Microsoft Officials

Activision has confirmed that the next Call of Duty will be Black Ops 6. After several leaks and teasers, the publisher announced Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 last week. “A dark new chapter of the Black Ops franchise begins,” the official Call of Duty handle on X posted May 23, alongside a short video revealing the title.

Microsoft is shipping an on-device large language model (LLM) with all Copilot+ PCs. The company announced its latest variant of the Phi-3 AI model at the Microsoft Build event dubbed Phi-Silica. This has now become the fifth variant of Phi-3 and also becomes the officially smallest LLM (or SLM) at just 3.3 billion parameters.

Kena: Bridge of Spirits, the acclaimed action-adventure title that launched exclusively on PC and PlayStation consoles in 2021, seems to be finally making its way to Xbox. While there’s been no official announcement from developers Ember Lab or Microsoft, the game has seemingly been rated by the Entertainment Software Rating Board, or ESRB, in th...

The U.S. cyber watchdog agency CISA says that Russian government-backed hackers have used their access to Microsoft's email system to steal correspondence between officials and the tech giant.

The US Cyber Safety Review Board said on Tuesday a targeted Chinese hack of top government officials' emails last year was "preventable", faulting technology giant Microsoft for its cybersecurity lapses and a deliberate lack of transparency.

Microsoft has made the surprising decision to end support for Windows Subsytem for Android (WSA), a virtual machine that allowed it to bring Android apps to Windows 11 through the Amazon Appstore marketplace. The tech giant first gained the official support for the mobile apps through a deal with Amazon in 2021, and ever since then it has regularly...

Microsoft shared new details about its plans for Xbox hardware, teasing the next generation of Xbox consoles and providing updates about its gaming business in a special edition of the Official Xbox Podcast Thursday. While the company confirmed that four Xbox-exclusive games would launch on PS5 and Nintendo Switch, it reiterated its commitment to d...

Four Microsoft first-party games will launch on Sony’s PlayStation 5 and the Nintendo Switch, the company confirmed late Thursday after weeks of speculation over its exclusive titles releasing on rival platforms. The announcement came on the Official Xbox Podcast from Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer, who also shed further light on the reasons b...

Microsoft will share an update on the Xbox business later this week, the company confirmed Monday after weeks of reports and rumours of its first-party games coming to rival consoles. The Xbox parent will reveal its plans for the platform in a special edition of the Official Xbox Podcast on February 15 at 12pm PT (February 16, 1.30am IST in India),...

Microsoft has officially announced that it will launch Windows 11 24H2 during the second half of 2024 as the annual feature update for the operating system. The latest announcement suggests that the company has no plans to launch Windows 12 this year.

Apple Music, Apple TV, and Apple Devices apps have officially been launched on Windows after being in the preview phase for more than a year. This move was reportedly made to reduce the reliance of users on iTunes, which previously acted as a one-stop shop for the combined functionalities of these apps, bar the streaming services.

Halo has had a period of tumultuous recent years under the development umbrella of 343 Industries. The iconic Xbox franchise, that laid down the blueprint for first-person multiplayer shooters during its heyday, has faltered with recent releases. Now, Halo Infinite's unannounced battle royale mode has reportedly been cancelled.

Microsoft Copilot has been quietly rolled out to Android users. Although the company has not announced anything officially, the Microsoft Copilot app is currently listed on Google's Play Store and is available for download to all Android users. Meanwhile, a report suggests that the app is in development for iOS users as well.

E3 is officially dead, the ESA has confirmed. Ever-shifting gamer interests, major publishers backing out, and fierce competition from online presentations led to several cancellations before the show eventually got shut down. Major video game industry figures such as Hideo Kojima and Cory Barlog took the opportunity to pay respects to the annual c...

With global regulators examining Microsoft Corp's $13 billion investment in OpenAI, the software giant has a simple argument it hopes will resonate with antitrust officials: It doesn't own a traditional stake in the buzzy startup.

