Arkane founder calls Game Pass an 'unsustainable model' that's wrecking the industry
Lawrence Bonk / engadget - Arkane Studios founder Raphael Colantonio had some harsh words for Game Pass in a thread on X, calling it an "unstainable model" that's "damaging the industry." He also said that Microsoft's ability to throw "infinite money" at the platform will eventuall…
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IT company Ingram Micro says ransomware targeted internal systems
therecord - Ingram Micro published a statement on Saturday saying it discovered “ransomware on certain of its internal systems,” which it immediately took offline.
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Capgemini bets on agentic AI with $3.3bn WNS acquisition
Ann O’Dea / siliconrepublic - French technology services company Capgemini is going all in on agentic AI services with its $3.3bn acquisition of US-based WNS.Read more: Capgemini bets on agentic AI with $3.3bn WNS acquisition
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Elon Musk Says He’s Forming ‘America Party’
Brian Schwartz / wsj - Tesla’s CEO said he created a new political party called the America Party after reigniting a feud with President Trump.
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TikTok builds new US app version ahead of planned sale
appleinsider - Social media giant TikTok will launch a new version of its popular app to Apple's and Google's app stores on September 5, as part of an agreement to sell its US business looms.US users of TikTok will see a new version of the app starting September 5, 2025…
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Elon Musk Forms a New Political Party to Challenge Trump and the Republicans
Luc Olinga / gizmodo - The tech billionaire formally declared the "America Party" after President Trump signed his signature bill, setting the stage for a dramatic political confrontation.
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Ingram Micro suffers global outage as internal systems inaccessible
Lawrence Abrams / bleepingcomputer - IT giant Ingram Micro is experiencing a global outage that is impacting its websites and internal systems, with customers concerned that it may be a cyberattack after the company remains silent on the cause of the issues. [...]
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Microsoft’s latest layoffs hit 9,000 employees company-wide
Steve Vegvari / pocket-lint - It's been a tough week in tech as Microsoft announces mass layoffs.
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Everyone in tech has an opinion about Soham Parekh
Amanda Silberling / techcrunch - You got into Y Combinator, raised $20 million from a16z, and then exited to Meta? That’s cool, I guess. But did Soham Parekh apply to work at your startup? There is now a new badge of honor for startup founders: your proximity to one previously unknown In…
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MindsEye dev warns staff about layoffs amid talk of saboteurs and 'relaunch'
Will Shanklin / engadget - Microsoft isn't the only gaming company talking about layoffs this week. MindsEye developer Build a Rocket Boy (BARB) notified around 300 employees that they risk losing their jobs. However, the drama doesn't end there. The studio has reportedly blamed sa…
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Battlefield 6 Reportedly Has A Massive Budget Of Over $400 Million
Zack Zwiezen / kotaku - The next Battlefield game, often referred to online as Battlefield 6, looks to be a return to the franchise’s modern warfare roots, and that has many fans, myself included, excited to play it. However, behind the scenes, EA reportedly has wild expectation…
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Romero Games Confirms Loss of Funding for New Shooter from Doom Co-Creator John Romero, as Now-Former Employee Blames Microsoft Cuts
Tom Phillips / ign - Romero Games, the studio founded by Doom co-creator John Romero and Brenda Romero, has said it has been left "heartbroken" after discovering that funding for its next project has been pulled, reportedly as part of Microsoft's latest cuts, leaving the game…
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Tesla’s Numbers Are In, and They’re Not Good
Luc Olinga / gizmodo - The electric vehicle maker has posted its second straight quarter of declining deliveries this year, continuing to pay the price for Elon Musk's political turn.
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Blizzard is giving up on its Warcraft mobile game amid layoffs
Ian Carlos Campbell / engadget - It's nearly the end of the road for Warcraft Rumble. Blizzard has announced that it will no longer be developing new content for the free-to-play mobile strategy game, and instead focus on "regular, systemic in-game events and bug fixes." The change comes…
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Perplexity joins Anthropic and OpenAI in offering a $200 per month subscription
Igor Bonifacic / engadget - You can add Perplexity to the growing list of AI companies offering $200+ per month subscription plans to users who want unlimited access to their most advanced products and tools. As of today, Perplexity Max is available on iOS and the web. The subscript…
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HPE closes $14B Juniper acquisition following regulatory approval
Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. has closed its acquisition of Juniper Networks Inc. more than a year after signing the $14 billion deal. The companies announced the milestone this morning. A few days earlier, the U.S. Justice Department ended an antitrust …
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Three former Ubisoft executives are convicted of sexual and psychological harassment
Ash Parrish / theverge - A court in France has sentenced three former Ubisoft executives for sexual and psychological harassment. Serge Hascoet, Tommy Francois, and Guillaume Patrux each received fines and suspended prison sentences for their actions that were discovered as a par…
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Paramount reaches $16M settlement over Trump-linked lawsuit
Paramount has agreed to shell out $16 million to settle a lawsuit tied to controversies from the Trump era—with no apology in sight. The deal neatly wraps up a high-profile legal battle, leaving observers to wonder if sometimes a big payout is just the company’s way of saying “we’re done here.”
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Microsoft Cuts 9,100 Jobs in Massive Restructuring to Fund AI Pivot
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Microsoft initiates its largest layoff since 2023, cutting 9,100 jobs (4% of workforce) to fund its massive strategic pivot to artificial intelligence.The post Microsoft Cuts 9,100 Jobs in Massive Restructuring to Fund AI Pivot appeared first on WinBuzzer.
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Figma moves closer to a blockbuster IPO that could raise $1.5B
Julie Bort / techcrunch - The financials are impressive and founder CEO Dylan Field already cashed out $20 million worth of shares last year.
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