rockstar) If you’re wondering why Microsoft gave so many vague release dates during the Xbox Games Showcase, that’s what it seems GTA 6 is partly to blame. While the Xbox Games Showcase was perhaps the best presentation during this year’s replacement E3 season, its main drawback was the lack of … Read more