Microsoft has extended the free Windows 10 Extended Security Update program for consumers for an additional year. Devices enrolled in the program will continue to receive security updates until October 12, 2027. This change was made without any formal announcement; It appeared in an update to Microsoft’s Windows 10 ESU documentation and as an editor’s […]
Rockstar Games has announced the price of Grand Theft Auto 6 ahead of pre-orders starting at midnight. The Standard Edition will cost $79.99, while the Ultimate Edition, which includes bonus content, will cost $99.99. At launch, the game will be a single-player experience, with no separate version of GTA Online included. GTA 6 is scheduled
Microsoft is testing a new Windows 11 Search toggle that allows users to turn off Bing web results and Microsoft Store app suggestions. These controls, previously available only in the European Economic Area, are now being extended to all markets. The settings appear in Windows 11 Insider Experimental Build 26300.8697 for Windows 11 version 26H2.
Meta has halted its Model Capability Initiative (MCI), an internal program that tracks employee mouse movements, clicks and keystrokes to train AI models. The company shut down the program on June 22, 2026, after documents reviewed by Reuters showed that sensitive employee data collected through MCI was inadvertently accessible to all Meta employees. It has
Samsung Electronics is getting started ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex For all employees in Korea as well as the global workforce in its Device Experience division. OpenAI calls it one of its largest enterprise launches to date. This deployment deepens Samsung’s collaboration with OpenAI, expanding from AI infrastructure to workforce-level AI integration. What Samsung employees get
Microsoft has confirmed a bug affecting the Recycle Bin in Windows 11 after this month’s Patch Tuesday update. Users have also reported several other problems since the rollout of the June 2026 update earlier this week, including issues with OneDrive access, File Explorer performance, Blue Screen of Death errors, and BitLocker Recovery prompts. The recycle
Rockstar Games has announced that pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto 6 will open on June 25, 2026. Along with the news, the studio also unveiled the game’s official cover art, which is now available on Rockstar’s website. The game is scheduled to launch on November 19, 2026 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. The
Mozilla has released a new Firefox roadmap that highlights upcoming features in productivity, privacy, performance, and AI. The document was published with the Firefox 152 update. Some of the features listed have already been introduced, while others are being announced for the first time. The release coincides with a decline in Firefox’s desktop market share,
Anthropic is challenging a U.S. government order that bars foreign nationals from using CloudFable 5 with the support of several cybersecurity professionals and export control experts. The company met with White House officials in Washington this week to try to reverse or limit the measures announced Friday. Following the order, Anthropic shut down Fable 5
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced that children under 16 will be banned from using several social media platforms including Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X. The ban is expected to come into effect early next year and will join Britain in a broader international effort to strengthen online safety rules for minors.
According to Asobo Studio producer Eric Chort, the games industry’s studios have scheduled their release dates around the November launch of Grand Theft Auto 6. This has resulted in a very busy autumn release calendar, with most major publishers fitting their launches into the six-week period leading up to GTA 6. Chort shared these details
According to a staff memo published on the Xbox blog, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has indicated that there will be significant layoffs and structural changes at Microsoft’s gaming division. The memo doesn’t explicitly mention layoffs, but sources told Bloomberg that the cuts are imminent and are expected to be announced soon after Microsoft ends its
OpenAI has filed preliminary IPO paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, joining the likes of Anthropic and Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the wave of artificial intelligence companies preparing to go public. The company announced a confidential S-1 filing on Monday. Anthropic submitted its confidential filing on June 1, and SpaceX recently launched an
Microsoft has launched new Windows 11 Insider Preview builds for both the Beta and Experimental channels on June 8. The update introduces a new 26H1 build train and allows users to extend the Windows Update pause as many times as needed. Several bugs have also been resolved in this release. New build structure for Windows
Microsoft Phone Link now supports Apple Messages on Windows, meaning iPhone users can send and receive iMessages and SMS texts from their PC without switching to their phone. This feature uses Bluetooth and does not break the end-to-end encryption of Apple Messages. However, there are some limitations, such as the inability to send or receive
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