A dust cover is one of the best things you can get for your Xbox One

Dust isn't your friend or your Xbox's friend so grab yourself a dust cover and keep it nice and clean.

Dust gets into everything and in the case of your PC or Xbox it'll cake up inside before you even realise. The original Xbox One and the Xbox One S are worse offenders than the Xbox One X thanks to their top mounted vent holes where the newer console only has them on the rear.

Still, if there's a space, you can bet that dust is going to get in there. The best way to minimize this is to get a dust cover. They're cheap, simple and do a stand-up job.

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Oculus Rift games set to launch in April 2018

What Rift games are coming out in April?

The library of Oculus Rift games continues to grow each month, both on the Oculus Store and on Steam. There are some truly great titles already out there, but to help you decide what to save up for or just to give you something to look forward to, here are the Oculus Rift Virtual Reality (VR) games confirmed to be coming April 2018.

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Twitter PWA for Windows 10 receives first round of updates

Twitter for Windows 10 has been updated with a couple of new fixes and capabilities following its new PWA launch last week.

Twitter has rolled out its first round of 'updates' for its new Twitter Progressive Web App for Windows 10. Last week, Twitter became the first developer in the Microsoft Store to re-release its app as a PWA, bringing with it new features and capabilities that the old UWP app was lacking.

Unfortunately, while the PWA brought with it lots of new features and enhancements, it also brought with it a few new bugs and was missing a couple noteworthy capabilities that the older UWP app had. Thanks to the nature of PWA, however, Twitter has already rolled out a round of updates that add and improve on a few things.

First, and most notably, the app will no longer request a review every time you open it. This was one bug that affected pretty much everyone, so it's good to see it's already been fixed. Also fixed is the EU cookie dialog constantly popping up; if you dismiss that dialog, the app should remember that now.

Progressive Web Apps (PWA): What they are, and what they mean for Microsoft

Finally, Twitter has added the ability to paste images directly from the clipboard into a tweet. This was something many people complained was missing from the Twitter PWA, so Twitter added it back. What's impressive is all of these changes rolled out without Twitter having to submit an app update in the Microsoft Store.

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Best Bluetooth keyboard alternatives to Surface Pro Type Cover

Just can't bring yourself to like the Surface Pro Type Cover? That's okay, here are some other options for your typing pleasure.

Microsoft's Surface Pro 4 and latest Surface Pro are versatile devices that you can use as tablets or laptops. While Microsoft's Type Cover remains the best fit for its Surface line because of the benefits it confers, it is expensive and might not be for everyone.

Here's a roundup of some awesome third-party Bluetooth alternatives that are compatible with the Surface Pro 4 and latest Surface Pro.

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Q.U.B.E. 2 review: One of the best puzzle games ever made for Xbox One

Q.U.B.E. 2 delivers a quality puzzle experience, complete with challenging scenarios, beautiful visuals, and a mysterious narrative.

The first Q.U.B.E. game was revered as one of the only titles that came close to replicating the magic of Portal, Valve's revolutionary puzzle franchise. Like Portal, Q.U.B.E. blended an interesting setting and story with unique and satisfying puzzle mechanics, and though the game lacked some of the charm that Portal had, it was still an excellent experience.

Read: Q.U.B.E. Xbox One review

Q.U.B.E. 2, the recent sequel, takes all of this and expands on it all. On top of that, it also improves upon the issue of a weak story that its predecessor had. Though the pacing is a bit too fast, Q.U.B.E. 2 is nevertheless a fantastic sequel.

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Growing the esports scene and learning from past mistakes

Making it big in esports is the dream, which is set to grow even larger in the coming years.

Esports is a fast-growing industry and has been for a few years, but latest research figures show an explosion of growth in Asia. There's also the need to learn from mistakes, which is what 100 Thieves' Cody Sun has had to do over the past year. All this and more in this week's esports news roundup.

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Best deals on graphics cards (GPUs) as of March 30, 2018

The graphics card market is a mess right now. But we're here to help you make the best purchase decision.

Buying a graphics card (GPU) right now is hard, and unless you really have to, you probably shouldn't buy one at this time. But if you need a new GPU, we're here to help you make the best decision you can.

These are the graphics cards to buy right now if absolutely need one.

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