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Computex 2026: Top 10 Product Launches and Announcements on Day 1
Computex 2026 kicked off on Tuesday. Held in Taipei, Taiwan, day one of the computer trade shows opened with a flood of announcements centred around AI, creator-focused computing, gaming hardware, and next-generation PC platforms. From Nvidia's new RTX Spark AI ecosystem and Microsoft's most powerful Surface laptop yet to gaming handhelds, creator ...
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Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra Announced With Blackwell RTX GPU, Nvidia RTX Spark Superchip
Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra was announced on Sunday as the company’s most powerful Surface laptop ever built. Developed in collaboration with Nvidia, the Redmond-based tech giant says its new laptop is aimed at creators, developers, AI researchers, and professionals. The Surface Laptop Ultra features Nvidia's latest Blackwell RTX graphics arch...
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Forza Horizon 6 Is the Most Played Early Access Title in Series History, Says Xbox
Forza Horizon 6 is an early access hit. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced that the open-world racing title had become the most played early access title in series history. Forza Horizon 6 early access began May 15, but the game will fully launch on May 19.
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Anthropic Reverses Decision on Third-Party Agentic Tools, Allows OpenClaw Usage in Claude Plans
The artificial intelligence (AI) space has started moving away from an “unlimited free buffet” pricing model for programmatic and agentic automation. After Microsoft announced that GitHub Copilot will move to a metered credit allotment calculated on token consumption instead of premium requests, Anthropic is moving towards a similar model. The ...
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Microsoft Edge Update Allows Copilot to Access Open Tabs; Journeys Mode Introduced in English
Microsoft announced new features for the mobile version of Edge on Wednesday. The company said that it is bringing agentic capabilities with Copilot in Edge on phones for the first time. With Copilot in Edge, users will be able to ask queries on their handsets without leaving the browser, and Microsoft’s AI assistant will be able to generate answ...
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Playground Games Acknowledges Forza Horizon 6 Leak, Bans Players Accessing the Game
Playground Games has acknowledged the Forza Horizon 6 leak and announced franchise-wide and hardware bans for users accessing the game. The studio has also confirmed that the leak was not the result of a pre-load issue on Steam, as earlier reported.
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Discord Launches Nitro Rewards With Xbox Game Pass Integration, Discounts on Gaming Peripherals
Discord on Monday announced a new benefits programme called Nitro Rewards. It bundles several gaming-related perks, including the recently teased inclusion of Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass. There are also discounts on gaming accessories from brands like Logitech and additional ways to earn in-app rewards in the form of Orbs for subscribers. Discord ...
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Anthropic’s Microsoft 365 Integration Expands With Claude for Excel, PowerPoint and Word
Anthropic, on Thursday, announced the general availability of several of its Microsoft 365 add-ins. Eligible users can now access the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot inside Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word. Additionally, the San Francisco-based AI startup also announced that Claude’s integration with Outlook was pushed to public beta, w...
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Microsoft Retires Xbox Copilot AI Assistant on Mobile and Consoles, Confirms Xbox Leadership Changes
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced that Microsoft is winding down its Copilot AI assistant for Xbox on mobile and Xbox consoles. Sharma, who took over as Xbox chief in February, said Copilot on Xbox did not align with where the company was headed. The Xbox boss also confirmed a leadership shuffle at the company.
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Microsoft Rolls Out Xbox Mode on Windows 11 PCs in Select Markets
Microsoft has begun rolling out Xbox mode on Windows 11 PCs. The mode brings a console-like interface to Windows, allowing users to browse and launch games across multiple PC storefronts. Xbox mode debuted as the Xbox full-screen experience on Windows handhelds last year.
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OpenAI, Amazon Announce Multi-Year Strategic Partnership as Microsoft’s Exclusive Deal Ends
Hours after OpenAI and Microsoft revealed the amended non-exclusive partnership, the ChatGPT maker has started forging new partnerships. On Monday, the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence (AI) giant announced a multi-year strategic partnership with Amazon and its cloud division, Amazon Web Services (AWS). The multi-faceted deal brings the l...
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OpenAI, Microsoft Make Major Changes to Partnership, Remove the AGI Clause
OpenAI and Microsoft’s exclusive partnership is now officially over. On Monday, both companies announced several changes to their existing deal, removing key exclusivity clauses. Additionally, the amended partnership has also ended the vaguely worded artificial general intelligence (AGI) clause, which dictated several “if-this-then-that” scen...
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Oracle To Cut Over 20,000 Jobs: Is AI Hitting Senior Employees First?
The cuts at Oracle are not an isolated event. Over the past month alone, companies including Meta, Microsoft, Disney and ASML have announced layoffs.
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Microsoft Gaming Rebrands to Xbox, Debuts New Logo as Xbox Chief Says Company Reevaluating Exclusive Games
Major changes are afoot at Xbox. Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma announced at a townhall meeting on Thursday that the company was letting go of the Microsoft Gaming branding and switching to Xbox. Sharma also said Xbox would reevaluate its approach to exclusive games.
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Major US Corporations Cut 25,000 Jobs, Here's Why It's Worrying Everyone
Meta, Microsoft and Nike have collectively announced nearly 25,000 job cuts, raising widespread concern that AI-driven restructuring is accelerating across major corporations.
