Union workers at Blizzard, a Microsoft subsidiary, ratified a historic contract covering 1,900 employees, which includes guardrails around generative AI usage, layoff protections, and remote and hybri…
Gamescom 2026 opened in Cologne with a record 1,700 exhibitors from 67 countries, surpassing last year's 1,568, and the entire 233,000-square-metre exhibition space sold out for the first time. Organi…
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma said the next-generation Project Helix console must prioritize efficiency and affordability alongside performance, citing a 'Rampocalypse' of component shortages driven by AI data…
Xbox boss Asha Sharma said the company will prioritize "efficiency and affordability alongside performance" for its next-generation console, codenamed Project Helix, amid rising hardware costs and AI …
Iranian state-affiliated media published a report targeting Barron Trump, the 20-year-old son of U.S. President Donald Trump, featuring AI-generated clips of him playing Xbox and claiming a $10 millio…
Microsoft Corp. said on August 3 that its vulnerability rewards programs awarded more than $20 million to 562 security researchers from 64 countries during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2026, both pr…
Microsoft's Q4 2026 earnings reveal a 13% drop in Xbox hardware sales and a 10% decline in content and services revenue, as the company reallocates capital from consumer gaming to AI infrastructure. T…
Microsoft's Azure cloud business surpassed $100 billion in annual revenue for the first time in fiscal 2026, rising 33% from $75 billion last year, the company said. Azure's growth helped drive overal…
Microsoft's Xbox revenue from content and services dropped 10 percent, and hardware sales declined 14 percent in the fourth quarter, according to Microsoft's earnings report released Wednesday. Meanwh…
Microsoft laid off 4,800 employees, primarily in its gaming division, as it continues to plow tens of billions of dollars into AI infrastructure. The cuts follow a year of workforce reductions totalin…
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma was appointed co-lead of the Federal Reserve's Productivity and Jobs task force on July 9, 2026, tasked with evaluating AI's impact on labor markets and monetary policy, just two …
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has joined a Federal Reserve task force studying AI's impact on jobs and productivity, days after announcing 3,200 layoffs at Xbox. The task force, which includes Marc Andreessen …
Microsoft laid off 4,800 employees, including 1,600 from Xbox, while receiving approval for 2,273 H-1B visas, sparking backlash over corporate priorities. The cuts are part of a broader shift toward A…
The US Federal Reserve has appointed Xbox CEO Asha Sharma to co-lead its Productivity and Jobs task force, which will assess the economic impact of new general-purpose technologies including AI. The a…
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has joined the US Federal Reserve as an adviser on artificial intelligence for its 'productivity and jobs' taskforce, bringing gaming industry expertise to central bank discussion…
The Federal Reserve on July 9 named venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, economist Charles I. Jones, and Xbox CEO Asha Sharma as co-leaders of a task force to assess the economic impact of artificial i…
The US Federal Reserve appointed Xbox CEO Asha Sharma to a task force assessing AI's economic impact on jobs, days after she announced 3,200 layoffs at Microsoft's gaming division. Critics question th…
Microsoft laid off 4,800 employees, including 37-year veteran engineer Kevin LaChapelle who led Xbox Backward Compatibility, as part of a restructuring of its gaming division. The cuts come amid a $2.…
Microsoft laid off 4,800 staffers, including 1,600 from its Xbox division, with Xbox VP Kevin LaChapelle among those let go after 37 years at the company. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma cited slower-than-expect…
Microsoft announced it will cut 4,800 jobs globally, including a 20% reduction at its Xbox division, as the company shifts investment toward artificial intelligence. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma cited declini…