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Big tech earning £200k per person from data of each internet user in UK, report finds

Amazon, Microsoft, Meta and Alphabet extract up to £1,000 annually from a single user’s personal data, according to the report

Evening Standard

UK internet users unknowingly give tech and artificial intelligence firms £194,000

Web3 Foundation reveals how some of the world’s most powerful companies collect and monetise personal data to power the internet

The Independent UK

Tech giants earn up to £194,000 from data of each UK internet user, study finds

Some of the world’s biggest and most powerful companies collect and monetise personal data to power the internet, Web3 Foundation found in a report.

Evening Standard

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Microsoft And Uber AI Bills Mount: Workers Urged To Stop Using Claude As Costs Bite

Tech companies like Microsoft and Uber are scaling back AI adoption due to high computing costs, despite initial enthusiasm for machine learning integration.

International Business Times UK

Wall Street Is Warming Back Up to CoreWeave Stock. Long-Term Demand Is Helping.

The firm expects the company to reach profitability by 2028.

Barchart

Forza Horizon 6 speeds into Steam's top 5 most played games with over 300k concurrent players

Drive it like it's stolen, even if it was in fact $70 (or $120 for the premium edition).

PC Gamer

Forza Horizon 6 proves modern games can both look and run well—and all the UE 5 obsessors need to take note

It really does show games in 2026 can simultaneously look and perform well.

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"Leave it to Surface to do it best": Privacy screens are changing, and I dug into how Microsoft's approach differs from HP, Lenovo, and Dell

Microsoft upgraded its Surface Laptop for Business (8th Edition) with an integrated privacy screen unlike the others. I went back into our archives to figure out which laptop brand did it first, who followed up, and why Surface has the new best implementation.

Windows Central

Microsoft’s Surface launch was so quiet I regret paying attention

This year’s Spring Surface drop arrived with no event, no excitement, and no clear strategy; just another quiet refresh at a time when the brand needs direction.

Windows Central

I fixed my biggest gripe with the PS5 Pro with these unofficial cover plates — and now it looks and feels more like a PC

Sony’s official console covers only change the color, but DevynPC’s BoxPlates completely overhaul the PS5 Pro's silhouette for a sleek, PC-inspired look.

Tom’s Guide

Could anything but profit steer AI? The OpenAI trial offered clues but no verdict

The trial pitting Elon Musk against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman made clear the two billionaires agreed on one thing: building artificial intelligence would require significant resources — and enormous amounts of money

The Independent UK

Former Activision Blizzard CEO claims Swedish pension fund’s lawsuit against Microsoft-Activision merger was a ploy to strengthen Embracer

The other side accused him of hiding sexual misconduct by rushing the merger.

Destructoid

Microsoft veteran Yusuf Mehdi to exit after 35 years

After 35 years at Microsoft, consumer chief marketing officer Yusuf Mehdi announced his departure, planning to leave in June 2027. Mehdi, a key figure in product launches from Windows 95 to Copilot Plus PCs, will focus on Windows, Microsoft 365, and the One Copilot vision during his remaining time.

The Economic Times

The Microsoft Disaster: Why Dropping the OpenAI Leash Flips the Entire Script for MSFT Stock

Stripped of total tech control, Microsoft can no longer run at the "speed of thought," making its current valuation dip a sobering new reality rather than a buying opportunity.

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Tom’s Hardware

AI cost crisis hits tech giants as employee 'tokenmaxxing' backfires, sparking corporate pullback at Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon — agentic AI eats up to 1000x more tokens than standard AI

Agentic AI is consuming so many tokens that it's draining AI budgets way faster than expected. Jevons Paradox rings true 161 years after it was coined.

Windows Central

"AI definitely has a place in gaming": I asked readers about the future of gaming AI, and I wasn't expecting these answers

AI fatigue is already a real thing, but I can't help but assume that its implementation in gaming is only getting started. I asked our readers what they think about this trend, and most answers were surprisingly helpful. Here's what Windows Central readers think about AI in gaming.

Windows Central

I tested Windows 11’s return of taskbar positioning and resizing, and it’s not the classic Windows 10 experience

Microsoft brings back Taskbar positioning and smaller Taskbar options on Windows 11, though some Windows 10 features remain missing.

PC Gamer

The Steam Controller's main competition isn't from Microsoft or Sony: It's from third-party vendors

Long gone are the days when third party was for player two.

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I bought Valve's new Steam Controller with my own money for a solid week of PC gaming — and you only need to know about one genuine downside

Valve takes another shot at a PC gaming controller that tempts players away from their consoles, and it convinced me to buy. So, was it worth the asking price?

International Business Times

500 Poisoned Packages, Hundreds of Companies: TeamPCP's Worm Just Reached GitHub

A GitHub employee installed a routine VS Code extension update, handed cybercrime group TeamPCP enough access to exfiltrate approximately 3,800 of GitHub's internal source code repositories — everything from platform infrastructure to proprietary tooling built by the company that hosts more than 420 million repositories for over 180 million developers…

Barchart

Microsoft vs. Apple Stock: The Numbers Reveal a Clear Winner Heading Into H2 2026

Microsoft vs. Apple stock: Compare fundamentals, valuation, dividends, analyst ratings, and AI exposure to see which looks like the better buy.

Destructoid

Microsoft to pay $250 million settlement over ‘rushed’ Activision purchase

A big chunk of change.

PC Gamer

Four years later, Microsoft finally finishes fighting over the Activision acquisition

A lawsuit suit, filed by Sjunde AP-Fonden, alleged that the buyout was rushed in order to protect Activision's then-CEO Bobby Kotick.

GamesRadar

Forza Horizon 6 sells 4.9 million copies despite Xbox Game Pass "cannibalizing" revenue, says analyst

Impressive… for an XBOX

Barchart

Microsoft Stock Is a Buy as OpenAI Prepares for an IPO. Here’s Why.

OpenAI is reportedly looking to file for an IPO. MSFT stock looks like a buy ahead of the AI startup's listing.

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