The Entertainment Software Association, in its infinite wisdom, has told a California Senate committee that private and community servers are illegal and amount to piracy.

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Microsoft shipped its largest-ever security update on June 9, 2026, and the 2011 Secure Boot certificates inside Windows begin expiring in late June, which makes this the right month to stop ignoring ...

Microsoft is turning AI into a security triage tool. Microsoft wants to secure code, agents, data, and models. MDASH uses AI agents to cut through scanner noise. Last month, Microsoft introduced MDASH ...

A native Minecraft port on Switch 2 has a lot of potential, if Mojang really put that effort into it. Minecraft may be jumping onto a new platform soon. The ESRB has published a new rating for ...

After a security researcher published a series of unpatched bugs in Microsoft products, along with code to exploit them, the company is now threatening to take legal action and call the cops on them.

The first Minecraft 26.2 pre-release is here for Java Edition, but there's some bad news if you've been taking advantage of the sandbox game's new peer-to-peer multiplayer, which was implemented in a ...

Microsoft’s new Xbox Player Voice portal makes fan feedback a lot more visible. Microsoft’s new Xbox Player Voice portal makes fan feedback a lot more visible. is a senior correspondent and author of ...

Microsoft has launched a new user feedback tool called Xbox Player Voice. It will give players another sounding board to share their concerns and requests. Most importantly, it’s supposed to provide ...

Microsoft’s recent announcement marks a significant shift in the gaming landscape, as Xbox Live multiplayer is now free for all players. This decision eliminates the long-standing paywall that ...