This will allow Qualcomm's new chips to run more types of apps that don't have native ARM64 versions and previously weren't usable with emulation. It could even enable games that use AVX2 Starfield And Helldivers 2, to work under Windows on Arm. With this update, Microsoft's emulator opens support for 64-bit x86 software to use … Read more
Microsoft has been testing a new AI-powered Xbox chatbot, and now Xbox Insiders can try it out for the first time. I exclusively revealed the existence of this new “Xbox Support Virtual Agent” earlier this year, and Microsoft now says it's designed to “help Xbox gamers resolve their support-related gaming issues more efficiently.” Xbox Insiders … Read more
Microsoft is modernizing how its Windows Hello authentication, which includes facial and fingerprint recognition, works in Windows 11. The overhaul of the Windows Hello experience is currently in beta testing with Windows Insiders and includes visual changes, new iconography, and improvements to passkeys. This new interface will appear not only on the Windows 11 login … Read more
Earlier this year, Microsoft launched its Surface Laptop 7 without Intel chips to promote Windows on Arm and Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite chips. Now it looks like a Surface Laptop with Intel's latest Lunar Lake chips could hit the market next year. In a now-deleted listing on Chinese used market Goofish, a Surface laptop prototype … Read more
Microsoft is launching a redesigned version of Copilot today that aims to serve as an AI assistant or companion. To celebrate, Microsoft's new AI CEO, Mustafa Suleyman, penned a 700-plus word memo describing a “technological paradigm shift” toward AI models that can understand what people see and hear . Suleyman joined Microsoft earlier this year … Read more