Microsoft today announced that the MSIX Packaging Tool is now available in Microsoft Store in Preview form. The MSIX format brings together the features of apps and MSI file packaging formats. This ne

Today, Microsoft is releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17723 (RS5) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring and Build 18204 (19H1) to Windows Insiders who have opted in to Skip Ahead.Going forward

If you don’t want to mess around with Canary builds but still want to try out Chrome’s new Material Design UI you can now activate it in the stable version of Chrome by just selecting a drop-down in t

We wrote a few days ago about a developer who was bringing Timeline support for the Google Chrome browser via an extension. This would allow more browser users on Windows 10 to keep track of their work through time and easily jump back into a workflow.Now the developer, Domonic Maas, has progressed ...

Facial recognition systems are getting more ubiquitous. From the iPhone X’s Facial ID, to Windows Hello, to Facebook’s automated tagging, it is getting easier for companies — and anyone with access to their tech — to track you simply by your face. And unlike fingerprints, you don’t have 10 faces you...

Microsoft has been working on perfectly Edge for a while now and while the browser lacks a few features, it compensates it with the security. Just over two weeks back we reported that Microsoft Edge is immune to the Download Bomb exploit.Now it looks like you can add Phishing to the list as Edge bea...

A tweet by a Microsoft developer has caused a bit of hubbub today after it implied Microsoft was rewriting all of their Office Suite in Javascript.Sean Larkin,xa0Technical Program Manager for Microsoft Web Platform, wrote:(Ive never been able to say this yet)?Well Actually!?All of Office 365 is (alm...

Update:xa0Telltale has confirmed earlier reports about its partnership with Netflix. Minecraft: Story Mode is coming to Netflix this fall and Telltale will publish a game based on Stranger Things for consoles and PC at a later date.Separately, we're thrilled to confirm that Telltale is developing a ...

We have just become accustomed to the $1000 smartphone, but now, according to a new report in the Korean Times, Samsung will be pushing things just that bit further with their upcoming folding smartphone, which is expected to cost closer to $2000 than $1000.For that price, said to be around $1850, y...

The latest update for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive nerfs the base damage of thexa0CZ75a, making it so that a single shot is no longer lethal against a helmeted opponent. A couple of maps also received some bug improvements from this patch.You can read the full changelog below.GAMEPLAY– Reduced b...

If for some reason you’re still running on operating systems well over a decade old, you soon won’t be able to play games on Steam. Valve announced that starting on January 1, 2019 the Steam client will cease to support Windows XP and Windows Vista.“Starting on January 1 2019, Steam will officially ...

Yesterday, we received reports of Microsoft’s hardware ambitions from this year into next year. Thurrott.com and Windows Central revealed to us at least 4 new code names, including Surface Libra, Andromeda, Carmel and Capitola.The Surface Pro 6th generation will be codenamed Carmel as we all know. T...

Up until recently Windows Mixed Reality headsets only worked when you were also connected to a monitor, which was rather awkward when using backpack VR setups.The workaround for this was of course to use a laptop, but laptops tend to have less power and are less optimised for the role than backpack ...

Today’s the big day! Xbox’s E3 2018 press conference is finally upon us, and here’s everything you’ll need to know going into the event.You can watch the press conference through Xbox’s official channels on Mixer (above), YouTube, or Twitch. If you already own an Xbox you’ll probably want to watch t...

Just because it’s E3 week doesn’t mean you need to make a big announcement during a press conference. Square Enix evidenced this perfectly as the company announced Kingdom Hearts III’s release date… in the dead of night in the United States. Because why not.Kingdom Hearts III will release on January...

Back in March, Microsoft announced a major reorganization inside the company with changes to its executive leadership and the formation of twoxa0new engineering teams. Last month, we reported on some morexa0reorganization news. Last night, Mary Jo Foley from ZDNet reported another round of reorganiz...

The biggest threat to Windows is that users are getting more and more done on their phones,xa0 but there is no denying a large screen and comfortable keyboard is a luxury no smartphone can offer, meaning many tasks are best completed on your PC, if only the barriers to switching between your phone a...

While the Windows 10 April 2018 update was part of a massive beta test using the Windows 10 Insider programme, it seems some serious issues still slipped through.The latest one to come to our attention is pretty serious and involves Explorer.exe crashing every 3-5 seconds, rendering a user’s machine...

Spotify went public earlier last month, opening itself up to more scrutiny from walls quarterly basis, and that’s already beginning to bear fruit.In its firstxa0ea ings report, the firm revealed it had 170 million subscribers last quarter. Of those, 75 million were paying customers, almost double th...

With the latest April 2018 Update, Microsoft has added the ability to download and install Fonts directly from the Microsoft Store. Currently, users can download fonts from third party websites and install using Control Panel.However, with April 2018 Update, this will change as Microsoft will make f...