Microsoft is remaking its own stack for the AI era, on both offence and defence. This week it moved on two fronts. It began pulling OpenAI’s models out of its most-used apps to cut costs. And it set a date to kill the text-message login, blaming a wave…
AI companies, including Nvidia and Mistral, urge policymakers to avoid broad restrictions on open-weight AI models as Washington debates responses to Chinese AI and alleged model distillation.
Microsoft has intervened to stop Windows 11 users with LG monitors from being bombarded with annoying McAfee trial pop-ups. In response to complaints about the LG bloatware, Microsoft’s Windows chief, Pavan Davuluri, said that LG has agreed to immediately disable the McAfee pop-up from its LG Monitor App Installer, and pledged that Microsoft will “keep […]
Microsoft is testing free, ad-supported Xbox Cloud Gaming for Insiders, letting them stream owned games for one hour sessions after watching ads.
Microsoft and Amazon announced new cloud gaming strategies on the same day, each acknowledging in different ways that the category has not reached the audience they expected. Xbox will test ad-supported game streaming, letting users in its Insider Prog…
Xbox Insiders can stream games from their libraries for free in ad-supported streaming sessions starting today. The free streaming sessions are limited to games you already own, and sessions are capped at one hour. However, ads will only play “before sessions begin.” It’s also optional – you won’t need to watch ads if you have […]
Microsoft launched Xbox Backward Compatibility on PC, bringing four classic original Xbox games to Windows and handhelds for the first time, complete with upscaling, VSync, and achievements coming later this year.
Microsoft is expanding its Xbox backward compatibility efforts today by bringing original Xbox games to PC. An early preview release will see four classic Xbox games available on PC today, as part of a bigger effort to bring more Xbox console games to PC in the future. The first four games are Blinx: The Time […]
On Tuesday, a group of the world’s most powerful investors finished buying a company most people have never heard of. The price tag explains why it matters. The largest data-centre deal ever The AI Infrastructure Partnership, MGX, and BlackRock’s Globa…