MacBook Neo Performs Equal To The iPhone 16 Pro In New Benchmark, Binned A18 Pro Gets A Negligible Penalty In GPU Test
Omar Sohail / wccftech - The A18 Pro found in the newly announced MacBook Neo is slightly different from the silicon powering the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max, as Apple has resorted to chip-binning, giving a 5-core GPU to the portable Mac, while its older-generation flagsh…
- Apple courts Windows switchers, expanding down-market with Neo (6)
- Benchmarks: Neo's A18 Pro rivals iPhone chips and older Airs (6)
- Demand: pre-orders selling out, shipping delays, and launch discounts (4)
- Hands-on reviews: design trade-offs, missing features, and verdicts (10)
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Apple courts Windows switchers, expanding down-market with Neo
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Back to Top / Friday, March 6, 2026, 6:21 am / permalink 20258 / 27 stories in 12 hrs
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma Teases Project Helix, the Next-Gen Xbox, Promises it Will “Lead in Performance and Play Your Xbox and PC Games”
David Carcasole / wccftech - Asha Sharma, the recently installed chief executive officer of Microsoft Gaming and the new head of Xbox following Phil Spencer's retirement, has just teased the next-generation Xbox console in a post on her personal X (formerly Twitter) account, which we…
- Analysis: Project Helix may blur console and PC ecosystems (6)
- Community buzz: Reddit and social posts react to Project Helix (3)
- On-site: Microsoft teases Project Helix playing Xbox and PC games (9)
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Analysis: Project Helix may blur console and PC ecosystems
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Back to Top / Thursday, March 5, 2026, 3:21 pm / permalink 20227 / 20 stories in 27 hrs
OpenAI Releases Codex App for Windows
Paul Thurrott / thurrott - One month after it released a standalone Codex app on the Mac, OpenAI announced a version for Windows.The post OpenAI Releases Codex App for Windows appeared first on Thurrott.com.
Back to Top / Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 3:20 pm / permalink 20150 / 7 stories in 2 days
Sorry, first-party Playstation games aren't coming to PC anymore
Matt Tate / engadget - Sony is pulling a U-turn on its multi-platform strategy, with Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier reporting that first-party PS5 games soon to become exclusive once again, at the expense of PC players.Sony started releasing some of its biggest games on PC in 2020,…
- Breaking: Sony reverses PC port strategy; console-first reinstated (5)
- Cancelled PC ports: Ghost of Yōtei and Saros stay PS5-only (3)
- Why it matters: sales, branding, and console exclusivity debate (2)
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Breaking: Sony reverses PC port strategy; console-first reinstated
Cancelled PC ports: Ghost of Yōtei and Saros stay PS5-only
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Back to Top / Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 10:21 am / permalink 20125 / 12 stories in 2 days
Nvidia superchip infusion finally coming to Windows PCs, report says
Tobias Mann / theregister - Nv-based integrated graphics for Wintel box also in the works Your next laptop may have Nvidia inside – not in the form of a GPU, but as a system on a chip, complete with CPU. Team Green could be chipping away at Intel's marketshare and giving people Arm-…
Back to Top / Monday, February 23, 2026, 4:21 pm / permalink 19602 / 4 stories in 11 days
AMD Seemingly Stops Driver Updates for Ryzen Z1 Extreme Processor
techpowerup - AMD has reportedly stopped driver updates for its Ryzen Z1 Extreme APU solution for handheld consoles, according to the latest Lenovo Korea update. This means that only after 2 and a half years, AMD is pulling support for its SoC, leaving many enthusiasts…
Back to Top / Saturday, February 21, 2026, 4:21 pm / permalink 19535 / 5 stories in 13 days
Microsoft's new Windows 11 speed test is just a link to Ookla's Speedtest via Bing — button housed in the taskbar in latest Insider Preview build
tomshardware - Amidst endless complaints over the instability and bloating nature of Windows 11, Microsoft's latest insider builds add new emojis and a taskbar feature for its beta testers. Now, you can check your internet speed by right-clicking the network icon or ope…
Back to Top / Thursday, February 19, 2026, 12:21 pm / permalink 19424 / 5 stories in 15 days
Microsoft releases KB5077241 Update preview with new features for Windows 11 users
Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson / betanews - Microsoft has released a new build of Windows 11 to Windows Insiders signed up to the Release Preview Channel. The release of the KB5077241 update brings Windows 11 up to builds 26100.7918 and 26200.7918 and includes a number of important changes and – im…
Back to Top / Wednesday, February 18, 2026, 12:22 pm / permalink 19365 / 6 stories in 16 days
Microsoft Refreshes Secure Boot Certificates via Windows Update
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Microsoft has announced it will deliver new Secure Boot certificates via Windows Update starting March 2026 before 2011 certificates expire in June.The post Microsoft Refreshes Secure Boot Certificates via Windows Update appeared first on WinBuzzer.
