Microsoft may finally let you turn off some of Edge’s AI. But don’t celebrate yet

Microsoft Edge Canary is testing a new switch for disabling on-device AI features, giving users more control while leaving one important question unanswered: exactly what does it turn off?

Xbox Cloud Gaming gets a standalone pay-as-you-go option

Microsoft may already be putting pieces of its rumored Game Pass overhaul into place. A recent report claimed that Xbox CEO Asha Sharma is planning a major rethink of the subscription service that could let players pay separately for features such as c…

Xbox mandates a four-day return to office
Xbox mandates a four-day return to office

Microsoft asked its employees to return to the office three days per week last year, and it’s now upping this requirement to four days a week for most Xbox employees. An internal memo, seen by The Verge, describes the change as a “need to create more opportunities for people to work together” after feedback from […]

Xbox Cloud Gaming’s pay-as-you-go option starts at $3.99 for 10 hours
Xbox Cloud Gaming’s pay-as-you-go option starts at $3.99 for 10 hours

Microsoft announced last month that it will let anyone access Xbox Cloud Gaming in November, without the need to subscribe to Xbox Game Pass. The new pay-as-you-go model will require players to purchase bundles of cloud hours, and now Microsoft is revealing today that bundles will start at $3.99 for 10 hours of cloud playtime. […]

Anthropic could spend $750bn on compute, The Wall Street Journal reports
Anthropic could spend $750bn on compute, The Wall Street Journal reports

A new draft of Anthropic’s S-1, the prospectus for its IPO, puts its possible computing spend at $750bn over the coming years. That includes deals it is still negotiating. Anissa Gardizy reported the figures for The Wall Street Journal, which saw the d…

OpenAI brings GPT-6 Astra and Codex to Google Cloud, a rival’s platform
OpenAI brings GPT-6 Astra and Codex to Google Cloud, a rival’s platform

OpenAI is bringing its frontier models and its Codex coding agent to Google Cloud, the two companies said on Wednesday. GPT-6 Astra, GPT-6.1 Sol and GPT-6 Luna are rolling out now in private preview in Google Cloud’s Model Garden, Google wrote. Select …

Nvidia’s latest GPU driver brings a new way to speed up PC games
Nvidia’s latest GPU driver brings a new way to speed up PC games

Nvidia is rolling out a new GPU driver today (621.01) that enables Microsoft’s new Advanced Shader Delivery technology to speed up game launches. The technology also removes mid-game “just-in-time” shader compilation, reducing stuttering and CPU spikes. Microsoft’s Advanced Shader Delivery works by offloading shader compilation for different hardware combinations to the cloud. “Using DirectX 12, […]

Nvidia turns OpenShell into a full hardware stack for safe AI agents
Nvidia turns OpenShell into a full hardware stack for safe AI agents

Nvidia has released a design for running AI agents inside fixed limits, from enterprise infrastructure to edge machines. Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, Google Cloud and AWS are among the companies working with it, Nvidia said. Nvidia announced the…

Eight eMudhra certificate keys were so weak that one was the number 4
Eight eMudhra certificate keys were so weak that one was the number 4

Anyone could calculate the private keys of eight eMudhra intermediate certificates from the certificates themselves. eMudhra is a certificate authority based in India. Anyone holding the keys could issue a certificate for any website that browsers and …

Xbox Project Helix is eyeing a 2028 launch, but the price could be as high as $1,800

Microsoft has made plenty of waves with its upcoming Project Helix console, and it appears the company is planning a whole family of devices rather than a single gaming box. Beyond the expected performance leap, it seems the upcoming console will deliv…