It’s no secret that Microsoft and Xbox have been bolstering their studio ranks over the last couple of years, and Xbox head Phil Spencer has now reiterated that commitment to studio acquisitions it deems a good fit for the company. This news comes by way of the Wall Street Journal’s Tech Live Event, as reported […]
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Microsoft’s Project Alexandria parses documents using unsupervised learning
Where does your enterprise stand on the AI adoption curve? Take our AI survey to find out. In 2014, Microsoft launched Project Alexandria, a research effort within its Cambridge research division dedicated to discovering entities — topics of information — and their associated properties. Building on the research lab’s work in knowledge mining research using […]
Microsoft’s Windows 11 operating system targets Apple’s business model
Where does your enterprise stand on the AI adoption curve? Take our AI survey to find out. (Reuters) — Microsoft on Thursday showed Windows 11, its first major operating system revamp since 2015 with new changes that take direct aim at Apple’s lucrative App Store business model. Windows 11, which will hit the market by […]
Microsoft’s open source Dapr hits prime time to help developers embrace microservices
Microsoft today announced that its open source, platform-agnostic Distributed Application Runtime (Dapr) is now production ready, with v1.0 available on GitHub 16 months after it was first pushed into community development as an alpha project. The past decade has been marked by a slow but steady shift from monolithic on-premises software to the cloud and […]
Microsoft’s Recent Net Earnings Were $15.5 Billion, Or "About Two Bethesdas"
The gaming community has doubts over Xbox Game Pass’ profitability, but Microsoft has reported an impressive $15.5 billion in net earnings over the past financial year. Simply put, that’s roughly worth twice the cost of the Bethesda purchase and then some. Brad Sams, the executive editor of BWW Media Group, reported on Microsoft’s impressive sales data […]
Microsoft’s Nudge service leverages AI to speed up completion of pull requests
Microsoft is using AI to accelerate pull requests — the feature that lets developers tell others about changes they’ve made to code — toward completion by reminding authors to engage with their overdue requests. That’s according to a new whitepaper published this week detailing Nudge, an end-to-end service that leverages models based on effort estimation […]
Relax, Microsoft’s Not Buying Sega (Or So It Says)
Earlier this week, Microsoft purchased ZeniMax Media in what is the largest acquisition in gaming history. This meant that the makers of Doom, Fallout, and The Elder Scrolls, now work for Microsoft. But don’t worry: Phil promised to be as hands-off as possible while everybody focuses on making great games. Considering how the Obsidian purchase went […]
Microsoft's ZeniMax Acquisition Reaction: The Internet Freaks Out Over Xbox And Bethesda's Partnership
Earlier today, Microsoft announced its acquisition of Bethesda parent company ZeniMax Media for $7.5 billion. The purchase raised eyebrows online, with some excited about a possible Doom/Halo crossover. This is just one of the many reactions the internet had to the news; you can check out other responses below. Wishing for a Doom/Halo crossover–particularly a […]
Microsoft's cloud gaming service isn't finished until there's a Windows 10 app
On Monday, Microsoft announced more than 150 games that consumers will be able to play on its cloud gaming initiative (formerly known as Project xCloud) beginning September 15. But the cloud-gaming initiative omits one key feature: the ability to play on a PC. Microsoft began offering Project xCloud as a beta late last year, and […]
Microsoft’s xCloud will launch via Xbox Game Pass with over 150 games
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members will be able to play over 150 games via cloud gaming starting on Sept. 15. Launch titles for xCloud include Gears of War 5, Nier: Automata, Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition, and many more. Minecraft Dungeons is also getting fully optimized touch controls for mobile cloud gaming. Titles […]