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You're going to hate Windows 12 even more

Windows 11 now stands alone after Windows 10 became unsupported in October 2025, with Microsoft reporting a billion active Windows 11 users. Talk of a successor — commonly dubbed Windows 12 — surged after a PCWorld piece claimed a 2026 release, only for the article to be retracted and an apology issued

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DJI Mini 5 Pro hits record-low price on Amazon — save $500

As of March 7, the DJI Mini 5 Pro Fly More Combo is on sale for $1,099 at Amazon, $500 off the list price. Finding DJI drones in stock is becoming tougher, and while there has been a lot of conversation around the ban on DJI imports, popular models

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Valve reaffirms Steam hardware will launch in 2026

Valve has clarified the release schedule for its Steam Frame, Controller and Machine, reaffirming the devices will arrive in 2026 despite an AI-driven squeeze on PC hardware. A 2025 year-in-review post initially made it sound like a 2027 delay could be possible; Valve has since revised that post to use

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Play Pokémon Pokopia’s first event early by changing your Switch 2 clock

Pokémon Pokopia’s first time-limited event begins March 9 and adds Hoppip, Skiploom and Jumpluff to the game. These grass-type Pokémon are exclusive to the event, so players who don’t play during the first month could miss them. If you already have the game you can access the event

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Pokemon TCG-like gacha turns Wikipedia pages into cards

Japanese developer Harusugi has turned Wikipedia into a gacha-style card game called Wikipedia Gacha. It converts each encyclopedia entry into a trading card; each pack contains five cards across multiple rarity levels and draws from the site’s vast range of articles, in a format reminiscent of the Pokemon TCG.

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A decade before Stalker, an obscure Ukrainian Quake clone quietly broke new ground

Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl looms large over Ukraine’s games history, but developers were experimenting well before it arrived. Action Forms, founded the same year as GSC (1995), debuted with Chasm: The Rift, an early 3D first-person shooter that in some ways pushed at the boundaries of the genre. On

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The best Lenovo laptops of 2026: Expert tested and reviewed

Lenovo offers a vast selection of laptops for nearly every use case, which can make choosing the right model intimidating. I tested dozens of Lenovo machines over the past year and weighed design, performance, display and price. After much deliberation, the sixth-generation ThinkPad T14s emerged as the top pick. The

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Marathon fans fret over Steam numbers as a Finals player urges calm

Bungie’s newly released sci-fi extraction shooter Marathon has sparked a persistent debate over how many players are active on Steam. Many in the game's subreddit worry the player count is too low and could spell trouble, and the conversation grew so heated that a player from the

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Pokémon Pokopia Is Getting People to Finally Buy the Switch 2

The Switch 2 is about nine months old and has had a few hits like Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza, but it hadn’t produced a clear system seller. That may have changed as Pokémon Pokopia seems to be persuading people to upgrade. One account described a family

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Motorola Razr Fold preview: stylus on both screens and big battery

At MWC 2026 Motorola unveiled the Razr Fold, its first book-style foldable, and revealed a €1,999 bundle that includes the Moto Pen Ultra. The device supports stylus input on both the inner and outer displays, a capability that sets it apart from competing Samsung and Google foldables. Motorola also

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Where to find and use Marathon DCONs

Marathon DCONs are small machines found at the edges of maps and crop up often in contracts, so it helps to know where to find them and how to use them. They aren’t permanently marked and seem to appear only sometimes, so it’s useful to remember their spots

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Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon gets 'huge' update overhauling Act 3

Patch 1.20 for Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon arrived earlier this week, and Questline calls it "huge". The update is aimed squarely at improving the game's weaker final act. It not only adds content to Act 3 but tweaks many existing locations. The layout

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Fortnite leaker who worked for Epic sued over alleged NDA breach

Epic Games is suing a prominent Fortnite leaker who was contracted by the company. Hayden Cohen, known online as AdiraFN or AdiraFNInfo, worked for Epic as an Associate Producer and is accused of leaking trade secrets. Epic filed a legal complaint in the Eastern District of North Carolina, saying Cohen

