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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · Nov 11

Got Microsoft gossip or a hot tip? You can reach me confidentially and securely on the Signal messaging app. My username is tomwarren.01 👍 signal.me#eu/soK8N9_6J...

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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 15h

Microsoft is finally giving the Run prompt a dark mode 🙏

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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 17h

I guess Battlefield 6 is pretty popular 🫨

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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 19h

You can now buy Microsoft’s Windows XP Crocs for $79.95. The limited edition Crocs include Internet Explorer and Clippy shoe charms. Details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/798193/...

You can now buy Microsoft’s Windows XP Crocs for $79.95

The limited edition Crocs include Internet Explorer and Clippy shoe charms.

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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 19h

Elgato is unveiling a new gaming chair today. Embrace looks like Elgato's answer to Herman Miller's expensive Embody chair www.theverge.com/news/798127/...

Elgato has created a cheaper Herman Miller-like gaming chair.

Embrace looks like Elgato’s answer to Herman Miller’s Embody gaming chair. It has a five-step recline with adjustable tilt tension, a headrest, a mesh back, lumbar support, and arm rests that move up,...

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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 23h

Copilot on Windows can now create Office documents and connect to Gmail or Outlook accounts. You can create Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF files right from the Copilot chat interface. Details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/798098/...

Copilot on Windows can now create Office documents and connect to Gmail

Documents can be created from the chat interface

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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 23h

today is the day

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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 23h

former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has taken on a "senior adviser" role at Microsoft and Anthropic www.theverge.com/news/798092/...

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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 1d

another Microsoft employee has quit in protest today, sending an email to thousands of colleagues. Protesters are also on campus and have unfurled two banners, criticizing Microsoft's contracts with the Israeli government www.theverge.com/news/797948/...

Another Microsoft employee quits in protest.

The No Azure for Apartheid group are at Microsoft’s campus again today, protesting against the company’s continued contracts with the Israeli government after it blocked some cloud and AI services. Sc...

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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 1d

yeah it’s why it feels like this is really the last generation of consoles as we know them today. It’s all gonna be a lot more like upgrading a PC

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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 1d

Sony and AMD have started teasing the new GPU tech for the PS6. AMD has plenty of next-gen RDNA tricks coming to improve ray tracing with hardware "Radiance Cores" and compression techniques that sound ideal for a PlayStation handheld www.theverge.com/news/797640/...

Sony teases new GPU tech coming to its next PlayStation

Sony’s Mark Cerny and AMD’s Jack Tuynh shared some graphics compression and GPU innovations coming to the unnamed PlayStation devices, presumably the PS6.

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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 1d

Intel is officially detailing its Panther Lake laptop chips today. Built on Intel's 18A process, it's the most important chip Intel has made in years. Details 👇 www.theverge.com/report/79714...

Here is Panther Lake, Intel’s 2026 laptop chip with next-gen graphics

Better battery than Lunar Lake? Tell us more.

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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 1d

Elgato is launching its Prompter XL today. It's a larger version of its teleprompter (15.6-inch) that's designed for presenters, podcasters, and businesses. You could even use it as a secondary display. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/797462/...

Elgato is launching a bigger teleprompter for presenters, podcasters, and businesses

The Prompter XL is available today.

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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 1d

Keir Starmer's gonna knock at your door

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Microsoft is overhauling its OneDrive Windows app with a new gallery view, AI-powered slideshows, and much more. It's part of a lot of new OneDrive features coming soon, including mobile editing and a new Photos Agent. Details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/797444/...

OneDrive is getting a new Windows app and an AI photo agent

Lots of new OneDrive features are on the way

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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 2d

decided to install iOS 26.1 beta and got a kernel panic after a few hours. That’ll teach me for installing a beta 🙃

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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 2d

Xbox players in the UK will soon see a prompt to verify their age to get full access to Xbox social features. Microsoft started testing this prompt with Xbox Alpha Skip-Ahead testers this week

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Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 2d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 2d

we'll find out soon enough!

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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 2d

GitHub is moving to Azure, and it's asking product teams to pause some new features to prioritize the server migration. GitHub's CTO revealed the news in an internal memo. All the details in my Notepad 📒 newsletter this week, live for subscribers 👇 www.theverge.com/tech/796119/...

Microsoft is moving GitHub over to Azure servers

Most of the migration will happen within 12 months

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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 2d

Microsoft is adding custom Outer Worlds 2 designs to Xbox Design Lab today for the regular Xbox controller and the Xbox Elite 2 www.xbox.com/en-US/access...

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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 3d

ooh interesting

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UPDATE: Microsoft has confirmed that the Xbox Game Pass emails about delayed price hikes are genuine. "Current subscribers in certain countries will continue renewing at their existing price for now, in line with local requirements." Details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/794032/...

Microsoft delays Xbox Game Pass Ultimate price hikes for some subscribers

Some European countries won’t be impacted by subscription price hikes

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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 3d

Microsoft is delaying Xbox Game Pass Ultimate price hikes for some subscribers. Current subscribers in some European countries won’t be affected by Microsoft’s Game Pass price hikes just yet. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/794032/...

Microsoft delays Xbox Game Pass Ultimate price hikes for some subscribers

Some European countries won’t be impacted by subscription price hikes

www.theverge.com

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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 3d

I prefer it without the lettering tbh. I think a lot of people are overreacting, which happens whenever change happens

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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 3d

there are new Office icons with the lettering, but I’m not sure when Microsoft is going to use these. Certainly not in the iOS test apps so far

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