Tag: Microsoft

‘Avowed’ is a first-person RPG from the team behind ‘The Outer Worlds’

Avowed is the next big game from Obsidian Entertainment. It’s a big-budget role-playing game set in a fantasy world called Eora. As with some of the other games Microsoft showed off today, we didn’t get to see too much of Avowed’s gameplay, but it do… Source

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On Mixer’s last day, all eyes were on Twitch

Mixer’s last day up and running was more an advertisement for Twitch than Facebook Gaming, Microsoft's official partner for cast off Mixer devotees. Instead of pointing to Facebook, streamers filled the Mixer homepage with links to their new profiles… Source

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Microsoft details potential new designs for the Office UI

Some might think that Microsoft should pick a user interface for its Office products and stick with it, but its UX designers have other plans. The company has unveiled yet more potential changes to its Microsoft 365 user interface in an ambitious Med… Source

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Microsoft outlines its plan to become carbon negative by 2030

Microsoft has revealed how it plans to fulfill its pledge to become a carbon negative company by 2030. The tech giant first announced that it intends implement aggressive measures to remove more carbon from the atmosphere than it creates back in Janu… Source

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LinkedIn will cut nearly 1,000 jobs as pandemic slows global hiring

LinkedIn has announced it will lay off around six percent of its workforce, in part due to a coronavirus-related worldwide hiring slowdown. The Microsoft-owned company is cutting about 960 jobs from its global sales and talent acquisition teams.“[Lin… Source

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Microsoft told antitrust committee that Apple’s App Store is anticompetitive

A US House antitrust committee is getting set to grill tech’s biggest CEOs, but Microsoft wants them to focus on one in particular: Apple’s Tim Cook. Microsoft President Brad Smith met with the committee several weeks ago and relayed concerns about h… Source

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