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For all the successes we've seen in the world of games, the industry has experienced its share of failures. The Xbox Kinect was arguably one of the biggest missteps in gaming history, mostly because ...

Microsoft's announcement last month that Azure Local ‘Disconnected Operations’ had reached General Availability was ambitious in its framing. The product – a fully featured Azure platform capable of ...

Microsoft's new Azure Skills Plugin bundles curated Azure skills, the Azure MCP Server, and the Foundry MCP Server into a single install for AI coding agents. The package is designed to help agents ...

The company is transitioning to full-year adjusted EPS guidance, with Tejada stating, "For the full year, however, we expect 2026 adjusted EPS to be in the range of $2.20 to $2.40, representing solid ...

You might not have heard of the Nex Playground, but it’s a tiny gaming system built entirely around Kinect-like games. With its camera and computer vision processing, the $249 Nex Playground can track ...

The Nex Playground brings motion-tracked games to the entire family. Consider it the best of the Xbox Kinect in a tiny box. Honestly, I'm just happy it gets my kids off the couch. I do my best to ...

The conventional wisdom is that Kinect was an albatross on Xbox One, making the system more expensive at launch and taking away resource power. But now, over a decade later, the Kinect-like Nex ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Dany Lepage discusses the architectural ...

The holiday season is a time where we typically expect to see a serious surge in video game and console sales, for fairly obvious reasons. Normally, that means lots of PlayStations, Switches, and ...