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Your Microsoft Weekly + Upcoming Xbox games in 2023 + Starship go boom

Issue #259

Author

Steven Parker
April 23, 2023

I hope you had a great week, meanwhile here's a recap of our most recent news, as well as the Microsoft Weekly, we hope you take a look! Have a good one! Cheers, Steve.

Microsoft issues PowerShell scripts for multiple Windows 11, Windows 10 security flaws

Microsoft has issued PowerShell scripts for multiple security vulnerabilities on Windows 11 and Windows 10. These are for speculative side channel attack CPU flaws, thirteen in total.

Microsoft Weekly: LAPS and Windows Taskbar, Samsung ditching Google rumors, and app updates

The latest edition of Microsoft Weekly contains all you would need to know about the latest events that transpired in the world of Microsoft during the past week, dive right in without further ado!

Here are our picks for the most anticipated upcoming Xbox Series X/S games for 2023

Owners of Microsoft's Xbox Series X and S consoles have a lot to look forward to for the rest of 2023 in terms of upcoming games, including several first-party titles from Microsoft and Bethesda.

Software updates

TWIRL 111: SpaceX dominates the flight schedule with Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches

We have three launches from SpaceX this week. There will be two Falcon 9 launches and a Falcon Heavy launch. Unfortunately, there are no Starship launches this week but check the recap video.

A quick look back at Microsoft's IllumiRoom, its "immersive gaming" projector project

This concept, announced by Microsoft 10 years ago at CES 2013, was supposed to make gaming more immersive. In the end, its technology got superseded by bigger, better, and cheaper TV screens.

How to give a computer the time it needs to become ready

Have you ever restarted your computer but it took a while to become useable? Have you ever tried to open something again because it didn't open up as quickly as you wanted? Patience is a virtue.

From the Forums

Weekend PC Game Deals: Alien Day specials, VR bundles, and Xbox hits to grab

This weekend's PC game deals include a hit-filled virtual reality bundle, three games being given away, free events for shooter fans, and various publisher sales from Xbox, Techland, and more.

This new Unrecord "no clip" video proves its gameplay is not fake

One of the developers behind the upcoming first-person shooter Unrecord has posted another video on his Twitter account, showing the game running in the Unreal dev tools, including in "no clip" mode.

Xbox Insiders can check out the Crash Team Rumble closed beta this weekend

Xbox Insiders can check out the closed beta of Activision's Crash Bandicoot-themed brawler Crash Team Rumble from now until Monday, April 24, before the full game is released on June 20.

This week's deals

This Alienware 34-inch QD-OLED monitor with a great review from us has its lowest price ever

The Alienware AW3423DW 34.2 inch curved PC QD-OLED gaming monitor got a 9 out of 10 review score from Neowin, and now it's priced at its lowest level ever on Amazon for a limited time only.

Tech deals

New report says Apple's iOS 17 sideloading app feature may only be available in Europe

The new report also says that developers may have to pay an extra fee to Apple if they release their apps via a third-party store. The sideloading feature may not be mentioned in the WWDC 2023 keynote

Starship performs stunning launch before exploding at an altitude of 30 Km

SpaceX has launched Starship with the Super Heavy booster for the first time. While it did perform an incredible launch, the mission failed when both parts of the rocket blew up at a 30 Km altitude.

A major photography prize was given to a man who used AI to generate it

Boris Eldagsen rejected the prize he was given for winning a category at the Sony Photography Awards, for a reason that will likely be discussed in photography circle for quite some time.