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"Xbox mode" (formerly Xbox Full Screen Experience) is here to replace your console. Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team ...

Laptops and massive tower desktop PCs have their charms and use cases, but for most of us, a mini PC will do more than a good enough job for our day-to-day needs while costing way less. For example, ...

Laying the groundwork for Project Helix? Laying the groundwork for Project Helix? is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the ...

Microsoft Plans ‘Xbox Mode’ for Windows 11 PCs Starting in April Your email has been sent Microsoft announced Wednesday at the 2026 Game Developers Conference (GDC) that it is officially bringing a ...

Can you really get a Windows PC running like new again? Using this free tool from Microsoft, you can get pretty close. Microsoft Windows has been with us for more than 40 years at this point. Over ...

Have an AI PC with an NPU, but have no idea how to make the most of it? You might want to start with one of these 7 great ...

Microsoft is bringing its full-screen “Xbox Mode” to every kind of Windows 11 PC, which includes laptops, desktops, and tablets. Now, you have been able to try what was then known as the Xbox Full ...

Sitting at the core of Windows 11's modern security suite, TPM 2.0 also directly influences Teams and OneDrive. Device attestation, which relies on TPM 2.0, is a nifty feature tha ...

Xbox is turning 25 this year, and Microsoft is celebrating with one of the most exciting updates Windows gamers have been waiting for. Starting in April, Xbox mode will be rolling out to Windows 11 on ...

To run ChromeOS Flex, the target laptop (or desktop) will need to be Intel or AMD x86-64-bit compatible (newer than 2010 for ...

When Asus and Microsoft launched the ROG Xbox Ally X last summer, it came with a bespoke controller-driven full-screen interface running on top of Windows 11. The handheld was still running Windows ...