Apple’s fiscal Q3 2026 services revenue slipped to $30.74B vs $31.22B estimates, sending shares down more than 4% after hours. CFO Kevan Parekh blamed slower mobile gaming and App Store model changes tied to a U.S. court order, even as paid subscriptions rose past 1.5B (up from 1B in Jan 2025) and the App Store hit a June-quarter record backed by Apple Ads moving into Apple Maps.
Microsoft reported a 10 percent drop in Xbox content and services revenue — including its Game Pass subscription — alongside a 13 percent decline in Xbox hardware sales, according to the company’s…
Microsoft kicked off a July 2026 test for Xbox Insiders of free, ad-supported cloud gaming: streams from owned libraries capped at 1 hour, with ads only before a session starts. Paid cloud members won’t see ads.
Federal agents arrested Zyaire Wilkins, 21, on July 14, 2026, accusing him of using eight malware-infected Steam games (May 2024–Feb 2026) to steal at least $220,000 in cryptocurrency. The scheme allegedly infected ~8,000 devices, accessed 80 wallets, and one title, BlockBlasters, accounted for over $150,000 stolen.
A consumer ownership advocacy organization called Fulu announced in July 2026 a $10,000 bounty for anyone who can disable Sony’s proprietary software locks on the PlayStation 5, potentially allowing…
Roblox announced on July 16, 2026, a new mobile feature called “Build” that lets users generate basic games from a single text prompt, no programming experience required.
With Build, a user can type…
Microsoft patched a remastered Age of Empires II invite flaw (CVE-2026-50663) on Patch Tuesday, July 15, 2026, that could enable remote code execution if a victim joins an attacker’s lobby and accepts user-created content. Rapid7 flagged it, and Rick de Jager demoed it on X; no in-the-wild attacks were found.
A single wording error in an Estonian gambling tax law accidentally exempted online casinos from taxation for an entire year, costing the government €24 million ($27.4 million) in lost revenue — and…
Microsoft announced in July 2026 that it is laying off approximately 4,800 employees — roughly 2.1 percent of its total workforce — as the company begins its new financial year. The cuts follow a…
Android 17 adds a foldable gaming mode with a half-screen virtual gamepad that emulates physical button presses for controller-supported games. Announced in 2026 by Mishaal Rahman on Reddit, it disables automatically when a physical controller connects and supports joystick layout, button-size, and haptic tweaks.
Valve is actively working with both Intel and Nvidia to expand SteamOS support beyond its existing hardware, the company confirmed in June 2026. While Intel collaboration is already showing early…
AMD released FSR 4.1 for Radeon RX 7000-series GPUs on June 22, 2026, ahead of its July schedule, and Jack Huynh says it’s in 300+ games. Doom: The Dark Ages Revelations (July 7) and Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced (July 9) join next; RDNA 3 APUs follow, with RDNA 2 in early 2027.
