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Microsoft is closing the studio developing the Perfect Dark reboot and cancelling the game

The Initiative, the Xbox studio developing a modern reimagining of Perfect Dark, is being shut down, and development of the game is ending. As first reported by Windows Central, the studio's closure is part of major cuts Microsoft is making across its business, affecting around four percent of the company's global workforce.<br /> Based on a memo from Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty obtained by Windows Central, which Microsoft has confirmed is genuine, the decision to close The Initiative was born out of the cancellation of Perfect Dark, rather than the other way around. "We have made the decision to stop development of Perfect Dark and Everwild as well as wind down several unannounced projects across our portfolio," Booty wrote. "As part of this, we are cl [...]

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Microsoft says ungoverned AI agents could become corporate 'double agents.' Its fix costs $99 a month.

Microsoft today announced the general availability of Agent 365 and Microsoft 365 Enterprise 7, two products designed to bring security and governance to the rapidly growing population of AI agents op [...]

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Microsoft launches 3 new AI models in direct shot at OpenAI and Google

Microsoft on Wednesday launched three new foundational AI models it built entirely in-house — a state-of-the-art speech transcription system, a voice generation engine, and an upgraded image creator [...]

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2026 Olympics: How to watch the Winter Games Closing Ceremony today

The Closing Ceremony for the 2026 Winter Games is this Sunday. (Li Jing/Xinhua via Getty Images)<br /> <br /> <br /> Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images<br /> <br /> [...]

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Microsoft announces Copilot Cowork with help from Anthropic — a cloud-powered AI agent that works across M365 apps

If you thought Anthropic was about to run away with the enterprise AI business...you're not totally off the mark, actually.This morning, Microsoft announced "Copilot Cowork" a new cloud [...]

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Video Games Weekly: Every time this industry grows, it shrinks

Welcome to Video Games Weekly on Engadget. Expect a new story every Monday or Tuesday, broken into two parts. The first is a space for short essays and ramblings about video game trends and related to [...]

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Microsoft’s Copilot can now build apps and automate your job — here’s how it works

Microsoft is launching a significant expansion of its Copilot AI assistant on Tuesday, introducing tools that let employees build applications, automate workflows, and create specialized AI agents usi [...]

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Microsoft launches 'Hey Copilot' voice assistant and autonomous agents for all Windows 11 PCs

Microsoft is fundamentally reimagining how people interact with their computers, announcing Thursday a sweeping transformation of Windows 11 that brings voice-activated AI assistants, autonomous softw [...]

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Microsoft launches MAI-Image-2-Efficient, a cheaper and faster AI image model

Microsoft today launched MAI-Image-2-Efficient, a lower-cost, higher-speed variant of its flagship text-to-image model that the company says delivers production-ready quality at nearly half the price. [...]

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Even before the Xbox layoffs, there was 'tension' at Halo Studios

At least five employees at Halo Studios have been fired as part of company-wide layoffs at Microsoft on Wednesday, according to a developer with knowledge of the situation. An estimated 200 to 300 peo [...]

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