PCs & Laptops: The Latest Computing News
PCs, laptops, Microsoft, Apple and everything in between. Here you’ll find all the latest computing news – from the gaming, to benchmarks to raytracing. You’ll also find stories about security, privacy, hacking and the dark web.
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Update Now to Fix a Bug That Prevents Android Users With Microsoft Teams From Calling Emergency Services
A bug that prevented a small number of Android users from calling emergency services if they had Microsoft Teams installed and were not signed in has been fixed in the latest version of the app.
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Microsoft Was Willing to Play Ball With Apple to Bring Xbox Games to iPhones
We’re now learning the great lengths Microsoft was willing to take to bring Xbox games to iPhones. The company reluctantly planned to bring exclusive triple-A Xbox titles to the App Store in the form of individual apps due to Apple’s requirements for games, but the deal fell through.
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5 Predictions for the Near Future From Bill Gates
Bill Gates, the cofounder of Microsoft who left the company’s board in 2020, wrote an end-of-the-year note on Thursday filled with reflections on the pandemic and the year 2021. But Gates also included some predictions for the future, and they could give some indication of where tech companies are looking for the next 2-5 years.
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Facebook Takes a First Step Toward Making the Metaverse a Real Thing
For all the talk we’ve heard from tech giants in recent weeks about the future in which we all work and play in something called the metaverse, few people have actually been able to experience this grand vision for themselves. Well, now you can: Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, has opened its Horizon…