इस प्रपोजल को लेकर कुछ बड़ी स्मार्टफोन कंपनियों ने आपत्ति जताई है। केंद्र सरकार को यह प्रपोजल सेल्युलर ऑपरेटर्स एसोसिएशन ऑफ इंडिया (COAI) ने जून में दिया था। इस प्रपोजल में कहा गया था कि स्मार्टफोन यूजर्स की लोकेशंस तभी उपलब्ध कराई जानी चाहिए जब ऑलवेज-ऑन स्मार्टफोन लोकेशन ट्रैकिंग को अनिवार्य किया जाए।

Microsoft has sent a document to developers detailing its plans to extend Xbox Backward Compatibility on PC to Xbox 360 titles. According to a report, the leaked document says that Xbox 360 games will run on the next-generation Project Helix Xbox console, “Xbox PCs,” and handheld devices.

Microsoft is working a disc-to-digital feature that will allow Xbox users to digitise their physical game collection. That feature could come out this month. According to a leaked document sent to developers, Xbox is planning to make the disc-to-digital feature available in August.

In Europe, the prices for 512GB and 1TB Xbox Series S/X models have gone up by EUR 150 and EUR 200. The 512GB Xbox Series S model now costs EUR 499.99, up from the previous EUR 349.99. The 1TB model, which was previously EUR 399.99, is now EUR 599.99.

Microsoft reported that Xbox content and services declined 10 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of FY2026. During the company's earnings call on Wednesday, CEO Satya Nadella said Xbox was expected to return to growth by the end of FY2027.

Project Perception has been unveiled by the Redmond-based tech giant, Microsoft, the company announced on Monday. Project Perception, which aims to provide enhanced protection against AI-powered cyber threats, uses specialised AI models and agents to defend against them. The cyber stack “brings together signals, context, models and specialised agents”, which can reason, prioritise, and autonomously take action against such threats. The Project Perception coordinates three classes of specialised agents, namely Red, Blue, and Green team agents. The Red team agents are built to identify ways through which a bad actor can exploit to compromise an organisation's tech architecture.

Xbox has fixed a major outage on its platform that prevented users from signing in, playing games, and completing purchases. The company said the issue originated from a failure in a licensing service that sits outside of Xbox. Xbox is now reviewing the incident to prevent similar outages in the future.

Microsoft on Wednesday announced the early release of Xbox Backward Compatibility on PC. The initiative aims to bring select games of the original Xbox console to Windows PCs and compatible handheld gaming consoles for the first time. Microsoft’s initial lineup includes four titles, including BLiNX: The Time Sweeper and Conker: Live and Reloaded, which are available through the Xbox app on PC and are included with every Xbox Game Pass tier.

Microsoft is reportedly planning to bring various new features to the Phone Link app on Windows 11 devices. Microsoft is said to be working on an update that will display “more recent activities” from the user’s connected handset within the Start menu panel. Users will reportedly be able to scroll through the list from the Start menu panel, eliminating the need for them to open the Phone Link app. The functionality might let Windows 11 users hover the pointer over specific recent activities to view more information about them, including messages and attached images.

Microsoft announced the rollout of a redesigned Windows Search experience on Monday. As per the company, it aims to make Search faster, less cluttered, and easier to use. Available to Windows Insiders in the Experimental Channel, the update removes promotional content from web search results, while also simplifying the home interface and improving result ranking. Microsoft says the changes are based on user feedback and are being rolled out gradually through Controlled Feature Rollout (CFR).

Xbox Game Pass reportedly has 30 million subscribers, 4 million fewer than it did in 2024. According to two separate reports, Microsoft's game subscription service has lost millions of subscribers in the last two years. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma said this week that Game Pass "id not grow at the pace we expected."

Mere days after Xbox announced plans to lay off thousands of employees and spin off multiple studios, one of its publishing partners has now confirmed job cuts of its own. IO Interactive, the studio behind the acclaimed Hitman franchise and the new James Bond-starring 007: First Light, declared that it will close its Istanbul studio, while also laying off an unspecified number of employees. As per the video game publisher, the move follows the ending of an external funding partnership for its long-in-development fantasy RPG, Project Fantasy.

