XBOX Players Are Getting a Massive Wave of Games September 21—25
XBOX players already have this week’s Free Play Days lineup to check out, but the next wave of releases is even bigger. Between September 21…
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Microsoft Fixes Windows Bug That Falsely Warned Defender Was Disabled
Microsoft has fixed a Windows issue that incorrectly warned users that Microsoft Defender Antivirus was turned off even though antivirus protection remained active. The problem…
192GB of Leaked Materials Detail GTA 5’s Huge Liberty City Expansion, Agent Trevor DLC & Early GTA 6 Assets
A massive 192GB archive of Rockstar Games development files has reportedly surfaced online, and it is giving GTA fans an unusual look at both Grand…
Anthropic Says Claude Now Leads 26% of Its AI Research and Development
Anthropic says Claude now takes the lead on 26% of the company’s AI research and development work, showing how deeply AI has become involved in…
Microsoft Fixes Excel 2016 Copy-and-Paste Bug Caused by KB5002914
Microsoft has released a fix for Excel copy-and-paste failures introduced by the September 2026 KB5002914 security update. The company previously confirmed that a code regression…
Microsoft Is Keeping IE Mode Alive Inside Edge Until at Least 2029
Microsoft says Internet Explorer mode in Microsoft Edge will remain supported through at least the end of 2029, giving organizations more time to move away…
OpenAI Launches Astra for Law With GPT-6 and Legal Search
Astra for Law is OpenAI’s latest industry-specific AI product, following ChatGPT for Healthcare and ChatGPT for Financial Services. The new platform targets legal professionals with…
OpenAI Reveals AI Models Tried to Conceal Errors and Influence Future Instances
OpenAI has disclosed six cases of AI model misalignment observed over the past six months, including models using exposed API keys, uploading files without permission,…
XBOX Game Pass Adds Shape of Dreams Now, Hope in the City Coming Soon
Xbox Game Pass picked up two surprise announcements during Microsoft’s Tokyo Game Show 2026 showcase, with Shape of Dreams joining the service immediately and Hope…
Euro-Office Is Coming to Windows, Linux, and macOS With a New Desktop App
Euro-Office is getting a desktop app for Windows, Linux, and macOS, giving users a way to work with the open-source office suite outside the browser.…
EU KIDS Act Would Ban Social Media Accounts for Children Under 13
The EU is considering much stricter rules for children online. Earlier this year, the EU charged TikTok over its allegedly addictive design, and now the…
Anthropic Tests Claude Money to Bring Bank Accounts Into Claude
Anthropic appears to be testing a new Claude Money feature that could let users connect bank accounts directly to Claude and ask questions about their…
Microsoft Is Cutting Off Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro Updates Next Month
Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro will reach the end of support on October 13, 2026, leaving users with less than a month to move…
Valve’s Steam Frame Reservation Lottery Is Entering Its Most Important Stage
Valve is finally moving the Steam Frame reservation process into its next stage, with applicants set to find out whether they landed in the reservation…
Microsoft Laid the Groundwork for XBOX Disc-to-Digital 15 Years Ago
The Xbox disc-to-digital feature may be new to players, but Microsoft started laying the groundwork for it more than a decade ago. According to The…
Microsoft Graph PowerShell v3 Will Drop Windows PowerShell 5.x Support
Microsoft has announced a 12-month retirement period for Windows PowerShell 5.x support in Microsoft Graph PowerShell modules, as it shifts active development and maintenance to…
Microsoft Expands Auto SR to Intel Core Ultra Series 3 PCs With AI-Powered Gaming Boost
Microsoft is expanding its Auto SR technology to Intel Core Ultra Series 3-based Copilot+ PCs in order to give more Windows PC gamers access to…
Microsoft Copilot Is Down & Not Working With “Trouble Responding to Requests Right Now” Error
Microsoft Copilot is down and not working for some users right now with failed queries and an error that prevents the AI assistant from responding…
