Tag: Microsoft
19 posts tagged Microsoft.
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Another decade, another Halo: Combat Evolved
Games, tech & business 4 Aug 2026Halo Studios’ £50 Combat Evolved remake launches to Mixed Steam reviews, weak player numbers, bugs, missing multiplayer and yet another reset.
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GenAI hyperscalers’ Q2 reports prove one thing: spending must go up
Games, tech & business 31 Jul 2026The Q2 2026 hyperscaler reports proved one thing with remarkable consistency: whatever these companies thought GenAI would cost, the answer is always several billion more.
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Forza Horizon 6: Japan, but Western Corporate-safe Edition
Games, tech & business 21 May 2026Forza Horizon 6 is a beautiful but soulless imitation of Japan. A corporate-safe, HR-approved microslop game masquerading as car culture. Do not pay £60.
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The biggest idiot of the AI bubble
Games, tech & business 20 May 2026Microsoft is burning $100 billion to boil the planet and keep OpenAI running. The great AI grift continues as top-line revenue is just recycled Azure credits.
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What's Copilot? Even Microsoft can't tell you
Games, tech & business 17 Apr 2026Microsoft is pushing desperate Copilot ads on Reddit while scrubbing the brand from Windows apps. Why is this enterprise AI legally an entertainment toy?
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Microsoft's $1.4 trillion AI hallucination
Games, tech & business 29 Mar 2026Satya Nadella has vapourised 1.4 trillion dollars of Microsoft's market cap. He is incinerating Azure profits on AI e-waste. Read the brutal truth behind the stock crash.
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AI First, Reality Last: Microsoft Antitrust Case
Games, tech & business 27 Feb 2026Microsoft is facing massive global antitrust raids, daily EU fines under the DMA, and a £2.1 billion UK lawsuit over cloud tying and Copilot bundling.
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AI First, Reality Last: Case Microsoft
Games, tech & business 19 Dec 2025Microsoft’s 2025 has been a complete GenAI clownshow. From force-installing Copilot on LG TVs to lowering internal sales quotas while burning $35 billion a quarter, here is why Nadella’s 'AI First' strategy is officially off the rails.
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The "Warm Shell" Crisis: GenAI Burning the Planet for Porn, Slop and Theft
Games, tech & business 6 Dec 2025Physics has finally hit the GenAI hype train. Microsoft has confirmed a "warm shell" shortage, leaving billions of dollars in chips gathering dust in warehouses. But the real cost isn't lost corporate profits; it is a "vampire grid" reviving coal plants, UK housing projects blocked by data centres, and drinking water wasted to cool deepfake generators. The digital bubble has hit a physical wall.
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Zuck Cheats on Jensen: The Silicon Valley Herd Just Decided Nvidia is Optional
Games, tech & business 25 Nov 2025The news that Meta is planning to buy Google’s AI chips is the signal that the NVIDIA infinite growth narrative is dead. Here is the breakdown of why the whales like OpenAI and Meta are ditching Nvidia for Google TPUs and custom silicon, and why the AI bubble is about to leave Larry Ellison holding the bag in 2026 - 2027.
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The Dangerous "Nvidia Made Record Q3, AI Bubble Fears Over" Narrative
Games, tech & business 20 Nov 2025Nvidia's latest earnings report has sparked a dishonest new narrative: that the AI bubble fears were unfounded. This ignores the reality of how enterprise hardware buying actually works. We are looking at a receipt for panic-buying that happened in late 2024, not proof of sustainable demand today. The numbers are massive, but they are fueled by a closed loop of cloud credits and vendor financing, not organic profit.
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Halo: 'Four Years and Minimal Content' Infinite
Games, tech & business 13 Nov 2025And another one's gone. Microsoft's grand "10-year plan" for the Halo Infinite live service has officially collapsed after just four. So much for a forever game.
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Nadella's $96.5M Paycheck: A Reward for Layoffs, Price Hikes, and War Contracts
Games, tech & business 24 Oct 2025The blueprint for securing a $96.5 million paycheck at Microsoft in 2025 seems simple enough. First, you hike prices on key services like Microsoft 365. Then, you fire over 15,000 employees in waves throughout the year. Finally, you take money from the Israeli military for AI contracts. Satya Nadella’s record compensation proves that this cynical playbook delivers exactly the results the board wants to see.
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LLMs: The Digital Parasites & The Gluttons
Games, tech & business 5 Oct 2025Ever wondered who the biggest parasite in the AI world is? It's not OpenAI. A new report exposes how Anthropic's parasitic behaviour is draining the web, while Meta's strip-mining tactics consume it. A look at the data and the grim future it predicts for online creators.
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From Layoffs to Price Hikes: Microsoft's Master Plan
Games, tech & business 2 Oct 2025Microsoft's solution after firing thousands to 'cut costs'? Making you pay more. Let's take a look at the new Game Pass price hike, the blatant cash grab, and the transparently lazy justification behind it.
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Microsoft's Gaming Copilot
Games, tech & business 20 Sept 2025Another unwanted Windows feature, another process to kill in Task Manager. Microsoft's latest attempt to shove AI where it doesn't belong is the Gaming Copilot. So, what is this "gaming sidekick" even for? Let's take a look at the solution to a problem that never existed.
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DOOM: The Dark Ages of Pricing
Games, tech & business 2 Aug 2025Out of the pure goodness of their hearts, Microsoft has put their £70 blockbuster on sale after just two months. I checked the Steam stats to see how this "generous" QuakeCon celebration is going for Doom: The Dark Ages.
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Microsoft backtracking on The Outer Worlds 2 pricing
Games, tech & business 26 Jul 2025Microsoft tried to charge a ridiculous $80/£70 for The Outer Worlds 2, and with what transpired in recent months; not surprising they're backtracking.
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Fired by Microsoft? There's an AI for That
Games, tech & business 6 Jul 2025Microsoft is firing thousands while Phil Spencer boasts about success. The truth? Game Pass growth has stalled, their '62% revenue growth' is a financial illusion built on the Activision deal, and the core Xbox business is stagnant. Lets take a look into this shitshow.