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Screen Time parental control review

Screen Time is a parental control and monitoring platform for iOS, Android, and Kindle devices

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Intel might axe the 18A process node for foundry customers, essentially leaving TSMC with no rival — Intel reportedly to focus on 14A (Updated)

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan is weighing whether to stop offering the company's 18A technology to external clients and instead focus on the next-generation 14A process, a move that could withdraw Intel from the broad foundry market for several years.

Tom’s Hardware

OpenDNS Family Shield parental control review

OpenDNS is a great DNS resolver to adopt, and the best part is it's completely free.

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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

A new MMO in development at Elder Scrolls Online studio ZeniMax has been cancelled as Microsoft puts thousands more people out of work

Multiple ZeniMax employees have confirmed the cancellation, and layoffs at the studio.

PC Gamer

Perfect Dark reboot canceled amid heavy Xbox layoffs, with developer The Initiative shuttered and Forza developer Turn 10 reportedly losing half its staff

The Microsoft layoffs have ended Everwild, Zenimax Online's new MMO, and now Perfect Dark

GamesRadar

"A giant black hole sucking everything in, and spitting out bones": Devs react with anger and concern as yet more Microsoft layoffs see huge cuts and cancellations at game studios

"Every day it’s hard to see what the future of this industry is"

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Microsoft Layoffs Hit Thousands — Sources Say Rare's Everwild Canceled as Xbox Division Takes a Major Hit

Microsoft is undergoing significant job cuts, impacting thousands, especially in its Xbox and sales divisions, as it prioritises AI.

International Business Times UK

Microsoft lays off 9,000 in AI drive, bringing total job cuts to 15,000 this year

“I think that AI and generative AI specifically is the most transformative technology of our lifetime, which is saying a lot, given that we have had the internet,” he told CNBC.

Fortune

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

Microsoft orders more Xbox layoffs, boss Phil Spencer tells staff "our platform, hardware, and game roadmap have never looked stronger" but the fourth big round of layoffs in 18 months is coming anyway

The exact number of staff affected isn't currently clear

GamesRadar

Rare's Everwild has been cancelled amidst Microsoft's enormous cuts to staff and studios

The game had apparently been in production for a decade.

PC Gamer

Microsoft announces another mass layoff, thousands of workers affected

Microsoft is firing thousands of workers, its second mass layoff in months

The Independent UK

Microsoft to cut another 9,000 jobs in bid to slash costs

The company’s gaming business is among areas where Microsoft will “end or decrease work”

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Microsoft Family Safety parental control software review

Microsoft Family Safety runs on multiple platforms besides Windows 11 but you'll need a premium account to try out all its features.

Fortune

Zillow's CEO says his friends were shocked when he quit a cushy job at Microsoft—but Steve Jobs led to his success at the $17 billion real estate firm

Zillow CEO Jeremy Wacksman left his cushy Microsoft job in 2009 to join the struggling real estate startup during the housing crisis. His friends had concerns—but he turned it around, thanks in part to Steve Jobs.

Tom’s Hardware

Microsoft's youngest security researcher started collaboration with the company at just 13 — high school junior filed 20 vulnerability reports last summer, named MSRC Most Valuable Researcher twice

Microsoft has published a blog about one of its youngest and most outstanding security researchers. Dylan started work for MSRC age 13.

PC Gamer

OpenAI execs whine about the New York Times lawsuit and user privacy during live NYT event, get roasted by NYT journalist: 'It must be really hard when someone does something with your data you don't want them to'

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Xbox is cancelling Rare's 'Everwild' and ZeniMax's new MMORPG IP as part of broader cuts — with 'Perfect Dark' impacted as well

As part of broader cuts to the Xbox division, Rare's Everwild and ZeniMax Online Studios' new MMORPG have been canceled.

PC Gamer

'Our platform, hardware, and game roadmap have never looked stronger,' Phil Spencer says, as Microsoft announces another round of mass layoffs at its gaming division

Microsoft is reportedly laying off around 9,000 people in total, and a lot of them are coming from the Xbox business.

The Independent UK

Microsoft cuts another 9,000 roles in latest jobs cull

The cuts mark the biggest jobs cull since early 2023 when Microsoft axed 10,000 workers.

Windows Central

Microsoft's layoffs to top 9,000 people, impacting around 4% of the firm's entire workforce — total 2025 layoffs now top 15,300 people

Microsoft has begun global layoffs as previously reported, with staff impacted in various departments from Azure to Xbox.

The Guardian - UK

From Pong to Wii Sports: the surprising legacy of tennis in gaming history

From the lab-born Tennis for Two to the console classics of Nintendo and Sega, the sport has been a constant, foundational force in gaming’s rise

Windows Central

One of the best PowerToys features just got even better — and it puts Windows Search to shame

PowerToys 0.92 brings a faster, more stable Command Palette with improved extensions, search tools, and customization options for Windows users.

Tom’s Hardware

Not to be outdone by ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot humiliates itself in Atari 2600 chess showdown — another AI humbled by 1970s tech despite trash talk

Microsoft Copilot is the latest AI to have been trounced in Atari Chess, despite its pre-game confidence in a victory.

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