Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Barry Collins is a tech journalist writing about PCs, Macs and games. Microsoft has responded to reports that the new update to ...

Microsoft has just introduced GPU decompression to its new DirectStorage API, bringing it to version 1.1. GPU decompression can provide huge performance gains in gaming — Microsoft promises up to a ...

DirectStorage is a technology that Microsoft has developed for the Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X. The main goal of this technology is to reduce game loading times as much as possible. Microsoft has ...

Why it matters: Load times are one advantage Microsoft's and Sony's new consoles have enjoyed over PC, taking full advantage of their NVMe storage. Microsoft seeks to bring that advantage to Windows ...

One of the newer Xbox features that Microsoft has been working to bring to Windows is DirectStorage, a collection of features that allows fast PCI Express-based NVMe SSDs to communicate directly with ...

Windows has a reserved storage feature that sets aside at least 7GB of disk space for Windows updates. You can check the amount of reserved storage you have in Windows Settings. You can disable ...

If you happen to have a Microsoft Account (the account you use to log in to Outlook / Hotmail, Xbox, Windows, Office 365, and more), then you also have a OneDrive account. OneDrive has long served as ...