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Microsoft says one of its studios is making a new IP that will be a jaw-dropper.

Microsoft's Ben Decker teased that there's new IPs in the work at Xbox Game Studios that will blow player's minds once they are unveiled.

Surveillance capitalists overthrow the sovereignty of individuals The information war we are living through, heightened by the Covid-19 pandemic, has grown to the point where it too is considered a pandemic — an infodemic. But the term infodemic implies the information war is a disease that must be eradicated, without acknowledging that inherent to the war is the contestation of ideas. There’s a similar problem with the term “fake news”. Branding something fake news implies the article as a whole is fake, but that is not how propaganda functions. Propaganda buries disinformation among...

We talk Game Pass, open development, and ambitious targets with Microsoft Five years ago, at E3 2016, we spoke to Phil Spencer about the future of PC gaming. Arguably the most memorable thing about Microsoft’s conference that year is how often the words “Windows 10 and Xbox One exclusive” flashed up on the stream. PC was clearly a huge focus for Microsoft at the time, so how’s that commitment holding up five years later? Xbox Game Pass for PC, Halo: The Master Chief Collection, new releases like Microsoft Flight Simulator, and upcoming titles such as Halo Infinite and Age of Empire IV...

Far-Right Groups Are Splintering in Wake of the Capitol Riot The breakdown of larger organizations sets the stage for small groups or lone offenders, who are more difficult to track. Members of the Proud Boys were among the rioters who breached the Capitol in January. Now several chapters are leaving the national organization amid internal upheaval.Credit...Erin Schaff/The New York Times Published March 1, 2021Updated March 3, 2021 Just eight weeks after the Capitol riot, some of the most prominent groups that participated are fracturing amid a torrent of backbiting and finger-pointing. The f...