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Xbox Head Phil Spencer Maintains Bethesda Deal Won’t Necessarily Keep Games Off Of Other Consoles

Xbox Head Phil Spencer Maintains Bethesda Deal Won’t Necessarily Keep Games Off Of Other Consoles

Following Microsoft’s move to acquire ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Game Studios, id Software and Arkane Studios, there was concern that Bethesda’s popular intellectual properties could become Xbox console exclusives going forward. However, Xbox head Phil Spencer maintained in an interview published on Thursday that the purchase wasn’t made in an effort to […]

4y ago

Microsoft’s ‘Netflix Of Gaming’ Plans Take Shape With Bethesda Softworks Acquisition

Microsoft’s ‘Netflix Of Gaming’ Plans Take Shape With Bethesda Softworks Acquisition

Technology giant Microsoft announced its acquisition of video game giant ZeniMax Media in a deal that will cost the Redmond-based company $7.5 billion. While ZeniMax may not be a familiar name to many people, it is the publisher that owns Bethesda Softworks, developer of popular titles like The Elder Scrolls and Fallout. In a Microsoft […]

4y ago

Xbox Series X Price Point Rumored To Be Leaked Through Halo Infinite Giveaway

Xbox Series X Price Point Rumored To Be Leaked Through Halo Infinite Giveaway

It’s possible the gaming community got its first solid clue as to what the Microsoft Xbox Series X will cost when it launches later this fall. Tyler Fischer of Comic Book believes he might have cracked a code that was first revealed by Kai Powell of WCCF Tech. If Fischer did indeed crack the code […]

4y ago

‘State Of Play’ For PlayStation To Take Place August 6, But Won’t Have Preorders, Or Dates

‘State Of Play’ For PlayStation To Take Place August 6, But Won’t Have Preorders, Or Dates

Sony is holding a “State of Play” event on August 6, but PlayStation fans apparently need to temper their enthusiasm. In a post on the company’s official website, organizers did not detail what would be shown, but they did shed some light on what won’t be on display. The focus of this State of Play […]

4y ago

Microsoft Reportedly Buying ByteDance’s US Stake In TikTok After Donald Trump Orders China To Sell App

Microsoft Reportedly Buying ByteDance’s US Stake In TikTok After Donald Trump Orders China To Sell App

Microsoft could soon be the proud owner of the U.S.-based part of TikTok, one of the most popular social media apps in the world. Ashley Stewart of Business Insider wrote on Friday that Microsoft could purchase a stake in China’s ByteDance. ByteDance is expected to be ordered by President Donald Trump to divest itself of […]

4y ago

‘God Of War’ Director Cory Barlog Blasts Gearbox And CEO Randy Pitchford

‘God Of War’ Director Cory Barlog Blasts Gearbox And CEO Randy Pitchford

Cory Barlog is joining the growing chorus from the gaming community that is far from happy about the way Borderlands 3 developer Gearbox is handling itself of late. The studio and its CEO, Randy Pitchford, are coming under fire this week because several employees are alleging that Gearbox isn’t paying out bonuses it promised. Commenting […]

4y ago

Microsoft Develops Innovative Voting Technology To Help Americans Trust The Process Again

Microsoft Develops Innovative Voting Technology To Help Americans Trust The Process Again

Microsoft tested a new technology, known as ElectionGuard, at an election this past Tuesday in Fulton, Wisconsin, reported CNN. The voting software is intended to make it harder for hackers to break into the system and tamper with elections. Instead of using paper ballots, the technology requires voters to make their selection on a digital […]

4y ago

Bill Gates Calls For Taxing The Wealthy: ‘The Rich Should Pay More’

Bill Gates Calls For Taxing The Wealthy: ‘The Rich Should Pay More’

Billionaire and Microsoft founder Bill Gates wrote a blog post on New Year’s Eve in which he reflects on 2019 and expresses his apparent desire for higher taxes on the rich. Gates touched on the time he spent traveling during 2019 as well as his awareness of the “gross inequities” that lie between the “lucky” […]

4y ago

Hackers Linked To Iran Attempted To Compromise U.S. Presidential Campaign

Hackers Linked To Iran Attempted To Compromise U.S. Presidential Campaign

In a new blog post released October 4, Microsoft Corporate Vice President Tom Burt, who is in charge of customer security and trust, warned Microsoft users to remain active and vigilant when dealing with cybersecurity. The post comes as Microsoft has seen “significant cyber activity” from a group deemed Phosphorus by the tech giant. Burt […]

5y ago

Microsoft Wants To End Huawei Ban Saying It’s ‘Not A Threat To The United States’

Microsoft Wants To End Huawei Ban Saying It’s ‘Not A Threat To The United States’

