Microsoft’s latest pricing ripple has reached an audience few players think about: game developers now face a higher barrier to build for Xbox as Microsoft raises the price of its official development kits from $1,500 to $2,000 — a 33% hike that the company says “reflects macroeconomic...
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Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 update turns the PC from a passive tool into an active, multimodal assistant: you can now speak to the operating system with “Hey, Copilot,” show it what’s on your screen, and — when you explicitly allow it — let it perform multi‑step tasks on your behalf...