Microsoft debuted the Xbox Series X/S during its fiscal Q2, and that pushed the company’s gaming revenue up 51% year-over-year. But the tech behemoth’s strength is not only in the console hardware — it’s also seeing continued gains in software and services.
Xbox hardware sales were up, of course. The Xbox Series X/S drove hardware revenue up 86% compared to the same quarter from last year.
The Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood launches in June
January 27, 2021
ZeniMax Online Studios revealed information for The Elder Scrolls: Online’s yearlong Gates of Oblivion adventure, including details for the Blackwood chapter release.
The Elder Scrolls Online debuted in 2014 and has a dedicated following thanks to a steady release of…
iOS 14.4 rolls out with Bluetooth audio monitoring
January 27, 2021
Apple has started rolling out iOS 14.4 to iPhone and iPad users. While not as a meaty of an update as iOS 14.3, it comes with a handful of small enhancements. To start, you’ll find a new option within the Settings menu that allows you to designate the type of third-party…
Plex Arcade launches to let users curate and play ROM games and Atari classics on iPhone, Apple TV
January 27, 2021
Plex has built a following over the years as one of the best options to curate your media collection and make it available to stream across your Apple and other devices. Now the company is diving into gaming with a notable partnership with Atari to bring some of the most classic games to iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and more as well as giving users the ability to store and play their own ROM games.
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Gorgeous RPG 'Haven' expands to Switch and PS4 on February 4th
January 27, 2021
Haven is centered around a pair of lovers on a lost planet, so it’s fitting that it’ll arrive on more platforms just ahead of Valentine’s Day. The sci-fi RPG will land on Nintendo Switch, PS4 and Epic Games Store on February 4th. It debuted on Steam, GOG…
Plex Arcade features a bunch of old-school Atari games
January 27, 2021
Media streaming service Plex is moving beyond TV, movies, audio and photos. Starting today, you can play a bunch of Atari games through a Plex Arcade subscription. Plex has teamed up with Parsec to offer classics like Asteroids, Centipede, Missile Command and Super…
iOS 14.4: How to label Bluetooth devices as a speaker, headphones, hearing aids, more
January 27, 2021
iOS 14.4 has arrived for all users and one of the new features is the option to classify your Bluetooth accessories as a specific type of device. Read along for why and how to label Bluetooth devices on iPhone and iPad as a speaker, headphones, hearing aids, and car stereo.
Beyond just the inherent value some will find of Bluetooth devices being properly labeled on iPhone and iPad, Apple says…
Another quarter, another booming earnings report from Microsoft. But what’s notable for Q2 2021is that it isn’t just the cloud driving the company forward this time. The company reported revenues of $43.1 billion, up 17 percent from last year. That’s $2.9 billion more…
Grimes and Endel bring their AI-powered sleep sounds to Android
January 27, 2021
Last October, Endel announced that it had partnered with Grimes for a special ‘soundscape’ inside its music app, which is meant to help you focus, relax or fall asleep. The collaboration was called AI Lullaby and, as you might have guessed from the name, combined…
Apple says iOS 14.4 patches 3 security flaws that ‘may have been actively exploited’
January 27, 2021
In addition to the new features detailed earlier today, iOS 14.4 also brings a trio of notable security improvements. In a new Support document published this afternoon, Apple said that iOS 14.4 fixes a kernel vulnerability and two WebKit vulnerabilities, all three of which “may have been actively exploited.”
First, Apple says that iOS 14.4 patches a security vulnerability in the kernel…
