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PCWorld's February Digital Magazine: The Chip Wars Rage On
Enjoy the best of PCWorld.com in a curated Digital Magazine for Android, iOS, and your web browser.
PCWorld's January Digital Magazine: How much scalpers make selling the hardware you want most
Enjoy the best of PCWorld.com in a curated Digital Magazine for Android, iOS, and your web browser.
Microsoft's wins, fails, and WTF moments of 2020
We've collected all of the best (and worst) moments of Microsoft during 2020, along with the "wha...?!" moments that made us scratch our head.
Microsoft's Pause Screen Time feature cuts your kids' access to Xbox and Windows
Microsoft has added a "Pause Screen Time" feature to its Xbox Family Settings app for smartphones, instantly cutting off kids' access to their games when you need their attention.
PCWorld's December Digital Magazine: Is the MacBook Air really faster than 98% of PC laptops?
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Your PC is either DirectX 12 Ultimate-ready, or you're not a real gamer
The latest Xbox Game Bar update checks whether your gaming PC can support DirectX12 Ultimate. Microsoft wants you to look for the logo when buying hardware and PC games.
How to use Microsoft Rewards to get Xbox Game Pass for PC (and more!) for free
Our Microsoft Rewards tutorial shows you how to use Microsoft Rewards to earn Amazon gift cards, Xbox games, and more , all for browsing the web and playing games.
PCWorld's July Digital Magazine: The $1,001 Question
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Windows 10's Xbox Game Bar adds a widget store and much-needed transparency controls
Microsoft has created a widget store to add functionality to Windows 10's Xbox Game Bar, including Destiny-specific widget. Even better, there are now transparency and click-through controls, too.
'Significant and fundamental' Windows tweak sets the stage for GPU innovation
Windows 10's new hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling feature is "a significant and fundamental change to the driver model," Microsoft says, letting graphics chips control their memory more directly.
Microsoft's Xbox app for Windows finally supports easy-to-find mods for PC gaming
Microsoft has made some grudging concessions to the PC gaming mods scene by adding support for mods to select games via its Xbox app for Windows 10.
PCWorld's May Digital Magazine: Ryzen 4000 vs. Comet Lake H
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Three great, easy ways to transfer files within Windows 10
Forget USB keys or even DVDs: Here are three free, easy ways to share files wirelessly within Windows: Cloud Clipboard, Nearby Sharing, and sharing OneDrive links.
Microsoft offers a cool Xbox extension for Microsoft Edge: Xbox New Tab
Microsoft has added Xbox New Tab to its list of Microsoft Edge extensions, providing quick links to art and game streams for your favorite Xbox games.
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The backbone of the Xbox Series X's ultra-fast storage technology is coming to Windows
Microsoft confirms that DirectStorage, part of the Xbox Series X Velocity Architecture, will arrive on Windows 10 gaming PCs in the future.
Tech that died in 2019: We bid farewell to...
2019 was the end of the line for products from Google, Microsoft, Samsung and others. We mourn the departed here.
