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'Critical third parties': UK puts Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Oracle under financial oversight

Major cloud providers like Microsoft and Google are now critical third parties. This designation brings their cloud operations under direct regulatory oversight. The new framework aims to safeguard the country's financial system resilience. This move addresses increasing reliance on cloud services by financial firms. The regulations take effect on July…

The Times of India · Jul 10

The Windows Central Podcast breaks down the Copilot OS leaks, the latest Microsoft layoffs, and what all of this means for the future of Windows and the company’s AI strategy

On this week's episode: Daniel, Zac and Jez discuss the Microsoft's big wave of layoffs and how it impacts Xbox, the recent Copilot OS leaked, and a recap on where things stand with Surface.

Windows Central · Jul 10

id Software co-founder says "my 'Microsoft will probably be a good steward of the brand' statement isn't aging well" after the Doom maker lost 136 of its 185 staff to layoffs

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

GamesRadar · Jul 10

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 · Jul 9

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 · Jul 9

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."

PC Gamer · Jul 9

"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 · Jul 9

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 · Jul 9

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 · Jul 9

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.

Windows Central · Jul 9