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Windows 10X Won’t Ship in 2021 as Microsoft Shifts Priorities [Update: Confirmed]

Despite being announced back in the fall of 2019 and having already suffered from multiple delays, a new report is claiming that Windows 10X won’t ship in 2021 and possibly may never see an official retail launch. The latest on Windows 10X’s development comes from longtime Windows insider Brad Sams at Petri, who according to…

Tech News Sam Rutherford

Microsoft Is Cutting the Adobe Flash Cord in July

Adobe Flash officially reached end of life at the end of 2020, and now Microsoft is removing Flash from Windows 10 this summer. While Microsoft had already started to remove support for Flash from a number of its apps, including its Edge browser, there is still some native support for Adobe’s Flash Player built into…

Tech News Sam Rutherford

The Time Has Come for an Xbox Laptop

With the launch of the Xbox Series S/X, Microsoft has entered a new age of console gaming with support for ray tracing, 120Hz refresh rates, and more. But with continued expansion of Microsoft’s Surface family of PCs, I can’t help but wonder if the time for an Xbox gaming laptop has finally arrived. Now at…

Tech News Sam Rutherford

Xbox Games Will Be Playable On PC and iOS Starting Tomorrow—If You Score an Invite

Xbox announced this morning its cloud gaming platform is nearly ready for Edge, Google Chrome, and Safari browsers. Starting tomorrow, the company will send out a limited number of invites to Game Pass Ultimate subscribers in 22 countries to take part in the beta. Game Pass Ultimate subscribers invited to take part in the beta…

Games Joanna Nelius

Microsoft Edge Adds a Kids Mode for Parents Worried About Their Shared Devices

In Microsoft’s ongoing endeavor to convert people to its rebooted Edge web browser, it’s launching a new Kids Mode that makes it easy for parents to control how their children surf the web. Kids Mode is a free option built directly into Microsoft Edge on Windows and macOS. Enabling it is as simple as navigating…

Tech News Alyse Stanley

Microsoft Lands $22 Billion to Put Custom HoloLens Headsets on U.S. Soldiers

In late 2018, Microsoft struck a $480 million deal with the U.S. Army to deliver augmented reality headset prototypes based on its HoloLens system. Well, it appears the military is a fan because it’s inked a contract to get a whole lot more of them. As in, over 120,000 headsets worth up to $21.88 billion…

Tech News Victoria Song

Cortana Is Dead on Android and iOS Today

Normally April 1 is a day for jokes and pranks, but this year it also marks a funeral of sorts: the death of Cortana on mobile devices. Following Microsoft’s decision to shut down Cortana on smart speakers, including the Harman Kardon Invoke earlier this year, Microsoft is now pulling support for the Cortana app on…

Tech News Sam Rutherford

Latest Windows 10 Update Is Causing Some Printers to Crash PCs

The latest Windows 10 update isn’t playing nice with some printers. According to Windows Latest, the issue is affecting printers from Kyocera, Ricoh, and Zebra. When a user sends a file to print, instead of actually printing, the entire PC will crash, showing the dreaded Blue Screen of Death along with the error code “APC_INDEX_MISMATCH…

Tech News Joanna Nelius

Mesh Is Microsoft’s Vision for Sending Your Hologram Back to the Office

Today at Microsoft’s annual Ignite conference, the tech giant revealed a bold glimpse at the future of digital collaboration with Mesh, a new mixed reality experience set to shape how people work and socialize online. Powered by Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform and designed to run on a range of devices, including Microsoft’s Hololens headsets, traditional…

Tech News Sam Rutherford

Microsoft’s New Headphones are Made for (Xbox) Gamers

If you’re dying to pick up an Xbox Series X or S but have been out of luck so far, Microsoft has a new device to tide you over. The $99 Xbox Wireless Headset, available next month, is a pair of gaming headphones in the style of the new Xbox with a few noteworthy features.…

Gadgets John Biggs

Snipping Tool Bug is Keeping Windows Insider Users From Copy-Pasting Screenshots

Windows Insider members have found an issue with Microsoft’s latest Windows 10 feature pack, one that affects part of the screen-snipping utility. “We are removing the capability to copy and paste a screen snip directly into a folder in File Explorer for now due to an issue discovered thanks to the feedback from Windows Insiders.…

Tech News Joanna Nelius

The HP Envy 14 Sports a Taller Display and Webcam Shutter to Better Balance Work and Play

