Microsoft’s new Xbox shake-up is all about platform changes
… These leadership changes at Xbox largely affect the platform teams under former Xbox president Sarah Bond. …
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Cloudflare made a WordPress for AI agents
… Cloudflare cites data from Patchstack, which says “more high-severity vulnerabilities were discovered in the WordPress ecosystem in 2025 than in the previous two years combined.” As outlined by Cloudflare, WordPress plugins run PHP script that “hooks directly into WordPress to add or modify functio… …
Microsoft was worried OpenAI would run off to Amazon and ‘shit-talk’ Azure
… Altman came back with an alternative proposal several months later to “create a partnership with Xbox around gaming, and an open offer to share their technology and IP in exchange for expanded sponsorship for their Dota research,” according to Brett Tanzer, now VP of Azure solutions and ecosystem. …
Google’s handsome Pixel Watch 4 is on sale for $40 off in both size configurations
… The standard model sounds just as good as the step-up version with active noise cancellation, and because they’re outfitted with Apple’s H2 chip, those with a Mac or iPhone can leverage all sorts of ecosystem tricks, from automatic device switching to hands-free Siri commands. …
Writers are fleeing the Substack Tax
… The pricing on Substack isn’t the only pain point for creators, as critics argue that it also locks writers and their subscribers into a closed ecosystem. …
Google I/O 2026
… At I/O 2026, we’re expecting a heavy focus on AI, as Google adds more Gemini features across its ecosystem of apps and devices. …
‘We Are Xbox’: read the memo defining Microsoft’s gaming future
… These changes are happening as the industry reshapes around us. …
Sundar Pichai on AI, the future of search, and what’s happening to the web
… There’s always a lot of news at I/O, and this year was no exception — Google has powerful new Gemini models, it’s putting AI agents in everything, and it’s making huge changes to Search on both the web and YouTube that will once again reshape the information ecosystem. …
AI music is flooding streaming services — but who wants it?
… In a recent press release, Deezer CEO Alexis Lanternier said that, “AI-generated music is now far from a marginal phenomenon and as daily deliveries keep increasing, we hope the whole music ecosystem will join us in taking action to help safeguard artist’s rights and promote transparency for fans.”… …
AI is blowing up music production
… They were going through some ownership changes, as you know. …