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Microsoft's Xbox AI assistant Gaming Copilot is coming to consoles this year, and not stopping there — "We will continue to bring it to more services that players are playing"

Nearly a full year after its introduction, Microsoft has announced the Xbox AI Gaming Copilot is coming to consoles later in 2026.

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'We want that the real-time images look indistinguishable from reality. We want them to look like a film.' Nvidia has lofty goals for path-traced graphics, but its support for Microsoft's shader stutter cure is a lot more interesting to me

'We want that the real-time images look indistinguishable from reality. We want them to look like a film.' Nvidia has lofty goals for path-traced graphics, but its support for Microsoft's shader stutter cure is a lot more interesting to me

Can't brute force your way to path tracing nirvana, so it'll be AI all the way into the future of graphics.

Microsoft just fixed my BIGGEST gripe about the Windows 11 setup experience — power users rejoice!

Microsoft just fixed my BIGGEST gripe about the Windows 11 setup experience — power users rejoice!

The latest Windows 11 preview build introduces the ability to specify a custom user directory for your account, something both macOS and Linux have supported for decades.

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"AI is not a shiny new feature," Xbox AI lead says, and "our games industry has been building AI systems for decades" from cheat detection to pathfinding

"Since 2005, we've had Drivatar in Forza Motorsport"

ROG Xbox Ally X gaming handheld to get Auto Super Resolution boost in April — Microsoft touts 30% performance boost thanks to AI-powered image upscaling

Auto Super Resolution, an OS-level AI upscaling feature for Windows 11, is heading to the ROG Xbox Ally X and could deliver noticeable frame-rate improvements.

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Microsoft teams up with Nvidia, AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm to share 'our dream of bringing console-level GPU developer tools to Windows'

It could be laying the foundation for whatever the Xbox division is cooking up, too.

4 new Microsoft Teams features coming next month, including AI you'll actually use and a must-have feature for saving time

Windows 11 March 2026 update adds native Sysmon, WebP wallpapers, Taskbar speed test, Quick Machine Recovery for Pro, and more.

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How the Microsoft Stock Correction Created a $4K Options Opportunity

How the Microsoft Stock Correction Created a $4K Options Opportunity

In this video, Rick Orford explains two ways to profit on bearish stock moves.

Xbox just wiped out most of the excuses game developers use to skip the platform

Xbox just wiped out most of the excuses game developers use to skip the platform

Microsoft has significantly streamlined Xbox development, cutting onboarding time to about 30 minutes and introducing Foundation Mode, which gives developers free access to PlayFab cross platform backend services when shipping games on Xbox.

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Microsoft confirms Project Helix with a custom AMD chip built for next‑gen Xbox, plus new FSR Diamond tech that promises sharper, cleaner visuals for everyone

Microsoft confirms Project Helix with a custom AMD chip built for next‑gen Xbox, plus new FSR Diamond tech that promises sharper, cleaner visuals for everyone

Microsoft has revealed the first hardware details for Project Helix, the next generation Xbox console. The system will use a custom AMD system on chip and feature new technologies such as FSR Diamond, DirectStorage, and improved ray tracing performance.

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'GeForce 3 was such a transition for us': Nvidia's Jensen Huang looks back on 25 years of the classic graphics card

'GeForce 3 was such a transition for us': Nvidia's Jensen Huang looks back on 25 years of the classic graphics card

Feeling nostalgic?

Yes, you can run Windows apps on the MacBook Neo — but Parallels Desktop warns of 8GB memory constraints

Yes, you can run Windows apps on the MacBook Neo — but Parallels Desktop warns of 8GB memory constraints

Apple’s MacBook Neo can technically run Parallels, but the reality of Windows performance on Neo may disappoint.

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Microsoft removes its 'This is an Xbox' marketing campaign and is slowly purging all mention of it

Microsoft removes its 'This is an Xbox' marketing campaign and is slowly purging all mention of it

See you, space cowboy.

A free Xbox Ally X update could deliver up to 30% smoother performance for your handheld games — "Automatic Super Resolution" preview starts soon

A free Xbox Ally X update could deliver up to 30% smoother performance for your handheld games — "Automatic Super Resolution" preview starts soon

Xbox has confirmed that Automatic Super Resolution will arrive on Xbox Ally X in a preview this April. The AI powered feature uses the device’s NPU to upscale games and improve performance.

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Wall Street buckles in for a long war as Hormuz remains closed and Trump says he has ‘plenty of time’

Three words spooking the market.

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Microsoft debuts DirectStorage 1.4 at GDC 2026, with Zstandard compression and GACL — update promises developers improved compression ratios, faster loading, and more

DirectStorage 1.4 brings along key upgrades to the API, including support for Zstandard compression as well as CreatorID for improved GPU scheduling.

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Still running Firefox on Windows 7? Mozilla has your back (for now) but admits it's risky without "official support from Microsoft"

Firefox just extended support for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 by six months, giving systems that refuse to die more time to get updates.

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Microsoft's AI wants to be your medical middleman, but is a "Secure by Design" promise really enough for Copilot?

Microsoft’s Copilot Health isn't a doctor, but it wants to manage your data from 50,000 hospitals. Can we trust the company's new "Secure by Design" mandate?

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Mac Neo vs. Windows’ future, Windows 12 misinformation, and the truth behind Project Helix — Windows Central Podcast

Podcast: Daniel and Zac discuss Apple's new MacBook Neo and how it might impact the Windows market going forward. Also on this episode: Windows 12 rumors, what's real and what's not? Plus, the latest on Project Helix, the next-gen Xbox.

AI policy's new power center

As lawmakers debate guardrails, the Pentagon showed how it can reshape the AI industry with a single contract decision.

Microsoft's IPO turns 40 today. If you invested $1,000 in Microsoft in 1986, you’d have $5.5 million today

Forty years after going public at $21 a share, Microsoft grew from a two-person software startup into a $3 trillion empire powering nearly every corner of the global economy.

New 'Fallout' Game Is Reportedly Canceled, But Is It the Remaster Project?

A new Fallout game is now reportedly canceled by a Microsoft-owned studio, and many fear it to be the rumored remaster.

Xbox just revealed Gaming Copilot is coming to "current-generation consoles" later this year

"We will continue to bring it to more services that players are playing"

'The tools SMBs need to stay productive, connected and ready for the future': Dell's latest SMB laptops promise high performance and decent hardware

Dell Pro Essential laptops, desktops, and mobile workstations combine performance, durability, and remote management to support SMB hybrid productivity and scalability.

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AMD, Broadcom, and Nvidia join hyperscalers to define optical scale-up interconnect of the future for AI clusters — Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI to benefit as speeds eventually scale to 3.2 Tb/s

AMD, Broadcom, and Nvidia team up with Microsoft, Meta, and OpenAI to develop protocol-agnostic optical scale-up interconnects for AI clusters.

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