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Hi Alexa, Amazon's Echo device team isn't convinced a new subscription service and refreshed personal assistant will save the company from the billion in losses

Amazon lost over $25 billion in its device business between 2017 and 2021. The losses cut across its Echo devices and other products, including Kindles, Fire TV Sticks, and video doorbells.

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The ROG Ally X has a killer feature I hadn't even thought about before, and it's changed how I use my handheld

Handhelds like the ROG Ally X are naturally focused on playing games on the go, but thanks to remote play they're also great to play console games in the home.

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Elden Ring DLC mastermind stacks 18 buffs and mollywhops Shadow of the Erdtree's final boss so hard he couldn't even go into Phase 2 (Update: He hit him even harder)

The final boss of Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree is FromSoftware's toughest ever, but even he isn't immune to silly one-shot builds.

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ASUS shows it hasn't forgotten its original gaming handheld by giving it a big UI update on the day of the ROG Ally X's launch

The improved Armoury Crate SE 1.5 user interface is now on ROG Ally. Here's what's new with this update.

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(Update) The First Descendant decides nerfing the best weapons and patching fun exploits is for lame live service games, adapts a different approach

Nexon had committed to protecting player creations and discoveries in The First Descendant, but now it seems that Nexon told us wrong... Several times.

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NVIDIA GeForce Now memberships are half off, just in time to check out the "half" integration in the Xbox Store

NVIDIA has discounted all tiers of its GeForce Now game streaming platform, just as Xbox has added the service to the Xbox Store for supported games... Kind of.

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Xbox tease another controller with a BBL — butt no we can't buy this one either

Xbox teases a Wolverine butt controller to compliment the Deadpool controller. You can't buy them but can enter the sweepstake and hope to win one.

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Inspired by Nintendo's Game Boy, this vibrant wireless mechanical keyboard carries an eye-watering price tag

Angry Miao is back with another stunner of a keyboard, this time based on the Nintendo Game Boy. Meet the AM RGB 65.

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What's next for Xbox Game Pass? Cloud-only tier, exploring ad-based tiers, and the return of the Family Plan?

Xbox Game Pass has been controversial in some corners, but right now, there's no sign to suggest that it isn't here to stay. What does the immediate future hold for Xbox Game Pass? Here's what I've heard.

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Don't destroy your Steam Deck like we did — use the new official repair and upgrade toolkit from iFixit

You can now purchase a Steam Deck Toolkit from iFixit that includes everything you need to open up your handheld gaming console for repairs or upgrades.

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Updated CrowdStrike recovery tool can save you from Blue Screen of Death, even without BitLocker recovery keys

Microsoft updated its guide and tools available to recovery PCs affected by the CrowdStrike outage. It is now possible to recover some PCs without using BitLocker recovery keys, though you need local administrator rights to do so.

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What is Galaxy AI and why is it important for Galaxy users?

Samsung's Galaxy AI has been on our radar since it was announced at the start of 2024, but it really piqued our interest when the Galaxy Book4 Edge Copilot+ PCs were revealed to also support the suite of AI tools. Here's what you need to know.

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Elon Musk blames diversity efforts for the widespread CrowdStrike digital pandemic that stunted Microsoft services

While Microsoft and CrowdStrike have issued statements indicating the issue has been fixed, Elon Musk used the opportunity to attack the latter's diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.

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Everyone asked how I edit my videos, and I actually use the best-kept secret Microsoft app (and it's free!)

Microsoft's Clipchamp is installed on hundreds of millions of PCs, but I'd be willing to bet quite a few people are unaware of the app. After making a recent social media video, a ton of people asked me which app I used and were intrigued by Clipchamp.

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Microsoft veteran software engineer explains the development of the Start menu as a Windows 95 feature before it turned into a Windows 11 'billboard'

Microsoft veteran Dave W. Plummer, aka Dave's Garage, recently narrated how he wrote the Start menu for Windows 95.

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EA Sports College Football 25 soars to #3 on Xbox US daily active users, #4 on PS5, as the game fans waited 11 years for launches worldwide

EA Sports College Football 25 is the first new college football game in over a decade, and it's already soaring to the top of sales charts.

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"Not now sweetie, Mummy's making CrowdStrike memes" — a compilation of the finest jokes the internet has created amongst crippling digital chaos

As the digital world burned, so did some fire jokes. Here's the best the internet had to offer of CrowdStrike and Microsoft memes from around the world.

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Watch this Elden Ring masochist spend over 30 minutes beating the DLC final boss hitless without levels, upgrades, or status effects

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree's final boss is brutally difficult, but this player just beat it in a no-hit run without levels, upgrades, or status effects.

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"Plenty of market hype around AI PCs and a less sexy commercial refresh cycle" grew the global PC market by 3% in Q2 of 2024, but China continues to dwindle these efforts

According to a new report by the International Data Corporation (IDC), the market grew by 3% in the second quarter of 2024 — translating to 64.9 million units.

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How to fix CrowdStrike Blue Screen error on Windows 11

On Windows 11 (and 10), you can fix the BSoD error due to the CrowdStrike faulty driver by booting into Safe Mode and deleting the "C-00000291*.sys" files from the "CrowdStrike" folder. Here I will explain to you how.

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"We're not blessed with big marketing budgets," Xbox's EMEA marketing lead laments Microsoft's lack of investment

Microsoft has been exploring essentially abandoning marketing Xbox in Europe according to rumors, and now we have some comments from Microsoft itself that may effectively confirm it.

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CrowdStrike's CEO finally apologizes after users react angrily to the firm's response to the Windows BSOD apocalypse

Today, many IT staffers woke up to a so-called Windows BSOD apocalypse after a Crowdstrike update for Windows knocked out corporate IT environments across the globe. Crowdstrike's CEO offered a nonchalant response to the chaos, which added fuel to the fire.

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How to fix your PC's installation using five effective methods on Windows 11

On Windows 11, you can repair your current setup in different ways to fix errors, performance, battery, and many other problems, and in this guide, I will show you how to do this through Command Prompt, Windows Update, Reset this PC, System Restore, and through the Windows Recovery Environment.

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As the world wakes up to a "digital pandemic", Microsoft suggests turning it off and on again 15 times

The world came to a standstill this morning as many services reliant on Azure servers were affected by an outage. Microsoft's solution? A classic. Turn it off and on again.

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NordVPN will soon work on Qualcomm Snapdragon X PCs, closing a big part of the Windows on Arm app gap

NordVPN will soon be able to run on Arm-powered PCs like the Surface Pro 11, Surface Laptop 7, and Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge. While Arm PCs can run many non-native apps through emulation, NordVPN cannot be used on the devices at this time.

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