Yeah yeah, this looks exciting and all, but the spreadsheets are where the real action happens There aren’t many games for which built-in integration with Microsoft Excel would be a major feature whose announcement would draw literal cheers from fans. But Eve Online showed itself to be the exception when developer CCP announced coming Excel […]
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) The Activision-Blizzard shareholders’ response to a whirlwind of news over the past year—which include disturbing, company-wide allegations of sexual harassment and pay disparity, followed by a $68.7 billion acquisition proposal—reached a new head at the end of April in the form of a sweeping lawsuit. As first reported […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Data suggests that gamers are moving to Windows 11 at a steady pace but not nearly as quickly as they warmed to Windows 10 a few years ago. For historically change-averse businesses, surprisingly, the opposite may be true—Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said during the company’s Q3 2022 earnings call that enterprises […]
Man, Steve Ballmer had to be feeling really good when he first got Paul George and Kawhi Leonard. I mean like “Steve Ballmer hyping up a pep rally” good or “Christmas morning presents as a child” good. He felt “Just bought a brand new XBox and am barely able to drive home below the speed […]
Enlarge (credit: Wired | Getty Images) If you want to know how worried an industry is about a piece of pending legislation, a decent metric is how apocalyptic its predictions are about what the bill would do. By that standard, Big Tech is deeply troubled by the American Innovation and Choice Online Act. The infelicitously […]
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) Four U.S. Senators have sent a letter to Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Lina Khan expressing concern about Microsoft’s proposed $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, according to a Wall Street Journal report. In the letter, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) express worry […]
A new pilot program marks a tepid concession by Google that change is coming to its lucrative app store. Read More
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Ars Technica ) Home windows 11 testers are regularly getting new Windows 11 features that will Microsoft wasn’t ready to display anyone yet. Sometimes that indicates digging up a new Task Manager or tabs for the File Parcourir . And frequently it means locating advertisements for other Microsoft items as […]
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Ars Technica ) Windows 11 testers are regularly finding new Windows 11 features that Microsoft wasn’t ready to show anyone yet. Sometimes that means digging up a new Task Manager or tabs for the File Manager . And sometimes it means obtaining advertisements for other Microsoft products as you browse […]
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Ars Technica ) House windows 11 testers are regularly acquiring new Windows 11 features of which Microsoft wasn’t ready to demonstrate anyone yet. Sometimes that implies digging up a new Task Manager or tabs for the File Explorer . And often it means selecting advertisements for other Microsoft goods as […]