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"The AI web should respect quality content" — How Microsoft's new Publisher Content Marketplace aims to save your favorite sites from extinction

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Par : [email protected] (Cale Hunt)
Microsoft has unveiled the Publisher Content Marketplace, a new initiative that aims to compensate publishers for quality content while helping better train AI tools. Win-win?

Satya Nadella, chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp., speaks during the company event on AI technologies in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Tuesday, April 30, 2024.

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The best gaming chair just got this must-have upgrade — but Secretlab took its sweet time delivering it

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Par : [email protected] (Sean Endicott)
Secretlab's new $49 lockable casters bring a much-needed flexibility fix to the TITAN Evo, though XL model owners are still being left behind.

The Secretlab TITAN Evo NanoGen Edition seen at an angle, showing the backrest and seat.

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One of Microsoft's biggest Xbox studios is forging a new path after development struggles, missing profit targets — "What are we learning?"

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Par : [email protected] (Brendan Lowry)
Following the underwhelming performance of Avowed and The Outer Worlds 2, Xbox studio Obsidian Entertainment is making some major internal changes.

An official screenshot for The Outer Worlds 2.

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The best Xbox games coming in February include Resident Evil, Yakuza, Dragon Quest, and more — the choices are stacked

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February 2026 is shaping up to be a major month for Xbox, with Resident Evil Requiem, Dragon Quest VII Reimagined, Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties, and High on Life 2 leading a packed release schedule.

Resident Evil, Towerborne and DQ VII next to each other

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Even Raspberry Pi isn't safe from the RAMpocalypse — Second price hike in three months pushes 16GB Pi 5 beyond $200

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Par : [email protected] (Cale Hunt)
Raspberry Pi is one of the most affordable ways to get your hands on a computer, but memory shortages are causing unwanted price hikes for the company. Here's what you need to know.

A microchip on a Raspberry Pi personal computer on the production line at the Sony UK Technology Centre in Pencoed, UK, on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024.

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Xbox Game Pass announces February's first batch of games — Kingdom Come Deliverance, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, and more are added for 2026

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Microsoft has announced via Xbox Wire that February 2026's first batch of games coming to Xbox Game Pass have been revealed, and we have the details on what those lucky additions are.

Promotional hero image for Xbox Game Pass' new games for the first half of February 2026

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Firefox's new AI kill switch reminds me that Edge still doesn't have a similar feature — a one-click toggle would only make Microsoft's browser more appealing

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Par : [email protected] (Cale Hunt)
Mozilla announced that it's giving its Firefox browser an AI kill switch, making it easy to disable all AI enhancements with one click. Microsoft needs to add something similar to Edge instead of making us chase down individual settings.

Edge vs. Firefox AI toggle

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Microsoft's best-ever Windows on Snapdragon laptop has impeccable design, a 20-hour battery, and a 120Hz display for 38% off — just what I need for work

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The Microsoft Surface Laptop 7 sees its best deal since Christmas 2025, giving folks a chance to experience its high performance, design, and battery life at a 38% discount.

AI-generated image of the Microsoft Surface Laptop 7

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Only 3.3% of Microsoft 365 users pay for Copilot despite billion-dollar investments — while CEO Satya Nadella assures that it's "becoming a true daily habit"

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
A new report suggests that only 3.3% out of the Microsoft 365 and Office 365 users who interact with Copilot Chat actually pay for it after CEO Satya Nadella indicated it had grown “nearly 3x year-over-year”.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on a Microsoft Copilot background

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YouTube intentionally blocks background play on third-party mobile browsers to keep Premium perks exclusive — will it ever extend to background tabs in Windows?

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
YouTube is restricting background playback to Premium members, blocking the popular workaround in third‑party browsers in the process.

In this photo illustration, the YouTube Premium logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen.

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Newegg is offering big-time discounts on several gaming laptops — with price cuts up to 40% to help you find scarce RTX GPUs amidst the RAM Crisis

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Newegg has a special surprise for PC gamers struggling to find a new gaming laptop amid the RAM crisis, driving prices up. A special, limited-time sales event selling several gaming laptops with increasingly rare NVIDIA GeForce RTX GPUs inside that will last from February 2, 2026, to February 8, 2026.

AI-Generated image of several Acer and MSI gaming laptops visualized.

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Baldur's Gate 3 and Divinity dev argues against ex-Bethesda Skyrim lead, says a Morrowind remaster would succeed — "it would sell like f***ing hot cakes"

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Par : [email protected] (Brendan Lowry)
Oblivion Remastered has many hoping for Morrowind Remastered, too, but an ex-Bethesda dev says it wouldn't do well. A dev at BG3 studio Larian disagrees.

An official screenshot of The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind.

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If the next Xbox is a PC, Microsoft needs to prove it can avoid Windows’ biggest problems

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Par : [email protected] (Jez Corden)
I've been using Windows almost daily for 30 years. I know my way around its idiosyncrasies and foibles. But is that what the average Xbox gamer wants to have to deal with?

Xbox controller on a Razer Blade laptop with the Xbox app open

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Death Standing becomes one of Xbox's most played games this week — and it's all thanks to Xbox Game Pass

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The Director's Cut of Hideo Kojima's critically acclaimed Death Stranding hit Xbox Game Pass recently and has quickly become quite popular on the Xbox ecosystem because of it. Here's where it stands on the most popular Xbox games of January 2026

Promotional screenshot of Higgs and a Beached Thing in Death Stranding

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