European Commission moves to designate Amazon and Microsoft as cloud gatekeepers
Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure are now so important to Europe's digital economy that they may be required to comply with additional rules when doing business with customers in the EU. Otherwise, they could face hefty fines.
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Bungie cuts nearly 300 jobs as Destiny 2 winds down and Marathon takes center stage
For years, Bungie kept Destiny 2 online with a big technical footprint, from backend systems for progression and matchmaking to tools for live events and constant content updates. Now, with that pipeline winding down and new games still in early incubation, the studio is cutting back the team that supports...
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HPE is quietly pivoting from servers to networking, and Cisco should be paying attention
Taking an established company in a new direction is always a challenging task. Doing so in the midst of one of the biggest evolutions the tech industry has witnessed, even more so.
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The third Xbox price hike in 15 months raises all models by at least $100
Mere days after reports of mass layoffs at Microsoft-owned game development studios, things have gone from bad to worse for Xbox. In a few weeks, the company's game consoles will receive their highest-ever price increases, marking the third round in barely over a year.
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Ford learned the hard way that AI can't replace experienced engineers
It is a shift that comes as Ford returns to the top of J.D. Power's initial quality rankings among mainstream brands. The improvement reflects changes not only in its processes but also in how the company uses AI – and where it draws the line between automation and human expertise.
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Polymarket hack may have drained close to $3 million from user wallets
The prediction market platform said the incident took place on Thursday morning and affected a "small number of users."
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IBM unveils sub-1-nanometer chip architecture that stacks 100 billion transistors onto a fingernail-sized processor
Rather than continuing to shrink components along a flat plane, IBM is stacking transistors vertically. That change comes as semiconductor designers run up against the physical limits of traditional scaling, making further miniaturization increasingly difficult and less efficient.
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Valve quietly changes Steam Machine's 4K/60fps claim after criticism
Beyond that painful price and restrictive hardware, Valve's claim about 4K/60fps gaming was another Steam Machine element that's come in for heavy criticism. It's now led to Valve altering the language and listing FSR 4.1 by name – the first time the company has publicly confirmed support for the latest...
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Windows 10's free security updates now extend to October 2027
Microsoft's support page explaining how to continue receiving security updates on Windows 10 now states that the company will continue providing patches through October 12, 2027 – a change made without a formal announcement. The update gives Windows 10 users exactly one additional year to decide whether to upgrade to...
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Game designer Sandy Petersen recalls how Quake's development "broke" id Software
id Software and GT Interactive released Quake in 1996, marking a significant evolution in the first-person shooter genre just three years after Doom. Sandy Petersen, one of the studio's original designers from the Doom era, said that developing the first "true" 3D FPS took a heavy toll on the team.
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