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Halo TV Series Comes to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate With Free Paramount+ Trial

The much-anticipated Halo TV series is making its big debut today on Paramount+, and Xbox…

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Google to Let Spotify Use its Own Billing System on Android

Google announced that Spotify will be the first Android app to be allowed to use…

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Windows 11 Insider Dev and Beta Channels Receive the Same Build Today

Microsoft has just released the same Windows 11 Insider build 22581 for testers in both…

Microsoft Opens ID@Azure Program to All Game Developers

Microsoft's ID@Azure program aims to help small developers embrace the same cloud services used by…

YouTube Makes 4,000 TV Show Episodes Free to Watch in the US

YouTube users in the US are getting access to a vast catalog of movies and…

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Throwback: Simple vs. Easy (Premium)

In December 2008, I wrote an editorial describing how Microsoft’s efforts to simplify Windows were…

Google Play Store on Android is Losing Support for Movies & TV

Google's Play Store app on Android will soon lose its Movies & TV content section.…

Zoom Wants to Spice Up Meetings with New Animal Avatars

Zoom is trying to tackle video meeting fatigue with new 3D animal avatars, which are…

Microsoft Says Lapsus$ Hackers Had “Limited Access” to Source Code

Microsoft has confirmed yesterday that the Lapsus$ hacker group, which previously claimed to have stolen…

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Programming Windows: The Windows 7 Developer Story (Premium)

After the first public demonstration of Windows 7 at PDC 2008, Steven Sinofsky ceded the…

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Steam Alpha is Now Available on the Chrome OS Dev Channel

The alpha version of Steam for Chromebooks that Google announced last week is now available…

Google’s Android Messages and Dialer Apps Got Caught Collecting User Data

Google’s Messages and Phone apps for Android have been quietly collecting and sending user data…

Dynabook Announces New Tecra Laptops

Following the release of new Portégé portable PCs earlier this month, Dynabook is announcing a…

Hacking Group Claims to Have Stolen 37 GB of Microsoft Source Code

The hacking group LAPSUS$ claims to have accessed internal Microsoft systems and stolen 37 GB…

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FTC Requests More Information from Microsoft and Activision Blizzard

An Activision Blizzard regulatory filing reveals that the FTC has asked for more information about…

TweetDeck May Soon Become a Paid Twitter Blue Feature

TweetDeck, a popular web-based Twitter client for power users may soon become locked behind a…

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