This is not your father’s Microsoft
StandardCEO Satya Nadella knew the culture at the world’s largest software maker needed a fix. Employees and investors are sold. Now he’s got to convince the rest of us
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Microsoft’s new Xbox Adaptive Controller puts disabled players back in the game
StandardThe $100 Xbox Adaptive Controller lets you plug in the gadgets you need. It’s all about accessibility.
Chicago maps its underground maze
StandardThe Windy City‘s smart city efforts include scanning its vast network of pipes. Mayor Rahm Emanuel sees an opportunity to focus on the future.
These smart cities in Italy put Silicon Valley to shame
StandardThe city of the future could help you find parking, detect potholes and keep you healthier. Sicily’s showing the world it can be done on a shoestring budget.
A mind-blowing VR arcade won me over. It‘ll get you too
StandardThe VR arcade — yes, an arcade — is designed to get you to try virtual reality headsets without getting sick. You might even like it. I did.
Alienware changed the game of making PCs
StandardThe company may not have been the first gaming PC brand, but it is one of the longest lasting and most successful. The reason: outrageously powerful computers with crazy cool designs.
How Alienware’s gaming PCs kept their cool
StandardThe company, known for its distinctive alien head logo and edgy designs, celebrates its 20th anniversary. Now owned by Dell, Alienware envisions even more of its PCs — thanks to VR — in our futures.
John Boyega: The new face of Star Wars
StandardThe newest hero of the “Star Wars“ saga sees science fiction as a mirror of society‘s issues.
For Disney’s Infinity, it really is a small world after all
StandardThe house that Mickey built is now animating the toy world. Toys may never be the same.
Ex-PlayStation US chief says Candy Crush is fun, Xbox on the right path
StandardJack Tretton, the former head of Sony’s PlayStation group in America, talks about mobile devices, women in the industry and the products he coveted from the competition, in an exclusive interview with CNET News.