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The originalZork I,Zork II, andZork III games are now available under the MIT license. Microsoft, Xbox, and Activision haveteamed up to preserve the clever Z-Machine engine that powered the Zork games and allow students, teachers, and developers to study the code and learn from it. Microsoft has also worked with Jason Scott, from the Internet Archive, to grant this open-source license.
If you’ve experienced performance issues in games after installing the latest Windows 11 October 2025 update (KB5066835) then Nvidia now has a hotfix driver to address the problems. It’s not clear what games have been impacted by Microsoft’s latest update, but you can grab the latesthotfix driver here or wait until the next non-beta release.
Microsoft is finally bringing back calendar appointments to the notification center in Windows 11. It was removed at the launch of Windows 11 in 2021, after Microsoft reworked the taskbar. The new “Agenda view” will be available in preview builds of Windows 11 next month,according to Microsoft.
Microsoft is previewing its Azure Cobalt 200 CPU today at its Ignite conference. It’s the next generation of the cloud chip that wasfirst announced two years ago, andMicrosoft says it will have up to 50 percent higher performance than Cobalt 100. Built on 3nm TSMC, it will also reduce energy consumption for cloud apps on Azure.
