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Microsoft rolls out Xbox Mode, bringing a console-like experience to any PC

After a lengthy preview period, Microsoft's Xbox Mode has landed on all Windows 11 PCs.

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Valve's Steam Deck with SteamOS' main menu open
Steam Deck restocks are coming, but Valve is battling memory shortages and global supply chaos to make it happen

It wants Steam Decks back on shelves as soon as realistically possible.

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Satya Nadella wants Windows to use less RAM as part of a bigger push to win back consumers

It's part of a huge drive across all of Microsoft's brands to regain trust.

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Someone built the PlayStation controller PC dongle that Sony refuses to make

All it needs is a Raspberry Pi.

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Someone ported the OG Xbox dashboard to PC, and yes, it launches Steam games

I miss when console dashboards were only different shades of green.

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ACEMAGICIAN K1 Mini Gaming PC
This mini PC packs a Ryzen 7 and 24GB RAM, and its discounted price is now hard to ignore

Don't let its small size fool you

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Asus just dropped its 32-inch ProArt 6K monitor to an all-time low, and creators are taking notice

Take $400 off for a limited time

The PlayStation 5 sitting on a table.
You can turn your PS5 into a Linux-powered gaming PC now, but there are big trade-offs

PS5-Linux is pretty limited right now.

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You, too, can build this ESP32 3D-printed solar system model, and yes, it spins

It even has a small moon.

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Ghostty is ditching GitHub over chronic reliability failures, and no one knows where it's going yet

There were more bad days than good ones during April.

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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D sitting on top of a box.
This AMD processor crushes workloads at a price that finally makes sense
CPU

An absolute powerhouse

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This 17-inch powerhouse laptop just became more affordable thanks to a $300 discount

This unexpected choice may just change your mind about big screen laptops

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Microsoft open-sources MS-DOS 1.0, offering a rare look at PC history

This is a rare look at the tech giant's first operating system

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The latest PowerToys update brings a useful Linux-like feature to Windows 11

There's also a new tool that lets your adjust your monitor's settings from the System Tray.

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The Steam Deck OLED sitting on a table
Valve says it hasn't forgotten about the Steam Deck 2

The company claims it's still "hard at work" on the handheld.

Resident Evil 9 requiem on a gaming PC.
Denuvo is finally dead: every PC game protected by the DRM can now be cracked or bypassed

A decade-long fight comes to an end.

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An AI agent deleted a company's entire database in 9 seconds, then confessed it 'guessed' instead of asking

The business owner didn't get a single prompt about the deletion.

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The Windows 11 Teams app
Microsoft Teams is making it easier to view and manage all of your downloads

The update will arrive pretty soon.

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AI is arriving on Ubuntu, and it's open source, local, and nothing like what you're worried about

Seriously, it all sounds pretty good.

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Microsoft is finally updating a Windows 8 relic that hung on all the way to Windows 11

It has stuck around since 2012.

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