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Microsoft, after nearly two decades, has exited the business of selling digital TV and movies. Without advance warning, Microsoft’s Movies & TV app as of Friday has stopped sales and rentals for movies and TV shows. “Important: Microsoft no longer offers new entertainment content for purchase, including movies and TV shows, on Microsoft.com, Microsoft Store on Windows, and the Microsoft …

Microsoft to stop using engineers in China for tech support of US military, Hegseth orders review  Reuters Microsoft stops relying on Chinese engineers for Pentagon cloud support  CNBC US senator seeks details from Defense Department on Microsoft’s Chinese engineers  Reuters A Little-Known Microsoft Program Could Expose the Defense Department to Chinese Hackers  ProPublica GOP senator asks Pentagon for information on Microsoft’s Chinese engineers  The Hill …

Microsoft to stop using engineers in China for tech support of U.S. military after ProPublica report  Reuters GOP senator asks Pentagon for information on Microsoft’s Chinese engineers  The Hill A Little-Known Microsoft Program Could Expose the Defense Department to Chinese Hackers  ProPublica Top US senator calls out supply-chain risk with DoD contractors  Yahoo Finance Microsoft Cuts Off China Employees from Pentagon Business  The Information Source …

Final Fantasy 14 will end support for the Windows 10 operating system on 14th October, 2025. This is due to Microsoft itself no longer providing security updates or support for PCs running Windows after this date. As such, Square Enix stated continuing support for this OS is “a difficult proposition”. The company added it’s likely players will still be able …

Microsoft has announced that it’s shutting down the Movies & TV storefront on the Microsoft Store. As of July 18, it is no longer possible to purchase new media content, whether that be on a Windows PC or Xbox, using the Microsoft Store. “Microsoft no longer offers new entertainment content for purchase, including movies and TV shows, on Microsoft.com, Microsoft …

The Matanbuchus malware loader has been seen being distributed through social engineering over Microsoft Teams calls impersonating IT helpdesk. Matanbuchus is a malware-as-a-service operation seen promoted on the dark web first in early 2021. It was advertised as a $2,500 Windows loader that executes malicious payloads directly in memory to evade detection. In June 2022, threat analyst Brad Duncan reported that …

The Windows 10 era is almost at an end. Microsoft is ending support for Windows 10 and stopping security support in October. Initially, Microsoft was offering a one-year extended security update for $30, but we’ve got some good news: Microsoft has added a free option, allowing you to stick with Windows 10 for another year. However, in order to access …

Raven Software in Middleton has been caught up in the latest mass layoffs to hit the video game industry, after Microsoft let go of hundreds of employees in its gaming division in early July. Microsoft laid off over 9,000 employees companywide July 2. A leaked email from Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer — provided to Windows Central — confirmed hundreds …

Drew Angerer/Getty Images Last week, Bloomberg reported that Microsoft shared internally that it had saved $500 million in call center costs, thanks to AI — shortly after the company laid 9,000 people off, the third round in a series of layoffs totaling 15,000.  What does this mean for the tech industry — and job security for humans — at large?  …

Just under two weeks ago, Microsoft announced it was laying off 9,000 employees across its workforce and revealed it had cancelled ZeniMax Online Studios’ new MMORPG codenamed Blackbird (along with Rare’s Everwild and the Perfect Dark reboot, with the latter’s development studio The Initiative shuttered). Now, a report suggests ZeniMax devs who worked on the game will soon be affected …