Xbox Series X Will Enable us to Download Games Faster? All Thanks to AI
It seems that machine learning may be employed in ninth generation consoles. In an interview with journalists, James Gwertzman - head of the Microsoft Game Stack initiative - described a technology that allows for significant reduction of downloaded data size by scaling textures using AI.
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Bart Swiatek
February 11, 2020
Phil Spencer: Amazon and Google Are the Competition, Not Sony or Nintendo
Phil Spencer doesn't consider Sony and Nintendo as Microsoft's main competitors in the coming years. According to the head of Xbox department, the company will rather compete with Google and Amazon, and not with hardware but with game streaming services.
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Jacob Blazewicz
February 5, 2020
Windows 10 on Over a Billion Devices
Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 has been installed on more than one billion active devices. It took 4.5 years to break this treshold.
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Bart Swiatek
February 3, 2020
Poor Results of Microsoft's Games Department
Microsoft has shared its financial results for the past quarter. In general, the company recorded increases, but the gaming department has seen significant decreases.
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Adrian Werner
January 30, 2020
German Government Will Pay for Extended Windows 7 Support
The German government will pay Microsoft nearly $900,000 to extend its support for Windows 7, all because officials failed to upgrade 33,000 computers to a newer version of the system before January 14 this year.
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Bart Swiatek
January 24, 2020
Millions of Microsoft's Customer Data Records Leaked
The end of 2019 must have been really unpleasant for Microsoft. It turned out that due to a security error in the database, more than 250 million records with user information were publicly available. The gap was patched up immediately after detection.
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Conrad Hazi
January 23, 2020
We know the Bandwith of SSD Installed in Xbox Series X
Thanks to an entry published on LinkedIn, as well as specs posted on the web by the Phison company, we have probably learned about the parameters of the drive that will be used in the new Xbox.
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Bart Swiatek
January 23, 2020
Microsoft Tests New Ads in Windows 10
The Insider program is testing another format of advertisements in Windows 10. This time it is about banners in WordPad, encouraging the use of Office Web Apps.
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Peter Doron
January 22, 2020
Here's the Prototype of Xbox Series X
A Twitter user named Doug - Xbox Series X has posted photos of Microsoft's upcoming console on his account. Interestingly, another Internet user managed to assign a visible serial number to his account - which suggests that the console visible in the photographs is authentic.
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Bart Swiatek
January 22, 2020
New Microsoft Edge on Chromium Engine Available for Download
Microsoft has released the latest version of its Edge browser, now based on the Chromium engine, known from Google Chrome. The application is fast and has a number of interesting features.
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Bart Swiatek
January 16, 2020
Microsoft Fixes Dangerous Gap in Windows 10, Detected by NSA
The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has detected a dangerous security gap in Windows 10 and Windows Server. The exploit made it possible for PCs to be infected a virus and have sensitive data stolen. Microsoft has already eliminated the threat with an appropriate patch.
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Bart Swiatek
January 15, 2020
Phil Spencer Confirms: Microsoft and Xbox Coming to E3 2020
Phil Spencer from Microsoft has announced the company's participation in E3 2020, thus confirming that the company will not follow Sony's example and will show the Xbox Series X console in June.
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Jacob Blazewicz
January 14, 2020
Today, Microsoft Ends Support of Windows 7
Microsoft is officially terminating its support for Windows 7. The software will not receive any patches (even the critical, security-related ones), and its users will not be able to count on the support of the company's technical department.
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Bart Swiatek
January 14, 2020
Jason Schreier: „PS5 and Xbox More Powerful Than RTX 2080”
Industry journalist Jason Schreier said during a recent podcast that he thinks the next generation of consoles, the PS5 and Xbox, will be more powerful than GeForce RTX 2080-like GPU. The platform designers are said to look to the future, ensuring that they have enough power in the years ahead.
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Bart Swiatek
January 13, 2020
Google Chrome Will Continue to be Supported on Windows 7
Google has assured that Chrome web browser will continue to receive updates on Windows 7. The company wants to support the application for at least 18 months after Microsoft abandons the system.
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Paul Wozniak
January 12, 2020
Sea of Thieves is a Huge Success for Microsoft With 10 million players
Sea of Thieves has gathered over 10 million players. The creators boasted the result on the occasion of the announcement of the January update for the game. Moreover, Microsoft claims that the title is their most successful new IP of this generation.
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Konrad Serafinski
January 9, 2020
The Xbox Series X Unit Shown by AMD at CES was „Unofficial”
During the AMD conference at CES 2020, a short video showing, among other things, the back of the Xbox Series X console, together with all ports, was presented. However, a moment later Microsoft announced that the visualization did not came from the company and should not be considered official.
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Konrad Serafinski
January 7, 2020
End of Windows 7 Support is Nigh; Switch to Windows 10 for Free
In January, Microsoft will officially end its support for the popular Windows 7 operating system. It is worth noting that the option of free upgrade to Windows 10 is still available, although officially it was supposed to expire in July 2016.
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Bart Swiatek
December 30, 2019
Xbox Series X Actual Name is Just Xbox Apparently
The next generation of consoles from Microsoft is called simply Xbox - without the addiction of Series X, as we all thought. Such information was provided by the company's spokesperson in a conversation with Business Insider. Which means Series X is the name of a particular model...
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Konrad Serafinski
December 17, 2019
Xbox Series X is Microsoft's Project Scarlett [Updated]
Microsoft has introduced its next-generation console to the world. The Xbox Series X has been given its first trailer to showcase its eye-catching design.
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Christian Pieniazek
December 13, 2019