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Computex 2026: Top 10 Product Launches and Announcements on Day 1
Computex 2026 kicked off on Tuesday. Held in Taipei, Taiwan, day one of the computer trade shows opened with a flood of announcements centred around AI, creator-focused computing, gaming hardware, and next-generation PC platforms. From Nvidia's new RTX Spark AI ecosystem and Microsoft's most powerful Surface laptop yet to gaming handhelds, creator ...
-
Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra Announced With Blackwell RTX GPU, Nvidia RTX Spark Superchip
Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra was announced on Sunday as the company’s most powerful Surface laptop ever built. Developed in collaboration with Nvidia, the Redmond-based tech giant says its new laptop is aimed at creators, developers, AI researchers, and professionals. The Surface Laptop Ultra features Nvidia's latest Blackwell RTX graphics arch...
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Forza Horizon 6 Is the Most Played Early Access Title in Series History, Says Xbox
Forza Horizon 6 is an early access hit. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced that the open-world racing title had become the most played early access title in series history. Forza Horizon 6 early access began May 15, but the game will fully launch on May 19.
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Anthropic Reverses Decision on Third-Party Agentic Tools, Allows OpenClaw Usage in Claude Plans
The artificial intelligence (AI) space has started moving away from an “unlimited free buffet” pricing model for programmatic and agentic automation. After Microsoft announced that GitHub Copilot will move to a metered credit allotment calculated on token consumption instead of premium requests, Anthropic is moving towards a similar model. The ...
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Microsoft Edge Update Allows Copilot to Access Open Tabs; Journeys Mode Introduced in English
Microsoft announced new features for the mobile version of Edge on Wednesday. The company said that it is bringing agentic capabilities with Copilot in Edge on phones for the first time. With Copilot in Edge, users will be able to ask queries on their handsets without leaving the browser, and Microsoft’s AI assistant will be able to generate answ...
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Playground Games Acknowledges Forza Horizon 6 Leak, Bans Players Accessing the Game
Playground Games has acknowledged the Forza Horizon 6 leak and announced franchise-wide and hardware bans for users accessing the game. The studio has also confirmed that the leak was not the result of a pre-load issue on Steam, as earlier reported.
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Discord Launches Nitro Rewards With Xbox Game Pass Integration, Discounts on Gaming Peripherals
Discord on Monday announced a new benefits programme called Nitro Rewards. It bundles several gaming-related perks, including the recently teased inclusion of Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass. There are also discounts on gaming accessories from brands like Logitech and additional ways to earn in-app rewards in the form of Orbs for subscribers. Discord ...
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Anthropic’s Microsoft 365 Integration Expands With Claude for Excel, PowerPoint and Word
Anthropic, on Thursday, announced the general availability of several of its Microsoft 365 add-ins. Eligible users can now access the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot inside Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word. Additionally, the San Francisco-based AI startup also announced that Claude’s integration with Outlook was pushed to public beta, w...
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Microsoft Retires Xbox Copilot AI Assistant on Mobile and Consoles, Confirms Xbox Leadership Changes
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced that Microsoft is winding down its Copilot AI assistant for Xbox on mobile and Xbox consoles. Sharma, who took over as Xbox chief in February, said Copilot on Xbox did not align with where the company was headed. The Xbox boss also confirmed a leadership shuffle at the company.
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Microsoft Rolls Out Xbox Mode on Windows 11 PCs in Select Markets
Microsoft has begun rolling out Xbox mode on Windows 11 PCs. The mode brings a console-like interface to Windows, allowing users to browse and launch games across multiple PC storefronts. Xbox mode debuted as the Xbox full-screen experience on Windows handhelds last year.
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OpenAI, Amazon Announce Multi-Year Strategic Partnership as Microsoft’s Exclusive Deal Ends
Hours after OpenAI and Microsoft revealed the amended non-exclusive partnership, the ChatGPT maker has started forging new partnerships. On Monday, the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence (AI) giant announced a multi-year strategic partnership with Amazon and its cloud division, Amazon Web Services (AWS). The multi-faceted deal brings the l...
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OpenAI, Microsoft Make Major Changes to Partnership, Remove the AGI Clause
OpenAI and Microsoft’s exclusive partnership is now officially over. On Monday, both companies announced several changes to their existing deal, removing key exclusivity clauses. Additionally, the amended partnership has also ended the vaguely worded artificial general intelligence (AGI) clause, which dictated several “if-this-then-that” scen...
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Oracle To Cut Over 20,000 Jobs: Is AI Hitting Senior Employees First?
The cuts at Oracle are not an isolated event. Over the past month alone, companies including Meta, Microsoft, Disney and ASML have announced layoffs.
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Microsoft Gaming Rebrands to Xbox, Debuts New Logo as Xbox Chief Says Company Reevaluating Exclusive Games
Major changes are afoot at Xbox. Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma announced at a townhall meeting on Thursday that the company was letting go of the Microsoft Gaming branding and switching to Xbox. Sharma also said Xbox would reevaluate its approach to exclusive games.
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Major US Corporations Cut 25,000 Jobs, Here's Why It's Worrying Everyone
Meta, Microsoft and Nike have collectively announced nearly 25,000 job cuts, raising widespread concern that AI-driven restructuring is accelerating across major corporations.
