After four years, are we finally going to see the Minecraft in augmented reality that Microsoft originally promised? Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella ended his Microsoft Build keynote address on Monday with a…
Employees of Riot Games to Walkout in Protest Monday
Riot Games employees are planning a walkout on Monday afternoon to protest forced arbitration from the company, as reported by Kotaku. Following an investigative report by Kotaku in 2018 that chronicled dozens…
Ubisoft Announces Ghost Recon World Premiere Event
Update 5/6: Ubisoft officially announced that a Ghost Recon world premiere event is coming on May 9 at 11:30 a.m. PT. Revealed through Twitter, the announcement reads “Calling all Ghosts. Tune into…
Microsoft’s intelligent, context-aware search boxes are coming to all of its apps and services
Last September, Microsoft began rolling out a more intelligent Microsoft Search that understands both the context of your query as well as what you’re asking. At Microsoft Build, Microsoft will announce that…
Microsoft’s MyAnalytics work assistant now encourages you to slow down and focus
In a culture of work, work, work, Microsoft’s MyAnalytics has always been one of the few quiet voices urging you to slow down. At Microsoft’s Build developer conference today, the company announced…
Microsoft launches ‘Fluid Framework’ to transform the traditional Office document
Microsoft’s Fluid Framework may be the future of Office—a future where the walls between applications melt away, and collaboration is routine. If this sounds familiar, that’s because in 2014, Microsoft experimented with…
Microsoft Edge’s IE Mode will put Internet Explorer in a tab
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Edge browsers will join forces as a future version of Microsoft Edge integrates “IE Mode,” running Internet Explorer as a tab. Microsoft also said that future versions of…
Microsoft’s Cortana concept demo portrays her as a smart, competent AI assistant for the office
Microsoft’s digital assistant, Cortana, began as a peppy AI sidekick within Windows 10, experimented a bit with smart speakers, then went on semi-hiatus as she worked out some things. Now she’s reinvented…
Google I/O 2019 preview: What we expect, hope, and really want to see
Now that we all know the fate of the Avengers in Endgame, we can turn our attention to the next blockbuster event of the spring: Google I/O. Google is set to kick…
Fortnite’s Volcano Erupts and Destroys Tilted Towers
Today’s Fortnite in-game event took players inside an interdimensional vault and saw the eruption of the giant volcano, resulting in the destruction of the long standing Tilted Towers. A countdown appeared over…