This was another banner year for audiobooks, with several excellent new titles and then some favorites from the past.

The Windows 11 preview builds 22623.1028 and 22621.1028 for Beta Channel Insiders address performance issues affecting games and GPU-intensive apps on Windows 11.

Apple unveiled today Apple Music Sing, a new karaoke mode that will be available later this month for Apple Music subscribers

In the summer of 1982, I was introduced to Stephen King with the book Night Shift, a collection of horror short stories that has stood the test of time.

PC gamers can now connect their Ubisoft account to Amazon Luna and play Ubisoft games they own on Amazon’s cloud gaming platform for free.

Google now offers continuous scrolling on the desktop in the US, which allows users to keep scrolling down to see up to six pages of search results.

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Microsoft pens an editorial, Edge ships another update, and game pricing will increase.

Microsoft Edge 108 includes new features for IT pros as well as important security fixes, but there are no new consumer-facing features this month.

Microsoft president Brad Smith says that Xbox is a distant third in consoles and has no presence at all in mobile gaming.

Google today announced the latest Pixel drop, which brings new features to Pixel phones, Pixel Watch, and Pixel Buds.

Microsoft is following other game publishers and will raise the price of first-party Xbox games in 2023. Starfield, Redfall, and Forza Motorsport will be priced at $70 in the US.

Google is reportedly scaling down its investments in its Google Assistant, and we may no longer see third-party devices having Google Assistant built-in.

Apple’s upcoming mixed reality headset may not start shipping until the second half of 2023 as the company reportedly needs to deal with “software-related issues."

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad outlines his weekend, Xbox may get a hall pass, and the holidays are coming quickly.

Today I'm going to tell you why you should sign up for Petri's December Teams conference and how the knowledge you gain could help YOU supercharge Teams in your organization and even pass SC-400.

The Google Messages app on Android is rolling out end-to-end encryption support for group chats. The feature is currently available in open beta via the Google Play Store.

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said this week that he regrets his company waited until this year to launch an ad-supported tier.

Happy Friday! After a busy holiday week, Ask Paul is back and this is another mammoth installment with some great reader questions. And quick a book update.

The software powering Apple's upcoming mixed reality headset has reportedly been renamed from “realityOS” to “xrOS” internally, with "XR" being short for "extended reality."

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Economists gets behind Microsoft, Apple gets more aggressive with fees, and Paul heads to NYC.

On this edition of the Sams Report, Xbox has an unexpected backer, Windows 11 has a few big fixes, and we plow towards more holidays.

Google has started rolling out new features on Android to help users go through the holiday season.

Amazon is in the process of laying off 10,000 of its employees, and the company's hardware team working on Alexa, Kindle, and Halo is one of the first to be affected.

Leo and Paul discuss Windows 11 moments and the future of OS updates, new Microsoft 365 features, Surface Duo, troubleshooting, Xbox, and much more.

LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is headlining the new games coming to Game Pass in December, but there are also several day-one releases including Hello Neighbor 2.

The European Commission’s foreign aid department just spent €387K on a "Global Gateway Gala" Metaverse experience that very, very few people attended.