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MarketBeat Week in Review – 07/13- 07/17

A tech selloff hit the S&P 500 and NASDAQ this week while energy and financial stocks gained; MarketBeat analysts recap Micron, Netflix, Broadcom, Apple and more ahead of Alphabet's earnings.

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"Personally very difficult, and very difficult for our teams." —Bethesda's Todd Howard discusses Microsoft's deep Xbox cuts, and finding optimism for the industry's future

Todd Howard spoke to us on Xbox's big cuts, and how Elder Scrolls and Fallout will survive the big game industry shifts.

Windows Central

Windows 11 bug hogging over 70GB of SSD storage, Microsoft confirms

Microsoft has acknowledged a bug in Windows 11 that is causing a system service to abnormally consume large amounts of storage, leaving many users with drastically depleted Solid-State Drive (SSD) capacity.

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Does anyone know how to drive this thing?

It's increasingly looking like nobody remembers how videogames work—or cares to.

PC Gamer

"Don't fall for it": Union says Fallout 5 and Elder Scrolls 6 news shouldn't distract you from huge Bethesda layoffs as Xbox CEO praises the series' "remarkable" achievements

"The timing of this kind of press is intentional"

GamesRadar

Quote of the day by Peter Thiel: 'The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system' and a crucial business lesson

A successful business always has its USP. It must have something different than others even if there are plenty of competitors in the same area. Mere imitation of something successful does not give birth to another successful product. This appears to be very simple business knowledge but is often overlooked…

The Times of India

This new Windows 11 clipboard utility is genuinely great, but I think the name is holding it back

Hands-on with Edge Drop, a promising new third-party clipboard manager for Windows 11 that features drag-and-drop file stacking.

Windows Central

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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Sim Update 6 has a new beta and it's bringing back Bush Trips

There's a new beta in town for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Sim Update 6, and this time it's bringing back the Bush Trips.

Windows Central

I think the latest record-breaking Windows 11 update messed up my monitor

The morning after the update, its 400 Hz capabilities were no more.

PC Gamer

Todd Howard says layoffs at Bethesda were "really tough": "We're going through a change so that we focus best on the franchises"

Bethesda Game Studios was hit in the latest round of Microsoft layoffs

GamesRadar

Bethesda says The Elder Scrolls 6 is going great, actually: "We're where we planned to be, loving how it looks, and playing it every day"

"The Elder Scrolls 6 is our primary development focus today"

GamesRadar

Todd Howard interview: Fallout 5, Obsidian's Fallout, remakes, Elder Scrolls 6, Starfield, and more — Bethesda charts its future

As Xbox's cuts bite, Bethesda set out to reassure fans about the future of its biggest franchises. We spoke to the legendary Todd Howard to learn more.

Windows Central

Teenage TfL hackers sentenced to years in prison following Scattered Spider attacks

Two young men pleaded guilty to hacking into Transport for London in 2024 and were given long prison sentences.

TechRadar

"There have been reports that we've been nerfed into the ground and gutted, and we are not": id Software proclaims it's alive and well, making more DOOM games

id Software recently discussed the future of the company following Microsoft's mass wave of layoffs during a DOOM: The Dark Ages | Revelation livestream, and it reassured fans it's not going anywhere anytime soon.

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After 15 years, I've got Microsoft's shunned Fable 3 port to work on PC – and it feels like a new RPG

Microsoft might have delisted Fable 3 on PC, but if you have the physical disc, the RPG shines when freed from the original Xbox 360.

Windows Central

Halo Studios' boss admits Halo 5's backlash was "imminent" as Microsoft abandons its trademark on Halo: The Endless

Microsoft has abandoned the Halo: The Endless trademark while Halo Studios head Pierre Hintze reflects on Halo 5's controversial story, prompting fresh debate over the franchise's future.

The Economic Times

Among AI crowd, some investors position for slower hyperscaler spending growth

For most of the past two years, the opposite trade prevailed: investors piled into semiconductor and infrastructure companies on the assumption that Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet and Meta would keep accelerating spending on the buildout of data centers.

Player One

Game Developers Protest Mass Layoffs as Xbox, Ubisoft, Other Studios Face Growing Backlash

Video game developers worldwide protest mass layoffs at Xbox, Ubisoft, and Build a Rocket Boy, highlighting the gaming industry's labor crisis.

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This year's Microsoft Excel World Championship was the wildest yet — so who came out on top in the annual spreadsheet super-battle?

The 2026 Microsoft Excel World Championship’s (MEWC) inaugural Landmark Battle has a winner.

Barchart

3M Stock Just Announced an AI Infrastructure Partnership with Microsoft. How to Play MMM Here.

The newly created strategic relationship with Microsoft to deploy Expanded Beam Optical technology in AI data centers has lifted 3M's stock price. How should investors play this?

The Times of India

Microsoft restores hacked account after streamer claims 25 years of data was deleted

Streamer Joshua Khane regained his Microsoft account after hackers deleted it. He lost years of data and thousands of euros in digital purchases. After his complaint went viral on social media, Microsoft intervened. The company restored his account, including important family photos and games. Khane questioned why a viral post…

The Economic Times

Microsoft Word and Excel architect Charles Simonyi spent nearly 20 years living and working aboard a $100 million, 233-foot military-style superyacht with its own helipad

Charles Simonyi, known for Microsoft Word and Excel, avoided property taxes by living on a superyacht. His custom-built vessel, Skat, offered waterfront views and freedom from regulations. The yacht featured a minimalist interior inspired by art galleries and advanced noise reduction engineering. Simonyi later transitioned to space tourism before upgrading…

TechRadar

Firefox vs Edge: fresh shots fired in browser wars as Mozilla report accuses Microsoft of using 'harmful design' to undermine choice in Windows 11

'Microsoft continues to deploy harmful design to undermine people's browser choice': Mozilla report concludes that Windows still isn't a level playing field.

Fortune

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella warns enterprises that AI labs are quietly mining customer data to build competing products

Microsoft's Satya Nadella and Palantir's Alex Karp are both warning enterprises that AI labs are quietly mining the data that makes them valuable.

Windows Central

Microsoft Comic Chat, an IRC client from 30 years ago that helped popularize Comic Sans, is going open source

The source code behind Microsoft's 30 year old Comic Chat IRC client is now available on Github for the first time.

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