Full-screen mode is great for immersive tasks — watching videos, gaming, or presenting — but there are moments when you need to get back to your desktop quickly and the exit controls have vanished.

Xbox On: A few months after first introducing the feature, Microsoft is now bringing its Xbox mode to all Windows 11 devices. According to early benchmarks, the dedicated runtime environment may offer ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. The latest Windows 11 Insider Preview Build is definitely noteworthy for PC gamers, as it expands "Xbox mode" to cover all Windows 11 PCs. This includes ...

The claim that Java is ‘dead’ has been made so repeatedly that it has become a cliche. In 2026, it is still one of the most popular programming languages. It is still one of the most popular languages ...

Ahead of a planned April general availability window, Microsoft launched Xbox mode to Windows Insiders via Insider Preview Build 26300.8155 on the Dev and Beta channels on April 3, replacing the ...

Microsoft first debuted its full screen Xbox experience for Windows in the ROG Ally Xbox handheld, in a bid to compete with Steam's nearly 15-year-old Big Picture Mode. That Xbox interface eventually ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Hot on the heels of its GDC panel divulging some of the first ...

Microsoft is making Windows 11 more gamer-friendly by introducing a dedicated full-screen gaming experience and platform improvements for better performance. Microsoft recently confirmed that the next ...

Last year, Microsoft finally put some effort into making Windows 11 less dreadful for handheld PCs, launching Xbox Full Screen Experience - a stripped-back, more gamepad-friendly interface ...

If your iPad is running iPadOS 26, you might have already experimented with Windowed App mode which allows apps to be in self-contained windows, allowing for windowed multitasking more like a desktop ...

The items were taken in the late 19th century from what was then called the Dutch East Indies. Indonesia had been trying to get them back for decades. By Nina Siegal Reporting from Amsterdam The ...

AI on the JVM accelerates: New frameworks like Embabel, Koog, Spring AI, and LangChain4j drive rapid adoption of AI-native and AI-assisted development in Java. Java 25 anchors a modern baseline: The ...