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Microsoft's Teams platform hit a snag when its text-to-speech functionality went sideways, leaving businesses scrambling for quick fixes. the outage landed at the worst possible moment — and it piled pressure on organizations that lean on automated voice responses to keep the day moving.

When you look at the gaming industry today, Xbox is staring down a fundamental crisis that is reshaping how we think about console gaming’s future. The latest quarterly earnings paint a stark picture: Xbox console sales dropped dramatically by 29% year-over-year, marking the fourth consecutive year of declining hardware revenue. This is not a temporary setback. It is a pattern that signals deeper structural problems.

Microsoft's Q1 2026 earnings tell a familiar story for Xbox fans, and this chapter lands harder than a routine quarterly wobble. The gaming giant's hardware revenue fell 29 percent year over year, according to The Verge. The slump is no blip. It is pushing Microsoft to rethink Xbox's place in a strategy that favors service ubiquity over conquering the console shelf.

Three forces collide this week, the Federal Reserve's interest rate call, Microsoft's quarterly earnings, and a high-stakes meeting between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. For tech watchers and investors, it is a live demo of how monetary policy, corporate scorecards, and geopolitics crash into each other in one trading week.

Microsoft's October 2025 Windows 11 update managed to break one of the most fundamental aspects of development work: localhost connectivity. The October cumulative update KB5066835 has disrupted local web services across Windows 11 systems, leaving developers unable to access applications running on their own machines. On your own PC. Seriously. This is not a minor inconvenience, it is affecting everything from Visual Studio debugging sessions to enterprise applications that rely on local IIS...

When Microsoft's October security update KB5066835 rolled out, users quickly discovered what might be one of the most ironically timed bugs in recent Windows history. An update meant to strengthen security, yet it disabled the very recovery tools you'd need when things go seriously wrong. The emergency response came swift and decisive, KB5070773, an out-of-band update that Microsoft pushed through their distribution channels faster than usual to restore the critical recovery functionality that...

Microsoft's Copilot is getting a makeover that stretches far past its old borders. The latest update brings game-changing features that Microsoft recently began rolling out. Not another tiny tweak. A broad expansion that turns Copilot into a true productivity hub, one that connects Microsoft's ecosystem with outside services like Google's. With Connectors and direct Office document creation, Microsoft is aiming for AI that feels seamless across apps, accounts, and devices.

When Microsoft's cloud empire stumbles, the ripple effects are felt across the global digital landscape. That is exactly what happened on October 9, 2025, when a significant service disruption brought down critical Microsoft 365 services, leaving organizations worldwide scrambling for answers. The outage affected core infrastructure including the admin center, authentication services, and Microsoft Entra ID, essentially creating a digital traffic jam that prevented users from accessing the...

Reviewed by Meg Flores

Today marks a pivotal moment in computing history as Microsoft officially pulls the plug on Windows 10. After nearly a decade of faithful service, the operating system reaches its end-of-life phase on October 14, 2025, so no more security patches, bug fixes, or feature updates will flow from Redmond's servers. Here is the twist. Millions of PC users are still running Windows 10, and many have no intention of upgrading anytime soon. Microsoft has been bombarding Windows 10 users with upgrade...

Microsoft's latest venture into handheld gaming is here, and the pricing is already sparking debate. The ROG Xbox Ally has been priced at $599.99, and its premium sibling, the ROG Xbox Ally X, commands a hefty $999.99. What makes that pop is that the ROG Xbox Ally X costs substantially more than a current Xbox Series X; the base Ally ($599.99) is cheaper than the Series X following Microsoft's Oct. 2025 price updates. The ROG Xbox Ally X is potentially the most expensive Xbox-branded device to...

Reviewed by Jame Jimenez

Microsoft's pricing strategy for the Xbox ecosystem just delivered a reality check that is reverberating through gaming communities worldwide. In May 2025, the company announced some of the most aggressive price increases the console industry has seen, pushing the Xbox Series X from $500 to $600 and bumping the Series S from $300 to $380. Then came the curveball. Microsoft tried to push game prices to $80, met a tidal wave of backlash, and quickly backtracked to $69.99 after criticism around...

Microsoft's CEO is not just playing defense in the AI revolution, he's haunted by the idea that Microsoft could slide into irrelevance. Satya Nadella is haunted at the prospect of Microsoft not surviving the AI era, and that fear is fueling some of the boldest moves out of Redmond in decades. Nadella gathered his lieutenants to assess the out-of-nowhere competition when DeepSeek's R1 model jolted the strategy built around OpenAI. The gut punch: computer processing that would cost $1,000 through...

Reviewed by Jame Jimenez

Microsoft's launching a new Windows AI Labs program, and this is not just another beta test. It reads like the company's boldest swing yet at changing how we interact with our computers. There is always a little buzz when Microsoft rolls out something new, and Windows AI Labs has that charge. Microsoft is being deliberately selective, treating it like a curated research collaboration, not a mass rollout. Users are positioned as co-creators, not box-tickers. That alone changes the vibe.

The tech world is buzzing about a seismic shift that could reshape how we work. Microsoft is preparing to require employees near its Redmond headquarters to work from the office at least three days a week, with a phased rollout beginning late February 2026 (internal memo/reporting), a sharp pivot from the pandemic-era flexibility that defined remote culture. This is not just another corporate policy update. It is a strategic move that shows how even the most successful tech companies are...

PowerToys has been quietly transforming into something much bigger than a simple collection of Windows utilities. What started as a nostalgic callback to the Windows 95 era has evolved into Microsoft's rapid-deployment testing ground for features that address fundamental Windows limitations. This evolution from novelty tools to essential productivity enhancements reflects Microsoft's new approach to filling operating system gaps without waiting for major release cycles.

Microsoft's strategic shift to expand Xbox Cloud Gaming beyond its premium Ultimate tier represents a pivotal moment in cloud gaming accessibility. After years of restricting cloud streaming to the $19.99 Ultimate subscription, Microsoft is now testing broader access through its Xbox Insider program, opening cloud gaming to Game Pass Core and Standard subscribers. This expansion comes at a critical juncture when the company has been restructuring subscription tiers and implementing price...

Reviewed by Corey Noles

Windows users have looked on with envy at Mac owners wrangling torrents with ease for years. Now, finally, a new Windows torrent client is making downloads easier, safer, and more customizable.

Windows 10 universal apps are actually pretty awesome—regardless of if you're using a desktop, laptop, tablet, or convertible, the same app automatically scales up or down to suit your device. Definitely cool, but the Windows Store is pretty bare-bones as it stands, so the downside is that you can't always find a good universal app for every purpose.

Microsoft's "Fall Update" to Windows 10, code named Threshold 2, has a lot of new tricks up its sleeve. It's the biggest update we've seen since Windows 10 was released this summer, and it's rolling out to all users right now.

Apple isn't the only retailer that can boast futuristic-looking storefronts.

We've had the pleasure of test driving the ASUS Transformer Book T100T for the last couple of weeks, and for a $400 Windows 8 machine, it's impressive to say the least.

If you own an Android device and a Windows computer, there is absolutely no reason you shouldn't have Pushbullet installed. With the Android app and a companion Chrome plugin, you can easily send files between all of your supported devices, and there's even a notification mirroring function so that you never miss an important update.