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Microsoft’s new Intelligent Speakers deliver its promised meeting room of the future

Microsoft demonstrated prototype hardware a few years ago that promised meeting rooms of the future with automatic speaker identification, transcription, and even translation. Microsoft now claims it’s delivering this for real with new Intelligent Speakers, small puck-like devices that can identify up to 10 different voices in a Microsoft Teams meeting. These speakers will automatically… Read more

Xbox Series X and S restocks available at the Microsoft Store [UPDATE: Xbox Series X sold out]

Update March 1st, 2021 1:49PM ET: The Xbox Series X is sold out at the Microsoft Store for now. But the Xbox Series S and Series S bundle is still available at Microsoft and Antonline respectively. If you are having a hard time finding an Xbox Series X or Series S, you have another chance… Read more

MSI GP66 Leopard Review: Subtle Powerhouse

Our Verdict The MSI GP66 Leopard is a powerhouse gaming notebook housed in a fairly subtle shell that also boasts a comfortable keyboard. It also offers plenty to upgrade or repair, but it’s a chore getting inside. For Strong gaming performance Comfortable keyboard Replaceable components Subtle design for a gaming notebook Against Difficult to open… Read more

What Is sRGB? A Basic Definition

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) sRGB stands for Standard Red Green Blue and is a color space, or a set of specific colors, created by HP and Microsoft in 1996 with the goal of standardizing the colors portrayed by electronics. sRGB is the most popular color space used today and the one used for Windows,… Read more

Microsoft’s unreleased Xbox Game Streaming app for Windows includes touch controls, gyro, and more

Microsoft is finalizing its Xbox Game Streaming app for Windows PCs, which includes access to streaming games from the company’s xCloud service. We’ve managed to get access to the latest version of the Xbox Game Streaming app for Windows, an unannounced and unreleased app. Once released, the app will let Windows users stream games from… Read more

Sony’s PlayStation Network experiencing outage Saturday

An outage of Sony’s PlayStation Network that began Friday afternoon appeared to be persisting on Saturday morning. According to an update on the status page timestamped 6:33PM (not clear what time zone that is) on February 26th, the affected platforms are PS Vita, PS3, PS4, and PS5. “You might have difficulty launching games, apps, or… Read more

How to import your passwords to Apple’s iCloud Keychain via Safari

If you’re moving from LastPass (or another password manager you’re dissatisfied with), you may be tempted to simply go with the password manager that comes with your browser or operating system. It’s certainly an easy solution, and a reasonable one, depending on your point of view. Until recently, third-party password managers were known to be… Read more

Best Buy has stock available for the Xbox Series X and S right now

Update February 26th, 2021 12:05PM: Best Buy still has both consoles in stock, but the retailer is releasing small waves of inventory every few minutes, so if you’re unable to buy one immediately, it’s worth trying again in a few minutes. Best Buy has restocked both of Microsoft’s next-gen consoles the Xbox Series X and… Read more

Halo Infinite is looking a lot better in these 4K screenshots

We got our first look at Halo Infinite, the next game in Microsoft’s huge franchise, back in July, and the results were… underwhelming. The graphics and visuals weren’t quite as impressive as you might expect from a next-generation game (the demo was running on a PC “that is representative of the experience that players will… Read more

Xbox Live is down with users unable to sign in

Microsoft’s Xbox Live service is down, preventing users from signing in to the service. The Xbox Live problems started at around 3:15PM ET today, and Microsoft has confirmed it’s investigating the outage. “We are aware that users may not be able to sign-in to Xbox Live at this time,” says Xbox support. “Our teams are… Read more

Walmart will have the Xbox Series X available at 3PM ET today

If you missed Target’s early morning Xbox Series X restocks today, you have another chance today to secure Microsoft’s next-gen console. A Walmart spokesperson told The Verge that the retailer will have the Xbox Series X available for purchase today, February 25th, at 3PM ET. Walmart told The Verge you will have two options to… Read more

Amazon’s head of Fire TV and Luna cloud gaming has left for Unity

Amazon’s head of Fire TV, Kindle, and its new Luna cloud gaming service departed the company this month. Marc Whitten has joined Unity as an executive on the company’s Unity Create business. Unity is a cross-platform game engine that many developers use to get their games running across multiple devices. Whitten’s departure, spotted by Matthew… Read more

PS5 is again in stock at Target

The PlayStation 5 is Sony’s latest gaming console and just like Microsoft’s Xbox Series X / S it’s in high demand and limited supply. If you are looking to buy a PS5, you have a shot at securing the $500 model with a disc drive right now at Target, while supplies last. PlayStation 5 $500… Read more

HGiG explained: what is HGiG? How do you get it? And should you use it?

Home Advice (Image credit: LG / Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Sony) While gaming formats such as 4K@120Hz, VRR and ALLM are now getting plenty of attention, one that you may not have heard of is HGiG. That might partly be because HGiG isn’t really a format (at least not yet), but rather a set of… Read more

Gigabyte’s Aorus 15G is great at gaming, but not much else

As far as edgy gaming laptops go, this is a looker. Singularly focused but cool under pressure Gigabyte’s refreshed Aorus 15G for 2021 has a subtle, all-black design that takes a page from the company’s more svelte Aero lineup of creator-focused laptops. It’s a nice upgrade, but there aren’t many other changes from last year’s… Read more