The Latest Breaking News from Initiative

When a total solar eclipse darkens the sky on Aug. 12, these citizen scientists will be watching

Meet the citizen scientist initiative bringing you closer to totality.

Space · Aug 4

The Guardian Advertising Awards 2026: winners revealed

Andrex, Ring, Mastercard, Co-op and Ecover pick up awards celebrating scale, influence and integrity

The Guardian - UK · Jun 18

Meta sets up 'top-level' Compute initiative to make sure its AI data centers get all the power they need - Zuckerberg promises 'tens of gigawatts this decade, and hundreds of gigawatts or more over time'

Meta Compute will oversee AI infrastructure expansion, unify leadership, and plan for tens to hundreds of gigawatts over the next decade.

TechRadar · Jan 15

‘A nucleus of a community’: the five-hour stage play about Dungeons & Dragons

In Initiative, a group of young people in the early 2000s finds themselves via the role-playing game, the latest example of its undying popularity

The Guardian - US · Nov 25, 2025

Microsoft cancels the Perfect Dark reboot that blew us away last year, closes developer The Initiative

Microsoft laid off 9,000 employees today, and cancellations and closures are following.

PC Gamer · Jul 2, 2025

Microsoft is closing down Xbox studio The Initiative, with Perfect Dark killed as well — joining Everwild and ZeniMax's new IP, and other unannounced projects

Microsoft is closing down The Initiative, after 7 years. The partnership with Crystal Dynamics will end, and "Perfect Dark" will be cancelled.

Windows Central · Jul 2, 2025

Google invested millions in training job seekers to use AI this year. Will it work?

Google's AI Opportunity Initiative Fund shines a light on the importance of AI education worldwide.

Laptop · Dec 9, 2024

Migrants at the border report 'unnecessary' family separation and verbal abuse by U.S. authorities

The Kino Border Initiative reports to have found 101 instances over two weeks of migrants losing touch with their families after agents send them back

Latin Times · Jul 22, 2024

Perfect Dark FAQ: Xbox Game Pass, story, gameplay, and everything you need to know

Xbox's Perfect Dark is an upcoming spy shooter that provides a new take on an old franchise. Here's everything you need to know.

Windows Central · Jun 15, 2024

Original GoldenEye and Perfect Dark composer “would’ve loved” to work on the reboot, but the studio “chose someone else”

The Initiative and Crystal Dynamics are revisiting Perfect Dark after nearly 20 years

GamesRadar · Jun 11, 2024