Microsoft planned to make The Outer Worlds 2 its first $80 game in 2025, but scrapped the idea a month later. The company is now focusing on “player value” over a single top-line price in a fragmented market.
Microsoft is testing a new banner in its Edge browser that pops up when users try to download Google Chrome. Instead of comparing features, it frames the choice as a security decision, urging users to “browse securely” with Edge. This marks a shift in Microsoft’s long-running campaign to keep users
The electric vehicle market is sending mixed signals. Globally, sales are surging, but in North America, they’re actually shrinking. A perfect storm of policy shifts and economic pressures is hitting US automakers and buyers.
Oracle is forcefully denying a report that its data center build-out for OpenAI is being delayed until 2028. The company says all sites required to meet its commitments are on schedule.
OpenAI has released GPT-5.2, its latest AI model for ChatGPT Plus. Independent testing shows it’s only marginally better than its predecessor, with a new “go signal” behavior that could annoy power users.
Broadcom’s stock suffered its worst day since January, plummeting 10.5% to around $363.70. This came after CEO Hock Tan outlined a $73 billion AI product backlog, a figure that immediately drew skepticism from top analysts during the earnings call.
A Home Depot employee accidentally published a private access token online, exposing internal systems for nearly a year. Security researcher Ben Zimmermann tried to alert the company but was ignored until TechCrunch got involved.
Apple’s third cofounder, Ronald Wayne, sold his 10% stake in the company for just $800 in 1976. That decision, made just two weeks after the company was founded, might be the most expensive “what if” in business history. His share today could be worth a staggering $75 to $400 billion.
The developers behind Doom and Quake have formed a wall-to-wall union. Microsoft has formally recognized it, continuing a trend of labor organizing across its gaming subsidiaries.
Navitas Semiconductor is taking its partnership with electronics distributor Avnet global. The move consolidates its channel strategy to push GaN and SiC power semiconductors into data centers, renewables, and industrial markets.
