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Romero Games has announced that funding for its next game has been pulled, as multiple staffers claim the entire studio has been affected by Microsoft's mass layoffs.

https://www.techradar.com/gaming/romero-games-has-lost-funding-for-its-next-unannounced-game-with-one-staffer-claiming-the-whole-studio-has-been-laid-off-due-to-microsoft-cuts

Oracle recently signed a contract with a single provider worth $30 billion in annual revenue – could its be OpenAI?

https://www.techradar.com/pro/openai-is-massively-upping-its-oracle-cloud-capacity-to-power-project-stargate-is-this-the-mystery-usd30bn-deal

Nvidia and AMD 8GB budget GPUs aren't selling well at a German retailer, suggesting PC gamers don't want low VRAM GPUs.

https://www.techradar.com/computing/gpu/nobody-wants-8gb-gpus-from-nvidia-and-amd-and-this-retailer-just-made-that-clear

Microsoft has canceled the unannounced massively multiplayer game (MMO) from The Elder Scrolls Online developer ZeniMax Game Studios.

https://www.techradar.com/gaming/gaming-industry/an-unannounced-mmo-from-the-elder-scrolls-online-developer-has-been-canceled-by-xbox-after-seven-years-of-work

Microsoft is cutting thousands of jobs from its Gaming division.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/microsoft-is-laying-off-9-000-employees-in-its-latest-huge-job-cut

Popular Catwatchful app used spyware to obtain the details of more than 62,000 victims.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/security-breach-reveals-catwatchful-spyware-is-snooping-on-thousands-of-phones-heres-how-to-stay-safe

Driver-driven performance improvements over time means AMD's graphics card is now better value than ever.

https://www.techradar.com/computing/gpu/amds-impressive-free-rx-9070-xt-speed-boosts-confirmed-in-new-benchmarks-and-they-make-the-gpu-a-better-buy-than-nvidias-rx-5070-ti

Sony is set to release a major update for the PlayStation 5 Pro in 2026, which is expected to significantly improve performance.

https://www.techradar.com/gaming/playstation/the-ps5-lead-architect-says-the-ps5-pro-will-get-an-advanced-graphics-update-in-2026-that-will-deliver-better-performance

The Last of Us co-creator is stepping back from the HBO Max TV series, but it's got nothing to do with season 2's poor ratings.

https://www.techradar.com/streaming/hbo-max/its-been-an-honor-the-last-of-us-co-showrunner-calls-it-quits-before-work-gets-underway-on-the-hit-hbo-max-shows-third-season

Researchers found hardcoded credentials for an admin granting root access.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/cisco-warns-of-a-serious-security-flaw-in-comms-platform-and-that-it-needs-patching-immediately