HoloLens video schools developers on what they’ll ‘need to know’
Hardware is going through the first phase of a shift from desktops and smartphones to, maybe, virtual and augmented reality. And Microsoft wants to...
CEO Lisa Su expects company watchers to say ‘AMD is back’ in 2016
Advanced Micro Devices has had a few tough years as it struggles to stay afloat financially and compete with Intel, the world’s biggest chip...
Xbox Live is down for some — and Snoop Dogg is mad as hell about it
Gamers are having difficulty getting online to play games with friends on Xbox One, and that’s ruining one rapper’s day. Xbox Live is down...
Microsoft open-sources its JavaScript engine Chakra
As promised, Microsoft has open-sourced the core components of Chakra, the company’s JavaScript engine used in Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer. The project, dubbed...
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview for PCs with ‘structural improvements’ to OneCore
Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs, the first build of 2016. The main focus of this build is structural improvements...
‘The Walking Dead’ publisher to adapt emotional Oxenfree game for film and other projects
The gaming industry isn’t an easy place for indie developers to make money, which is possibly why one of them is looking to break...
Xbox Live, Outlook, Bing down as Microsoft services experience outage (update)
Updated at 1 p.m. PST: After a hiccup, it looks like Xbox Live, Bing, and the rest are coming back online. Microsoft has told...
Microsoft taps Bango to expand carrier billing across Windows 10 devices
With Windows 10 now running on more than 200 million devices, Microsoft is expanding its partnership with mobile-payments company Bango to bring carrier billing...
Rise of the Tomb Raider has sold through 1M copies, according to Microsoft
Microsoft has confirmed that the adventurer’s latest outing, the excellent Rise of the Tomb Raider (one of the 10 best games of the year), has reached “well over” 1 million copies sold through to consumers. In a tweet, Xbox marketing exec Aaron Greenberg specifically noted that Rise made a lot of those sales in December.
How to create a bootable Windows 10 USB flash drive
Even with the rise of cloud storage, the USB flash drive is still vital for cases where the Internet won’t cut it, especially as...