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Xbox Head Accidentally Unveils Its Game Streaming Device
Xbox Head Accidentally Unveils Its Game Streaming Device

Microsoft announced it was planning to release the streaming product last year, but we've never seen it in the flesh. Until now.

Microsoft Reveals Its Earnings From Game Pass
Microsoft Reveals Its Earnings From Game Pass

Microsoft has provided reams of data to justify the Activision Bizzard acquisition .That includes filings that reveal how much it's making on Game Pass, and it's probably more than you'd expect.

iPhone 14 Crash Detection Can Activate When People Ride Roller Coasters
iPhone 14 Crash Detection Can Activate When People Ride Roller Coasters

The iPhone can apparently mistake the looping, jerky movement of the ride for a car crash.

Pro-Russia Hackers Claim DDOS Attacks Against US Airport Websites
Pro-Russia Hackers Claim DDOS Attacks Against US Airport Websites

The attacks, which started early Monday, have impacted several major travel hubs including Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX), and Orlando International Airport (MCO).

Microsoft Unveils Windows 11 Gaming Optimization Guide to Increase Adoption
Microsoft Unveils Windows 11 Gaming Optimization Guide to Increase Adoption

The guide touches on two enhancement options related to Memory Integrity and the Virtual Machine Platform (VMP), which Microsoft says are both enabled by default on new Windows 11 devices.

EA Ditches Origin Game Launcher in Favor of New ‘EA App’
EA Ditches Origin Game Launcher in Favor of New ‘EA App’

EA says the app—which looks a lot like its biggest competitor—will provide users with a “faster, more reliable, and more streamlined gaming experience.”

Meta Has to Force Its Metaverse Developers to Use Horizon Worlds
Meta Has to Force Its Metaverse Developers to Use Horizon Worlds

Vishal Shah, Meta's VP of Metaverse says in a leaked memo that even the people developing the company's flagship metaverse product aren't using it.

Astronomers Grow Concerned Over Starlink V2 Launch
Astronomers Grow Concerned Over Starlink V2 Launch

Astronomers increasingly fear that plans to expand the Starlink megaconstellation will make it almost impossible to observe the sky from Earth, and they're asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to step in.

First Solar-Wind-Battery ‘Hybrid’ Plant Is Now Online
First Solar-Wind-Battery ‘Hybrid’ Plant Is Now Online

At full capacity, the plant will power about 100,000 homes.

‘Space Advertising’ With Tiny Satellites May Soon Be a Thing
‘Space Advertising’ With Tiny Satellites May Soon Be a Thing

This is the very definition of “Just because you could doesn’t mean you should.”