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The Verge

Talking to Windows’ Copilot AI makes a computer feel incompetent

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Escape from Tarkov launch times and release date for 1.0

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Grab a free key for Escape From Tarkov as the extraction shooter finally hits 1.0

For almost ten years now, Battlestate Games has toiled away on Escape From Tarkov with the help of its community. The hardcore, realistic survival FPS game birthed the extraction shooter genre, paving ...