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Microsoft says it needs games like Hi-Fi Rush the day after killing its studio
Today, one day after Microsoft announced that it would shut down four of its games studios, Matt Booty, head of Xbox Game Studios, held a town hall to discuss the division’s future goals. “We need smaller games that give us prestige and awards,” Booty told employees, according to internal remarks shared with The Verge. For… Read more
Intel and motherboard makers disagree on how to stabilize your crashing i9 CPU
Recently, motherboard makers have issued BIOS updates to improve the stability of Intel 13th and 14th Gen i9 chips in crashing games. But Intel, which announced last month that it was investigating these issues, is now asking gamers not to implement those settings. The companies now seem to be at odds on how to adjust… Read more
Microsoft’s ‘air gapped’ AI is a bot set up to process top-secret info
Microsoft Strategic Missions and Technology CTO William Chappell announced that it’s deployed a GPT-4 large language model in an isolated, air-gapped environment on a government-only network. Bloomberg first reported the setup, citing an unnamed executive who claimed that the Azure Government Top Secret cloud-hosted model represents the first time a “major” LLM has operated separated from… Read more
A Disney, Hulu, and Max streaming bundle is on the way
There’s a new streaming bundle coming to town. Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery are teaming up to offer Disney Plus, Hulu, and Max in a bundle that will become available in the US this summer. The new bundle will include both ad-supported and ad-free options, but there’s still no word on how much it will… Read more
China’s Chang’e 6 Moon probe has a mysterious guest on board
China’s Chang’e 6 Moon probe has a mysterious guest on board / China’s lunar lander, bound for the far side of the Moon to collect samples, seems to have a little baby rover attached. By Umar Shakir, a news writer fond of the electric vehicle lifestyle and things that plug in via USB-C. He spent… Read more
People sure are pressed about Apple’s crushing iPad commercial
Skip to main content People sure are pressed about Apple’s crushing iPad commercial / Apple did not read the room on this one. By Alex Cranz, deputy editor and co-host of The Vergecast. She oversaw consumer tech coverage at Gizmodo for five years. Her work has also appeared in the WSJ and Wired. May 8,… Read more
The Xbox app on Windows is getting even more handheld-friendly
Microsoft introduced a compact mode for its Xbox app on Windows last year, which is designed to improve the handheld experience. While compact mode initially focused on UI improvements for small screens, Microsoft is moving on to tackling some of the challenges of navigating around the Xbox app with a D-pad and sticks. In a… Read more
Inside Microsoft’s Xbox turmoil
Just hours after learning that Microsoft was shutting down a number of game studios this week, Dinga Bakaba, head of Microsoft-owned Arkane Lyon, decided to let the company know how he felt about the decision — right in public. “Don’t throw us into gold fever gambits, don’t use us as strawmen for miscalculations / blind… Read more
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