TechNode

ByteDance suspends Seedance 2.0 feature that turns facial photos into personal voices over potential risks

Every Wednesday and Friday, TechNode’s Briefing newsletter delivers a roundup of the most important news in China tech, straight to your inbox. Sign up Seedance 2.0, an AI video generation model ...
PCGamesN

Valve's latest Steam feature lets devs list 1.0 release dates, but only if they have "a very high degree of confidence"

Here's a feature I didn't know Steam needed until it revealed it: Valve has just added functionality that lets developers of games in early access to list a 1.0 release date. Early access stints can ...
PC Gamer

Steam now lets early access devs show a 1.0 release date, then says eh, maybe leave it blank: 'Just because this feature exists, does not mean you should or must use it'

Ask if you should, not if you could. Can. Could. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.
Comicbook.com

Stardew Valley Update 1.7 Will Expand a Fan-Favorite Feature for the First Time in 10 Years

Stardew Valley creator Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone has announced that the game’s upcoming Update 1.7 will expand on a fan-favorite feature for the first time in a decade. Despite now being nearly 10 ...
GameSpot

Phasmophobia Will Finally Haunt Players With Its 1.0 Launch This Year

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Phasmophobia is set to have its scariest year yet, with the game's 1.0 update slated to arrive in 2026 alongside new maps, a major overhaul of ...
PC World

When to choose 2.0 over 2.1 speakers — sometimes less is more

PCWorld examines when 2.0 speakers outperform 2.1 systems, focusing on budget constraints, space limitations, and audio preferences for different users. 2.0 systems offer compact, cost-effective ...
GeekWire

Inside the Windows 1.0 reunion: How a scrappy team shipped the product that changed everything, eventually

Members of the Windows 1.0 team at their 40-year reunion this week. L-R, kneeling/sitting: Joe Barello, Ed Mills, Tandy Trower, Mark Cliggett, Steve Ballmer (holding a Windows 1.0 screenshot) and Don ...
TechSpot

This PowerShell script promises to remove every AI feature from Windows

Editor's take: Microsoft is doubling down on its plan to turn Windows 11 into an "agentic AI" platform, and in the process seems determined to strip away the last bits of user agency left in the OS.
Bleeping Computer

Windows PowerShell now warns when running Invoke-WebRequest scripts

Microsoft says Windows PowerShell now warns when running scripts that use the Invoke-WebRequest cmdlet to download web content, aiming to prevent potentially risky code from executing. As Microsoft ...
PC Gamer

Windows 3.1 included a red and yellow 'Hot Dog Stand' color scheme so garish it was long assumed to be a joke, so I tracked down Microsoft's original UI designer to get the ...

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The Verge

Microsoft is adding MIDI 2.0 support to Windows in the coming months.

The “production release” of Windows MIDI Services just hit the Dev and Beta Windows Insider channels, and Microsoft says it will land on retail installs in “the next few months.” This means ...