Microsoft announced sweeping restructuring of its Xbox gaming division on Tuesday. As part of what is described as the biggest reset in Xbox's history, the company is laying off approximately 3,200 employees and spinning off four game development studios. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma said the restructuring is aimed at simplifying operations, reducing costs, and returning the business to growth by 2027. The changes come amidst sluggish growth in the core Xbox business, weaker Game Pass adoption, and mounting pressure on the gaming industry.

Sony announced this week that it would end production of physical game discs on PlayStation consoles from January 2028. It seems Xbox is taking the digital route, as well. According to a report, the company is testing a new disc-to-digital feature that will allow Xbox users to digitise their physical game collections.

Microsoft is reportedly preparing to reduce less than 2.5 percent of its workforce in a new round of job cuts, which may be announced as early as next week, according to a report. Many US companies are also reducing staff numbers while controlling costs and increasing investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure and related technology development.

Microsoft could be putting third-party Xbox Game Pass deals "on pause". According to an industry insider, developers have said that their negotiations with Microsoft for Game Pass deals have been on hold. Xbox is also bracing for layoffs and studio shutdowns in July.

State of Decay 3 developer Undead Labs is reportedly facing closure amidst a major round of cuts at Xbox. The company is set to shut down several studios and announce layoffs in July, and a new report claims Undead Labs is among the studios at risk of closure.

Microsoft has started testing a new update for the Windows Search tool in the Start menu, the tech giant’s Partner Director of Design for Windows, March Rogers, recently announced. Now, the company executive has revealed that the update will let users completely stop web results from appearing in the Windows Search. The toggle will be added to the Privacy & Security menu in the Settings app. The improved Windows Search version is currently in the testing phase and being rolled out as part of a pre-release Windows 11 Insider Build.

Microsoft has announced the Xbox Game Pass wave 2 lineup for June. Starting this week, the service will add EA Sports FC 26, Call of Duty: Vanguard, RV There Yet?, Abyssus, and more. Game Pass is also getting a day one title, Junkster.

Microsoft had reportedly already planned to shut down or spin off Ninja Theory when the studio announced its next game, Senua, at Xbox Games Showcase in June. The company reportedly believed that announcing a new game would help the studio attract new investment and split from Xbox.

Microsoft Surface Pro and Surface laptops were launched in global markets. They run on Snapdragon X2 processors paired with integrated Adreno GPU. They feature up to 64GB of RAM and are advertised to offer up to 20 hours of video playback on a single charge. The Microsoft Surface Pro has a 13-inch display, while the Microsoft Surface comes in 13.8-inch and 15-inch sizes.

A week after Ninja Theory announced Senua, the next game in the Hellblade series, the studio is facing closure. Bloomberg reported Tuesday that the developer, alongside several other studios at Xbox, are at the risk of shutting down. Ninja Theory, Compulsion Games, and Double Fine are said to be in talks with Xbox to spin off.

Microsoft is reportedly weighing its options for restructuring the Xbox business amidst declining revenue and hardware sales. The company is said to be considering spinning off the gaming division or restructuring it as a wholly owned subsidiary. Xbox is reportedly also planning to invest more into its biggest franchises like Halo, Fallout, and The Elder Scrolls.

Microsoft is reportedly planning a significant round of layoffs at Xbox as the division's new leadership implements a business reset. The layoffs will be implemented next month, a Bloomberg report said. Xbox chief Asha Sharma said in a memo that the company needed to face hard truths and overhaul its business across content, services, and hardware.

Microsoft announced that Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution would be Xbox console exclusives, but fans can expect more first-party Xbox titles to remain on the Xbox platform. The company's chief strategy officer has said that the exclusive announcements were not a "one-off" and Xbox users can expect a "reliable pipeline" of Xbox exclusives in the future.

