Month: March 2023
Microsoft says it has stopped its Xbox Game Pass $1 trial offer
Microsoft has stopped its $1 trial offer for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. The trial has been available for years, with brief periods where it wasn’t always available in certain markets, and it now looks like Microsoft is considering new promotions instead. “We have stopped our previous…
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Apple staff reportedly express doubts about mixed-reality headset months ahead of launch
Although the expected launch of Apple’s mixed-reality headset is just months away, some employees don’t seem to think the device is ready yet, according to a report from The New York Times. While some employees reportedly exited the project due to their doubts, others remain skeptical about the headset’s potential…
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The Wii U and Nintendo 3DS eShops shut down tomorrow
The Wii U and Nintendo 3DS digital storefronts are shutting down tomorrow, March 27th, 2023. While you’ll no longer be able to purchase games or DLC from either eShop, you’ll still be able to redownload the games you’ve already bought and play online for the time being. Nintendo first warned…
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Elon Musk reportedly halves Twitter’s valuation in internal memo
Elon Musk has put a $20 billion value on Twitter, making up less than half of the $44 billion Musk paid to acquire the site, according to reports from Platformer and The Information. In a memo sent to staff viewed by Platformer’s Zoë Schiffer, Musk reportedly says that employees will…
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Microsoft pushes out an emergency fix for the dangerous ‘acropalypse’ bug
Microsoft has acted swiftly to patch up the worrying ‘acropalypse’ bug that we reported on earlier this week – a bug that could enable information cropped out of images by the Windows screenshot tools to be recovered. As per BleepingComputer (opens in new tab), Microsoft has now issued an OOB…
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AirPods Pro with USB-C are supposedly on the way
Apple could soon launch a USB-C version of its second-gen AirPods Pro. That’s according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who believes the company could start shipping the earbuds with a USB-C case during the second and third quarters of this year. This apparently doesn’t apply to Apple’s standard AirPod models,…
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