Microsoft president, Brad Smith, has requested an end to the ban on American companies supplying Chinese tech giant Huawei with its latest products, BBC News reported today. Huawei found itself blacklisted by the Trump administration in May this year when it was discovered that the founder was a former People’s Liberation Army technologist. Ren Zhengfei […]

5y ago

Microsoft Trolls Apple By Hiring Man Named Mac Book To Promote Surface

Microsoft Trolls Apple By Hiring Man Named Mac Book To Promote Surface

Microsoft is pulling out all the stops to prove to potential customers that its Surface Laptop 2 is far superior to Apple’s current MacBook lineup. In the company’s latest attempt at demonstrating its supremacy, Microsoft released a new promotional video featuring a man named Mac Book to compare the Surface Laptop 2 to Apple’s MacBook […]

5y ago

Leaked Images Reveal ‘All-Digital’ Xbox One That Has No Disc Drive

Leaked Images Reveal ‘All-Digital’ Xbox One That Has No Disc Drive

Amidst rumors that Microsoft will be unveiling a new Xbox One console that is said to be entirely digital, Gamespot can report that images leaked online may confirm it as a reality. The new “All-Digital” Xbox will contain no disc drive, according to German website WinFuture, which posted the image showing a console similar to […]

5y ago

Gaming Consoles Could Soon Be A Thing Of The Past As Google, Microsoft Compete To Revolutionize Gaming

Gaming Consoles Could Soon Be A Thing Of The Past As Google, Microsoft Compete To Revolutionize Gaming

Gamers, tighten your seat belts because the world of gaming is about to change! With an estimated 2 billion gamers around the world today, the gaming industry has come a long way since consoles were first introduced in the last century. Over the last three decades, companies and game developers have treaded new horizons — […]

5y ago

Nearly Every ‘Halo’ Game Is Coming To PC

Nearly Every ‘Halo’ Game Is Coming To PC

Gaming fans around the world, rejoice. Earlier today, Microsoft made two big announcements, which are bound to please Halo and Master Chief fans from all over. As detailed on Xbox Wire (Microsoft’s official blog and website for gaming announcements and news), Brian Jarrard — the community director for 343 Industries — revealed that Halo: The […]

5y ago

After Announcing End Of Windows 10 Mobile Support, Microsoft Encourages Users To Switch To Android Or iOS

After Announcing End Of Windows 10 Mobile Support, Microsoft Encourages Users To Switch To Android Or iOS

Earlier this week, Microsoft announced that it would be ending support for its Windows 10 Mobile operating system. With the end of an era beckoning, the tech giant recently announced on its support page for the platform that users of Windows 10-powered phones would be better off switching to an iPhone or an Android device. […]

5y ago

Amazon Is Most Valuable U.S. Company For First Time After Overtaking Microsoft

Amazon Is Most Valuable U.S. Company For First Time After Overtaking Microsoft

Amazon is now officially the most valuable publicly traded U.S. company after its shares rose 3 percent yesterday. This saw it leapfrogging Microsoft to reach the top spot for the first time in its history. At the close of Monday trading, Amazon’s share price stood at $1,629.51, meaning that the e-commerce giant’s market value was […]

5y ago

Android Phones Easily Broken Into By Using 3D-Printed Face, But iPhone Remained Impenetrable

Android Phones Easily Broken Into By Using 3D-Printed Face, But iPhone Remained Impenetrable

Facial recognition has been lauded as the future of security, but as a simple experiment from Forbes cybersecurity journalist Thomas Brewster showed, it is quite easy to break into a bunch of Android phones using the feature. Brewster decided to test four Android phones and an iPhone with a 3D-printed likeness of his face. When […]

6y ago

Apple, Google, Others Face Possible Technology Ban, Here’s How To Have Your Say

Apple, Google, Others Face Possible Technology Ban, Here’s How To Have Your Say

There has always been an uneasy relationship between governments and technology – all governments, not just in the U.S. All governments want the most advanced technology working to their advantage while doing their best to keep it away from other nations. In fact, the powers that be would much prefer their own citizens not be […]

6y ago

App Subscriptions Are Gaining In Popularity

App Subscriptions Are Gaining In Popularity

Ulysses is one of the most popular writing apps on iOS and the Mac. One of the reasons is that it has apps for both platforms, and even works well on the iPhone. So no matter what device you are working on, you have all your iCloud synced documents on whatever device you happen to […]

6y ago

Samaira Mehta, 10-Year-Old Coder, Already Has Google & Microsoft’s Attention

Samaira Mehta, 10-Year-Old Coder, Already Has Google & Microsoft’s Attention

Despite being just 10-years-old, Samaira Mehta has acquired what Business Insider describes as a “cult-like following” thanks to her success as a computer programmer. This young coder is the CEO and founder of a company called CoderBunnyz. Receiving national recognition for her company, Samaira has spoke at more than a dozen conferences across Silicon Valley. […]

6y ago

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