Microsoft Gives Admins Seven Days Before Edge 154 Drops WIP and MDAG
Microsoft is giving enterprise administrators just seven days to migrate away from Windows Information Protection (WIP) and Microsoft Defender Application Guard (MDAG) before both stop…
Xbox Free Play Days Adds Hell Let Loose: Vietnam & More This Weekend (Sep. 17 – 20)
Xbox Free Play Days is back with two games that players can check out for free this weekend. Hell Let Loose: Vietnam is available at…
Microsoft Will Remove Power Query as a Python Data Source in Excel for the Web
Microsoft is retiring Power Query support for Python in Excel for the web, which could break existing workbooks that rely on Power Query data inside…
Defender Admins Could Lose App Governance Access Unless They Change Roles Fast
Microsoft is retiring support for the Cloud Application Administrator role in Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps’ App Governance when Unified Role-Based Access Control (URBAC) is…
Former Microsoft Engineer Explains How Windows XP’s Famous Product Key Leaked
Former Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer has explained how one of Windows XP’s most famous leaked product keys ended up spreading across the internet, arguing that…
Bill Skarsgard Is the Lead in Kojima’s PHYSINT Game, Which Is Now Backed by Xbox
Hideo Kojima has finally revealed the lead actor for PHYSINT, and it is none other than Bill Skarsgard. The announcement came during Xbox’s Tokyo Game…
Limited-Edition GTA 6 Physical Soundtrack Album Is Official With $125 Price Tag
Rockstar Games has officially announced Grand Theft Auto 6: The Album, with physical editions launching on November 19 alongside GTA 6. The announcement follows an…
Microsoft Edge Canary appears to be finally disabling Manifest V2 extensions
Microsoft Edge Canary has started disabling Manifest V2 extensions, warning users that affected add-ons are “no longer supported in Microsoft Edge” and suggesting they “search…
Popular Leaker Teases Exclusive GTA 6 News With Disc Hint After Wave of Music Artist Teasers
GTA 6 fans have another cryptic tease to keep an eye on. Prominent leaker billbil-kun has posted a short message on X featuring a palm…
Xbox Reportedly Responds to Wild Game Pass Shake-Up Rumor
Xbox has finally responded to the wild Game Pass rumor that surfaced this week, and the company is making one thing clear. No changes to…
Microsoft Wants Organizations to Adopt Windows Autopilot Device Preparation for These Reasons
Microsoft is asking organizations to start moving eligible Windows Autopilot deployments to Windows Autopilot device preparation. The company says device preparation is now the recommended…
Microsoft Outlines How Enterprises Can Replace Traditional VPNs With Entra Private Access
Microsoft is pushing enterprises to rethink how remote users access private applications and internal resources. In a new Tech Community blog post, the company outlines…
Anthropic Merges Claude Chat and Cowork into One Unified Experience
Anthropic is now making a major change to Claude by merging Claude Cowork and regular chat into a single experience. Now, users no longer have…
Windows 11 KB5124008 Breaking Domain Login? Microsoft Shares Temporary Fix
Microsoft has shared a temporary workaround for a Windows 11 KB5124008 issue that can cause domain-joined devices to lose their secure trust relationship with an…
Microsoft Gives Exchange Online Admins Another Warning Before EWS Retirement Begins
Microsoft has issued another warning for Exchange Online admins ahead of a major change to Exchange Web Services. The initial warning came in 2023, however,…
Report: Windows Server 2022 Users Hit by Printing Issues After September 2026 Update
By now, you may have come across multiple reports about the September 2026 Patch Tuesday update triggering several issues. In case you are unaware, the…
Microsoft Announces OneDrive & Copilot Digital Event for October 20
The month of October seems packed for Microsoft. The company has scheduled a major Windows and Surface event on October 7. But that’s not all;…
Xbox Opens Advanced Shader Delivery (ASD) to More PC Games with New Developer Tools
Microsoft is giving Xbox PC game developers a new way to prepare their games for Advanced Shader Delivery, a Windows 11 DirectX 12 technology designed…