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Microsoft had aseries of nightmareslast week.

This week, the tech giant got some rest, as much of the news surrounding Microsoft was positive.

Surface Pro 11

Microsoft’s Surface Pro 11 is expected to gain a smaller sibling that runs on a Snapdragon X processor.

Qualcomm’sSnapdragon X/Plusare said to power the rumored devices.

Those internals will allow the new hardware to fall between $800 and $900.

With that app being useless, Microsoft needs to replace it.

Microsoft Surface Pro 11 with Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite

The Surface Pro 11 could soon have a smaller sibling.

New Xbox controller

Normally, a new Xbox controller design would be a small news story.

But thePulse Cipher was announced in a unique way, creating a stir.

Back then, we knew the controller cost $74.99 but did not have any other details.

Windows 10 Start menu on HP ZBook Studio G4

Any device still running Windows 10 will have the new Outlook replace the Mail & Calendar app in February.

The mystery led to much speculation.

That’s the claim that emerged recently, at least.

OpenAI allegedly has access to the problems and solutions.

Xbox Pulse Cipher Controller

A mysterious Amazon listing turned out to be a page for a new Pulse Cipher Xbox controller.

In reality, Epoch AI is building datasets for OpenAI.

They never disclosed any ties with OpenAI before."

The 575W power draw of the RTX 5090 somewhat diminishes its performance gains over the previous generation.

Pulse Cipher Xbox Controller available now | $74.99 at Microsoft

Our experts also took a close look at a dual stack portable monitor and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth.

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Plus, it can run my best PC games rather easily."

OpenAI and ChatGPT

The impressive benchmarks of OpenAI’s o3 model have come into question.

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition graphics card showing fans

ASUS ROG Ally (Ryzen Z1, 512GB)Was: $649.99Now: $449.99 at Best Buy

Dell Inspiron 14Was: $799.99Now: $599.99 at Best Buy

Microsoft 365 Personal (12 months)Was:$69.99Now: $39.97 at StackSocial

Final Fantasy 7 RebirthWas: $69.99Now: $43.29 at CDKeys (Steam)

Bill Gates during the "I Could Jump It" sketch on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon

Surface Laptop 7

Nightingale ROG Ally and Steam Deck.

Nokia Lumia 1020 camera bump

Microsoft Xbox Elite Wireless Series 2

Bill Gates holding up a copy of Windows XP operating system in New York�s Times Square.

Apple Store in Bangkok, Thailand

Cloud servers

Microsoft 50

Microsoft event

Lenovo IdeaPad 5x 2-in-1 deal

Promotional screenshot of characters from Zenless Zone Zero

A closeup shot of the MSI Claw 8 AI+�s ABXY buttons.

The Crew

Promotional screenshot of a superpowered football kick in Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road