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Microsoft Cloud Outage LIVE: Stock Exchanges Unaffected By Global Outage
Airline systems across airports, which were impacted due to a global IT outage on Friday, have started working normally, and all issues are likely to be resolved by noon today, Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said.
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"The Pace Of...'': Anand Mahindra Takes A Dig At Microsoft's Global Outage
Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra reacted to the outage by posting a picture that aptly describes the situation.
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Microsoft Cloud Outage Live Updates: "Working Closely With CrowdStrike": Satya Nadella After Global IT Outage
Millions of Windows users across the globe are experiencing the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) error which is causing the system to suddenly shut down or restart.
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Xbox Developer Direct 2024: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Unveiled, Senua's Saga Gets Release Date
Xbox kicked off its 2024 with jam-packed Developer Direct showcase, bringing reveals and updates on four upcoming releases from four studios, plus a bonus update from Square Enix. The 45-minute presentation, streamed live on YouTube and Xbox’s other social channels late Thursday, took the covers off MachineGames’ upcoming Indiana Jones game, pr...
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Xbox Developer Direct to Showcase Indiana Jones Game, Avowed, Hellblade 2, More
Microsoft has announced an Xbox Developer Direct event, promising updates on the Indiana Jones game, Avowed, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2, and more. The presentation will be live streamed across Xbox’s YouTube and Twitch channels on January 18 at 1:30am IST in India/ 12pm PT in the US. A showcase for the future of The Elder Scrolls Online is also ...
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Cyberpunk 2077 Developer Suggests PC Players Test Cooling Systems Before Phantom Liberty Launch
In preparation for Cyberpunk 2077’s Phantom Liberty expansion and version 2.0 update, a developer has warned PC players to test their cooling systems, suggesting that the game will be very CPU intensive. CD Projekt Red’s lead scene programmer Filip Pierściński recommends players run applications like Cinebench to gauge how their system perfor...
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Diablo IV Gets Hefty Pre-Season Patch, Upsetting the Community; Blizzard to Address Concerns in Live Stream
Diablo IV’s much-awaited season 1 update is almost upon us and ahead of that, Blizzard has rolled out a new patch. The hefty 8GB patch 1.1.0a brings a range of balance changes, fixes some bugs, and adds unique items, albeit the community seems dissatisfied due to the numerous nerfs that have made the gameplay feel like a ‘slog’. Dubbed ‘Sea...
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Diablo IV Season 1 Release Date Set for July 20: Malignant Quest Line, Broken Builds, More
Diablo IV’s season 1 update releases July 20, bringing a brand-new quest line and a battle pass. Titled ‘Season of the Malignant,’ the chapter is set after the events of the main campaign and introduces a new character named Cormand, who tasks us with ridding Sanctuary of a festering curse that turns all living beings into bloodthirsty fiends...
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Overwatch 2’s PvE Hero Mode Has Been Cancelled to Focus on Live Game
Overwatch 2’s long-awaited PvE Hero mode has been scrapped. During a developer live stream, executive producer Jared Neuss confirmed that the work on the PvE Hero mode — involving talent trees and long-term power progression — is no longer in their plans. The mode was announced in 2019 as the main draw for the switch to Overwatch 2. Instead o...
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Baidu Unveils New Capabilities for AI-Powered Ernie Chatbot in Closed-Door Meeting
Baidu on Monday unveiled new functionality and features for its Ernie bot, an AI-powered chatbot that was recently unveiled by the company. At a closed-door meeting on Monday, the company showed off an updated version of Ernie that is capable of summarising financial statements, producing presentations, travel itineraries, and scriptable live video...
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Elden Ring Gets Long-Promised Ray Tracing Support on PC, PS5, Xbox Series S/X: Details
Elden Ring has received its long-promised ray tracing update, courtesy of patch 1.09. The update is now live on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series S/X, with modder Lance McDonald confirming that the graphics options are limited to ray-traced ambient occlusion and ray-traced shadows. There are no ray-traced reflections or support for Nvidia or AMD’s upscali...
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FIFA 23 World Cup Mode Launches November 9, With Live Fixtures, Tournaments, New Matchday Experience
FIFA 23 World Cup mode launches November 9, bringing themed tournaments, live fixtures, and a new matchday experience. The free DLC adds a full season of Ultimate Team content, alongside cosmetics and card player card items that can be swapped into your season squad. FIFA 23’s World Cup mode will be available across PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xb...
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Gotham Knights Patches Will Address Performance Issues on PC, PS5, Xbox Series S/X
Gotham Knights is getting a series of patches, aimed at fixing performance issues on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series S/X. In a Twitter thread, developer WB Games Montréal laid out problems it is looking to address in future patches, by first prioritising general games issues like bugs and stability. A PC patch is already out, aimed at fixing keyboard inp...
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FIFA 23 Announced: Trailer, Release Date, Price, Pre-Order, PC System Requirements, Cross-Play, and Women's Leagues
FIFA 23 — set to release on September 30 on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S/X — has revealed its first official trailer. The latest addition to the annual footballing franchise will include Women’s leagues, two FIFA World Cup modes, and support for cross-play across PC, Xbox, and PlayStation systems. FIFA 23 pre-orders now live on S...
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Microsoft Teams on Web Gets Custom Backgrounds, Live Captions in 27 New Languages Including Hindi
Microsoft has announced a new update for its video conferencing platform Teams on Web with several new features. With this new update, Microsoft is introducing background effects for Teams on Web that will now allow users to add custom backgrounds, like blur. These custom backgrounds were earlier only available to Teams application users.
