Microsoft’s last Windows 11 test build for 2022 is all about rounded corners. Windows Insiders in the Dev channel can now test an updated search box UI on the taskbar that includes rounded corners. It might sound minor, but after Microsoft teased a rounded floating taskbar it feels like we’re edging ever closer to a rounded taskbar future.
Nintendo’s 3DS Mario Kart 7 has received its first update in a decade. Like many release notes these days, version 1.2 simply lists “several issues have been addressed to improve the gameplay experience.” Please let us know what Nintendo has waited 10 years to improve in the comments below, that’s if you even notice something new in your Mario Kart 7 racing experience.
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There are fears Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal could lead to games being locked to Xbox Game Pass subscriptions, but Bloomberg reports that Microsoft has offered Sony the ability to put Call of Duty (CoD) on PlayStation Plus. It’s part of a broader 10-year CoD deal offered by Microsoft, which Sony has not yet agreed to. Nintendo has agreed a similar deal with Microsoft.
AMD’s top RDNA 3 GPU manages to beat the RTX 4080 in many games at a $200 lower price. But ray-tracing performance is far behind Nvidia.
Microsoft has agreed to buy a 4 percent stake London Stock Exchange, as part of cloud services deal for the exchange. The stake is valued at around $2 billion, and will form part of a 10-year agreement to help with cloud services and data analytics. The exchange will use Azure, Microsoft Teams, and other Microsoft 365 services.
