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Despite Xbox shortages, Microsoft reports $3.6B in Q3 gaming revenue, 232% growth in hardware sales

GeekWire

Microsoft also reported a 232% increase in overall gaming hardware revenue, which it attributes to continued high demand for the Xbox Series X|S. Microsoft does not include specific hardware revenue numbers in its earnings, and has not revealed sales data for its Xbox Series X|S consoles. Last month it completed a $7.5

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Samsung’s 2022 TV lineup has big software changes, smaller hardware upgrades

The Verge

So this year, Samsung is opting for a different approach: it’s taking smaller strides in hardware and focusing more of its efforts on software refinement and new features. The first part of the new user experience is what Samsung calls the Media Screen. There will of course be personalized recommendations as well.

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Valve says the Steam Deck is on track to ship by the end of February

The Verge

Of course, we’re in a pandemic, and things can always change, but the preorder windows for Verge staffers are holding steady with their original projections — you can check your status here. Just as important as the hardware, however, is the games that you’ll try to play on the thing.

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Retro Chic: The IoT Means Hardware Engineers Are Cool Again

The Investing Edge

In 1862, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute inaugurated a course in something called “mechanical engineering.” Of course, the older engineering disciplines have remained essential, but the rise of the Web has created the newest batch of international rock stars. Of course, the Software guys and gals aren’t going anywhere.

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Microsoft ends production of the Xbox One as focus turns to new consoles

GeekWire

The Xbox One S was effectively the “baseline” version of the hardware, which replaced the launch edition in 2016. In 2019, Microsoft released an All-Digital Edition of the Xbox One S that didn’t include a disc drive for physical media. A later revision of the hardware, the Xbox One X, came out in 2017.

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21-22 May O’Reilly Solid Conference Heralds the Merging of the Physical and Virtual Worlds

CTOvision

There are issues in this world, of course. To mark this seachange moment, O’Reilly Media introduces Solid Conference , scheduled for May 21-22 at Fort Mason in San Francisco. “As Tim O’Reilly, Founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media. Rodney Brooks, CTO and Chairman of Rethink Robotics. Carl Bass, CEO of Autodesk, Inc.

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Facebook is now Meta, but it’s not quite a metamorphosis

Vox

The company is trying to refocus away from social media and toward building what it calls the metaverse. Meta’s most obvious connotation, of course, is with the metaverse itself. Still, the company seemed to indicate it had learned lessons from its experience running the world’s largest social media platform. Facebook, Inc.