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Consumer Tech (June 29-July 2): Microsoft Announces Layoffs, Meta & Google Sued In Several States & More

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Benzinga

Windows 11 version 26H2 is packed with surprising upgrades, and these 7 features might change how you use your PC

I picked the 7 Windows 11 version 26H2 features that matter most, from Start menu improvements to better search, security, and updates.

Windows Central

Windows 10 grasps for life as Playstation drops discs, Sony takes away movies, and Microsoft ends two Surface PCs

Microsoft extended Windows 10 support, retired two Surface PCs, and explored disc‑to‑digital for Xbox as Sony ended physical discs and deleted purchased movies.

Windows Central

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ETtech Explainer: What is Microsoft’s new Frontier Company?

According to Microsoft’s announcement, Frontier Company will help enterprises build AI systems, integrate them with business data, applications, and workflows, and manage them after deployment. The teams will also work with customers to monitor, optimise, and update AI systems over time.

The Economic Times

What does the RAM crisis mean for creatives?

The price of your next laptop is going to shock you.

Creative Bloq

Windows Central Podcast: The path ahead for Xbox with Jez Corden

On this week's episode: Zac and Jez discuss the state of Xbox as a business, recent rumors around studio closures, and what Microsoft is planning for Project Helix.,

Windows Central

Data Center Leases Top $850 Billion as Meta, Microsoft, Oracle Lead Record AI Infrastructure Spending

U.S. tech companies increased their commitments for data center leases to over $850 billion in the first quarter of 2026, setting a record high in the race to build artificial intelligence infrastructure.

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Microsoft backtracks on 16GB RAM rule with new 8GB Surface

Microsoft has updated its buyer's guidance for its latest Microsoft Surface devices, stating that 8GB of RAM is sufficient for running Windows 11, backpedalling on its previous insistence that 16GB was the new baseline for modern computing.

Bangkok Post

Quote of the day by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on women asking for a raise: 'It’s about knowing and having faith in the system' — a controversial gaffe that led to an immediate reversal

The technology industry has long struggled with equalising the contributions of men and women — with women vastly underpaid relative to men

TechRadar

'Advances in quantum research and development have shifted the risk horizon': Microsoft says it is ramping up its quantum computing security work

Microsoft plans a broad post-quantum migration by 2029 as concerns over future decryption risks increase globally.

TechRadar

Kyndryl and Microsoft Team Up on Cloud Sovereignty. Don’t Count on This Being a Game-Changer for KD Stock.

Kyndryl Holdings expanded its Sovereignty Solutioning partnership with Microsoft to deliver compliant, data-residency-focused cloud and AI workloads across Azure public cloud and Azure Local for hybrid environments.

Barchart

Meta data center water discharges suspended after contaminating the city's reclamation water supply with bacterium — system offline for months for cleaning, closed-loop cooling system purge spread rare metal-resistant bacteria in Cheyenne’s water system

Fill-and-flush is a commissioning step whereby crews fill a cooling loop's piping with water and flush it to clear debris before the system is run.

Tom’s Hardware

Gamers push back: 71% say they’re not ready to let physical games die as PlayStation and Xbox move toward a digital-only future”

Windows Central readers overwhelmingly opposed the move away from physical games, with 71% saying they'll miss buying discs. Community discussions focused on ownership, preservation, consumer choice, and whether optional disc drives or Xbox's reported Positron system could provide a compromis

Windows Central

Why the Current Selloff in Big Tech Stocks Is a Springboard for a New Rally

The recent Big Tech correction is a healthy reset, not a market crash. Big Tech capex remains the S&P 500's core engine. With falling gas prices driving down headline CPI and an impending dovish Fed pivot, current market levels offer an ideal entry point for a new historic rally.

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Windows Central

"What's the point of a console without discs?" — I'm beginning to wonder why anyone would buy a console over a PC, and I'm not alone

With the next generation of consoles looking like they'll be digital only, I'm wondering why a gamer wouldn't make the switch to PC as soon as possible. I'm certainly not the only one asking the same questions.

The Independent UK

Wisconsin residents sue Microsoft over noise caused by new data center

Residents have also complained the area has become a ‘dust bowl’ due to construction

TechRadar

How I think Microsoft's campaign to fix Windows 11 is going so far — the verdict now we're 3 months in

What Microsoft has done in its first quarter of curing the ills of Windows 11 — and what other medicine should be administered.

Kiplinger

What the Rest of Us Can Learn From Microsoft's Early Retirement Offer

Everyone — not just corporate executives — should map out their finances, tax strategy and healthcare needs to be ready for retirement on their own terms.

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Change is afoot at Xbox's Arkane Studios and MachineGames — with Machine's co-founder taking over Arkane's operations (UPDATE)

MachineGames Studio Director and co-founder Jerk Gustafsson is seemingly taking over leadership of Arkane from the latter's president, Leonard Bendel, who has resigned.

International Business Times

Meta's $145 Billion AI Bet Faces Execution Delays Inside Its Agent Systems. Now The Bigger Question Is Whether Any Company Can Make Agents Work At Scale.

Meta AI agents behind schedule after 8,000 layoffs and up to $145B in 2026 spending: Zuckerberg told employees Thursday that four months of restructuring have not accelerated agentic development as expected. Meta shares dropped 5%. The same week, AWS and Microsoft committed $3.5B to close the industry-wide production deployment gap.

Destructoid

Microsoft-owned GitHub offers coders chance to put their work on a disc in response to Sony’s decision to kill physical media

Another big name joins the cause.

Barchart

SpaceX Just Changed the Rules for Every Future IPO. The Market is Now Eyeing These 2 Upcoming IPOs.

OpenAI and Anthropic appear uniquely positioned to become the market's next blockbuster listings.

PC Gamer

'Your code is physically yours, forever. Until you lose it, let's be real': Github, wagging its finger at Sony's own goal, is offering CD-ROMs of your code for a few days

Time to bust out the CD drive.

TechRadar

What would be your worst nightmare for Windows? Leaked Microsoft video from 2024 shows what many would regard with pure horror: a Copilot OS

This is what Windows could have become if Microsoft leaned heavily into AI — an OS starring Copilot.

Windows Central

Microsoft Edge finally lets you sign in with a Google account

You no longer have to use a Microsoft account to keep your browser data synced in Edge. The latest update adds support for standard Google logins on Windows and macOS.

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