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Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with security, Narrator, and accessibility improvements

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January 4, 2019
4 min

Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview with improvements to security, the Narrator app, and accessibility. The update bumps Windows 10 from build...

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Apple touts record App Store holiday sales of $1.22 billion, plus $322 million on New Year’s Day

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January 3, 2019
1 min

A comparatively weak season for iPhone hardware is being offset somewhat by strong App Store sales, as Apple announced today that its app and...

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Net Applications: Windows 10 passes Windows 7 in market share

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 1, 2019
2 min

More than three years after its release, Windows 10 has passed Windows 7 in market share. That means more desktop computers are now running...

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A look back at some of AI’s biggest video game wins in 2018

Posted byby GamesBeat
December 29, 2018
9 min

For decades, games have served as benchmarks for artificial intelligence (AI). In 1996, IBM famously set loose Deep Blue on chess, and it became...

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RIP: 15 tech companies and products that bit the dust in 2018

Posted byby GamesBeat
December 27, 2018
5 min

The year 2018 may be remembered for its many launches, from well-funded augmented reality (AR) startups to future-gazing big data platforms. But for every new...