Available since early July 2018, Raid: Shadow Legends launched as a mobile role-playing game that was also ported to PC since its introduction. Both loved and hated by gamers and critics, this game, which is played by more than one million people each day, has just switched hands as Plarium was acquired by Modern Times.

Anthropic has unveiled improved Claude AI that can control computers directly, allowing the AI to complete complex tasks that previously required direct human input. A partnership with Palantir provides the US government with AI cloud services for the processing of classified information to help protect America.

Microsoft is preparing to add a bunch of new performance improvements to Windows 11 aimed specifically at ARM chipsets. Not only has the company integrated AVX2 support within its Prism emulation layer, but it has also added AVX, BMI, FMA, and F16C extensions to boot.

The latest Asus Zenbook S 16 laptop with a Ryzen AI 9 365 APU, 24 GB of memory, and 1 TB of storage has been priced down by a cool 18% at Best Buy. The laptop demonstrates the capabilities of AMD's new APUs rather well with good performance and a healthy battery life.

Nvidia is allegedly preparing to go head-to-head with Strix Halo APUs in late 2025 or early 2026 with the release of an ARM-based APU on Windows. According to the latest leak from Moore's Law Is Dead, Team Green is planning to pitch the APU to gamers as well as content creators.

The Epic Games Store has revealed that it will be giving away a classic collection of games in a week's time. Offered as the only giveaway next week, the collection consists of eight games and e-book summarising the hugely popular franchise.

The Epic Games Store is now offering a new free game to download and keep indefinitely. Not only that, the storefront has decided to throw in a new bundle for a popular battle royale-hero shooter too.

While Paint 11.2410.28.0 gets generative fill and erase, an improved model for Cocreator, and an updated Image Creator, Notepad 11.2410.15.0 comes with AI-assisted content rewriting. Currently, only Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels on Windows 11 in select markets can access these features.

The Mozilla Foundation has announced it has let go of 30% of its staff, eliminating its advocacy and global programs divisions. This marks the second round of 2024 layoffs for the company that dismissed 60 people in February 2024.

The Minisforum V3 SE has launched as a refreshed variant of the non-SE tablet PC that launched in early 2024. This new model comes with some tweaks but has a less capable APU than the regular option.

Microsoft launches its largest-ever Bing sweepstakes with a $1 million grand prize across six countries. The campaign integrates with Microsoft Rewards program, allowing users to earn up to 200 entries through platform engagement.

Early details about a new ultra-large gaming handheld have emerged online. Almost as large as the OneXPlayer X1, the device features a Nintendo Switch-like design with a display that is said to originate in the RedMagic Nova.

In future, anyone logging into Windows will be greeted by a fresh Windows Hello user interface, which is designed to simplify login using a fingerprint sensor, facial recognition or passkey. The design of other login screens in Windows will also be revised.

Microsoft's new Copilot+ PCs are not just focusing on AI capabilities. A recent comparison from Microsoft demonstrates performance and battery life improvements over popular 5-year-old Windows PCs.

Up until now, you had to choose when buying a laptop with an Intel processor - either the screen was a low resolution panel, or the battery life was bad. This changes with Intel Lunar Lake, as the Asus ExpertBook P5 achieved strong 16 hours with a high res 2.5K screen.

Capcom's Monster Hunter Wilds free open beta may have been a genius marketing ploy disguised as a development exercise. Despite the franchise's somewhat niche history, Wilds has attracted over 450,000 players on Steam in the first two hours after going live.

qBittorrent, a popular torrent client, has left a key backdoor open for 14 years. A security measure that began getting skipped back in 2010 is now being re-implemented. There was no word to users about this fix, beyond the usual patch notes.

Microsoft has again delayed the controversial Recall feature for Copilot+ PCs to December. The feature was supposed to roll out in June this year, but Microsoft moved the release date to November after backlash from users.

Microsoft will charge users $30 for security updates if they plan to keep using Windows 10 past its end-of-support date (Oct 10, 2025). Enterprise customers must pay $61 for one year, $122 for a second and $244 for three years.

Epic Games is giving away a popular indie spy multiplayer game next week. Bundled with an unlock bundle for Apex Legends, next week's free game offering has a 60s aesthetic and team deathmatch mechanics.

Epic Games has given its free game giveaway service a spooky makeover to celebrate Halloween. Consisting of two games this around, the new deal is worth a combined $80, but only for a short time.

The Haier Y16 is a productivity-focused laptop that is said to offer decent computing power. The Y16 boasts a large 16-inch 1200p panel with a standard 60Hz refresh rate. It is powered by an Intel i5-12450H processor, paired with 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD.

Available since yesterday, Firefox 132.0 comes with Microsoft PlayReady encrypted media playback, which allows 4K UHD support on several streaming websites, as well as various security fixes, improvements to tracking protection, a broader color range, and more. Firefox ESR 115 and 128.x were also updated.

