Continuing their free monthly multiplayer updates to Gears of War 4, The Coalition is back with the new March update. The update is bringing a new ranked lobby system, two new maps, and fixes up the Gnasher’s close range inconsistencies. The previous month’s update added a couple of familiar maps …
Read More »Windows Insider program to expand and improve; new Fast Ring build delayed
The Windows Insider program helped pour the foundation of today’s Microsoft. The program is open, transparent, allowing anyone to participate, and relies on user feedback significantly. It’s a middle ground between the lock-down of macOS and the open-source of Linux distributions. Since its introduction, it has inspired other Insider programs …
Read More »Forza Horizon 3’s Duracell Car Pack adds seven new cars
Forza Horizon 3, the Microsoft exclusive open world racing game is now gearing up to add more cars to its catalog. The monthly DLC car pack release schedule is now bringing the Duracell Car Pack for the month of March. Since its release in September last year, Playground Games has …
Read More »Windows 10 Creators Update to come for PC first, Mobile later
We live in a mobile-first world as every tech giant keeps reminding us – including Microsoft – but some of the decisions that come out of these giants don’t fit in with that philosophy. In a very short and concise statement to Softpedia about the upcoming Creators Update, a Microsoft …
Read More »Windows 10 Insider build updates could become smaller than 1 GB
Starting with Windows 10, Microsoft is treating the decades-old operating system as a service. The idea is to provide constant updates with not only bug fixes but also new features, instead of building a new version of Windows. There is no Windows 11 – not yet at least; if the …
Read More »Windows 10 will stop forcing reboots for updates with Creators Update
The road to hell is paved with good intentions, as the saying goes. The Windows Update was designed with good intentions: keeping every Windows user secure, on the latest version of the Windows software. The results, however, turned into one of the many causes of data loss. Forced Reboots The …
Read More »Windows 10 2-in-1s dominate the MWC 2017 show floor, as Android tablets struggle
Here’s a bit of success in Microsoft’s consumer endeavors. After unsuccessfully pushing Windows onto the tablet form-factor with Windows 8 and 8.1; Microsoft finally managed to innovate and find a good balance between the power of a desktop and the usability of a tablet. Microsoft’s efforts are now paying off, …
Read More »Middle-earth: Shadow of War announced for Project Scorpio, Xbox One, and Windows 10
After some unfortunate leaks ruining the surprise yesterday, Middle-earth: Shadow of War is now official. Monolith Productions are back in developing the sequel to 2014’s hit game – Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor. However, what was not in yesterday’s leak was the game’s availability on Microsoft’s upcoming console – Project Scorpio. …
Read More »Google’s Project Zero releases a Zero-Day vulnerability in Microsoft Edge & IE
Here comes Google, creating trouble for Microsoft once more. Google’s in-house zero-day exploit-discovery team, Project Zero, have discovered a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Edge browsers. Technically, Project Zero found this exploit about 90 days ago; the Google team possesses expertise in discovering zero-day exploits and reports them …
Read More »Windows 10 Insider Build 15042 (optionally) blocks Win32 apps from installing
This is a very crucial feature, but more importantly, optional. Build 15042, the latest Windows 10 Insider Fast Ring build for PC, has an interesting option hidden within the settings. The option is disabled by default but exists on every Windows 10 SKU – including Enterprise. The option is to …
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