"What Microsoft owns, Sony cannot get," Bethesda founder Christopher Weaver tells Inverse.

It’s probably not the biggest security issue that Microsoft is dealing with right now but the software giant probably isn’t happy about it either way: This week, a torrent appeared online that contained the apparent source code for Windows XP, the extremely outdated Microsoft operating system that still runs on millions of computers around the world. The leaker(s) also threw in a little Bill Gates conspiracy-mongering, as a treat.

Microsoft's VP of gaming Phil Spencer says gaming is in the midst of the same transformation that TV and music saw with streaming services.

Touted as one of the big champions of AI (artificial intelligence), Tesla CEO Elon Musk has helped build a firm called OpenAI about five years ago. Recently, it was revealed that Open AI was collaborating with Microsoft for an exclusive license deal for something dubbed GPT-3 language model. A Twitterati pointed this out to Musk, who seemed upset over the collaboration.

A portable wireless mini-TV for your Xbox

Today, Microsoft launched pre-orders for its upcoming next generation console, the Xbox One X. Sorry, I meant the Xbox Series X. Can you blame me? There’s only one word of difference between the two names, and it’s the one in the middle. There are also three X’s.

Microsoft dropped a megaton bombshell on the gaming industry today, revealing the acquisition of ZeniMax Media, meaning it has acquired The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, DOOM, and many dozens more IP, as well as their studios, for Xbox.

It’s another sign that Microsoft’s Game Pass bet is starting to pay off.

A $7.5 billion deal.

Microsoft will next year offer a new perpetual release of Microsoft Office for Mac and Windows that doesn't require a subscription to use, according to the software giant (via Windows Central). "Microsoft Office will also see a new perpetual release for both Windows and Mac, in the second half of 2021," said Microsoft in a blog post announcing the next version of its Exchange server, confirming that a new version of Office available as a one-time payment purchase is coming next year.

If Apple announced the public release of iOS 14 earlier this week, Microsoft is keen to provide details about its suite of Office apps that are fully prepared for the new software update. Here̵…

Researchers have developed and published a proof-of-concept exploit for a recently patched Windows vulnerability that can allow access to an organization’s crown jewels—the Active Directory domain controllers that act as an all-powerful gatekeeper for all machines connected to a network.

Despite advance notice, a set time, and links set up for all of the retailers who would be selling the Xbox Series X and Series S today, trying to pre-order Microsoft’s next-gen console has been a massive headache.

Microsoft is not impressed.

Gamers are awaiting Sony’s PlayStation 5 and Microsoft’s Xbox Series X, though supply might be limited because of the pandemic.

That was quick.

Microsoft may have sabotaged its own bid to acquire TikTok's US operations after accidentally insulting the CEO of TikTok's parent company ByteDance. Microsoft, formerly the frontrunner to scoop up TikTok's US operations, this week lost out to tech giant Oracle. ByteDance and Oracle have submitted a proposal to the White House that Oracle should become the app's "trusted tech partner" in the US.

The father of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates died Monday, according to his son. William Henry Gates II was 94 years old.

Microsoft had debuted a new deepfake detection tool to give confidence in images' authenticity.

It isn't exactly widely advertised, but Microsoft is holding a bunch of online demos and Q&A sessions for Surface Duo in the leadup to launch. You can register and join from Microsoft's workshops and training page now.