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The Accidental 5,000 FPS Pinball Bug That Taught Microsoft a Lasting Timing Lesson
Dave Plummer’s port of Space Cadet Pinball to Windows NT shipped with an unintentionally aggressive rendering loop—one that would eventually burn an entire CPU core on modern hardware, spinning...
Linux distro leads Windows 11 25H2 by 15% in multi-threaded Ryzen 9 9950X encoding benchmarks
Ubuntu 25.10 development snapshots outpaced Windows 11 25H2 by as much as 15% in heavily multi-threaded CPU workloads, fresh benchmarks from Phoronix confirm. Running on the same AMD Ryzen 9 9950X...
Microsoft Made Windows Terminal the Default in Windows 11: Here’s How It Boosts Productivity with Tabs, Panes, and WSL
When Microsoft shipped Windows 11 22H2, it retired an era of monochrome monotasking by making Windows Terminal the default command-line experience. The move wasn't cosmetic—it replaced the...
Microsoft Retires Five Windows Apps in Sweeping Consolidation Push: Your Complete Migration and Data Backup Guide
On July 18, 2025, Microsoft silently flicked a switch that turned off new purchases and rentals in its Movies & TV storefront, leaving longtime users with one less place to buy digital movies and...
AI Assistants Go Mobile: Copilot Spikes 175% as Desktop Usage Fades
Mobile AI assistant usage has decisively overtaken desktop, with Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, and OpenAI ChatGPT driving record growth on smartphones even as PC engagement slides. New data from...
Helldivers 2 CEO Says Steam Deck Support Must Wait While Stability Gets Priority
A recent statement from Arrowhead Game Studios' CEO Shams Jorjani has tempered hopes for official Steam Deck support in Helldivers 2. Speaking on the game's official Discord, Jorjani explained that...
Microsoft Launches Trio of Translucent Xbox Controllers: Ice Breaker, Storm Breaker, Heart Breaker
Microsoft has expanded its Xbox accessory lineup with three new special edition wireless controllers, all arriving simultaneously under the Breaker Series banner. The Ice Breaker, Storm Breaker, and...
Helldivers 2 Dominates Xbox Charts with 926K Sales, Shattering Platform Exclusivity Myths
Sony’s Helldivers 2 has stormed the Xbox Store, briefly outselling every Microsoft game and selling an estimated 926,000 copies in its first six days on the platform. The cooperative shooter’s...
WWE 2K25 Delivers a 300+ Roster and Paul Heyman’s Bloodline Saga, But Leaves Windows Behind on The Island
WWE 2K25 stormed onto Windows this March with a staggering lineup of over 300 playable characters and a documentary-style Showcase narrated by Paul Heyman, yet the most talked-about feature, The...
KDE Plasma’s Native Tiling Editor Achieves What Microsoft’s FancyZones Hasn’t: True OS Integration
When João Carrasqueira, a writer for XDA, accidentally pressed Meta+T instead of Ctrl+T on his Arch Linux setup, he triggered a feature that instantly felt familiar. A tiling layout editor popped...
Sony Releases Official PlayStation Link Driver for Windows, Unlocking Full Audio Control for PULSE Elite and Explore
Sony has officially released a dedicated PlayStation Link PC driver for Windows, a move that untethers the PULSE Elite headset and PULSE Explore earbuds from the PlayStation 5 for firmware updates...
Hollow Knight: Silksong Land on Xbox Game Pass Day One Amid September 1–5 Release Frenzy
Hollow Knight: Silksong, the long-awaited sequel from Team Cherry, will launch directly into Xbox Game Pass on September 4, 2025, headlining one of the busiest release weeks in recent Xbox memory....