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How do you put a price tag on a legacy like id Software's?

If Xbox can't find the value in owning the beating heart of the first-person shooter, perhaps it shouldn't be in the videogame business at all.

PC Gamer

The week Xbox CEO Asha Sharma ends 3,200 jobs, the US Federal Reserve decides she's perfect to help lead a new task force on jobs

Sharma will be part of a taskforce to "assess the economic impact of new general-purpose technologies, including artificial intelligence"

GamesRadar

John Carmack reacts to massive layoffs at id Software: 'My 'Microsoft will probably be a good steward of the brand' statement isn't aging well'

"You can't rule out the possibility that executives are idiots, but that shouldn't be your default belief."

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"I have no idea how they'll continue": Bethesda dev is worried Xbox layoffs could end Fallout 76 updates without help from "an external studio"

Microsoft's cuts at Xbox and Bethesda have one developer worried that the studio won't be able to continue updating Fallout 76 without outside help.

Windows Central

Refurbished Xbox, iPhone and MacBook sales are surging as tech companies announce hefty price increases

Nearly 50 percent of Americans are considering buying secondhand tech as Apple, Microsoft and Sony announce price hikes

The Independent UK

Microsoft emissions surge 27% as AI buildout crimps climate goals

Microsoft's greenhouse gas emissions jumped 27 percent in its latest fiscal year, the tech giant disclosed Thursday, adding to a wave of worsening environmental reports from an industry racing to build AI infrastructure. The disclosure follows similar reports from Google and Amazon last week showing emissions surging 18 percent and…

The Economic Times

Windows now uses AI to find and help fix vulnerabilities, but it's not replacing humans

Microsoft is deploying a massive multi-agent AI system called MDASH to defend Windows.

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"This has had a crushing effect on morale": The Elder Scrolls 6 devs fear Microsoft's Xbox layoffs at Bethesda will cause delays and crunch for the RPG

Bethesda devs on The Elder Scrolls 6 say that Microsoft's Xbox layoffs will have a "substantial and cascading effect" on the studio and the upcoming RPG.

Windows Central

'All options are on the table, considering the drastic measure already put in place' — Could Microsoft sell Xbox? Analysts say it's too expensive for that, but that it could be dismantled piece by piece

Analysts suggest a Xbox would be too expensive for buyers, and it's more likely they would go after "specific pieces" of the company instead.

TechRadar

News outlets seek sanctions against OpenAI in copyright battle

OpenAI has been "hiding and destroying evidence" of how it trained ChatGPT on copyrighted news content, US media organisations allege as legal costs in the landmark copyright battle top $28 million.

Euronews

‘Sony essentially destroys its own defense’: How its disc-free PS5 plan triggered a $457M lawsuit and undercut its antitrust defense

Sony’s move enraged thousands of gamers and brought on a lawsuit with the backdrop of rival Xbox’s restructuring amid video game industry challenges.

Fortune

Microsoft lays off Bethesda vet behind Todd Howard's "crazy" Fallout 4 idea, "too many Skyrim weapons to count," the Dwemer, and Mudcrabs – and he may leave games altogether

"If you've played a BGS game you've had his art on screen 99% of the time," says dev

GamesRadar

"Probably dead forever": Team behind the incredible Doom and Wolfenstein engine reportedly reduced to 1 person following Xbox cuts

Id Software's been hit hard by layoffs

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The Elder Scrolls 6 will be hurt and potentially delayed by Xbox layoffs, Bethesda devs expect: "This has had a crushing effect on morale"

"We were already running a tight ship"

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"Great job Microsoft": Former id Software artist says the legendary dev has been "relegated to support studio size" after Xbox's strategy of "nuking a team into the dirt"

"A little over 12 years ended unceremoniously the day before the DLC launch we all crunched to get out the door"

The Independent UK

News outlets urge a judge to sanction OpenAI in a high-stakes AI copyright fight

The New York Times, the Daily News and other media outlets are asking a federal judge to impose sanctions on OpenAI, escalating a legal fight over artificial intelligence and copyright that could shape the future of a struggling news industry

Benzinga

EXCLUSIVE: Nvidia, Microsoft And Palantir Are All Exposed — CIO Warns Investors May Be Missing The Real Risk

Artificial intelligence investors have spent the past two years obsessing over one question: can Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA), Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR) keep delivering blockbuster earnings?

Windows Central

"It's the kayfabe of a tech industry that really has run out of ideas.": Zitron says Microsoft’s trillion‑dollar AI push is a bubble built on hype, hidden losses, and demand that doesn’t exist

AI adjacent stocks are taking a battering lately ... including Microsoft's. But why? It could be that the market has already crowned the winner: Google. It could also be that the supposed "multi-trillion dollar" industry is actually going to end up a lot more niche than expected.

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Xbox layoffs have likely killed another Perfect Dark reboot from the hollowed-out id Software, as well as a John Wick-style gun fu game

It's not even clear what kind of games the newly-carved up id Software can make.

Windows Central

Microsoft Forms just gave me another reason to prefer it over Google Forms

Microsoft Forms has added Copilot chat, offering suggestions, smarter edits, and clearer insights.

MarketBeat

Sony Is Going All-Digital—But Investors Should Watch This Instead

Sony will phase out physical gaming discs by 2028, raising memory-cost and ownership concerns, while SONY stock shows limited upside with a $22 consensus price target.

The Independent UK

New Mercedes-AMG CLA 45 is a 671bhp sensible supercar

AMG’s wild new CLA comes as a saloon or Shooting Brake, with three motors, 416 miles of range and a fake four-cylinder soundtrack

Windows Central

Microsoft is making Windows 11's search box 4 whole pixels taller for some reason

An upcoming change to Windows 11 will see the default search box in Start and on the Taskbar appear larger as Microsoft increases its height by 4 whole pixels.

Windows Central

Bethesda Union calls for fans to voice their concerns regarding the recent Xbox job cuts at Bethesda, and they aren't sugar-coating their opinions

Shortly after expressing frustration at Bethesda taking massive job cuts thanks to Xbox's massive 'reset' that saw thousands of people laid off, Bethesda's Union took to social media to encourage players to voice their own concerns and frustrations regarding Microsoft's controversial decision and Bethesda's future.

PC Gamer

An alleged member of a hacking group was caught, thanks to one hated Windows feature

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