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Microsoft Cloud Outage LIVE: Stock Exchanges Unaffected By Global Outage
Airline systems across airports, which were impacted due to a global IT outage on Friday, have started working normally, and all issues are likely to be resolved by noon today, Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said.
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"The Pace Of...'': Anand Mahindra Takes A Dig At Microsoft's Global Outage
Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra reacted to the outage by posting a picture that aptly describes the situation.
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Microsoft Cloud Outage Live Updates: "Working Closely With CrowdStrike": Satya Nadella After Global IT Outage
Millions of Windows users across the globe are experiencing the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) error which is causing the system to suddenly shut down or restart.
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Xbox Developer Direct 2024: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Unveiled, Senua's Saga Gets Release Date
Xbox kicked off its 2024 with jam-packed Developer Direct showcase, bringing reveals and updates on four upcoming releases from four studios, plus a bonus update from Square Enix. The 45-minute presentation, streamed live on YouTube and Xbox’s other social channels late Thursday, took the covers off MachineGames’ upcoming Indiana Jones game, pr...
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Xbox Developer Direct to Showcase Indiana Jones Game, Avowed, Hellblade 2, More
Microsoft has announced an Xbox Developer Direct event, promising updates on the Indiana Jones game, Avowed, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2, and more. The presentation will be live streamed across Xbox’s YouTube and Twitch channels on January 18 at 1:30am IST in India/ 12pm PT in the US. A showcase for the future of The Elder Scrolls Online is also ...
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Cyberpunk 2077 Developer Suggests PC Players Test Cooling Systems Before Phantom Liberty Launch
In preparation for Cyberpunk 2077’s Phantom Liberty expansion and version 2.0 update, a developer has warned PC players to test their cooling systems, suggesting that the game will be very CPU intensive. CD Projekt Red’s lead scene programmer Filip Pierściński recommends players run applications like Cinebench to gauge how their system perfor...
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Diablo IV Gets Hefty Pre-Season Patch, Upsetting the Community; Blizzard to Address Concerns in Live Stream
Diablo IV’s much-awaited season 1 update is almost upon us and ahead of that, Blizzard has rolled out a new patch. The hefty 8GB patch 1.1.0a brings a range of balance changes, fixes some bugs, and adds unique items, albeit the community seems dissatisfied due to the numerous nerfs that have made the gameplay feel like a ‘slog’. Dubbed ‘Sea...
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Diablo IV Season 1 Release Date Set for July 20: Malignant Quest Line, Broken Builds, More
Diablo IV’s season 1 update releases July 20, bringing a brand-new quest line and a battle pass. Titled ‘Season of the Malignant,’ the chapter is set after the events of the main campaign and introduces a new character named Cormand, who tasks us with ridding Sanctuary of a festering curse that turns all living beings into bloodthirsty fiends...
-
Overwatch 2’s PvE Hero Mode Has Been Cancelled to Focus on Live Game
Overwatch 2’s long-awaited PvE Hero mode has been scrapped. During a developer live stream, executive producer Jared Neuss confirmed that the work on the PvE Hero mode — involving talent trees and long-term power progression — is no longer in their plans. The mode was announced in 2019 as the main draw for the switch to Overwatch 2. Instead o...
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Baidu Unveils New Capabilities for AI-Powered Ernie Chatbot in Closed-Door Meeting
Baidu on Monday unveiled new functionality and features for its Ernie bot, an AI-powered chatbot that was recently unveiled by the company. At a closed-door meeting on Monday, the company showed off an updated version of Ernie that is capable of summarising financial statements, producing presentations, travel itineraries, and scriptable live video...
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Elden Ring Gets Long-Promised Ray Tracing Support on PC, PS5, Xbox Series S/X: Details
Elden Ring has received its long-promised ray tracing update, courtesy of patch 1.09. The update is now live on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series S/X, with modder Lance McDonald confirming that the graphics options are limited to ray-traced ambient occlusion and ray-traced shadows. There are no ray-traced reflections or support for Nvidia or AMD’s upscali...
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FIFA 23 World Cup Mode Launches November 9, With Live Fixtures, Tournaments, New Matchday Experience
FIFA 23 World Cup mode launches November 9, bringing themed tournaments, live fixtures, and a new matchday experience. The free DLC adds a full season of Ultimate Team content, alongside cosmetics and card player card items that can be swapped into your season squad. FIFA 23’s World Cup mode will be available across PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xb...
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Gotham Knights Patches Will Address Performance Issues on PC, PS5, Xbox Series S/X
Gotham Knights is getting a series of patches, aimed at fixing performance issues on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series S/X. In a Twitter thread, developer WB Games Montréal laid out problems it is looking to address in future patches, by first prioritising general games issues like bugs and stability. A PC patch is already out, aimed at fixing keyboard inp...
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FIFA 23 Announced: Trailer, Release Date, Price, Pre-Order, PC System Requirements, Cross-Play, and Women's Leagues
FIFA 23 — set to release on September 30 on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S/X — has revealed its first official trailer. The latest addition to the annual footballing franchise will include Women’s leagues, two FIFA World Cup modes, and support for cross-play across PC, Xbox, and PlayStation systems. FIFA 23 pre-orders now live on S...
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Microsoft Teams on Web Gets Custom Backgrounds, Live Captions in 27 New Languages Including Hindi
Microsoft has announced a new update for its video conferencing platform Teams on Web with several new features. With this new update, Microsoft is introducing background effects for Teams on Web that will now allow users to add custom backgrounds, like blur. These custom backgrounds were earlier only available to Teams application users.
