Month: March 2022
Microsoft will let you play Xbox cloud games with a mouse and keyboard: ‘it’s coming’
The newest Microsoft Flight Simulator is one of the most demanding games ever made — and yet you can now play it on a shitty PC (or an original Xbox One) with the power of Microsoft’s cloud. There’s just one big hole: you can’t play currently play Xbox with a…
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How to decide which laptop to buy
The thing nobody tells you about working as a professional laptop reviewer is that everyone in your life who you are even somewhat acquainted with will, at some point, ask you what laptop they should buy. There are variations, of course. There’s “Which laptop should I buy for my son?”…
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Facebook Gaming appears to be overrun by spam and pirated content
Last fall, Streamlabs published a report indicating that Facebook Gaming had overtaken YouTube Gaming to become the second-most popular platform by hours watched, just behind Twitch. In January, StreamElements reported the platform had its best month ever, hitting a new peak of 617 million hours of monthly watch time. Reports…
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Russia says it’s blocking Facebook in alarming new censorship push
Russia’s communications agency Roskomnadzor announced Friday that it is blocking access to Facebook in Russia. It cited 26 cases of “discrimination against Russian media and information resources by Facebook” since October 2020, in addition to the more recent restrictions Facebook has placed on Russian state media outlets. The block comes…
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GTA 5’s graphics options on PS5 and Xbox Series X actually sound excellent
Audio player loading… Rockstar has confirmed GTA 5‘s graphics options for the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S remaster, and they actually sound damn good. The GTA 5 Expanded & Enhanced Edition, as it’s officially known, will feature three graphical settings, with one of those only being available on the higher-end…
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What to expect from Apple’s Peek Performance event
To the surprise of almost no one, Apple is holding its first virtual event of the year on March 8th to show off its latest hardware. We heard rumors about this date for weeks, and the date isn’t the only thing that leaked – as is so often the case,…
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