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2026
Bethesda Game Studios union protests Microsoft Xbox layoffs with inflatable rat and 800 red flags
Employees at Bethesda's Rockville, Maryland office placed a giant inflatable rat nicknamed 'Scabby' outside the office and planted 800 red flags, each representing an employee laid off since July 2025, to protest Microsoft's large-scale layoffs. Union member Nathan Hahn said the flags were a public reminder of how many people management had cut from their teams.
2026
Xbox announces layoffs of about 3,200 employees as part of 'great reset'
Xbox announced layoffs of approximately 3,200 employees as part of a plan it calls a 'great reset'; Xbox CEO Asha Sharma said the move would help the company restore profitability. The layoffs follow earlier rounds of job cuts, project cancellations and studio closures, and have reduced the gaming business's headcount substantially.
2026
Bethesda workers protest Microsoft layoffs during Xbox CEO visit
Bethesda employees staged a protest outside the studio during an Xbox leadership visit, displaying a giant inflatable 'Scabby the Rat' and hundreds of red flags to demonstrate against Microsoft's layoffs, which affected about 3,200 Xbox and studio employees.
2026
Microsoft unveils Gears of War: E-Day themed Xbox controllers
Microsoft announced two Gears of War: E-Day themed accessories for The Coalition's Xbox exclusive game: a limited-edition Xbox wireless controller and an Xbox Design Lab custom version. The limited-edition controller is available for pre-order at the Microsoft Store and retail channels and will officially launch on October 6; Xbox Design Lab customization opens September 30. Microsoft also partnered with 8BitDo on a matching charging dock.
2026
Microsoft releases .NET 11 Preview 7
Microsoft announced the seventh preview release of the .NET 11 open source developer platform on August 11, 2026, with improvements across libraries, runtime, SDK, C#, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, Entity Framework Core, F#, and Windows Forms, including tiered compilation for async methods and CoreCLR running on WebAssembly. Production availability is expected in November.
2026
Microsoft launches MAI-Image-2.6 text-to-image model
Microsoft released its new text-to-image model MAI-Image-2.6 on August 10, 2026, which ranked second globally on the Arena text-to-image leaderboard behind OpenAI's GPT-Image-2, with a composite score 79 Elo points higher than the previous MAI-Image-2.5 and first place in text rendering at 1374 points.
2026
Microsoft launches AI cybersecurity model and defense platform
Microsoft revealed its first custom AI cybersecurity model and introduced an agentic defense platform.
2026
Xbox launches disc-to-digital feature to convert physical game discs into digital copies
Xbox announced a disc-to-digital feature that lets players turn physical Xbox One discs into digital copies by slotting them into a disc drive, enabled by serial numbers embedded on discs and described as part of Xbox's ongoing game preservation efforts.
2026
LG unveils 2026 LG gram laptop range with Aerominum and AI at CES 2026
LG Electronics plans to unveil its 2026 LG gram laptop range at CES 2026, introducing a proprietary lightweight alloy called Aerominum and expanding on-device and cloud-based AI across the line, including the gram Pro 17 (17Z90UR) with Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 and the gram Pro 16 (16Z90U) with Intel Core Ultra processors.
2022
Microsoft announces hybrid-work product updates
Microsoft announced changes to Teams, Outlook, PowerPoint and Surface hardware aimed at hybrid work. The Teams Front Row layout was launching that day; other described features were planned for Q2 or later.
2022
ConsenSys raises $450 million in Series D funding
ConsenSys raised $450 million in Series D funding, led by ParaFi Capital and joined by new investors including Temasek, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Microsoft, Anthos Capital, Sound Ventures, and C Ventures.
2022
Microsoft launches DirectStorage API for game developers
Microsoft launched its DirectStorage API for developers. The article says it supports GPU-file compression and decompression tasks and is intended to provide faster game loading and level transitions.
2022
Microsoft announces Azure Arc launch plan for China
Microsoft announced plans to launch the Azure Arc hybrid and multicloud management solution in China during the first half of 2022.
2022
Microsoft pushes Windows 11 Build 22572 update
Microsoft pushed Windows 11 Dev channel Build 22572, which added Clipchamp and Microsoft Family as native apps and included other changes and fixes.
2022
Microsoft completes acquisition of Nuance Communications
Microsoft announced that Nuance Communications had become part of Microsoft, reporting completion of the acquisition.
2022
Browser developers join Interop 2022 initiative
Apple, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla joined the Interop 2022 initiative to work on interoperability between web platforms.
2022
Microsoft announces plans for African startup partnerships
Microsoft announced plans to partner with venture capital investors and said it was creating partnerships with accelerators and incubators to provide startups with markets, technical skills, and investment opportunities.
2022
Microsoft makes Founders Hub available to African startups
Microsoft made its global Founders Hub available to African startups through its Africa Transformation Office.
2022
Microsoft establishes investor partnerships to facilitate startup funding
Microsoft said it was establishing industry alliances and partnerships with venture capital investors to facilitate access to USD 500 million in potential funding for African startups. The funding is to come from a network of investors.
2022
Lenovo launches ThinkPad X13s
Lenovo launched the ThinkPad X13s, developed in collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies and Microsoft, as the world's first laptop powered by the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 compute platform.