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• Microsoft stops trusting SSD maker hardware encryption

  

  30 September 2019, 11:11

  Makes software encryption the default for newly encrypted drives.

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• Google Assistant arrives on Microsoft's Xbox One

  

  27 September 2019, 11:11

  Ask Google to turn your Xbox on or off, start an app, or resume a game, for example.

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• Microsoft Project xCloud free beta in UK/US/Korea starts Oct

  

  25 September 2019, 13:11

  You can pre-register for this cloud gaming service now if you are interested in testing it.

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• Microsoft says there are now >900m Windows 10 users

  

  25 September 2019, 10:11

  The 800m milestone was passed back in March. 700m a year ago.

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• Windows 10 Xbox Game Bar gets frame rate counter option

  

  23 September 2019, 11:11

  And you will be able to check your Xbox Achievements in the overlay too.

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• Larger screen and AMD powered Surface Laptop rumours abound

  

  16 September 2019, 11:11

  15-inch laptop is on the way and several AMD SKUs have been spotted in retailer databases.

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• AMD Navi 14 GPU to appear in workstation graphics card

  

  11 September 2019, 11:11

  Meanwhile, a Gears 5 dev confirms "dedicated ray tracing cores" for Xbox Project Scarlett.

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• First two Microsoft PowerToys released to preview (Win 10)

  

  6 September 2019, 12:11

  And the code is released for you to poke through on GitHub.

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• SK Telecom and Microsoft test Project xCloud 5G in Korea

  

  6 September 2019, 10:11

  The public preview starts next month and leverages servers based on AMD custom SoCs.

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• Microsoft overhauls Windows 10 tablet experience for 2-in-1s

  

  2 September 2019, 10:11

  As evidenced in the latest Insider Preview, new mode will look a lot like the familiar desktop.

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