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Matt Booty, President of Xbox Game Content and Studios, on ‘Beginning to Hit Our Stride’, Game Pass strategy, ‘Fallout’ update, studio closures and more

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Laurel McConnell/Microsoft Microsoft Gaming is taking a victory lap after an impressive Xbox Games Showcase presentation at the David Geffen Theater in Los Angeles on June 9, which was anchored by the reveal of “Call of Duty: Black Ops 6,” followed by major announcements across all Xbox studios including Bethesda, Activision and Blizzard, as well … Read more

Signal President Meredith Whittaker criticizes EU efforts to tackle child abuse material

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Meredith Whittaker – president of the Signal Foundation, which runs the eponymous end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) messaging app – on Monday criticized the European Union’s latest proposals to require messaging services to check whether users shared child abuse material. Her complaint follows the publication of an internal document by the European Council – the EU body … Read more

Congress hammers Microsoft president on security after hacks

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Lawmakers on Thursday questioned Microsoft President Brad Smith about the Windows giant’s businesses trading in China — and the supercorp’s repeated security lapses — at a time when Beijing-backed spies are accused of breaking in in Microsoft-hosted email accounts of US government officials. A hearing was held in the U.S. House of Representatives in response … Read more