Activision has confirmed that the next Call of Duty will be Black Ops 6. After several leaks and teasers, the publisher announced Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 last week. “A dark new chapter of the Black Ops franchise begins,” the official Call of Duty handle on X posted May 23, alongside a short video revealing the title.

Microsoft is shipping an on-device large language model (LLM) with all Copilot+ PCs. The company announced its latest variant of the Phi-3 AI model at the Microsoft Build event dubbed Phi-Silica. This has now become the fifth variant of Phi-3 and also becomes the officially smallest LLM (or SLM) at just 3.3 billion parameters.

Kena: Bridge of Spirits, the acclaimed action-adventure title that launched exclusively on PC and PlayStation consoles in 2021, seems to be finally making its way to Xbox. While there’s been no official announcement from developers Ember Lab or Microsoft, the game has seemingly been rated by the Entertainment Software Rating Board, or ESRB, in th...

The U.S. cyber watchdog agency CISA says that Russian government-backed hackers have used their access to Microsoft's email system to steal correspondence between officials and the tech giant.

The US Cyber Safety Review Board said on Tuesday a targeted Chinese hack of top government officials' emails last year was "preventable", faulting technology giant Microsoft for its cybersecurity lapses and a deliberate lack of transparency.

Microsoft has made the surprising decision to end support for Windows Subsytem for Android (WSA), a virtual machine that allowed it to bring Android apps to Windows 11 through the Amazon Appstore marketplace. The tech giant first gained the official support for the mobile apps through a deal with Amazon in 2021, and ever since then it has regularly...

Microsoft shared new details about its plans for Xbox hardware, teasing the next generation of Xbox consoles and providing updates about its gaming business in a special edition of the Official Xbox Podcast Thursday. While the company confirmed that four Xbox-exclusive games would launch on PS5 and Nintendo Switch, it reiterated its commitment to d...

Four Microsoft first-party games will launch on Sony’s PlayStation 5 and the Nintendo Switch, the company confirmed late Thursday after weeks of speculation over its exclusive titles releasing on rival platforms. The announcement came on the Official Xbox Podcast from Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer, who also shed further light on the reasons b...

Microsoft will share an update on the Xbox business later this week, the company confirmed Monday after weeks of reports and rumours of its first-party games coming to rival consoles. The Xbox parent will reveal its plans for the platform in a special edition of the Official Xbox Podcast on February 15 at 12pm PT (February 16, 1.30am IST in India),...

Microsoft has officially announced that it will launch Windows 11 24H2 during the second half of 2024 as the annual feature update for the operating system. The latest announcement suggests that the company has no plans to launch Windows 12 this year.

Apple Music, Apple TV, and Apple Devices apps have officially been launched on Windows after being in the preview phase for more than a year. This move was reportedly made to reduce the reliance of users on iTunes, which previously acted as a one-stop shop for the combined functionalities of these apps, bar the streaming services.

Halo has had a period of tumultuous recent years under the development umbrella of 343 Industries. The iconic Xbox franchise, that laid down the blueprint for first-person multiplayer shooters during its heyday, has faltered with recent releases. Now, Halo Infinite's unannounced battle royale mode has reportedly been cancelled.

Microsoft Copilot has been quietly rolled out to Android users. Although the company has not announced anything officially, the Microsoft Copilot app is currently listed on Google's Play Store and is available for download to all Android users. Meanwhile, a report suggests that the app is in development for iOS users as well.

E3 is officially dead, the ESA has confirmed. Ever-shifting gamer interests, major publishers backing out, and fierce competition from online presentations led to several cancellations before the show eventually got shut down. Major video game industry figures such as Hideo Kojima and Cory Barlog took the opportunity to pay respects to the annual c...

With global regulators examining Microsoft Corp's $13 billion investment in OpenAI, the software giant has a simple argument it hopes will resonate with antitrust officials: It doesn't own a traditional stake in the buzzy startup.