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Phil Spencer confirms Xbox handheld prototypes are now being worked on, but a console is years away

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has confirmed Microsoft is currently working on handheld prototypes.

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You don't need to wait for Microsoft's handheld Xbox, you already own one

Microsoft Gaming boss confirms future plans for a handheld Xbox, but why wait years for hardware when the experience is already here?

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Any Xbox game could come to Nintendo Switch or PlayStation, says Microsoft

There’s no ‘red line’ stopping any particular Xbox exclusive coming to other consoles

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Phil Spencer says Microsoft will release more Xbox games on other platforms - "I do not see sort of red lines in our portfolio that say ‘thou must not'"

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has said there are no "red lines" when it comes to releasing more games on PS5.

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TeamViewer is a remote access and management tool ideal for mid-sized, large, and enterprise-level businesses with more than 200 managed endpoints. It also has endpoint threat management and mobile device management functions.

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I review PCs for a living, and Apple Intelligence is already better than Windows Copilot

Windows Copilot has been live for a year while Apple Intelligence has been live for a month, yet I already like Apple's offering better for work and play - here's why.

Tom’s Guide

Bethesda Workers Join Strike as Protest Against Planned Remote Work, Outsourcing Policies

Hundreds of Bethesda workers are planning to join a strike as protest against remote work and outsourcing policies.

Player One

Softbank plans to build first Nvidia Blackwell-based AI supercomputer using x86 DGX B200 servers

Softbank's telecom arm to build AI supercomputer based on Nvidia's DGX B200 servers.

Tom’s Hardware

OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic hit the critical knowledge cap for advanced AI training—Is AGI still in the ChatGPT maker's pipeline in the next five years?

A new report suggests OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic have encountered critical issues, including a lack of high-quality training data and sufficient resources to develop and maintain advanced AI models.

Windows Central

Sam Altman claims AGI will whoosh by in 5 years with "surprisingly little" societal change, while Anthropic CEO predicts a 2026 or 2027 breakthrough: "There's no ceiling below the level of humans...there's a lot of room at the top for AIs"

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claims AGI will whoosh by in 5 years while Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei predicts a 2026 or 2027 breakthrough.

Windows Central

Hundreds of ZeniMax workers go on strike to protest Microsoft 'dragging their feet' on negotiations over job security and remote work

Employees have walked out at ZeniMax locations in Maryland and Texas.

PC Gamer

"We think about the Xbox platform as the Xbox console, PC and cloud. We want them to be Play Anywhere." Microsoft strives to bring more Windows PC games to Xbox while hitting as "many screens as possible"

Microsoft looks to continue and even ramp up its focus on releasing its games across the Xbox ecosystem.

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What do punching Nazis, Xbox, and fluffy breakfast have in common? A lot, it turns out.

Xbox and IHOP partnered together to create a menu inspired by Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. IHOP will also host sweepstakes with custom Xbox-themed prizes, including an Xbox Series X.

Windows Central

"Massive roadblocks" with Microsoft explained as ZeniMax QA employee union goes on strike — here's what the workers are asking for

ZeniMax quality assurance testers are striking for a day to get Microsoft to meet their demands around remote and outsourced work.

Windows Central

SHADOW-DROP ALERT — Warcraft 1 and 2 Remastered and the long-awaited 2.0 patch update for Warcraft 3: Reforged have just launched on PC for Warcraft's 30th anniversary

During the Warcraft 30th Anniversary Direct, Blizzard shadow-dropped the Warcraft Battle Chest, a collection of the original RTS Warcraft games outfitted with remastered visuals and quality-of-life features.

GamesRadar

Xbox faces hundreds of striking employees as union at Bethesda parent ZeniMax stages a walkout to "tell Microsoft to stop dragging their feet"

ZeniMax Workers United reckons "Microsoft runs on outsourcing"

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Xbox Just Teased A New Handheld, But There's a Catch

Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer says the Xbox handheld is still being prototyped and its years away from release.

PC Gamer

Fresh from a layoff bloodbath that cost over 2,500 jobs, Microsoft is already thinking about dropping the big bucks on more acquisitions

The business world stops for no one, I suppose.

Windows Central

Microsoft is still in the market for video game acquisitions, Xbox lead Phil Spencer says — and he wants to partner more in China

Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer says the company is keeping an eye out for video game acquisitions, though there's nothing "imminent" right now.

Fortune

Why Takeda no longer has an 'IT department' as part of the drug maker's digital and data transformation

Gabriele Ricci, chief data and technology officer, has been reorganizing the technology function at Takeda Pharmaceutical.

Windows Central

“I think the ball is moving in the right direction." Xbox head Phil Spencer confirms Microsoft mobile game store delay amid Apple, Google regulations in interview

Months after its original release window, Microsoft's Xbox mobile gaming store has been delayed by the company.

Tom’s Hardware

Xbox gaming handheld is years away, Microsoft exec says

Microsoft gaming head Phil Spencer has teased a handheld, but he says it's not coming for years.

Windows Central

"Longer term, I love us building devices, and I think our team could do some real innovative work." The Xbox handheld is real — but it's at least "several years out."

The Xbox handheld is seemingly real, but it's several years away according to a new interview with Phil Spencer.

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