The developer of the hyper-popular PUBG is leaving the battle royale format behind, at least for its next release. Project ARC is a fast-paced isometric 5v5 co-op shooter with a focus on tactical and team-based gameplay mechanics.

Digital Extremes recently confirmed a December release for Warframe 1999. Meanwhile, those eager to play Soulframe will have to wait a little longer, as the fantasy RPG is only slated to enter pre-alpha in 2025, effectively constituting an official delay.

An intrepid user on Reddit posted a screenshot of what appears to be Pokémon Legends: Arceus running natively in Windows. Per the Reddit post, this port comes courtesy of source code present in the massive Game Freak leak earlier this month.

Vivaldi 7.0 comes with a completely redesigned interface, which brings together tabs, apps, and tasks into an "all-in-one control center" alongside new icons, themes, and floating tabs. While the feed reader gets separate feed folders, the update also brings management improvements in the mail client.

The SteamOS 3.6.19 release adds more functionality to the Asus ROG Ally and moves the gyro controller driver into the kernel, outside of Steam's proprietary driver stack, suggesting that support for third-party gaming handhelds is inching closer to reality. At the same time, the Steam Deck OLED becomes more Windows-friendly.

When the price hits €2,000, expectations are high. The Lenovo ThinkBook 16p Gen 5 IRX delivers on some of our expectations - but apart from the great performance, there are too many compromises.

Epic Games has updated its free game giveaway service with a popular title from the developers of the Worms series. Worth $24.99, Moving Out builds on the local co-op gameplay of Overcooked and Overcooked 2 but with a twist.

The Core Ultra 7 155H-powered Asus Zenbook 14 OLED (Q425) with 16 GB of RAM and 1 TB of storage is now on sale for 33% off the list price at Best Buy. The discount brings the thin and light notebook to less than its usual $750 price, making the Zenbook 14 a worthy deal for folks on the hunt for a super portable OLED laptop with excellent battery life.

In addition to providing full support to no less than seven new games, including Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, the Nvidia GeForce Game Ready Driver package labeled 566.03 is also adding no less than 32 G-Sync Compatible displays to the list, as well as a trio of Optimal Playable Settings profiles.

A new update to Battlefield 1 has officially removed Steam Deck compatibility from the online FPS, despite the game launching as long ago as 2016. This move comes after a similar decision was made with GTA Online last month. Unlike GTA Online, there doesn't seem to be any hope for redemption for Battlefield 1.

While there are multiple guides on manually bypassing the TPM, Secure Boot, or processor compatibility checks performed when installing Windows 11, Flyby11 does everything automatically. With the help of this straightforward patcher, users with outdated hardware can effortlessly transition to Windows 11 24H2.

High refresh rate screens are becoming more popular with laptops, but often, the dynamic refresh rate setting is missing, driving up the power consumption. The Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 7 is an example for that.

Unity has launched the Unity 6 game development engine for Windows, Macs, and Linux computers. The new version adds a native Windows on Arm editor and app compilation, an updated Sentis AI library, and better graphics with improved performance.

The ChatGPT app for macOS came out in May this year. After five months, OpenAI has finally released the ChatGPT app for Windows. However, instead of a native app, it is just an Electron-based web app.

Lenovo's newest premium ThinkPad is almost here: The featherweight Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 Aura Edition is pre-orderable now. Customers have to pay a premium, though, as only high-end configurations are available.

Qualcomm has officially cancelled the only currently Snapdragon Elite desktop implementation available along with any software support for the $899 mini PC. It will refund all existing pre-orders for the ARM-powered desktop, but existing owners are left in the dark. An email to buyers of the Snapdragon X Elite dev kit confirmed that the mini PC did not meet Qualcomm's expectations, and no further software support will be issued for the few buyers that have received their orders.

Epic Games has announced plans to give away a game from the team behind the Worms series. Worth $24.99, the game will be available to download for free and keep forever, but only for a short time.

Although it has been present in Firefox for ages, the "List all Tabs" button recently got a bigger icon, so it became more visible. However, Firefox 131 came with a minor change, now labeled by Mozilla as a bug, which consisted of the users' inability to remove the button. Now, that option is back.

When we tested the Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6, the lightweight productivity laptop achieved an outstanding battery life. Now, Lenovo has expanded the options for this Qualcomm Snapdragon X laptop, adding a high quality OLED display, 5G mobile connectivity and a more affordable Snapdragon X Plus 8 Core CPU into the mix.

Epic Games Store is updating its game giveaway program with two more titles. Worth roughly $30 when purchased together, Epic's latest deal will go live later today and run throughout next week.

Windows 11 24H2 update introduces new features and system improvements, but it also comes with some issues. One of the reported problems is that the clipboard history is appearing blank, preventing users from accessing previously copied items.

This month, Blizzard is back with a series of hotfixes for issues that were plaguing The War Within, Cataclysm Classic, Season of Discovery, WoW Classic Era, and Hardcore. In addition to the multiple adjustments across all classes, there are also fixes in several dungeons, raids, and quests.