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A New Leader for Microsoft’s Africa Transformation Office
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Xbox boss keen on Metaverse but ‘cautious’ about play-to-earn games
Phil Spencer, the head of Microsoft’s gaming company Xbox is optimistic about the Metaverse but remains “cautious” about play-to-earn (P2E) crypto games due to its economic and speculative aspects. Speaking with Bloomberg anchor Emily Chang on Aug. 25, Spencer suggested that while many gamers are not yet sold on the current concept of a Metaverse, according to his definition, they have essentially been playing in Metaverse worlds for decades: “My view on Metaverse is that gamers have been in the Metaverse for 30 years. When you’re playing games, if you’re playing a World of Warcraft game, you’re playing in Roblox, you’re playing in a racing game where everybody’s in a shared world.” In Spencer’s view, the Metaverse is essentially a “3D shared world” in which people can freely communicate w...
Janet Jackson’s ‘Rhythm Nation’ Crashes Older Laptops, Microsoft Engineer Reveals
One unforeseen part of the “Rhythm Nation”? The classic Janet Jackson music video has been proven to crash certain older laptops, says Microsoft’s chief software engineer Raymond Chen in a company blog post. It’s all because of a specific frequency featured in “Rhythm Nation” that interferes with laptop hard drives that spin at 5400 rpm. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Released in 1989, the computer-offending song was the titular anthem of Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814. The album was one of the most commercially successful of its day, producing seven top five singles on the Billboard Hot 100 — which continues to be a record for the pop sensation. But don’t throw Jackson’s classic hit off your playlists just yet: Manufacturers who made th...
HHW Gaming: Microsoft Confrims What We Knew All Along, PS4 Outsold The Xbox One
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Future Publishing / Getty Microsoft has kept the Xbox One’s sales numbers a secret for a long time, but now the company is finally confirming the obvious, the PS4 outsold the Xbox One by a lot. During the PS4 and Xbox One’s prime, it was widely believed among everyone in the video game industry and by those who play games that the PS4 was the king of its generation. Spotted on The Verge, new documents detail how badly PS4 kicked the Xbox One’s a**. Per The Verge: Microsoft stopped reporting its Xbox One sales figures at the beginning of its 2016 financial year, focusing instead on Xbox Live numbers. The change meant we’ve never officially known how well Xbox One was holding up compared to the PS4 after the Xbox One’s troubled launch. Analyst estimates hav...
Netflix Continues to Bleed Subscribers
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These Major Microsoft Apps Will Now Be Intergrated Into Sage’s Network
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Netflix Partners with Microsoft to Launch New Ad-supported Plan
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Cloudmania Scoops the Microsoft Partner of the Year Award
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Internet Explorer Finally Being Put To Pasture, Twitter Says Their Goodbyes To The Web Browser
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: SOPA Images / Getty Internet Explorer, you know, the web browser nobody uses, has finally been put to bed by Microsoft. RIP Internet Explorer Microsoft announced it would no longer support Internet Explorer after nearly 27 years, deciding to retire the web browser. Those who have still been loyally using IE will now be instructed to use Microsoft Edge, the other browser a lot of people don’t care for. Microsoft began the transition away from IE in 2015 with the rollout of Windows 10. The news of Microsoft’s OG web browser’s impending death won’t affect regular web users. The Verge reports that “usage of Internet Explorer plummeted in recent years” and that IE accounts for less than half a percent of the overall browser market share, according to Sta...
So Long, Internet Explorer: Microsoft Finally Kills Off Browser at 26
Even most Windows users would be surprised that Microsoft’s once-dominant Internet Explorer was still operational until today, but now the web browser has officially been shut down. Now out of support, Internet Explorer 11 has been pushed out in favor of Microsoft Edge after nearly 27 years in existence. Microsoft first announced IE would be retired in May 2021, revealing June 15th, 2022 to be its expiration date. “Not only is Microsoft Edge a faster, more secure, and more modern browsing experience than Internet Explorer, but it is also able to address a key concern: compatibility for older, legacy websites and applications,” the company wrote in a blog post. Starting today, the few stragglers who still use Internet Explorer (yes, apparently they exist) will be redirected to Edge. IE...
It’s Official, Microsoft Has Shut Internet Explorer Down
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Microsoft Developed Glass for Norway’s “Doomsday Vault” Capable of Storing Music for Thousands of Years
Your favorite songs may well live on for thousands of years to come, thanks to a new innovation in the world of musical storage. First there was the CD. Then the MP3. Now the silica glass capsule, courtesy of Microsoft. In case it seems curious that the next evolution in music storage is transitioning from a digital format back to analog, that’s because these particular songs need to withstand whatever forces known and unknown the universe has at its disposal. Last year, Elire Management Group announced the development of a Global Music Vault, also known as the “doomsday vault” due to its ability to withstand ice and snow at a depth of 1,000 feet. The vault is being developed on the Svalbard archipelago north of Norway and will safeguard timeless works from the Beat...