Microsoft is reportedly working on several Windows 11 improvements, including Shared Audio support, changes to the Widgets experience, and Start menu performance upgrades. According to a new report, Shared Audio allows two Bluetooth LE Audio headsets to receive audio from the same PC. Microsoft is also said to be reducing the prominence of the MSN feed within Widgets. Separately, the company recently outlined new taskbar and Start menu customisation features, including taskbar repositioning, menu resizing, and additional controls for personalising the Windows 11 experience.

Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra was announced on Sunday as the company’s most powerful Surface laptop ever built. Developed in collaboration with Nvidia, the Redmond-based tech giant says its new laptop is aimed at creators, developers, AI researchers, and professionals. The Surface Laptop Ultra features Nvidia's latest Blackwell RTX graphics architecture with up to 128GB of unified memory and full CUDA support for handling demanding workloads such as large AI models, 3D rendering, software compilation, and complex simulations.

Xbox has delayed Fable to February 2027 to better manage its portfolio of upcoming releases and give the RPG its own dedicated window. The game has also been pushed back to presumably avoid clashing with the year's biggest launch, Grand Theft Auto 6.

Xbox has launched a Player Voice portal for user feedback, and the most voted request on the portal demands the return of exlusives. One user's feedback says Xbox must return to releasing exlusive games on its console. Since 2024, Xbox has released its first party games on PS5.

Forza Horizon 6 is an early access hit. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced that the open-world racing title had become the most played early access title in series history. Forza Horizon 6 early access began May 15, but the game will fully launch on May 19.

Microsoft announced new features for the mobile version of Edge on Wednesday. The company said that it is bringing agentic capabilities with Copilot in Edge on phones for the first time. With Copilot in Edge, users will be able to ask queries on their handsets without leaving the browser, and Microsoft’s AI assistant will be able to generate answers by retrieving context and information from various open tabs. Microsoft has also introduced new productivity tools for the desktop version of Edge.

Microsoft’s Phone Link app could become a target for threat actors if a connected Windows PC is infected with malware. According to security researchers, an ongoing campaign potentially targets victims with a remote access trojan (RAT) called CloudZ. It reportedly compromises systems and can intercept sensitive information synced between smartphones and PCs when using the Phone Link app.

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced that Microsoft is winding down its Copilot AI assistant for Xbox on mobile and Xbox consoles. Sharma, who took over as Xbox chief in February, said Copilot on Xbox did not align with where the company was headed. The Xbox boss also confirmed a leadership shuffle at the company.

Microsoft has begun rolling out Xbox mode on Windows 11 PCs. The mode brings a console-like interface to Windows, allowing users to browse and launch games across multiple PC storefronts. Xbox mode debuted as the Xbox full-screen experience on Windows handhelds last year.

OpenAI and Microsoft’s exclusive partnership is now officially over. On Monday, both companies announced several changes to their existing deal, removing key exclusivity clauses. Additionally, the amended partnership has also ended the vaguely worded artificial general intelligence (AGI) clause, which dictated several “if-this-then-that” scenarios. The new agreement is now clearer and lets both companies better safeguard their interests.

Microsoft’s planned transition to the new Windows Insider channels kicked off on Friday. Earlier this month, the Redmond-based tech giant acknowledged the confusing channel structure and the unreliable experience where, despite updating to a version mentioned in the changelog, Insiders might not see the new feature in the existing programme.

Major changes are afoot at Xbox. Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma announced at a townhall meeting on Thursday that the company was letting go of the Microsoft Gaming branding and switching to Xbox. Sharma also said Xbox would reevaluate its approach to exclusive games.

Microsoft made Copilot's agentic capabilities generally available in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint on Wednesday. The new features are being expanded to the different paid tiers of Microsoft 365, and the agentic features will be set as the default. The Redmond-based tech giant said these features will allow Copilot to not only answer queries, but also take action directly on the document.

Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma announced a new Discord partnership for Xbox Game Pass and said the company would continue to make the game subscription service "more flexible" for players. Sharma said the details of the new partnership would be shared soon. Earlier this week, Microsoft slashed the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, with Sharma saying it had become "too expensive".

