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Minecraft will no longer work on PSVR after March
Mojang says it will end support for Minecraft on PlayStation VR in March 2023. The studio will continue to update the PS4 version.
Kris Holt09.19.2024
Microsoft says Russian troll farms are targeting the Harris-Walz campaign
Microsoft has published a report detailing the US election interference activities of Russian troll farms.
Mariella Moon09.18.2024
Microsoft lays off another 650 Xbox employees as part of its Activision deal
After slashing 1,900 jobs across Xbox and Activision earlier this year, Microsoft is laying off another 650 employees.
Steve Dent09.12.2024
Game Pass Standard is now available on Xbox
The Xbox Game Pass Standard plan is available starting today. Microsoft announced a revamp to its Game Pass subscription plans in July.
Anna Washenko09.11.2024
Microsoft joins coalition to scrub revenge and deepfake porn from Bing
Microsoft announced it has partnered with StopNCII to help remove non-consensual intimate images — including deepfakes — from its Bing search engine.
Anna Washenko09.06.2024
Microsoft is testing a new on-screen keyboard layout that works better with game controllers
Microsoft is testing a new on-screen keyboard layout designed to work with Xbox and handheld PC controllers.
Jeremy Gan09.04.2024
Microsoft is sharing Copilot's 'next phase' in a September 16 livestream
Catch the event on Linkedin.
Sarah Fielding09.04.2024
Microsoft brings 5G to its latest Surface Pros for Business
Today, the company announced that 5G versions of the Surface Pro 10 and Surface Pro (Copilot+) for Business will be available on September 26.
Devindra Hardawar09.04.2024
Microsoft and Activision Blizzard accused of 'bad faith bargaining' by Raven Software union workers
Raven Software filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board over its union negotiations with Microsoft.
Danny Gallagher08.29.2024
Xbox's streaming app is coming to more Fire TV devices
The latest Xbox update brings the streaming app to more Fire TV devices. There’s also deeper integration with Discord.
Lawrence Bonk08.29.2024
Microsoft will host a security conference after the CrowdStrike shutdown
Representatives from CrowdStrike, Microsoft and other third-party developers will meet in September to discuss way to avoid another global computer meltdown.
Danny Gallagher08.24.2024
Microsoft’s revised Recall AI feature will roll out to beta testers in October
Microsoft’s Windows Recall feature, which stores a timeline of activity snapshots on your PC, has a new release date for Windows Insiders. It will roll out Recall to beta testers using Copilot+ PCs in October.
Will Shanklin08.22.2024
Microsoft's latest accessible controllers include the Xbox Adaptive Joystick
Xbox continues to make accessibility a priority with a series of new controllers including the Xbox Adaptive Joystick.
Will Shanklin08.22.2024
OpenAI shut down an Iranian influence op that used ChatGPT to generate bogus news articles
OpenAI says it thwarted an Iranian influence campaign that used ChatGPT to generate fake news stories and social posts in English and Spanish. In a blog post on Friday, the company wrote that it identified and banned accounts generating content for five websites pretending to be news outlets.
Will Shanklin08.17.2024
Microsoft boosts Windows’ FAT32 partition size limit after nearly three decades
Microsoft righted an age-old “wrong” (at least for those who geek out about disk formatting) earlier this week. With its latest Windows 11 Insider Canary Preview Build, the company increased the maximum FAT32 partition size limit from 32GB to 2TB when using the command line.
Will Shanklin08.17.2024
PUBG: Battlegrounds publisher acquires Hi-Fi Rush studio after Microsoft shut it down
Under a cloud of studio closures and layoffs, there's a sliver of sunshine in the gaming business.
Steve Dent08.12.2024
Microsoft and Palantir partner to sell AI to government agencies
Microsoft is teaming up with secretive data analytics company Palantir, which has been accused of enabling ICE to operate “as a domestic surveillance agency.” Palantir will reportedly integrate its products with Microsoft’s government cloud tools, including the Azure OpenAI service.
Will Shanklin08.09.2024
Elon Musk drags OpenAI into federal court
Elon Musk has revived a lawsuit against OpenAI. His lawyer says the latest version is a "much more forceful lawsuit."
Kris Holt08.05.2024
Reddit CEO wants Microsoft to pay for its content
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman says Microsoft won't even negotiate a deal with them to use their data for its AI searches.
Danny Gallagher08.01.2024
Some Microsoft services, including Office, are suffering from an outage
It's not just you who is having trouble accessing Microsoft services this morning. An outage is causing problems for many users around the world.
Kris Holt07.30.2024