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Ubisoft is making some big changes to its game subscription service Ubisoft+. The Ubisoft+ Multi-Access and PC Access are now Ubisoft+ Premium, and a cheaper Ubisoft+ Classics on PC is available.

Windows 11 will soon support the latest USB standard capable of operating at speeds of up to 80Gbps on compatible hardware. Microsoft added the necessary components to the latest preview build.

Artifact, the news aggregator app launched by Instagram co-founders, is shutting down. The app will offer core news reading capability for some time but remove the ability to create new posts.

Bethesda will bring the first Starfield update of 2024 to Steam players in beta form next week. Slated to be the game's biggest update yet, it will carry over 100 bug fixes and improvements.

Microsoft has confirmed that the members of the Windows Insider Program that are signed up to get updates on the Canary Channel will not be getting a new Windows 11 build this week.

Hi-Rez Studios has announced SMITE 2, a stand-alone sequel to their popular MOBA game, for the PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5. Players can sign up for alpha testing of the game now.

Microsoft a few days ago at CES 2024, debuted its new Copilot button for keyboards as it tries to replicate the success of the Windows key. This new key however may not be mandatory, yet.

Microsoft has announced it has added new features to the cloud PC-based Windows 365 Boot and Windows 365 Switch services, including a new dedicated mode for Windows 365 Boot and many more.

Microsoft has dropped new Windows 11 Release Preview builds for version 22H2 (build 22621.3078 ) and version 23H2 (build 22631.3078) under KB5034204 with a couple of new features and many fixes.

Microsoft has released a new Windows 11 Beta channel Build 22635.3061 under KB5034215 today for Insiders. With this new build, Microsoft has fixed an ActiveX IE mode bug and added new features.

Microsoft has released the new Windows 11 build for members of the Windows Insider Preview in the Dev Channel. The new 23615 build adds support for the new USB 80Gbps standard and more.

Microsoft and EA have brought forth a massive sports gaming weekend for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and Xbox Game Pass Core members, offering seven games from the publisher to try out.

The Epic Games Store is kicking off its 2024 giveaways with a copy of Sail Forth for PC gamers. This single-player sailing and adventuring indie game is free to claim for the next seven days.

The NVIDIA GeForce Now cloud gaming service has added a number of games to its library this week, including the World War I-based strategy-sim game War Hospital from Brave Lamb Studio.

The name of the upcoming MachineGames-developed action-adventure title featuring Indiana Jones may have just leaked. The first gameplay reveal is slated to happen next week as well.

Intel has released its latest driver for the newly released 14th Gen Raptor Lake HX and U series, as well as for the rest of the desktop 14th Gen CPU lineups. It also supports the new Price of Persia.

In December 2023 Microsoft was able to quietly resolve the HP Smart app auto-install bug that was affecting almost all versions of Windows. The issue is resolved by using a special tool.

Microsoft has released a new version of its recently launched Dev Home. The main highlight of version 0.9 is support for Windows 10. With the latest release, the app is no longer Windows 11-exclusive.

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Mojang has confirmed that Minecraft Legends, the action-strategy spin-off of its sandbox game, will end active development after it releases a final Snow vs Snouts Lost Legend challenge.

Microsoft's Turn 10 studio says it has received a lot of player feedback from its racing sim Forza Motorsport since it launched in October and will be making improvements to the game during 2024.

Intel is rolling out a new set of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi drivers for Windows 10 and 11. They resolve blue screens of death, the "No Wi-Fi network found" message, and other bugs and issues.

A recent Wi-Fi problem was causing network connection failure issues or network icons disappearing on Windows. Microsoft has now fixed the problem with this latest Windows 11 Patch Tuesday.

Newly discovered code in a test version of Microsoft's Notepad seems to indicate that the simple text program will soon add a generative AI feature to help people write in the app.

Lenovo has confirmed previous rumors that it will release a Windows 11 PC combined with an Android tablet with the upcoming ThinkBook Plus Gen 5 Hybrid in the second quarter of 2024.

The next first-party game coming from Sony, Helldivers 2, is hitting both PlayStation and PC simultaneously, and today, the official system requirements were announced for the latter platform.

The second annual Xbox Developer_Direct is streaming next week, giving the spotlight to the upcoming Xbox titles Indiana Jones, Avowed, Senua's Saga: Hellblade II, and Ara: History Untold.

Even though some time ago, Threads did not appear to have chronological sorting for its posts, there have been updates. Now, users can sort their search results reverse chronologically.

Some insiders are claiming that Microsoft is looking into porting its live service games like Sea of Thieves to rival platforms. The pirate adventure game may soon be coming to PlayStation 5.

The Files app version 3.1 is now rolling out to all users via the Microsoft Store. It brings new archive features, improved drag and drop, a tray icon, better sorting, and other changes.

Microsoft has updated its documentation with more details about the recent Windows Mixed Reality Deprecation. The company will end support in 2026 for consumers and in 2027 for commercial users.