You can now save $150 when you buy a Surface Laptop i5 128GB model along with a Surface accessory. The choice of Surface accessory includes the new Surface Pen, Surface Arc Mouse, Surface Ergonomic Keyboard, Surface Dock, Surface Dial and more. The Surface Laptop offers the perfect balance of portab...

Microsoft today released a new update for SwiftKey app for Android devices. This update allows users to easily search for GIFs online and insert them during their conversations. This new GIF search experience is available via emoji panel. This update also includes support for new languages like Amha...

We posted earlier today that the ISDA Award-wi ing Microsoft HoloLens Mixed Reality headset was out of production, and was surprised that this news surprised our readers, assuming it was common knowledge. The news had telegraphed by main HoloLens supplier Himax for some time, and in their most recen...

Xbox fans, the day is finally here. You can preorder the Xbox One X: Project Scorpio Edition around the world at your favorite retailer. The Xbox One X: Project Scorpio Edition features a textured patte ed, a gradient grey-to-black design, and green lettering on the console and controller. Despite t...

Xbox fans, the day is finally here. You can preorder the Xbox One X around the world at your favorite retailer. Despite the fact that the Xbox One X was revealed a few weeks ago, there is already a significant list of important games which feature either better visuals or frame rates when compared t...

Update: It looks like Best Buy is also out of the preorders. Even though you can add the console to your cart, you eventually get an error which says it’s out of stock. Retailers around the world, like Amazon in Canada and the United Kingdom, are also reporting that the console is out of stock. It l...

The long-awaited day has finally arrived, and the Xbox One X, which Microsoft repeatedly notes is the most powerful console in the world, is finally available to pre-order. To celebrate Microsoft has released a special edition of the device, the Project Scorpio version, keeping the now iconic code n...

Sony briefly lost control of their twitter account this evening, as evidenced by a number of tweets being posted purportedly by a security group called OurMine. The so-called white hats make a habit of breaking into companies to alert them of security holes, and on this occasion appears to be claimi...

Microsoft’s speech recognition technology just hit human-level accuracy. The company’s research team a ounced that its speech recognition system now has a Word Error Rate (WER) of only 5.1%. That’s down from the system’s previous WER of 5.9%. Redmond has been constantly advancing its speech recognit...

Despite all its limitations and being more than two years old now the Microsoft HoloLens remains the best mixed reality headset, with competitors either still to launch (see Magic Leap) or lacking in significant ways, such as being tethered, being even bulkier, not actually being head-mounted (see A...

As a ounced before, Intel today unveiled the 8th Generation (codenamed Coffee Lake) Intel Core processor family. They are starting with a range of mobile processors designed for thin and light notebooks and 2 in 1s. Intel claims that the 8th generation Intel Core processor (U-series) is Intel’s fast...

HTC is lowering the price of its Vive virtual reality headset. The hardware maker is cutting the price of the headset by a whopping $200 in order to make it more accessible to the mass market. HTC Vive now costs $599 with the price cut, which means it’s now the same price as Facebook’s Oculus Rift. ...

Microsoft’s Windows Store sports some of the best streaming services, including Netflix and Redmond’s own Movies & TV platform. But it’s also possible to stream all the latest movies and TV shows without having to spend a single pe y via the Windows Store. Windows 10’s app store is full of pirate st...

When we last wrote about the newly leaked renders of Fitbit’s Project Higgs smartwatch we concentrated more on the appearance of the device and rumours around its app store, but ReadWrite.com notes that they reveal something much more important, at least when it comes to Fitbit’s future in the weara...

While the star of today’s Xbox Gamescom 2017 a ouncement is expected to the Xbox One X (which had an early preview here) it seems Microsoft is also working on a little something for their more mainstream console. Surface-phone.it reports that Microsoft briefly posted a video promoting a new Xbox One...

If one were to listen to Microsoft, the Feedback Hub is one of the most important ways Windows 10 is being built and shaped, but by tying the service to an app they have made it extremely inaccessible, with even a ouncements not available for users when who don’t happen to be on their Windows 10 PC....

Skype is a contentious app among smartphone users, originating in days where everyone didn’t have a smartphone with its own built in video messaging service. Now Apple iPhones come equipped with the Facetime app and iMessage, Android comes with Duo and Allo, and users of both can opt for the vastly ...

Donald Trump’s administration has become increasingly isolated as even those who previously reluctantly associated with the White House in an attempt to influence its course have now worked to rapidly distance themselves from what is looking increasingly like a sinking ship. The latest to go overboa...

Microsoft today released a new update to the OneDrive app in Windows 10. The update brings support for previewing 3D models in Windows 10, and that’s about it. The update doesn’t include any other new features apart from the usual bug fixes and improvements. You can now preview 3D models on a PC. Bu...

You can now save up to $400 on the latest Samsung Notebook 7 Spin 2-in-1 laptop from BestBuy. This Samsung laptop is powered by 7th Gen Intel Core i7-7500U processor, 12GB RAM and 1TB HDD. The 360° flip-and-fold design will allow you to use this device in laptop, audience, tabletop, presentation and...