Microsoft is rolling out a price cut for subscriptions to the Xbox Game Pass service in India and the global markets. The move, announced by the recently appointed Executive Vice President and CEO of Microsoft Gaming, Asha Sharma, comes months after the company significantly increased subscription prices and drew flak from its customers. However, it is not all roses as Xbox is also altering its day-one release strategy for one of its biggest franchises, Call of Duty.

TotalRecall Reloaded, a tool by cybersecurity researcher Alexander Hagenah, has raised new concerns about Microsoft’s Windows Recall feature. The tool can access Recall data after user authentication, despite Microsoft’s redesigned security measures. Hagenah argues that while storage is secure, the way data is accessed remains vulnerable. Microsoft does not consider this a security issue, saying it aligns with system design. The findings highlight ongoing concerns about privacy risks in features that store detailed records of user activity.

Microsoft has reportedly increased the price of the Surface lineup in the US. The Surface Pro 12-inch is currently available for $1,049, instead of $799 (roughly Rs. 67,000). The 13-inch Surface Pro 13 is listed for $1,449, marking a price increase from last year's $1,199 (roughly Rs. 1,11,000). The recent increases in memory and component costs are the reason for the price hike.

New Microsoft Gaming CEO believes Xbox Game Pass has become "too expensive". In a leaked internal memo, Sharma, who replaced Phil Spencer as Xbox chief in February, said that Game Pass was now "too expensive for players" and Microsoft needed to find “a better value equation."

The next Metro game from developer 4A Games could soon be revealed. According to a tipster, the game will be revealed at an Xbox show this week. Microsoft will reportedly host a small show on April 16, where 4A Games will reveal Metro 2039.

Hades 2, Vampire Crawlers, Kiln are joining Xbox Game Pass in the first half of April. The three games will join the service as day one titles. Microsoft announced the first wave of titles coming to Game Pass this month on Tuesday. Other games coming to the service include Replaced, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, DayZ, Planet Coaster 2, The Thaumaturge, among others.

Microsoft has been aggressively pushing Copilot, its in-house artificial intelligence (AI) technology, as a powerful productivity tool for enterprises. The Redmond-based tech giant recently released an automation tool dubbed Copilot Cowork, a wellbeing product called Copilot Health, and new native large language models (LLMs). However, despite the push, the AI chatbot’s terms of use describe it as an entertainment tool, which has started a debate online.

Microsoft released three specialised artificial intelligence (AI) models on Thursday, focusing on image generation, voice generation, and speech-to-text transcription. The Redmond-based tech giant claims that these models outperform specialised models from rival companies, such as Google, OpenAI, and others. The models, MAI-Transcribe-1, MAI-Voice-1, and MAI-Image-2, are also said to focus on fast generation and competitive pricing.

Microsoft’s AI chief has reportedly set his eyes on developing cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) models by 2027. As per the report, the executive wants the Redmond-based tech giant to become self-sustaining in the AI space and handle all the different layers of the technology, from consumer-end implementation to development of foundational models, in-house.

Microsoft has announced that Xbox Games Showcase will take place on June 7. The showcase will be followed by a deep dive on Gears of War: E-Day. Xbox Games Showcase will be broadcast on YouTube and Twitch on June 7 at 10am Pacific / 1pm Eastern / 6pm UK (10.30pm IST).

Microsoft has paused the automatic rollout of the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on Windows devices with Microsoft 365 apps. The company said existing installations will remain and admins can still deploy it manually. The rollout had already begun after being announced for October 2025, with wider availability planned for December. Microsoft has not given an official reason for the pause, but the move follows criticism over forced installs. The company is also testing ways for admins to remove Copilot from managed systems.

Microsoft has reportedly shifted its artificial intelligence (AI) strategy for Windows 11. As per the report, the Redmond-based tech giant is not planning to ship Copilot Suggestions in notifications any longer. This feature was first previewed by the company in 2024, but it has yet to show up even in the beta build of the Windows operating system.