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Microsoft outs Xbox Project Helix: ‘We want to break down the artificial barriers between PC and console’

March 12, 2026
Summary created by Smart Answers AI In summary: PCWorld reports Microsoft’s Project Helix console aims to eliminate barriers between PC and console gaming through a unified player-first experience. The next-generation Xbox will feature advanced graphics including neural rendering, next-gen ray tracing, and AMD’s FSR Diamond ML-based upscaling technology. Developer alpha versions are expected…
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Google’s still struggling to crack PC gaming

March 12, 2026
Do PC gamers long to play mobile games…on the PC? Google continues to think so, and the company is making incremental moves to improve its Google Play platform on the PC. Google is adding a Steam-like trial period of one hour, called Game Trials, while adding more paid…
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MacBook Neo review: The first cheap laptop that isn’t cheap

March 11, 2026
The word “cheap” is a loaded one. It usually means the price is below expectations, which raises a product’s appeal. But it’s also used as a derogatory term for something of poor quality. Sometimes, often even, the two concepts go hand-in-hand. Apple’s MacBook Neo is far from “cheap” in the derogatory sense. On price alone, the MacBook Neo’s $599 starting price ($499 through…
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Nvidia gobbles up 94% of the PC graphics card market

March 10, 2026
When we think of the PC graphics-card market, we usually think of three players: Nvidia, AMD, and to a lesser extent, Intel. Those days are over. According to market data released by Jon Peddie Research for the fourth quarter of 2025, AMD’s market share in the PC…
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Logitech’s radical new mouse ditches clicks for magnets

March 10, 2026
Summary created by Smart Answers AI In summary: PCWorld highlights Logitech’s Pro X2 Superstrike gaming mouse, which replaces traditional clicks with innovative magnetic switches that measure press distance and offer adjustable actuation. The $180 mouse delivers rapid clicking capabilities crucial for competitive shooters, plus premium features like wireless charging and a 44,000 DPI…
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‘Claude’ AI is coming to Microsoft 365

March 10, 2026
The agentic world that Microsoft and others have envisioned for AI is now arriving in the company’s office apps, where prompts are replacing the need to build PowerPoint presentations from scratch, even with Anthropic’s Claude. Microsoft is pushing several major changes…
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Nvidia loves the RAM crisis

March 9, 2026
Storage is hard to find. Graphics cards are hard to find. RAM is extremely hard to find, even if you’re a PC manufacturing giant. And it’s all thanks to the “AI” data center buildout. But Nvidia, or at least its highly visible CEO Jensen Huang, couldn’t be happier…
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Newegg’s $7,500 RTX 5090 card is a sad, depressing omen

March 9, 2026
Just a year ago, we complained that MSI was bumping up prices for RTX 50-series cards to levels that were outrageous at the time, ranging from $819 to a whopping $2,400 at the high end. Today, I spotted Newegg selling an Asus ROG Matrix Platinum GeForce RTX 5090 for $7,499. The craziest thing is that, yes, this is a one-off from an independent vendor—but only when you consider that most of the…
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