Skip the wait for Windows 11's official battery widget with Battery Flyout
Apps Battery Flyout adds a Battery Status widget to Windows 11 so you can check your PC and accessories.
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Features
Age Twisters is the cutest co-op game to play with kids who think you are too old
GAMING Age Twisters is an upcoming co-op adventure by Piccolo Studio about a granddaughter and grandfather who have more in common than they first think.
PUBG: DED.NET is not your average Battle Royale
GAMING PUBG: DED.NET is a 1996-set PvP FPS that introduces a multi-match career journey and roguelite progression to the PUBG universe.
The most important laptop innovation at IFA wasn't AI, it was the fan
Airjet Powered by Intel and cooled by Frore Systems' AirJet technology, Lenovo's AeroBlade concept rethinks what a modern laptop can be.
God Save Birmingham has zombies and the (medieval) Bullring
GAMING I went hands-on with God Save Birmingham at Gamescom, a medieval zombie survival game set in my actual hometown.
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On This Day: Xbox’s 2015 “games everywhere” strategy revisited
On this Day A look back at Xbox’s 2015 “games everywhere” vision — the moment Phil Spencer sketched out a future that Asha Sharma is now fully realizing 11 years later.
Moonraker turns 10 and still looks ahead of its time
Flashback A decade later, Microsoft’s unreleased Moonraker smartwatch still feels like a glimpse into an alternate timeline.
Looking back at 2016’s “I love you, Xbox” — and how much (and little) has changed
Flashback Looking back at the 2016 editorial that captured Xbox’s growing pains and predicted the decade ahead.
Revisiting the LG Lancet, 11 years later
Flashback A look back at the LG Lancet and the era when Windows Phone 8.1 defined Microsoft’s mobile peak.
Windows & Software
Microsoft's Project Zenith will tailor Windows 11 for developers
Windows 11 Microsoft just announced Project Zenith, a new Windows 11 experience for developers. Devices will come with dev tools preinstalled and settings pre-enabled to tailor to developer workflows.
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This utility makes power management on Windows 11 so much better
Apps Battery Flyout's latest update brings power management and detailed battery tracking straight to the Windows 11 Taskbar, complete with ARM64 support and a new widget.
Microsoft to enable memory integrity protection by default on more Windows 11 devices next month
Windows 11 Microsoft's kernel level security feature will be automatically enabled on eligible PCs starting next month.
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PC Hardware
Windows 11 on Arm gaming gets a boost, but it's still a work in progress
Gaming Qualcomm released new Adreno GPU drivers for Snapdragon X and Snapdragon X2 PCs, bringing stability and quality fixes to titles like Halo Infinite and Avowed.
MacBook Neo has another rival: Lenovo's colorful new IdeaPad Vibe lets you build a laptop with personality
Laptops With seven colors, customizable keycaps, and a choice of AMD, Qualcomm, or eventually Intel, the IdeaPad Vibe is anything but another boring laptop.
The most important laptop innovation at IFA wasn't AI, it was the fan
Airjet Powered by Intel and cooled by Frore Systems' AirJet technology, Lenovo's AeroBlade concept rethinks what a modern laptop can be.
NVIDIA confirms October 2026 launch window for first RTX Spark devices, coming in two configurations
NVIDIA The first RTX Spark powered devices will come in two flavors, and will begin shipping in October 2026 from certain OEMs.
Deals
Labor Day has brought this expensive workhorse laptop's steep price down to under $700
Deals A big Labor Day discount turns this 16‑inch Ryzen AI laptop into a standout performance deal.
Attain premium-quality gaming under $2,000 with this discounted laptop
Deals The ASUS ROG Strix G16 remains one of the best-performing premium laptops for gaming at over 120 fps on 1,600p resolution, and it's now 24% off thanks to Best Buy's Labor Day deal
Save up on Intel's modern gaming CPUs, and get two upcoming games for free
Deals Antonline is offering gamers a chance to boost their performance for less with Intel's modern Core Ultra desktop CPUs.
Grab 12 months of Microsoft 365 for as low as $61.99 with these NordVPN bundles
Deal Newegg is offering massive discounts on 12-month Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscriptions bundled with NordVPN, dropping prices down to as low as $61.99.
Handheld Gaming PCs
Pre‑orders are live for the ROG Xbox Ally X20, featuring a larger OLED display and a refreshed design
Pre-order The ROG Xbox Ally X20 is now available to pre‑order, giving Windows handheld fans a new OLED option with upgraded hardware and a premium standalone price.
Gaming
Age Twisters is the cutest co-op game to play with kids who think you are too old
GAMING Age Twisters is an upcoming co-op adventure by Piccolo Studio about a granddaughter and grandfather who have more in common than they first think.
PUBG: DED.NET is not your average Battle Royale
GAMING PUBG: DED.NET is a 1996-set PvP FPS that introduces a multi-match career journey and roguelite progression to the PUBG universe.
Activision: 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2' PC exploits have been "fixed"
GAMING For years, Modern Warfare 2 on Steam was a vector for all sorts of exploits and hacks. With this week's update, it should be solved.
Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft EVP begs employees to stop sending him "AI slop." 🤔
AI Microsoft EVP overseeing Office and LinkedIn Ryan Roslansky posts an oddly oblivious self-own. The company flooding the internet with AI slop has started to realize how dumb its technology actually is in most scenarios.
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OpenAI's Sam Altman just admitted he was "wrong" about AI
AI In a new podcast, OpenAI and ChatGPT lead Sam Altman lamented how much the industry made AI a hated tech, in his words, that they failed to "explain the benefits."
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Microsoft will remove the COPILOT function from Excel
You will no longer be able to use the COPILOT function in Excel after September 14, 2026. Here is why Microsoft is retiring the preview feature and what it means for your spreadsheets.
Copilot vanishes from classic Outlook, addition by subtraction?
Apps Copilot has gone missing in classic Outlook, drawing joking questions about whether the behavior is a feature or a bug.
Microsoft
Microsoft Teams will get a global notification pause button
Apps Microsoft Teams will soon let users temporarily pause all notifications. Here is how the new quiet feature works and how it differs from Do Not Disturb.
Over 41,000 people oppose Microsoft's $5.4B Leeds, England data center
Microsoft Over 41,000 people have signed a petition opposing Microsoft's planned $5.4 billion hyperscale data center in Leeds, England.
Microsoft's "AI at Work" rebrand proves it doesn't even value accuracy
Apps Microsoft renamed the Microsoft 365 Roadmap as the "AI at Work Roadmap," even though most of what it tracks has nothing to do with AI.
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Windows 11 just keeps getting better — Windows Central Podcast LIVE
LIVE Join Daniel, Jez, and Zac on August 21 at 1PM ET for the LIVE Windows Central Podcast.
Peripherals & Accessories
Razer’s fastest low‑profile keyboard yet delivers a level of control that surprised me
Review Razer’s tenth Huntsman keyboard brings optical analog power down to desk level—and my trained typing hands couldn't be happier.
