In the annals of PC history, IBM’s OS/2 represents a road not taken. Developed in the waning days of IBM’s partnership with Microsoft—the same partnership that had given us a decade or so of MS-DOS ...

Jumping into your favorite game just got easier. The Xbox team just rolled out cross-device play history, a new feature that shows your recently played games from across a range of devices. I remember ...

Microsoft has arguably done more to shape the evolution of the PC than any other company. This week, Microsoft celebrates its 50th anniversary on April 4, 2025. Fifty years is a long time for anyone, ...

What are the most influential PC games in history? Civilization has to be up there. Doom. Half-Life. I'd definitely throw Baldur's Gate into the hat these days, likewise Fallout and The Elder Scrolls.

Doom. Civilization. Fallout. Counter-Strike. These games, and dozens of others, form the very foundations on which PC gaming stands as a platform. For the most part, PC's greatest series continue to ...

Chipmakers Qualcomm, Intel and AMD are working to bring AI-capable PCs to the “mainstream”, delivering powerful neural processing units to PCs for on-computer AI operations. AI PCs are not only a ...

Tech history is hot. From the origins of Facebook to Steve Jobs biopics, mainstream media is enthusiastically examining the origins of the computers and tech celebrities who revolutionized the world.

The latest game in the long-running Anno strategy city builder series has had a great launch week—depending on where you're standing, at least. Anno 117: Pax Romana, which released on November 12, has ...