Microsoft’s first new Windows 11 widget should make it even easier to find out which games are coming to PC Game Pass. The widget is only available to Windows Insider testers for now and is supposed to provide a “window” into the service’s game library, allowing you to check out recent additions and the games …
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T.his week, major oil and gas companies reported 11-figure profits in the second quarter. At the same time, inflation has reached 40-year highs around the world and recessions loom. The obscene profits of the fossil fuel industry are jarring when set against the many households currently struggling to afford basic heating, cooling and food needs. …
National and Labor are toeing the one-China line, but ACT leader David Seymour says he would be happy to visit Taiwan if invited. US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other officials waving to journalists at the Parliament in Taipei on 3 August. Photo: AFP China’s diplomats have been using fiery language and not-so-veiled threats in …
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P. Gyory et al., 2022 What’s a frustrated game designer to do when stuck at home during a global pandemic? If that designer is Peter Gyory, a graduate student at the University of Colorado, Boulder, you figure out how to make a game out of the piles of discarded cardboard lying around the house. The …
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Apple is making big changes to multitasking and collaboration in iPadOS 16, asking users and developers to get used to its ambitious new Stage Manager user interface. Now, based on anonymous sources, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that, unlike in previous years when new versions of iOS and iPadOS have come out at the same time, …
Microsoft has created a native version of its Microsoft Teams client for Macs with M1 or M2 chips. The software giant has developed a native Apple Silicon version of Microsoft Teams that should include performance benefits for Mac users with the latest M1 or M2 chips, and it’s rolling out over the coming months. “For …
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The prices that appeared in a recent consumer survey sent out to Overwatch players were randomized and “not indicative of final pricing,” says Blizzard Entertainment. As reported by IGN, players were shocked when they received surveys asking what prices they would be willing to pay for cosmetics in Overwatch 2, including sprays, weapon charms, highlight …
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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS running on a Surface Go. Image: Simon Bisson The original Surface Go is a nice little tablet that squeezes a lot out of a low-power Pentium-class processor and a 10 “display. It’s light and portable, the ideal form factor for a device that you put in a bag, ready to pull out …
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Microsoft has released two new Windows 11 previews to the Windows Insider Beta Channel with improvements to Defender for Endpoint’s ransomware protections and other fixes. Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 Beta Channel builds have included two releases: a higher build number with features rolling out, and a lower build number with features off by default. In …
AAPL investors need to see inside the company’s “$ 70 billion black box,” say analysts – a reference to Apple lumping together all its Services revenue into one figure, despite the fact that it effectively covers ten different businesses with the company. The issue is vital to understanding the level of the threat posed to …
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