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26NovNovember 26, 2021

Qualcomm and Microsoft have an exclusive agreement for Windows on ARM.

MediaTek intends to develop a Windows-based ARM chipset. As it turns out, the Windows on ARM chipset space could be even more competitive, because there's a reason why we've only seen Qualcomm SoCs in ARM PCs thus far. Qualcomm does, in fact, have an exclusivity agreement with Microsoft for Windows on ARM, but the agreement is set to expire soon. Aside from the fact that Microsoft has publicly stated that anyone who wants to can build a Windows on ARM chip,...

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25NovNovember 25, 2021

Microsoft Flight Simulator: Game of the Year Edition includes DirectX 12 support!

Microsoft Flight Simulator: Game of the Year Edition will be available with DirectX 12 support on November 18th. Five new aircraft, eight new airports, as well as new discovery flights and tutorials, will be included in the free update. The most notable addition will be DirectX 12 support for PC gamers. Microsoft Flight Simulator developers Asobo already released an update earlier this year that included significant PC performance improvements. Because DirectX 12 includes improved CPU utilization, this new DirectX 12 update...

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15NovNovember 15, 2021

Microsoft’s Xbox FPS Boost feature arrives on 33 Xbox Cloud Gaming titles

The Xbox FPS Boost feature is now available in 33 Xbox Cloud Gaming games from Microsoft.

The Xbox FPS Boost mode is coming to the cloud, according to Microsoft. FPS Boost is now available in 33 Xbox Cloud Gaming (xCloud) games, as part of a larger push for Xbox backward compatibility that includes 76 new game additions for modern Xbox consoles. Xbox Cloud Gaming titles like Fallout 4, Fallout 76, and The Evil Within 2 will have FPS Boost enabled. The Xbox FPS Boost feature, which improves the performance of existing games, was previously only available on...

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15NovNovember 15, 2021

Microsoft has surprised everyone by releasing Halo Infinite multiplayer today!

Microsoft surprised Xbox fans today by releasing Halo Infinite multiplayer early. Over the weekend, rumors of an early Halo Infinite multiplayer release surfaced, and Microsoft is now confirming it as part of the Xbox's 20th-anniversary celebrations. Everyone can try out Halo Infinite's multiplayer mode in beta today on Xbox One, Xbox Series S / X, and PC, and it's already live on Windows PC via Steam. Season one is included in the beta, along with all of the core maps and...

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28OctOctober 28, 2021

Windows 11 is being rolled out to more PCs by Microsoft.

This week, Microsoft is expanding the availability of Windows 11 to more PCs. Following a limited initial release to mostly new PCs earlier this month, Microsoft is gradually expanding the availability of the free Windows 11 upgrade to more existing and eligible devices. “The availability of Windows 11 has been increased and we are leveraging our latest generation machine learning model to offer the upgrade to an expanded set of eligible devices,” says Microsoft. “We will continue to train our machine...

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