Microsoft is BANNING players of the racing game Forza who decorate their cars with the confederate flag online Microsoft is banning the use of the confederate flag in the racing game, Forza It also banned Nazi symbols and imperialist Japan’s rising sun flag Players who use the flag must be reported before being banned By James … Read more
Microsoft may reveal cheaper and less powerful alternative to its Xbox Series X console in August Xbox may reveal a cheaper alternative to the Xbox Series X in August The console is reportedly being called the Xbox Series S The console will be cheaper but also less powerful than the Series X Xbox has still … Read more
Microsoft Mixer partners angered over sudden shutdown say they’re going to defect to Twitch instead of transitioning to Facebook Gaming Mixer users say they’re leaning toward Twitch after an announced closure The defection to Twitch comes in spite of Mixer’s attempt to migrate to Facebook Gaming Major streamers like Ninja have yet to commit to Facebook Gaming … Read more
Game over! Microsoft will shut down its Twitch rebuttal, Mixer and merge with Facebook Gaming after struggling to compete Microsoft will end its Twitch-style game streaming service Mixer It will migrate partners and users to Facebook gaming The partnership will help promote Microsoft’s xCloud service By James Pero For Dailymail.com Published: 23:32 BST, 22 June … Read more
Scammers are using Oxford and Samsung servers to phish victims with fake Microsoft Office 365 pages The campaign uses servers from Samsung and Oxford to phish users The scams use faked Microsoft Office 365 to steal information By using servers from legitimate companies, scammers can bypass normal email protections that filter out spam By James … Read more
Microsoft will axe up to 50 journalists and replace them with robots using AI to select news stories Microsoft used journalists to collate its MSN website and Edge mobile browser Journalists selected stories from other publishers for the company’s homepage Staff were emailed that they were being replaced by artificial intelligence By Darren Boyle for … Read more
Solitaire is 30 years old today: Microsoft asks its 35 million players to help set a world record for the most games completed in a single day Solitaire was first released on Microsoft 3.0 on May 22, 1990 Microsoft is trying to break the record for most daily games to celebrate Solitaire was originally intended … Read more
End of the reply all nightmare? Microsoft rolls out feature in Office 365 and Exchange that stops replies from being sent to every recipient Microsoft adds reply-all protection to Office 365 and Exchange It detects 10 reply-all emails to over 5,000 recipients within 60 minutes The email service blocks all replies in the thread for the … Read more
Microsoft and Intel develop antivirus software that turns malware into 2D images that can be examined by a neural network The software, called STAMINA, converts malware bits into 2D images It then examines those images using computer visions software The approach could reduce the number of data points examined by software It has shown a … Read more
Microsoft unveils Xbox Series X gameplay and announces ‘optimized’ badge that lets customers know when games are designed to run best on the upcoming console Microsoft unveiled Xbox Series X gameplay for several major titles Among the premiers were Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and Dirt 5 The company also announced a new ‘badge’ signaling when games are … Read more