Back to Top / Saturday, February 14, 2026, 12:20 pm / permalink 19190 / 6 stories in 20 days
Death Stranding 2 for PC finally has a release date, with new modes at launch
digitaltrends - Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is officially coming to PC this March, bringing Kojima’s surreal sequel to a wider audience along with new modes, features, and PC-specific upgrades.The post Death Stranding 2 for PC finally has a release date, with new mod…
Back to Top / Friday, February 13, 2026, 10:21 am / permalink 19128 / 3 stories in 21 days
Update Windows 11 Now: Major Notepad Flaw Fixed
Nehal Malik / iphoneincanada - If you’re running Windows 11, it’s time to hit that update button. Microsoft has patched a high-severity remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the Windows 11 Notepad app that could allow attackers to silently execute malicious files through special…
Back to Top / Thursday, February 12, 2026, 1:20 pm / permalink 19085 / 6 stories in 22 days
"Windows 11 26H1" is a special version of Windows exclusively for new Arm PCs
Andrew Cunningham / arstechnica - Arm PCs have enjoyed special treatment from Microsoft for the past two years.
Back to Top / Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 5:22 pm / permalink 19043 / 3 stories in 23 days
Microsoft is Refreshing Secure Boot Certificates on Millions of Windows PCs
techpowerup - On your Windows PC, the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) firmware has a Secure Boot Certificate that mandates only verified software starts the boot-up sequence. Microsoft is preparing to refresh these certificates, and the company announced t…
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 12:21 pm / permalink 18984 / 11 stories in 24 days
Windows 11 gets built-in Sysmon for security detection
Berry Zwets / techzine - Microsoft is bringing Sysmon functionality to Windows 11 and Windows Server 2025 as standard. The security tool, formerly part of Sysinternals, will be integrated into the operating system itself. Microsoft announced in November 2025 that Sysmon functiona…
Back to Top / Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 10:20 am / permalink 18745 / 5 stories in 4 wks
Windows 11’s Patch Tuesday nightmare gets worse — Microsoft says some PCs might not boot
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Back to Top / Monday, January 26, 2026, 12:20 am / permalink 18390 / 11 stories in 5 wks
Microsoft updates Notepad and Paint with more AI features
Sergiu Gatlan / bleepingcomputer - Microsoft is rolling out new artificial intelligence features with the latest updates to the Notepad and Paint apps for Windows 11 Insiders. [...]
Back to Top / Thursday, January 22, 2026, 9:21 am / permalink 18283 / 3 stories in 6 wks
Microsoft Forced to Issue Emergency Out-of-Band Windows Update
EditorDavid / slashdot - The senior editor at the blog Windows Central decries two serious Windows issues "that were not spotted by Microsoft during testing, and are so severe that the company has now issued an emergency fix to address the problems."Microsoft's first update for W…
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Back to Top / Sunday, January 18, 2026, 2:20 pm / permalink 18144 / 17 stories in 6 wks
Microsoft expands Windows Backup with first sign-in restore
Berry Zwets / techzine - Microsoft is expanding Windows Backup for Organizations with a first sign-in restore experience. Starting early 2026, Windows 11 users will be able to restore their settings and Microsoft Store apps at the very first sign-in, even on Microsoft Entra hybri…
Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 11:21 am / permalink 18036 / 2 stories in 7 wks
Microsoft confirms strange Windows 11 update bug affecting Outlook POP accounts
Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson / betanews - Some users of Outlook are reporting that they are experiencing problems after installing the KB5074109 update for Windows 11. Released just a few days ago, the update is causing Outlook to hang or freeze. While Microsoft has acknowledged the reports, it i…
Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 10:22 am / permalink 18029 / 4 stories in 7 wks
Wine 11.0 released with performance gains and WoW64 completion
techspot - Wine 11, the latest release of the Windows compatibility layer for Linux, introduces NTSYNC support and completes the new WoW64 architecture, delivering notable performance and compatibility improvements across Vulkan, Direct3D, and system integration.Rea…
Back to Top / Tuesday, January 13, 2026, 7:21 pm / permalink 17847 / 3 stories in 7 wks