Microsoft's Xbox division surprised many video game enthusiasts last week when the company announced a 50% price hike, to $30 a month, for the highest level tier in its Game Pass subscription service. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/05/companies/microsoft-game-pass-hike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #videogames #microsoft #xbox #tech #sony #nintendo
Joachim
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Microsoft may be planning to launch an ad-supported version of Xbox Cloud Gaming, letting users "play select titles free without a Game Pass subscription," but you'll need to watch 2 minute preroll ads and there may be time limits. #Xbox #Microsoft #Advertising #GameStreaming #XboxCloudGaming https://www.theverge.com/report/791213/xbox-cloud-gaming-free-ad-supported-version
ghouls for commensality 🧿
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Have Micro$oft really chosen to EoL Windows 10 on international e-waste day?
Both events are on October 14th.
Wouter Tebbens ⁂
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BBB staatssecretaris #EugèneHeijnen decides to move all Dutch #tax data to #Microsoft servers in the US.
Whoever is, or will be in charge of the US government will soon have a complete overview of all tax records in the Netherlands.
That includes the records of you and me.
The incompetence, naivety and stupidity is absolutely shocking.
Across the world, governments are moving in the (sane) opposite direction.
Not the #Netherlands.
The failure is spectacular.
Have Micro$oft really chosen to EoL Windows 10 on international e-waste day?
Both events are on October 14th.
BBB staatssecretaris #EugèneHeijnen decides to move all Dutch #tax data to #Microsoft servers in the US.
Whoever is, or will be in charge of the US government will soon have a complete overview of all tax records in the Netherlands.
That includes the records of you and me.
The incompetence, naivety and stupidity is absolutely shocking.
Across the world, governments are moving in the (sane) opposite direction.
Not the #Netherlands.
The failure is spectacular.
Beardy Star Stuff
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"Plenty of room at the bottom (of the tech stack)
Freedom or safety: choose one. This is the false bargain we were offered after 9/11, the ideology underpinning the PATRIOT Act and the (permanent) suspension of human rights. This ideology has metastasized out of the realm of airport security theater and mass surveillance, ossifying into a bedrock axiom about technology design itself..."
#BigTech #Security #Privacy #FreeSoftware #Apple #Google #Microsoft #GNU #Linux
https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/29/works-well/#fails-well
jbz
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⚠️ The God Mode Vulnerability That Should Kill "Trust Microsoft"
｢ security researcher Dirk-Jan Mollema disclosed CVE-2025–55241, a vulnerability so catastrophic that it reads like fiction: a single token, obtained from any test tenant, could have granted complete administrative control over every Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) tenant in the world. Every. Single. One ｣
https://tide.org/blog/god-mode-vulnerability-microsoft-authorityless-security
Microsoft hikes the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate to $30/month (up from $20), but adds 1440p gaming and access to more games. The $10 Essential and $15 Premium plans bring unlimited cloud gaming (but fewer titles). https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/10/01/xbox-game-pass-ultimate-premium-essential-plans/ #XboxCloudGaming #Xbox #Microsoft #GameStreaming
⚠️ The God Mode Vulnerability That Should Kill "Trust Microsoft"
｢ security researcher Dirk-Jan Mollema disclosed CVE-2025–55241, a vulnerability so catastrophic that it reads like fiction: a single token, obtained from any test tenant, could have granted complete administrative control over every Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) tenant in the world. Every. Single. One ｣
https://tide.org/blog/god-mode-vulnerability-microsoft-authorityless-security
#sécurité #Microsoft
Microsoft possède un "God-mode" sur la totalité de vos systèmes. Et c'est un problème.
https://sebsauvage.net/links/?hunrqg
Microsoft has lost its way https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-has-lost-its-way/
Ed & I don't see eye to eye on most things #Microsoft, but I agree with him on this. "The Evil Empire" is turning bad in new ways that aren't good for it or its loyal customers.
"Plenty of room at the bottom (of the tech stack)
Freedom or safety: choose one. This is the false bargain we were offered after 9/11, the ideology underpinning the PATRIOT Act and the (permanent) suspension of human rights. This ideology has metastasized out of the realm of airport security theater and mass surveillance, ossifying into a bedrock axiom about technology design itself..."
#BigTech #Security #Privacy #FreeSoftware #Apple #Google #Microsoft #GNU #Linux
https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/29/works-well/#fails-well
Martin Frost
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Computer Sweden:
Österrikes försvarsmakt byter från Microsoft Office till Libre Office
Bytet till öppen källkod görs för att stärka landets tekniska självständighet.
https://computersweden.se/article/4064040/osterrikes-forsvarsmakt-byter-fran-microsoft-office-till-libre-office.html
#libreoffice #österrike #microsoft #foss #computersweden
La Mouette :verified:
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📢 #NextcloudConf25 à Berlin 🇩🇪 : il y a quelques instants, Arawa a présenté un projet de migration de #Microsoft #SharePoint vers #Nextcloud.
👋 @nextcloud
#️⃣ #NextcloudConf #NextcloudConf2025 #OpenSource #LogicielsLibres #FOSS #FLOSS #FreeSoftware #TransfoNum #ColTer #GAFAM
Microsoft is brining "Vibe Working" to MS Office, with agentic AI features that let you perform complex tasks in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint without necessarily... knowing how to do those things. What could possibly go wrong? https://www.theverge.com/news/787076/microsoft-office-agent-mode-office-agent-anthropic-models #AI #Microsoft #Copilot #MSOffice #Excel #PowerPoint #VibeWorking
macfranc
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Microsoft interrompe i rapporti con l’esercito israeliano: è la prima big tech occidentale a farlo
Microsoft scarica l’intelligence israeliana e blocca l’accesso ai suoi servizi di archiviazione e di intelligenza artificiale. Lo racconta il Guardian, citando fonti informate dei fatti e documenti che confermerebbero il cambio di rotta dell’azienda statunitense. La collaborazione tra Microsoft e il governo israeliano aveva già provocato proteste da parte dell’opinione pubblica e dagli stessi dipendenti dell’azienda statunitense. La dirigenza, però, aveva sempre sostenuto che i servizi forniti non riguardassero direttamente operazioni militari.
La vicenda ha subito un’accelerazione questa estate, quando il quotidiano britannico, in collaborazione con il magazine +972 e Local Call, ha pubblicato un’inchiesta che collegava i sistemi di Microsoft a uno strumento di sorveglianza di massa gestito dalla famigerata Unit 8200, la punta di diamante dei servizi segreti israeliani. Nel dettaglio, il meccanismo allestito dal governo di Tel Aviv prevedeva l’intercettazione e registrazione di tutte le comunicazioni telefoniche dei cittadini palestinesi. Secondo quanto emerso, il materiale sarebbe utilizzato sia per individuare i bersagli delle azioni dell’IDF, sia per supportare le accuse (in molti casi a posteriori) ai danni dei cittadini palestinesi arrestati e incarcerati dal governo israeliano.
Leggi l'articolo completo di Marco Schiaffino su radiopopolare.it
#microsoft #radiopopolare
#unit8200 #intelligenceIsraele
@attualita
Microsoft interrompe i rapporti con l'esercito israeliano: è la prima big tech occidentale a farlo - Radio Popolare https://www.radiopopolare.it/