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How to Build an RP2040 Powered Shortcut Keyboard

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) The number of keystrokes we record in a day is huge. From messaging apps to coding or writing that next novel, the sheer number of key presses is hard to calculate. But what if we could save a little time and our aching joints by creating a shortcut keypad?… Read more

How to watch the Xbox and Bethesda E3 conference

Team Xbox will take to the stage alongside Bethesda to showcase a 90-minute presentation of games for E3 2021. It’ll last 90 minutes, and it’ll apparently show off games coming to Xbox this holiday season, games that’ll soon be coming to Xbox Game Pass, plus some other announcements. Microsoft is calling the event its “biggest… Read more

E3 2021: all the news and announcements

Follow the updates from some of gaming’s biggest shows Contributors: Verge Staff After taking a year off, E3 2021 is here, bringing days of major gaming news and announcements through a series of remote events. The big reveals kicked off with Summer Game Fest’s Kickoff Live event on June 10th, and E3 proper takes place… Read more

Nvidia to drop Windows 7 and Windows 8 driver support in October

Nvidia is planning to drop support for Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 later this year. Nvidia drivers will be exclusively available for Windows 10 in October, with only critical security updates available on Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 through September 2024. Microsoft has already dropped support for Windows 7 and Windows… Read more

Nvidia Ends Support For Kepler GPUs, Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1 On August 31

Home News GeForce GTX Titan Z (Image credit: Nvidia) The time has finally come. Nvidia announced earlier today that it would stop supporting its Kepler-based graphics cards on older Windows operating systems with its next GeForce R470 driver. You won’t find Kepler on the list of best graphics cards, but plenty of gamers still own… Read more

Apple Brings Windows Precision Touchpad Support to Boot Camp

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) Apple has extended an olive branch to Windows-using Mac owners. The company recently updated its Boot Camp utility to support the Windows Precision Touchpad feature on certain devices, as spotted this morning by Reddit user “ar25nan.” Windows Precision touchpad drivers offer a variety of gestures you can use to switch… Read more

Microsoft Appears to Be Dropping Windows 10 Support by 2025

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) If evidence for Windows 11 hasn’t been apparent enough this week, Microsoft has officially listed an end of life date for Windows 10 Home and Pro. A Microsoft documentation officially states that support will end on October 14th, 2025. The company will continue to support at least one Windows 10… Read more

Microsoft is launching an Xbox TV app and streaming devices

Home News (Image credit: Microsoft) Soon the Xbox experience will come baked right into your TV. That’s thanks to an Xbox TV app that Microsoft is launching that will bring games directly to your big screen with no console required. Don’t have a smart TV? No problem. Microsoft has streaming devices in the works, too,… Read more

Apple finally supports Windows Precision Touchpad gestures in new Boot Camp update

Apple is finally adding support for Windows Precision Touchpad drivers in its latest Boot Camp update. The new 6.1.15 update includes support for Windows Precision Touchpad, including single tap to click, lower-right corner to right-click, down motion to scroll up, and three or four finger gestures. Various Reddit users noticed the surprise update went live… Read more

iOS 15 and macOS 12 take a small but significant step towards a password-less future

Apple’s upcoming iOS 15 and macOS Monterey will preview a new feature called “Passkeys in iCloud Keychain,” which is an attempt to help replace passwords with a more secure login process. Instead of logging into an app or website using string of text, a WWDC presentation showed how you could instead use Face ID, Touch… Read more

The red PS5 controller is a different red to the red Xbox Series X controller

While the PS5’s divisive two-tone design has led some to swap out large pieces of plastic for a more unified look, this month did at least see Sony release some official new color options for the excellent DualSense controller. There are now “cosmic red” and “midnight black” models that might appeal to you more than… Read more

Microsoft Surface with 4 under-display camera sensors

Microsoft develops under-screen camera with 4 color filters for Surface devices. When the camera is turned off, an adjustable logo or avatar will be displayed. Many technology companies are currently working on under-display camera technology for smartphones and other portable electronic devices, including Microsoft. However, the US software manufacturer seems to take a slightly different… Read more

Xbox’s Summer Game Fest event featuring more than 40 demos starts June 15th

Microsoft is hosting another Summer Game Fest event to give you a chance to play demos of some unreleased Xbox Series X / S and Xbox One games. This year’s event is coming up soon, running from June 15th through June 21st, and there will be more than 40 demos to check out, the company… Read more

Microsoft teases new Windows 11 startup sound with 11-minute video

Microsoft is back teasing Windows 11 again. In a new video on YouTube, the software giant has published an 11-minute (ahem) collection of startup sounds from various versions of Windows. They’re all slowed down by 4,000 percent, and Microsoft positions this as a relaxing video for those far too excited by the Windows event on… Read more

Xbox Is Making Streaming Hardware, Already Working on Next Consoles

Home News (Image credit: Xbox) Ahead of E3 Microsoft and Xbox are putting a heavy emphasis on cloud gaming and its Game Pass subscription program alongside its existing console ecosystem. This includes new, dedicated streaming hardware for any TV or monitor . It is also updating its cloud datacenters to use the Xbox Series X… Read more