Last December, Microsoft announced that its Xbox Cloud Gaming game streaming service, also known as xCloud, will be coming to iOS and PC this year. The service starts today. xCloud is analogous to Nvidia’s GeForce Now and Google Stadia services. Until now, it was only available on Android devices, but will now be available for […]
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Google Chrome doesn’t have that. Microsoft Edge introduces Performance Mode to improve CPU, memory, and battery usage
Microsoft has begun testing a useful innovation in the proprietary Microsoft Edge browser for the Windows 10 operating system. We are talking about performance mode. The new mode became available to some test takers in Microsoft Edge Canary 91 build, while others can manually activate it using a special flag. Microsoft describes the innovation as […]
Microsoft introduced a browser for fans of experiments on Android
Microsoft has introduced an experimental version of the Microsoft Edge browser for devices running the Android operating system. Previously, regular Android users were offered stable builds of Microsoft Edge on Google Play. Now you can take part in testing and try out in advance the innovations that will become available in future releases – Microsoft […]
Caution: Planned Windows 10 Upgrade Crashes, Gaming Issues and Blue Screen of Death
Microsoft released its traditional monthly Patch Tuesday update this week for the Windows 10 operating system. According to user feedback, the update has turned out to be a pretty big nuisance. For Windows 10 versions 20H2 (October update) and 2004 (May), the update is labeled KB5001330. It brings fixes for more than a hundred security […]
Microsoft Edge introduces kiddie mode
Microsoft has announced the full-fledged launch of a significant innovation in its proprietary browser – Kids Mode has appeared in Microsoft Edge. In March, the feature became available to users of the beta version of Microsoft Edge, and now it works in stable builds. The browser offers a kind of “sandbox” designed for age groups […]
Microsoft continues to get rid of “excess” in Windows 10
Microsoft continues to clean up “unnecessary” applications in the Windows 10 operating system, which have not yet gained popularity among users. In March, Paint 3D and 3D Viewer applications disappeared in test builds from Windows 10. And in a fresh build available to members of the Windows 10 Insider program through the Dev Channel, the […]
Microsoft has released an update for Windows 7 with improvements for Russia
Microsoft has released an update to the Windows 7 operating system, whose support ended more than a year ago. Microsoft ended support for the Windows 7 operating system a year and three months ago on January 14, 2020. Nevertheless, according to statistics from Statcounter as of March 2021, users are in no hurry to abandon […]
Fresh update automatically fixes original Windows 10 browser
Microsoft has released its traditional monthly Patch Tuesday update for the Windows 10 operating system. Among other changes, this cumulative update permanently removes the original browser from the system, which began shipping along with the very first version of Windows 10. We are talking about the Microsoft Edge browser, which Microsoft hoped to replace Internet […]
Microsoft to buy artificial intelligence company Nuance Communications for $ 16 billion
Microsoft is in talks to acquire Nuance Communications, an artificial intelligence and speech technology company, for approximately $ 16 billion. This was reported by Reuters, citing an unnamed source “familiar with the matter.” According to the informant, the agreement could be announced today. The developments of the American company Nuance are used in the Apple […]
Sony PlayStation prepares response to Xbox Game Pass
One of the biggest benefits of Xbox consoles is Game Pass. It’s a very affordable way to play over a hundred games, with games from Microsoft’s internal studios being there on release day. Sony does not have such a service. There is PlayStation Now, which is quite popular, but this is a slightly different proposal, […]
