Former PlayStation boss praises Microsoft’s publishing strategy, but can’t get his head around Xbox's Game Pass price hike: “I don’t understand” Shuhei Yoshida believes Microsoft is carving out its own path GamesRadar · Oct 20, 2025
71 People Who Lost Their Jobs To AI Share What Happened On a scale of 1 to 10, how worried are you that AI will take your job? Bored Panda · Oct 20, 2025
Microsoft Gears Up For Bigger AI Push With Rising Capex And Cloud Confidence Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is seeing renewed momentum in its crucial cloud business, primarily fueled by robust demand for security services within Azure. Benzinga · Oct 20, 2025
Microsoft let Asus set the prices for Xbox ROG Ally, confirms Xbox President — work on next-gen console hardware is already underway with AMD Xbox President Sarah Bond has just confirmed that Microsoft relied on Asus' experience in handhelds to help determine the price of the Xbox Ally. The team at Xbox is confident and proud of the device, with sold-out preorders. Sarah also talks about how the next-gen Xbox console is also in… Tom’s Hardware · Oct 20, 2025
Ex-Blizzard president Mike Ybarra says awkward Microsoft "this is an Xbox" campaign is the "wrong idea, wrong time": "Whoever came up with this clearly doesn't play games" Are you sure it's an Xbox? GamesRadar · Oct 20, 2025
'It really was Asus' says Microsoft about the ROG Xbox Ally X's eye-watering $1,000 price tag: 'That is all of their insight into the market' Not us, guv. Honest. PC Gamer · Oct 20, 2025
Meta is killing Messenger on Windows — These secure messaging apps are a perfect replacement on PC Meta has announced that it will be deprecating its Messenger apps on Windows and macOS on December 15. Here's how to ensure you don't lose your chat history, as well as three great alternatives for your Windows PC. Windows Central · Oct 20, 2025
Microsoft denies Mexico data center linked to water shortages, local illnesses, and power outages — stomach bugs and even hepatitis reported in region as 1.5 Gigawatt AI data center buildout looms Microsoft has denied claims that its data center in central Mexico is tied to a recent spate of power outages, water shortages, and health concerns, claiming it always prioritizes the needs of local communities in any actions it takes. Tom’s Hardware · Oct 20, 2025
It's only been a few days since Windows 10's demise, and the latest Windows 11 update is causing havoc Here we go again... TechRadar · Oct 20, 2025
Internet Services Cut For Hours By Amazon Cloud Outage Many popular internet services, from streaming platforms to messaging services and some banks, went offline for hours on Monday due to an outage in Amazon's crucial cloud network. International Business Times · Oct 20, 2025
Trump is attracting investment to the US – but at a huge cost to workers and the environment Early in his second presidency, Donald Trump’s imposition of tariffs was met with widespread scepticism. Critics warned of economic decline and a global backlash. Yet the current landscape for the United States paints a more complex picture. The Conversation · Oct 20, 2025
Microsoft highlights all the new features that have shipped on Windows 11 in 2025 — and promises more to come 2025 has been quite a busy year for Windows 11, with the OS receiving new features on an almost monthly basis. Now, Microsoft has published a handy recap of everything that has shipped so far. Windows Central · Oct 20, 2025
Massive AWS outage takes games offline — Fortnite, Roblox, PlayStation and Epic Games affected A major outage at Amazon Web Services has triggered global disruption across the internet, taking down online features for popular games including Fortnite, Roblox, Pokémon GO, and PlayStation Network. Windows Central · Oct 20, 2025
Microsoft, Bitmine Immersion Technologies And An Industrial Stock On CNBC's 'Final Trades' Wall Street traders spotlighted picks across crypto mining, auto retail, and aviation on CNBC’s latest market roundup. On CNBC's “Halftime Report Final Trades,” Bryn Talkington, managing partner of Requisite Capital Management, named Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:BMNR) as her final trade. Benzinga · Oct 20, 2025
TechRadar · Oct 20, 2025 Windows 10's demise could be Linux's gain if the flood of defectors is anything to go by Are droves of Windows 10 users heading to Linux? One distro saw 100,000 downloads in just two days after Microsoft ended support.
GamesRadar · Oct 20, 2025 Xbox ditching hardware and exclusive games "makes sense," former Microsoft exec and Blizzard boss says, as "only a moron would continue" making consoles as games go third party Mike Ybarra also took aim at the "this is an Xbox" campaign: "Whoever came up with this clearly doesn’t play games"
Windows Central · Oct 20, 2025 Microsoft triples down on Xbox hardware commitment, while also teasing first-party gaming handhelds — will it actually happen? Rumors of Xbox's first-imposed demise have been greatly exaggerated, after Xbox president took to Variety to reiterate the firm's commitment to gaming hardware.
Windows Central · Oct 20, 2025 AWS outages takes most of the internet with it — Zoom, Slack, and even Fortnite go down Amazon Web Services (AWS) hosts several of the web's most popular platforms, as "significant error rates" takes them offline.
International Business Times UK · Oct 20, 2025 Windows 11 Update Goes Rogue, Prompts Microsoft Emergency Response Microsoft confirms a new Windows 11 issue affecting the Recovery Environment, with an emergency update now rolling out to restore functionality.
PC Gamer · Oct 19, 2025 Hearthstone and Warcraft Rumble devs join the over 1900 Blizzard workers to unionize: 'We deserve to be heard and respected' Workers at Blizzard continue to fight for their rights.
Tom’s Hardware · Oct 19, 2025 Windows 11's October update just broke the Windows Recovery Environment — USB keyboards and mice unusable in Windows RE after latest bug hits Like a moth to a flame, Windows has attracted yet another bug. In the latest October update, the recovery environment renders your USB keyboard and mouse unresponsive, making it impossible to interact with your PC. Microsoft has already taken note of the issue and plans to fix it in a…
Benzinga · Oct 19, 2025 Weekend Round-Up: AI Takes Center Stage As Nvidia, Microsoft, Blackrock, Intel And Apple Make Big Moves The past week has been a whirlwind of activity in the tech sector, with artificial intelligence (AI) taking center stage. From a $40 billion data center project to a new AI chip, the industry’s biggest players are making significant strides in AI development.
Tom’s Hardware · Oct 19, 2025 The $150 external HyperSpace Trackpad Pro is an Apple Magic Trackpad alternative for Windows users with haptic feedback and pressure sensitivity — crowdfunded peripheral ships in Q1 2026 The HyperSpace Trackpad Pro packs premium build quality, zero-latency performance, and app-specific customization, all aimed at bringing macOS-style trackpad precision to Windows setups.
GOBankingRates · Oct 19, 2025 10 Jobs That AI Will Never Kill, According to Microsoft Artificial intelligence can do a lot, but it can't create the compassion or craftsmanship required of human beings to do these specialized tasks.
Tom’s Hardware · Oct 19, 2025 BitLocker reportedly auto-locks users' backup drives, causing loss of 3TB of valuable data — Windows automatic disk encryption can permanently lock your drives An unfortunate Reddit user lost access to 3 terabytes of data stored across two drives when BitLocker automatically encrypted them without the user's knowledge, within Windows 11. With no keys to unlock the drives, the data is now permanently gone with no hopes for conventional recovery.