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Report: Toys for Bob and Microsoft Sign Partnership for New Game
by William D'Angelo , posted on 23 March 2024 / 3,659 ViewsToys for Bob, the developers for Skylanders, Crash Bandicoot, and Spyro, recently left Activision to become an independent video game studio. It was said at the time they were looking into a partnership with Microsoft and are in the early days of developing its
Microsoft accused of selling AI tool that spews violent, sexual images to kids
Microsoft's AI text-to-image generator, Copilot Designer, appears to be heavily filtering outputs after a Microsoft engineer, Shane Jones, warned that Microsoft has ignored warnings that the tool randomly creates violent and sexual imagery, CNBC reported. Jones told CNBC that he repeatedly warned Microsoft of the alarming content he was seeing while volunteering in red-teaming efforts
Microsoft Flight Simulator takes players to Dune’s sci-fi desert world of Arrakis
Serving the tech enthusiast community for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Read our ethics statement. Space flight: Microsoft has released a Dune "expansion" for its popular flight simulation series. Players will now have the opportunity to pilot the vehicles featured in the latest film adaptation of one of the most
Microsoft invests €3.2 billion in AI and the cloud in Germany
News15 Feb 20245 mins Artificial IntelligenceCloud ComputingIT Training Microsoft plans to support enterprises in Germany with investments in data center capacity and in AI training for more than 1.2 million people. Microsoft will invest €3.2 billion in Germany by the end of 2025 to double the artificial intelligence and cloud capacities of its data centers
Microsoft to reveal Xbox multi-platform game plans next week in ‘business update event”
Halo Infinite on PS5 confirmed (not really) Feb 5, 20244:58 PM EST 1 comment Microsoft has confirmed it will share details surrounding its rumoured plans to bring Xbox Series X/S exclusives like Hi-Fi Rush and Starfield to other consoles, including the PlayStation 5. Phil Spencer head of all things Xbox at Microsoft posted an announcement
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Microsoft says Apple’s new App Store rules are ‘a step in the wrong direction’
Apple’s new plan to comply with the European Union’s tech regulations has already drawn criticism from Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney and Spotify. Now Microsoft is weighing in with its own concerns, calling the App Store changes in the EU “a step in the wrong direction.”Apple has proposed a new Core Technology Fee for apps
Microsoft has begun rolling out fresh Windows 365 Boot features, starting with its Windows Insider program. Build 23601 for the Dev Channel – not quite stable, but not quite bleeding edge – includes a pair of notable enhancements alongside the usual raft of relatively minor tweaks and fixes. One concerns the Windows 365 Cloud PC
Microsoft testing energy-saver mode in Windows 11
Microsoft is testing out an ‘energy-saver’ mode in Windows 11. As spotted by The Verge, a new Windows 11 Insiders build (26002) enhances the existing battery-saver mode and turns it into energy-saver mode, making it available for desktops as well as laptops. Beyond expanded availability, however, the new mode works pretty much like battery-saver mode. That
Microsoft pulls OneDrive update that would quiz you before letting you quit
wish i knew how to quit you — Change affected a "small subset" of users and has (thankfully) been reverted. Andrew Cunningham - Nov 10, 2023 4:37 pm UTC Enlarge / Microsoft briefly tested a drop-down survey that you would need to fill out before you could quit the OneDrive app. Modern versions of Windows
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Microsoft employees will keep free access to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate after complaints
Microsoft was planning to remove a free Xbox Game Pass Ultimate benefit for most of its 238,000 employees in January, but the company is now reversing that decision following employee complaints. The Verge reported yesterday that Microsoft employees had expressed objections about the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate benefit being removed in 2024, with Xbox chief