We expect the presentation to last two and a half hours and cover a lot of ground. Jean-Luc Ichard/Getty Images The developer conference season continues today with Microsoft Build, and we expect the company to share news about Windows, Copilot, and Office 365 product updates this afternoon. CEO Satya Nadella’s keynote is scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m. ET today (June 2) and last two and a half hours. Because the timing coincides with Computex, the computer industry trade show held annually in Taiwan, Microsoft has already revealed a new Surface Laptop Ultra before today’s keynote.…
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Microsoft will block Office 2019 for Mac owners from editing their documents starting July 13, a restriction the company attributes to the expiration of the productivity suite’s digital certificate. Affected Office 2019 apps include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote. Once the certificate used to confirm the suite license expires, these applications will go into what Microsoft calls “reduced functionality mode.” In other words, users will still be able to open, view and print existing documents, but creating, editing and saving documents will be disabled. The same restriction will apply to iPhone and iPad apps that cannot be updated, according…
Nintendo is trying to bring back Fox’s mojo with a magnificent remake of the best game in the series. Nintendo Nintendo caught a lot of people off guard last month by hosting a livestream featuring the company’s most famous space canine. Even though Fox McCloud is one of Nintendo’s most recognizable mascots, the franchise has essentially been on hiatus for a decade. Aside from a brief appearance in the latest Mario movie, at this point Fox is probably best known for his appearances in Smash Bros. more than anything else (no items, Fox only, Final Destination,…
Far Far West got off to a great start after arriving on Steam Early Access this week. The co-op shooter from Evil Raptor and publisher Fireshine Games sold more than 250,000 copies in its first 48 hours. It usually costs $20, but there’s a 10% introductory discount until May 5. As a robot cowboy, you can play alone or form a team with up to three friends and go bounty hunting. You will hunt down elusive and dangerous targets in order to eliminate them and collect rewards. You’ll encounter undead enemies such as skeletons and vultures, as well as haunted…
Apple’s first foldable iPhone will feature an innovative liquid metal hinge and has now shipped prototypes to carriers around the world for testing, the leaker known as “Fixed Focus Digital” announced today. In a new post on Weibo, Fixed Focus Digital said that development and production related to the foldable is “now progressing rapidly.” This claim comes a day after the leaker announced that the foldable iPhone would feature vapor chamber cooling. The liquid metal hinge detail is significant in light of the ongoing debate over the device’s production difficulties. Previous reports from the leaker known as “Instant Digital” attributed…
Lego Lego and Sega have announced a new set coming next month that will hit you with nostalgia: the Lego Sega Genesis console. The $40 model is a slightly scaled-down version of the game system, with the option of giving it either the Genesis brand, as it was called in North America, or the Mega Drive, as it was released in Japan and other regions. The Lego Sega Genesis console will be available from June 1 in online and physical Lego stores. The set includes a total of 479 pieces,…
It will be available in spring 2027 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. Maverick games Maverick Games, an independent studio founded and led by Mike Brown, has revealed its first game Clutch. Brown worked at Playground Games and served as creative director of Forza Horizon 5succeeding Ralph Fulton, and designer for Forza Horizon 4. Maverick describes Clutch as a “cinematic open-world action driving game” with a narrative storyline featuring both story-driven pro racetrack campaigns and underground racing and chasing matches. Clutch revolves around siblings racing prodigies who join R1K, a competition that has served…
The restrictions affect posts related to body image and mental health. Images Tada/Shutterstock Meta is experimenting with new limits on the type of content teens can interact with on Instagram. The company says it will now try to limit “repeated” exposure to posts about anxiety, weightlifting, nutrition and other content that might be inappropriate for younger users to see en masse. The new limits come after Meta took steps last year to prevent teens from seeing “sexually suggestive” content and blocked “adult search terms,” like queries related to alcohol and gore. The company said at the…
The battery capacities of Apple’s upcoming iPhone 18 Pro have reportedly surfaced, and the numbers suggest only a modest increase over the iPhone 17 Pro. According to the prolific Weibo-based Digital Chat Station, Apple is testing the iPhone 18 Pro with different battery capacities for the Chinese and US versions of the device, similar to last year’s iPhone 17 Pro models. The Chinese model is said to have a battery of around 4,056 mAh, while the US model is said to have a battery of around 4,288 mAh. Apple removed the tray from US iPhones starting with the iPhone 14…
Stefano Chiacchiarini ’74/Shutterstock Update, March 4 at 10 a.m. ET: The story has been updated to reflect the proposal GameStop submitted to eBay on Monday. GameStop offered to acquire eBay for $125 per share, for a total of $56 billion. According to The GameStop proposalthe figure would be 50 percent cash and 50 percent GameStop common stock. GameStop detailed in the proposal that it had approximately $9.4 billion in cash and liquid investments as of Jan. 31 and that the approximately 1,600 GameStop locations in the United States would give…