Microsoft Copilot AI predicts that if a full-blown bull market returns in Q4, Bitcoin could hit $180,000 before January 1, 2027. The bullish range is listed at $140,000–$180,000, with a genuine late-cycle blow-off potentially pushing Bitcoin toward $200,000+.At roughly $85,000, $180,000 would be about a +110% move. The interesting thing about Bitcoin’s current setup is […]
Microsoft already shows you ads whenever you log into the Xbox Series X, but it seems like it's exploring an ad-supported way to essentially rent out games on Xbox consoles.
IGN•Jacqueline Thomas22 Sept
President made more than 440 purchases and 700 sales despite voter anger over elected officials trading stocks Donald Trump made over a thousand stock sales and purchases worth between $79m and $270m in July, according to a Guardian analysis of his latest financial disclosure released Tuesday. His two largest sales were of Amazon and Microsoft stock, selling between $5m and $25m each on 20 July. That same day, he also sold up to $5m worth of Oracle and Costco stock, $500,000 to $1m in Nvidia, and bought up to $5m worth of shares in Intuit and Salesforce, among dozens of other transactions. Continue reading...
The Guardian•Gaya Gupta22 Sept
EvilTokens provided an end-to-end platform that makes mass compromises faster and easier.
Ars Technica•Dan Goodin22 Sept
After moving Halo to Activision, Microsoft only has three studios left under Xbox's own publisher
Trump sold tech stocks including Amazon and Microsoft when the Mag 7 stocks popped on July 20, adding $291 billion in market value in one day.
Microsoft on Tuesday announced the takedown of the EvilTokens device code phishing service that it said used artificial intelligence (AI) "at every step of the attack chain." The action, carried out with authorization from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, involved the efforts of Health-ISAC, alongside Cloudflare, Coinbase, OpenAI, Railway, SpyCloud, The Shadowserver
A zero-day proof-of-concept tool that stops Microsoft Defender from installing platform and signature updates by filling all available disk space was published on GitHub on September 19. The tool, called BigDiskBuster, has no patch, no CVE, and no Microsoft advisory. Its author, Abdelhamid Naceri, is a former Microsoft security researcher whose earlier Defender exploits were used in
Undead Labs is now fully independent from Microsoft and will release 'State of Decay 3' in 2027.
Microsoft's bloody year continues with even more Xbox layoffs and a serious pivot for games like 'Halo.'
The studio behind open-world zombie series State of Decay confirmed it has completed its separation from Microsoft
Microsoft’s Xbox is continuing what it calls a “reset,” announcing more layoffs and restructuring as it adjusts to a changing operating environment. Chief Content Officer Max Booty told employees in a memo Tuesday that the company would be eliminating 268 roles across Halo Studios, and in other areas including first-party studios. The company cut 3,200 […]
Deadline•Dade Hayes22 Sept
The dismantling of EvilTokens highlights the critical need for collaborative cybersecurity efforts to combat sophisticated phishing threats globally.
CryptoBriefing•Editorial Team22 Sept
The EvilTokens platform that compromised more than 12,000 Microsoft accounts at over 10,000 organizations has been disrupted in an effort led by Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit (DCU). [...]
The scam involved selling phishing kits on social media that let anyone create convincing fake emails.
The Microsoft-owned gamemaker is in the process of eliminating 3,200 jobs.
The Hollywood Reporter•Anthony Maglio22 Sept
Halo Studios is being cut by Xbox and moving to Call of Duty publisher Activision, Microsoft announced Tuesday in the latest round of layoffs.
Halo Studios (formerly 343 Industries) won't develop the next mainline Halo game because it's being what sounds like drastically reduced in size. Microsoft has instead given development duty to Activision, which is making "a new purpose-built team" separate to Call of Duty to make it. Read more
Microsoft has signalled its intention to close down Hellblade developer Ninja Theory after two deals to save the Xbox studio fell through.
IGN•Wesley Yin-Poole22 Sept
Xbox has laid off an additional 268 employees this week as part of its previously announced job-eliminations plan. The new cuts primarily come affect Halo Studios, other first-party studios and the XGS management and central functions layer, Xbox chief content officer Matt Booty said in a memo to staff Tuesday. Amid the cuts, the Microsoft-owned […]
Variety•Jennifer Maas22 Sept