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Sony WH-1000XM6 review: Strong noise cancelling and improved sound

Sony positions the WH-1000XM6 as its most advanced consumer headphones. They retain the brand's warm, smooth sound with a slight bass emphasis and fewer high-frequency peaks; without ANC the XM6 still sounds fuller than the XM5. Sony 360 Spatial Sound expands the soundstage and is available across platforms,

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Valve’s Steam Machine May Miss 2026 Ship Date as Memory Shortages Persist

Valve’s Steam Machine, the company’s PC-oriented answer for the living room, might not ship in 2026 after its pre-order announcement was delayed earlier this year. The timeline has grown more uncertain as an AI hyperscaling race has led to RAM component shortages. Update 3/6/2026, 8:43

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I resurrected a ten year-old Dell XPS 13 with Linux

I pulled an old Dell XPS 13 2‑in‑1 out of a wardrobe and, after a sticky, slightly moldy cleanup with isopropyl, tried to boot it up. The machine—an Intel 7th Gen Core i7‑7Y75 with 8GB of LPDDR3—initially showed a rotating series of solid colour debug

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Analyst warns Project Helix could be costly as 2028 timeline remains uncertain

New Xbox CEO Asha Sharma offered the tiniest sliver of a tease with her March 5 Twitter reveal of next-generation console Project Helix. Kantan Games founder and industry consultant Dr. Serkan Toto warned fans to prepare for another fat price tag by the time Project Helix launches. He added, '

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The best antivirus software to protect your computer in 2026

Antivirus software for desktop PCs, laptops and mobile devices provides an additional layer of protection beyond an operating system's default security. Modern solutions do more than signature-based scans: they guard against phishing, ransomware, trojans and worms, alert you to untrusted sites or exposed personal data, and can remove

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Trump gets data center companies to pledge to pay for power generation

The Trump administration announced that a group of tech companies has signed the Ratepayer Protection Pledge. Initial signatories—Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle, and xAI—agree to pay for the new generation and transmission capacity needed for any additional data centers they build. The agreement contains no enforcement mechanism

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The Obsbot Tiny 3 is seriously overkill for most folks shopping for a webcam

True to its ‘tiny titan’ moniker, the Obsbot Tiny 3 crams a surprising amount of audio‑visual capability into a very small package. Its video and audio performance exceed typical webcam expectations, but a $349 price places it squarely as a niche product that mixes flashy AI features with a

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Project Helix risks losing console roots if Xbox chases a Steam Machine

Microsoft’s pitch that the next-gen Xbox will rival the Steam Machine is a bold shift, and Asha Sharma’s emphasis on “performance” and “PC games” makes it clear Project Helix is heading toward PC territory. I’m glad there’s a plan, but I worry the project could abandon

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Nvidia may refresh the RTX 5050 with 9 GB of GDDR7 VRAM

Hardware leaker MegaSizeGpu, corroborated by Benchlife, says Nvidia will move the RTX 5050 to GDDR7 later this year, using 3 GB memory dies to reach 9 GB total. The change would come with a reduced 96‑bit bus; the standard RTX 5050 currently uses four 2 GB GDDR6 modules for

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Project Helix and the Steam Machine edge into the same living room space

Microsoft has begun unveiling Project Helix, a newly teased Xbox console promised to play both Xbox and PC games. Details remain scarce, but Asha Sharma, the new CEO of Microsoft Gaming, says more will be revealed at next week’s GDC. That announcement has made the Steam Machine—Valve’s

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Annual check: The KOTOR remake is still alive

A previous joke that the KOTOR remake would make an "annual" return proved literal when the project reappeared almost exactly a year later to confirm it was still alive. Willits offered no additional details—no indication of the remake's development state, no timeline, and no word

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Amazon Prime free PC games for March 2026 announced

Amazon Prime members can play more than 20 games for free this month, and a separate batch of 13 PC titles is available to claim and keep via storefronts such as the Epic Games Store and GOG. The Luna game library, which tops 50 PC games, adds Remedy’s Control: