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Microsoft Weekly + Brave silently installs VPN + Oukitel WP27 & 14th gen Intel CPUs review

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Steven Parker
October 22, 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!

Microsoft Weekly: 400+ million Windows 11 devices, PCs cooled with real blood, and more

The latest Microsoft Weekly news roundup is here, recapping the most interesting stories of the week, such as 400+ million monthly active Windows 11 devices, PCs cooled wirh human blood, and more.

The Oukitel WP27 is a sub $300 rugged phone that you can throw around

Good rugged phones usually cost around $500 and for that you can expect the specs to be a few years behind the norm, but what if I told you that you can buy one for less than $300 that's "acceptable".

A quick look back at the origins of Microsoft Minesweeper

Much like Microsoft Solitare, the inclusion of the game Microsoft Minesweeper in Windows 3.1 in 1992 was a major time sink for tens of millions of people in the 1990s and into the 2000s

Software updates

Weekend PC Game Deals: Jedi hits, Warner discounts, bundled Civs, and more

This weekend's PC game deals include a whole bunch of Civilization games in one bundle, a hit horror giveaway from the Epic Games Store, a bunch of publisher discounts, and much more.

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

We have updated our list of our most anticipated games coming to Microsoft's Xbox Series X and S consoles for the rest of 2023, including adding the sci-fi shooter Ghostrunner 2 to this list.

You could win a Diablo IV custom gaming PC cooled with real human blood

Blizzard is promoting Diablo IV: Season of Blood by both promoting the donation of blood by players to get rewards, as well as a sweepstakes where a gaming PC with real human blood is the prize.

From the Forums

China is preparing to launch astronauts to its own space station - TWIRL #135

We have several launches coming up this week, perhaps the most notable of the lot is China's manned mission to the Tiangong Space Station. It will send three astronauts up and three are there already.

The Brave browser on Windows has also been installing VPN services; a fix is in the works

The Brave web browser for Windows has been discovered to also be installing VPN services as well. Brave says that a fix is in the works that will only install the VPN if a person buys them.

Core i5-14600K/i9-14900K review: Intel snatches crown from AMD's Ryzen 7950X3D, with 6GHz

Intel announced the 14th generation of Core i desktop processors yesterday on October 16, and they should start appearing on store shelves from today, we were given two samples to test.

This week's deals

Save lots of money on M.2 2230 internal SSDs for your Steam Deck right now at Amazon

The Corsair MP600 Mini 1TB M.2 2230 internal SSD is currently at an all-time price low of $89.99 at Amazon, and other M.2 2300 SSDs are at low prices to help you expand your Steam Deck storage.

Tech deals we posted this week

Here are our latest picks for the most anticipated PC games of 2023 [Update]

We have updated our most anticipated PC games of 2023 list with the upcoming Ark: Survival Ascended reboot and also removed a number of games that have been released or delayed until 2024

A quick look back at the launch of Microsoft's Windows 7 14 years ago today

On October 22, 2009, Microsoft officially launched the Windows 7 operating system for PCs. It was accompanied by a massive marketing and promotion campaign that sometimes went in unexpected ways.

Logging off

Have a good one!

Cheers, Steve.