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Microsoft loses Brazilian court case after telling hacked Xbox user to re-purchase games — tech giant ordered to restore Xbox account with all games and pay $400 in damages (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-11 | by Luke James | tags: account, court, digital

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Microsoft struggles to fulfill its 2030 sustainability promise amid carbon-heavy AI expansions — the company's chief sustainability officer claims the target is still feasible (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-11 | by Etiido Uko | tags: carbon, data centers, electricity

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Microsoft Reports a Massive 25 Percent Jump in Emissions (wired.com)

2026-07-10 | by Molly Taft | tags: emissions, microsoft, power

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Is Microsoft Teams really going to start tracking employee locations? (engadget.com)

2026-07-10 | by Gabriela Vătu | tags: built, employee, feature

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Federal Reserve taps Xbox CEO Asha Sharma to lead jobs task force days after Microsoft laid off 3,200 people (techspot.com)

2026-07-10 | by Rob Thubron | tags: federal, federal reserve, microsoft

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Tiny11 trims Windows 11 down to 8GB, no bloat included (techspot.com)

2026-07-10 | tags: apps, microsoft, release

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Microsoft's AI drive saw its carbon emissions grow by 25 percent in 2025 (engadget.com)

2026-07-10 | by Mariella Moon | tags: carbon, emissions, microsoft

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OpenAI says GPT 5.6 is the ‘preferred model’ for Microsoft Copilot 365 amid breakup chatter (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-10 | by Lucas Ropek | tags: apps, increasingly, microsoft

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Patch for Windows Defender 0-day could allow attackers to fill hard disk (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-09 | tags: defender, file, microsoft

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Microsoft’s carbon emissions went up 25 percent last year (theverge.com)

2026-07-09 | by Stevie Bonifield | tags: carbon, emissions, microsoft

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Microsoft goes all in on new AI-powered Windows security strategy - what it means for you (zdnet.com)

2026-07-09 | by Ed Bott | tags: microsoft, security, speed

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Microsoft expects more Windows security updates from AI-discovered flaws (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-07-09 | tags: discovery, issues, microsoft

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Microsoft’s patch Tuesdays are about to get bigger (theverge.com)

2026-07-09 | by Stevie Bonifield | tags: exploit, issues, microsoft

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New Forg365 phishing platform uses AI to target Microsoft 365 accounts (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-07-09 | tags: authentication, code, device

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Microsoft tells Obsidian to pause or cancel Avowed 2 and make a new Fallout game (techspot.com)

2026-07-09 | by Daniel Sims | tags: bethesda, fallout, microsoft

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Microsoft to retire the OWA Light client in Exchange Server (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-07-09 | tags: experience, light, microsoft

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Microsoft patches RoguePlanet Defender zero-day vulnerability (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-07-09 | tags: eclipse, microsoft, nightmare

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Microsoft reportedly cancels Avowed sequel as Obsidian focuses on a Fallout game (engadget.com)

2026-07-08 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | tags: fallout, game, layoffs

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If Microsoft sold off Xbox, who would even buy it? (theverge.com)

2026-07-08 | by Jay Peters | tags: game, games, microsoft

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Entra passkey enrollment vishing targets Microsoft 365 users (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-07-08 | tags: microsoft, okta, passkey

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Arrest and extradition of Scattered Spider hacker shines light on how Windows telemetry GDIDs can identify and track users — Microsoft device identifier is just one digital fingerprint in a software world rife with them (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-08 | by Bruno Ferreira | tags: gdid, microsoft, stokes

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Doom Developer id Software Is Reportedly Losing Half Its Staff (slashdot.org)

2026-07-07 | tags: cuts, developer, doom

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Microsoft Flips Windows Backup On By Default Outside the EU (slashdot.org)

2026-07-07 | tags: backup, default, device

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Microsoft joins AI cost-cutting trend by relying more on its own models (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-07 | by Lucas Ropek | tags: anthropic, microsoft, models

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Doom developer id Software is reportedly losing half its staff (engadget.com)

2026-07-07 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | tags: game, id software, layoffs

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You can soon restore Windows 11 from scratch even if it can't boot up - here's how (zdnet.com)

2026-07-07 | by Lance Whitney | tags: cloud, cloud rebuild, files

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Microsoft Can Track Users Via a Windows Device ID (slashdot.org)

2026-07-07 | tags: activity, complaint, device

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Microsoft fire idTech team at Id software (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-07 | tags: id software, idtech, idtech team

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Microsoft Fire IdTech Team at Id Software (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-07 | tags: id software, idtech, idtech team

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Microsoft Is Eliminating 4,800 Jobs — Including 20% of Its Xbox Staff: ‘We Will Return to Growth in 2027.’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-07 | by Jonathan Small | tags: admitting tasks, gaming, jobs