Tom Warren

Microsoft is improving the power settings on its Xbox consoles. The new settings page, available to Xbox testers, now lets you know how much power is used in standby or in energy saver modes. Microsoft says it’s “so you can better decide how you want your console to behave when you turn it off.”

Voice Focus is Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 feature to remove background audio, similar to how Nvidia, Discord, and others suppress background noise. This impressive demo shows how it uses a dedicated neural processing unit on ARM-based devices to silence everything around you when you’re on a video or voice call.