Microsoft Boasts Xbox Records, But Hardware Sales Collapse Drags Gaming Revenue Down

Just yesterday, it was reported that Microsoft ranked as the top games publisher in the world last month. And yet, their second quarter, fiscal year 2025 financial report doesn't exactly paint a rosy picture of the gaming division. Sure, CEO Satya Nadella boasted about a few records for Xbox Cloud Gaming, Game Pass, and successful games like Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: We are focused on improving the profitability of the business in order to position it

NPU-Optimized Versions Of DeepSeek’s R1 Model Will Now Be Running On Copilot+ Windows 11 PCs, With The More Advanced Variants Arriving Later

DeepSeek’s R1 might be at the center of an investigation initiated by Microsoft as to whether or not the AI model was trained on OpenAI’s data outputs, but that has not stopped the software giant from bringing an NPU--optimized-version of the model to its Copilot+ PCs. The company made an announcement a short while ago, stating that the first release will be DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B and will be available via the Microsoft AI Toolkit for developers

Alibaba Unveils Qwen 2.5 AI Model, Claiming It Outperforms DeepSeek And ChatGPT, But It Remains To Be Seen How It Will Be Positioned In The Industry

DeepSeek has shaken the AI industry with its new R1 model, which aims to compete against OpenAI's ChatGPT. While the Chinese AI chatbot is all the hype these days, another major contender has entered the competition, claiming that its AI model is better than that of DeepSeek. Alibaba has officially launched its Qwen 2.5 AI model and claims that it can outperform DeepSeek-V3 along with other leading AI models like ChatGPT. Alibaba unveils Qwen 2.5 AI model, positioning itself as a major competitor

DeepSeek Left Database With Chat History, Internal Secrets Out In Public For Anyone To Access

Cloud security services provider Wiz Research discovered a publicly accessible database of DeepSeek's secret keys, messages and other information, the firm reported earlier today. This database included details such as chat history and API secrets, according to Wiz. The firm adds that the database could be fully controlled which means that they could execute code without any oversight and manipulate the data to serve their needs. After informing DeepSeek about the database, the Chinese firm immediately took it down after restricting public acces. DeepSeek's Publicly Available Database Enabled

Tesla Q4 2024 Earnings: The Stock Gets Hammered By A Nearly $2 Billion Shortfall In Revenue

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has now disclosed its earnings for the fourth quarter of 2024, managing to post broadly negative results relative to Wall Street's consensus expectations. Tesla (TSLA) Q4 2024 Earnings Tesla has reported $25.707 billion in revenue for the fourth quarter of 2024, badly missing consensus expectations of $27.3 billion. The reduction in the company's ASP played a major role in this miss. The above

Apple Reportedly Made A Last-Minute Request To Defend Its $20 Billion Search Engine Deal With Google, But The Judge Denied The Company, Saying It Took Too Long

Google was previously found to be paying Apple a whopping $20 billion sum to keep its search engine default on the company’s various devices. This move would naturally stifle competition, with even Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella stating that this partnership prevented rivals from competing on an even playing field. Now, the Cupertino giant attempted to intervene as a defendant in this multi-billion-dollar alliance, but according to the latest report, the judge denied this request, saying that Apple submitted its application much too late. To

Microsoft Dispels Rumors of World of Warcraft on Game Pass

These rumors came after an awkward accident happened when sending around a marketing email regarding World of Warcraft's latest activities. However, the most surprising part that had people getting their hopes up was a link to join Game Pass, with a subject line that read as the following: "Play Call of Duty, Diablo IV, World of Warcraft, and more of Activision's biggest hits with Game Pass!" Screenshots of this email were posted on the Xbox subreddit, where there is no denying World of Warcraft was

First Details Emerge on Upcoming Dungeons & Dragons Video Game

The upcoming Dungeons & Dragons game has been unveiled, with Resolution Games showcasing DEMEO X Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked. This game has been made in collaboration between Resolution Games and Wizards of the Coast, to bring newcomers and veterans together to enjoy a world that will immerse you in the lore of Dungeons & Dragons. Resolution Games' has used its award-winning Demeo Action Roleplaying System to help create this title, to provide players with the atmosphere and intense battle they need to really fit into the world of D&D

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Apple’s Previous-Generation M2 MacBook Air With 16GB Unified RAM Could Not Be Any Affordable Than It Is Now On Amazon, With This Configuration Going For $799

A plethora of gold-standard deals on Apple’s MacBook Air models are active on Amazon, but you will not be prepared for the latest offer that we have for you. Oftentimes, there are those who want to experience the latest hardware and those who are looking to nab the best possible deal. For the latter, we present to you the M2 MacBook Air, Apple’s 13.6-inch machine that not only offers double the unified RAM count but is also 20 percent off on

New Trailer Drops for Phantom Line, a Co-Op Shooter

A new trailer has dropped for Phantom Line, which is set to be a 1-4 player co-op shooter that takes place in a post-nuclear European continent. However, it's not your average shooter, as you will be tasked with searching for anomalies. Anomalies are paranormal activities that are hidden from the public eye. You have to find them while searching an open-world map where many dynamic events will take place to shake up the gameplay. In this title, you work as an elite