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Crimson Desert is finally here, and it can be yours at launch for less with this awesome deal — it's "A kingdom begging to be lost in," and a true epic

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[email protected] (Brendan Lowry)
Crimson Desert is one of the biggest new games of 2026, and thanks to this excellent deal, you can get it for a sweet discount at launch.

Crimson Desert gameplay screenshot

An in-game screenshot of one of the many gorgeous vistas you'll find yourself staring at in Crimson Desert.

Crimson Desert reviews and Metacritic scores are in ahead of launch — here's what everyone's saying about the massive game, and something I'm worried about

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Crimson Desert reviews and its Metacritic score are here. Does Pearl Abyss' massive adventure game live up to the hype? Here's what people are saying.

Crimson Desert gameplay screenshot

A screenshot of one of Crimson Desert's many grand vistas.

One of the best Xbox flightsticks for Microsoft Flight Simulator is now 21% off — it's got great Hall Effect sensors, customizable buttons, and more

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Amazon has a 21% discount on the Turtle Beach Velocity Flightstick, a mid-range flightstick that will let Xbox and PC users experience flight and space sims with superior controls, immersion, and comfort compared to traditional controllers.

Turtle Beach VelocityOne Flightstick

Full view of the Turtle Beach VelocityOne Flightstick

Battlefield 6 is free to play for a week in Season 2, but the free trial has a huge catch — I don't understand why the devs are making the same mistake again

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EA's best-selling shooter Battlefield 6 is once again free to play for a week, but the free trial only includes a limited selection of maps and modes.

An official marketing image for Battlefield 6 Season 2's Nightfall update.

Battlefield 6 Season 2 hasn't done much to bolster the game's player count, but maybe this free trial will (so far, it hasn't).

I finally tried Lively Wallpaper to animate my desktop — it's a dream for customization

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Seeing the hype around custom wallpapers led me back to Lively Wallpaper. It’s an open-source standout with a native Windows 11 look, but I found one specific feature that uses an astronomical amount of memory.

Composite of Lively Wallpaper backgrounds

Lively Wallpaper includes several desktop backgrounds that are animated or interactive.

This sweet new PC indie game is a Steam top seller, and a blast from the past — it's a wonderful '90s nostalgia trip, and on sale for launch too

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[email protected] (Brendan Lowry)
Do you miss the '90s-era video stores you'd visit to rent DVDs and get snacks for movie nights? This new indie game on Steam will be right up your alley.

An official screenshot of Retro Rewind.

An official screenshot of Retro Rewind that shows what you can potentially make your video rental store look like.

Even the studios highlighted in NVIDIA's DLSS 5 reveal were shocked by the generative AI showcase — game developers "found out at the same time as the public"

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Developers at Ubisoft and Capcom reportedly learned about Nvidia’s DLSS 5 at the same time as the public, raising questions about developer control and AI use.

Resident Evil Requiem protagonist enhanced with NVIDIA DLSS 5 in front of Ubisoft and Capcom logos

Developers at Ubisoft and Capcom reportedly learned about Nvidia’s DLSS 5 at the same time as the public.

My favorite free Windows 11 app just got another great update — what's new in PowerToys v0.98

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The latest update to PowerToys adds a Command Palette Dock that lets you pin your favorite extensions to the desktop. It also improves my favorite new utility, CursorWrap.

Microsoft PowerToys CursorWrap and Logitech MX Master 3S

Microsoft PowerToys CursorWrap and Logitech MX Master 3S

“They’re completely wrong.” NVIDIA’s CEO defends DLSS 5 while gamers point to real problems. So who is right?

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang responds to backlash surrounding DLSS 5, dismissing criticism while defending the company’s use of AI-driven neural rendering and developer control over visuals.

Jensen Huang of NVIDIA with AI imposed in the background

Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, during his visit to The Cambridge Union to receive the Professor Stephen Hawking Fellowship 2025 on November 04, 2025 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.

The world’s first 16TB SSD costs.. HOW MUCH? — This must be the astronomical price of never deleting your files ever again

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The Exascend PE4 16TB SSD, the world's largest internal solid state drive and first to reach 16TB of storage, is now available for purchase at Amazon for a military-grade price of $16,000, and stock is running out fast.

AI-Generated image of the Exascend PE4 Series 16GB SDD visualized.

Exascend 's PE4 16TB SSD is now available for purchase for a military-grade price.

Swiftkey will soon require a Microsoft account — data to be moved to OneDrive

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Microsoft is killing standalone SwiftKey accounts on May 31, 2026. If you don't migrate your data to OneDrive soon, your personalized dictionary is as good as gone.

SwiftKey on Android

Microsoft is retiring standalone logins on May 31, and your personalized dictionary is being moved to OneDrive.

Spotify's Windows 11 app gets a new quality feature FIRST, and high-end audio fans are going to love it

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Spotify has launched Exclusive Mode, a new "bit perfect" quality setting first on Windows, for fans of the best-sounding music to get the best from their tunes.

The Spotify desktop app on Windows 11 with the new Exclusive Mode enabled.

Spotify's Exclusive Mode is designed to help you hear the absolute best quality from your music.

Should tired workers be banned from using Microsoft Copilot on Friday afternoons? "AI fatigue" could lead to lazy mistakes

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Analyst firm Gartner suggests banning Microsoft Copilot on Friday afternoons, warning that tired workers may miss AI mistakes and risk productivity.

Mid adult businessman covers his face with his hands while seated at his desk, expressing a moment of stress or contemplation in a startup office paired with the Microsoft Copilot AI logo

Analyst firm Gartner suggests banning Microsoft Copilot on Friday afternoons, warning that tired workers may miss AI mistakes and risk productivity.

Microsoft won't force this Copilot app onto your PC's Start menu in Windows 11 — a temporary setback for Microsoft 365 plans

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Microsoft has paused plans to auto‑install the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on Windows 11 PCs, but it didn't explain why.

The Microsoft 365 Copilot logo appears on a smartphone screen in the Apple app store

Microsoft has paused plans to auto‑install the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on certain Windows 11 PCs.

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