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Microsoft reports sinking Xbox revenue as its cloud business climbs·Google Search queries hit an ‘all time high’ last quarter·Parallel Web Systems hits $2B valuation five months after its last big raise·All the evidence unveiled so far in Musk v. Altman·Ubuntu’s AI plans have Linux users looking for a ‘kill switch’·Google Photos uses AI to make the iconic closet from ‘Clueless’ a reality·More Gemini features are coming to Google TV·Bill Gurley, Jack Altman back startup Pursuit, which helps companies sell to government·Motorola just revealed the Razr Fold’s price and hoo boy·The new Razr Ultra is still the best-looking phone out there·The Moto Razr and Razr Plus are victims of shrinkflation·Google Photos launches an AI try-on feature for clothes you already have·Microsoft is giving its Xbox employees an Xbox email address·Live updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court battle over the future of OpenAI·Microsoft reports sinking Xbox revenue as its cloud business climbs·Google Search queries hit an ‘all time high’ last quarter·Parallel Web Systems hits $2B valuation five months after its last big raise·All the evidence unveiled so far in Musk v. Altman·Ubuntu’s AI plans have Linux users looking for a ‘kill switch’·Google Photos uses AI to make the iconic closet from ‘Clueless’ a reality·More Gemini features are coming to Google TV·Bill Gurley, Jack Altman back startup Pursuit, which helps companies sell to government·Motorola just revealed the Razr Fold’s price and hoo boy·The new Razr Ultra is still the best-looking phone out there·The Moto Razr and Razr Plus are victims of shrinkflation·Google Photos launches an AI try-on feature for clothes you already have·Microsoft is giving its Xbox employees an Xbox email address·Live updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court battle over the future of OpenAI·
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Microsoft reports sinking Xbox revenue as its cloud business climbs

Microsoft's Xbox hardware revenue continues to tumble, with the company revealing a 33 percent decline as part of its earnings report released on Wednesday. Even though the rest of Microsoft's consumer-focused division took a dip, the company's cloud and productivity businesses continue to soar, driving the company toward $82.9 billion in revenue. Along with declining Xbox hardware revenue, Microsoft reported a 5 percent drop in Xbox content and services as well. Microsoft has seen a significant amount of executive turnover over the past few months, with the retirement of Xbox chief CEO Phil Spencer and the departure of former Xbox presiden … Read the full story at The Verge.

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More Gemini features are coming to Google TV

Google TV just got more Gemini features, including the ability to transform photos and videos with tools Nano Banana and Veo.

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Bill Gurley, Jack Altman back startup Pursuit, which helps companies sell to government

On Wednesday, Pursuit announced a $22 million Series A round led by Mike Rosengarten, the co-founder of OpenGov, with big-name VCs participating.

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Motorola just revealed the Razr Fold’s price and hoo boy

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The new Razr Ultra is still the best-looking phone out there

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The Moto Razr and Razr Plus are victims of shrinkflation

The Razr Plus only comes in one color, but it’s a good one. The memory crisis claims another couple of victims. Motorola's midtier and entry-level flip phones cost $100 more than their predecessors, and have few upgrades to show for it. The 2026 Razr Plus costs $1,099, up from $999. It still comes with a Snapdragon 8S Gen 3 chipset - two years old at this point - with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. Its silicon-carbon battery offers a 4,500mAh capacity compared to the 4,000mAh capacity on last year's model, which is a significant boost. But that's its biggest improvement. The main camera hardware is unchanged, but Motorola swapped the previous generation's 50-megapixel 2x telephoto for a 50-megap … Read the full story at The Verge.

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Google Photos launches an AI try-on feature for clothes you already have

Google Photos is launching a new AI-powered feature you can use to virtually try on clothes you already have. Using the photos in your gallery, Google will create a virtual "wardrobe," allowing you to mix and match outfits, save the looks you like, and share them with friends. A video shared by Google shows how Photos organizes your outfits and individual pieces of clothing into a virtual "wardrobe." You can browse through the outfits you were captured wearing, as well as create new ones by choosing from tops, bottoms, skirts, dresses, and shoes to put together a new look. You can also select the button in the bottom right corner of each o … Read the full story at The Verge.

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Microsoft is giving its Xbox employees an Xbox email address

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma wants everyone to know: "We are Xbox." Just last week, she scrapped Microsoft Gaming as the name of Microsoft's gaming division in favor of simply Xbox. Now, to reinforce that message, sources at Xbox tell me that all Xbox employees are getting an @xbox.com email address next month. The new Xbox email address will replace an existing @microsoft.com address as the default way to send new emails, and employees will be able to opt-out and keep their Microsoft email address as the default send-from address instead. Mojang employees will also be given an @mojang.com email address, and both Xbox and Mojang employees will stil … Read the full story at The Verge.

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Live updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court battle over the future of OpenAI

Sam Altman and Elon Musk are facing off in a high-stakes trial that could alter the future of OpenAI and its most well-known product, ChatGPT. In 2024, Musk filed a lawsuit accusing OpenAI of abandoning its founding mission of developing AI to benefit humanity and shifting focus to boosting profits instead. The trial began with jury selection on April 27th, before Elon Musk took the stand on Tuesday as the first witness called, portraying his interest in founding OpenAI as an effort to help save humanity, before returning to the stand on Wednesday. Musk was a cofounder of OpenAI and claims that Altman and cofounder Greg Brockman tricked him into giving the company money, only to turn their backs on their original goal. However, OpenAI says that “This lawsuit has always been a baseless and jealous bid to derail a competitor” in a bid to boost Musk’s own SpaceX / xAI / X companies that have launched Grok as a competitor to ChatGPT. In his lawsuit, Musk is asking for the removal of Altman and Brockman, and for OpenAI to stop operating as a public benefit corporation. Musk has also demanded that OpenAI’s nonprofit receive up to $150 billion in damages he’s asking for if he wins the cas

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Roku’s $3 streaming service, Howdy, reaches 1M subs, per recent report

Roku’s $2.99 streaming service Howdy has topped 1M subscribers, showing demand for cheaper, low-commitment alternatives to pricier streamers.

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Uber is in the hotel business now, thanks in part to AI

Uber announced several new features on Wednesday during its annual event, which push far beyond the company's original ride-hailing purpose and deeper into its users' lives.

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Why friendly AI chatbots might be less trustworthy

Researchers found adjusting AI systems to be more warm and friendly to users would result in an "accuracy trade-off".

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Apple loses bid to pause App Store fee changes as case heads to Supreme Court

Apple lost its bid to pause court-ordered App Store payment changes, keeping external purchase links in place as its case with Epic heads toward the Supreme Court.

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Earth AI is vertically integrating the search for critical minerals

When Earth AI started hitting months-long delays in its search for critical minerals, it decided to take matters into its own hands.

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