PSA: Save your Microsoft Rewards points — a big gift card sale is on the way

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16 septembre 2025 à 07:47

Microsoft Rewards is teasing a major gift card sale for October. Save your points now to get the best deals on Xbox, Amazon, and other gift cards.

GDANSK, POLAND - 2023/12/08: Xbox Game Pass gift cards are seen at the shopping mall in Gdansk. (Photo by Mateusz Slodkowski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Your Xbox needs an upgrade — grab a Seagate Storage Expansion card on sale for Borderlands 4

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15 septembre 2025 à 16:19

Don't delete your favorite Xbox games to make room for new ones. These deals on Seagate expansion cards offer the easiest way to upgrade.

A person inserting a small black Seagate Storage Expansion Card into an Xbox Series X console.

Windows 11 will get an Xbox-like 'Guide' upgrade — inspired by the ROG Xbox Ally

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15 septembre 2025 à 13:31

Windows 11 is about to copy a nice feature from Xbox Ally devices. Soon, long pressing the Xbox button on a controller will open Task View.

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Windows 11's new 'speed test' is a shortcut to Bing — it’s time Microsoft fixes this before it’s too late

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15 septembre 2025 à 08:08

Windows 11 is getting a new speed test, but it just opens Bing for now. Microsoft has time to change that before release.

Bing search

Get Borderlands 4, Cronos: The New Dawn, or just about any Xbox game for free with this Verizon Internet bundle — plus get a $250 Amazon gift card

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12 septembre 2025 à 17:05

Verizon 5G Home Ultimate and Fios internet plans include free Xbox bundles, gift cards, or NFL Sunday Ticket for new subscribers.

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This Microsoft 365 deal makes me homesick every year — here’s why you should grab it

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12 septembre 2025 à 10:38

Microsoft 365 Family is on sale for $99.99, offering apps, OneDrive storage, and more for six users in a limited-time deal.

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Save $400 on Samsung or get NFL Sunday Ticket free with Verizon internet — plus snag a $200 gift card

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20 août 2025 à 09:58

Verizon internet customers can get $400 off Samsung devices or free NFL Sunday Ticket — plus a $200 Amazon gift card on select plans.

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OpenAI won't make "Japanese anime sex bots" but Sam Altman says others definitely will — AI relationships are getting weird

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20 août 2025 à 07:34

Sam Altman says OpenAI won’t make “Japanese anime sex bots,” but he predicts other companies will “definitely” cross that line.

SoftBank's Pepper humanoid robot stands on display during the SoftBank World 2018 conference on July 19, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan.

Microsoft Teams updated with a feature you probably thought already existed — "Can you hear me?" is now a thing of the past

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20 août 2025 à 07:13

No more guessing if your mic is live. Teams on Windows and Mac now shows audio activity during calls.

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Microsoft Excel gets more AI — and this time it’s actually useful

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19 août 2025 à 09:37

Microsoft is adding a COPILOT function to Excel, letting you use natural language prompts inside formulas to analyze, summarize, and categorize data.

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NVIDIA’s GeForce NOW just leveled up to RTX 5080 — here’s what that means for gamers

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18 août 2025 à 15:30

NVIDIA GeForce NOW is about to transform with RTX 5080-class performance and a massive expansion of its game library.

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Perplexity made a sky-high $34.5 billion bid for Google Chrome — a bold and unusual move in the midst of antitrust scrutiny

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18 août 2025 à 08:48

Perplexity made a $34.5 billion offer for Chrome, far above its own value, but Google has no plans to sell the world’s most-used browser.

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Perplexity, Worth $18 Billion, Just Offered $34.5 Billion for Chrome (Which Isn’t for Sale)

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13 août 2025 à 08:40

Perplexity made a $34.5 billion offer for Chrome, far above its own value, but Google has no plans to sell the world’s most-used browser.

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Microsoft bans exploitative devs from "selling" Gamerscore on Xbox and bundle spamming the store — gamers rejoice

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12 août 2025 à 18:08

New rules ban bundle spamming and gamerscore grabs, cleaning up the Microsoft Store.

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Microsoft Adds OneNote’s Best Pens to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint — Here’s Why It Matters

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12 août 2025 à 10:02

OneNote’s popular fountain and brush pens are now in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, giving Windows users more natural-looking digital ink.

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Microsoft 365 Is Gaining Brand-New Apps — Here’s What’s on the Way to Windows 11

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12 août 2025 à 08:29

Microsoft is adding companion apps to Windows 11 so you can find files, contacts, and events without leaving your taskbar.

Microsoft 365 companion apps on Windows 11

GitHub Just Got Assimilated—CEO Out, Copilot In, Microsoft All Over It

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11 août 2025 à 15:00

Microsoft is bringing GitHub into its CoreAI group as CEO Thomas Dohmke announces his resignation, marking a major change for the developer platform.

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