As the line between home and work continues to blur, HP has revamped its mainstream Envy 14 laptop with a fresh new design, which includes a taller display, a physical webcam shutter, and faster components to better balance play and productivity. By moving up from last year’s 13-inch chassis, the new Envy 14 is a…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford

Windows 10 Update Will Get Rid of Flash Once and for All

Adobe Flash, the multimedia software platform that powered so many pre-YouTube animated videos like Homestar Runner, is officially ancient technology. As of December 31, 2020, Adobe stopped supporting the software, and now Microsoft is telling every Windows 10 user it’s time to ditch it if they haven’t already. A new Windows 10 update from Microsoft,…

Tech News Joanna Nelius

A New Windows Insider Build Lets ARM PCs Emulate x64 Like Apple’s Rosetta 2

Yesterday, Microsoft announced it released the first preview of x64 emulation for ARM64 devices on Windows 10 to users enrolled in the Windows Insider Program. The new feature is a part of Build 21277 (RS_PRERELEASE), which also includes updates to emojis, redesigned touch keyboard, voice typing, and theme-aware splash screens, as well as fixes for…

Tech News Joanna Nelius

Latest Windows 10 Patch Fixes Crashing Issue on PCs with Thunderbolt Ports

After Microsoft rolled out its Windows 10 version 20H2 and Windows 10 version 2004updates, some users reported having issues with their PCs crashing—specifically when plugging in an external Thunderbolt NVMe SSD. An incompatibility issue between those types of SSDs and the latest Windows versions was the culprit, causing some users to experience the dreaded Blue…

Tech News Joanna Nelius

Microsoft Is Finally Purging Flash From Windows

After being kept on life support for arguably far too long, Flash will finally be sent to that big hard drive in the sky by the end of this year. To make the goodbye a little easier, Microsoft has released a new Windows update that purges Flash Player before its eventual demise on December 31.…

Tech News Shoshana Wodinsky

Is That Gadget Haunted or Just Broken?

Ghosts. They’re said to haunt anything, even electronics. I’m sure the first people who put light bulbs in their homes thought they were being haunted when a power surge made their lamps flicker. But there are enough stories of kids’ toys stuffed away in a closet coming to life, even with the batteries removed, to…

Tech News Joanna Nelius

Acer Teamed Up with Porsche Design and Made a Laptop That’s Not Stupidly Expensive

I admit I’m kind of a sucker when it comes to Porsche Design gadgets (I once bought a Porsche Design lighter for well over $100 for no real good reason) because even though devices like the Porsche Design Book One, multiple Huawei phones, and others are typically wildly expensive, there’s something about their ultra-sleek styling…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford

It Is Very Easy to Keep Windows 10 From Randomly Restarting Whenever It Pleases

I don’t like my OS doing things or adding things without my permission as much as the next person. As a life-long Windows user, that little pop-up telling me to restart my PC has gotten on my nerves more times that I can count—but it’s not like Windows doesn’t give me the option to turn…

Gadgets Joanna Nelius

Windows 10X Won’t Ship in 2021 as Microsoft Shifts Priorities [Update: Confirmed]

Microsoft Is Cutting the Adobe Flash Cord in July

The Time Has Come for an Xbox Laptop

Xbox Games Will Be Playable On PC and iOS Starting Tomorrow—If You Score an Invite

Microsoft Edge Adds a Kids Mode for Parents Worried About Their Shared Devices

Microsoft Lands $22 Billion to Put Custom HoloLens Headsets on U.S. Soldiers

Cortana Is Dead on Android and iOS Today

Latest Windows 10 Update Is Causing Some Printers to Crash PCs

Mesh Is Microsoft’s Vision for Sending Your Hologram Back to the Office

Microsoft’s New Headphones are Made for (Xbox) Gamers

Snipping Tool Bug is Keeping Windows Insider Users From Copy-Pasting Screenshots

The HP Envy 14 Sports a Taller Display and Webcam Shutter to Better Balance Work and Play

Windows 10 Update Will Get Rid of Flash Once and for All

A New Windows Insider Build Lets ARM PCs Emulate x64 Like Apple’s Rosetta 2

Latest Windows 10 Patch Fixes Crashing Issue on PCs with Thunderbolt Ports

Microsoft Is Finally Purging Flash From Windows

Is That Gadget Haunted or Just Broken?

Acer Teamed Up with Porsche Design and Made a Laptop That’s Not Stupidly Expensive

It Is Very Easy to Keep Windows 10 From Randomly Restarting Whenever It Pleases

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