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Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has had a busy week. Sharma held an internal town hall with Xbox employees today, just days after announcing an Xbox Game Pass price cut , commenting on the status of the Xbox mobile store , and teasing a mysterious Xbox and Discord partnership . One of the items on the agenda for the employee all-hands was scrapping Microsoft Gaming. Sources familiar with the meeting tell me that Sharma announced that Microsoft is returning to using Xbox for its gaming division, instead of Microsoft Gaming. "Xbox needs to be our identity," said Sharma, noting that Microsoft Gaming was a departure from that. Microsoft originally switched … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/report/917485/microsoft-return-of-xbox-no-more-microsoft-gaming

If you’ve ever wished your laptop keyboard was better tailored to your workflow, the Keychron V1 is a solid upgrade. It doesn’t cost as much as most other mechanical keyboards, but it still offers a lot of the same flexibility. And now through April 25th, you can buy the wired board for $44.99 ($30 off) with red switches from Woot , matching its all-time low price. Other models are also on sale at Amazon and directly from Keychron for about $25 more. Keychron V1 Where to Buy: $84.99 $66.29 at Amazon $84.99 $69.99 at Keychron $74.99 $44.99 at Woot The V1 includes features you don’t always get at this price. It nearly matches the typing experience of more expensive keyboards, offering a sturdy build that feels nice to type on. The keyboard also offers a small 75 percent layout that mimics a laptop-style keyboard without the numpad. It’s also customizable. The V1 supports hot-swappable switches, so you’re not stuck with the red ones that come with this discounted model ...

It feels like not a week has gone by this year without a senior Microsoft executive leaving the company. Some departures have triggered sweeping shakeups of Microsoft's biggest businesses, while others have seen fresh faces replace veteran employees. Executive departures at Microsoft are nothing new, but the pace feels notable this early in the year. The timing points to a Microsoft that is struggling to retain talent in a market where competition is high and the stock price is low. Investors have been hammering Microsoft's stock price in recent weeks, and at one point last month it had dropped by more than 30 percent compared to six months … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/tech/917361/microsoft-executive-departures-notepad

Several US federal agencies are taking up Anthropic's new cybersecurity model to find vulnerabilities, but one is reportedly not getting in on the action: the nation's central cybersecurity coordinator. On Tuesday, Axios reported that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) didn't have access to Mythos Preview, which Anthropic has touted as a powerful tool for finding and patching security vulnerabilities. Meanwhile, other agencies like Commerce Department and National Security Agency (NSA) are reportedly using the model, and President Donald Trump's administration has been negotiating broader access, Axios wrote last w … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/policy/916758/anthropic-mythos-preview-cisa-left-out

Microsoft first revealed it was building an Xbox mobile gaming store to take on Apple and Google all the way back in 2022 . Former Xbox president Sarah Bond even went on stage at a Bloomberg event nearly two years ago and promised the store would launch in July, 2024 . Now, it looks like Microsoft has put the project on hold. Better xCloud developer redphx noticed that the store URL Microsoft had been testing for the past couple of years no longer works. It's not clear exactly when it disappeared, but the last time the website was updated was nearly a year ago. The store was originally supposed to compete with Google and Apple, but strict ap … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/news/916601/microsoft-xbox-mobile-store-comment

The two-paneled design is my favorite of the year so far. Oppo's Find X9 Ultra offers something that no other new phone has for three long years: a 10x telephoto lens. In an attempt to win the photography front of the war between the various Ultra flagships, Oppo has turned to a trick last employed by Samsung's Galaxy S23 Ultra . It's a better 10x lens than ever before, but is it good enough for the moments you might really need it? The long-distance lens is the best of its kind, but compared to this phone's other lenses it struggles a little with the usual suspects: moving subjects, low light, and moving subjects in low light. Fortunately the Find X9 Ultra is an excellent phone otherwise. It pairs … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/915686/oppo-find-x9-ultra-review-10x-telephoto-lens