Xbox Cuts 3,200 Jobs and Releases Four Studios — The Biggest Restructuring in Xbox History
Microsoft announced on July 6, 2026 that Xbox is shedding a fifth of its workforce and divesting Double Fine, Compulsion Games, Ninja Theory, and Undead Labs — the broadest reshaping of its gaming division since the Activision Blizzard acquisition. »
COSMIC Desktop 1.3 Is Here: System76's Rust Linux Desktop Gets Frosted Glass and GPU Monitoring
System76 shipped COSMIC Epoch 1.3.0 on July 14, 2026, delivering the long-awaited frosted glass visual effect, deeper AMD/Intel/NVIDIA GPU monitoring, and a Rust-native NetworkManager backend to its from-scratch Linux desktop environment. »
Google Launches Gemini 3.5 Pro: 2-Million-Token Context and Deep Think Reasoning Arrive
Google DeepMind released Gemini 3.5 Pro on July 17, 2026 — featuring a 2-million-token context window and a new Deep Think reasoning mode, the result of scrapping and rebuilding the model from scratch after engineers found structural failures in the original. »
Samsung Galaxy Glasses Debut July 22: Android XR Smart Glasses with Gemini Built In
Samsung confirms its first AI smart glasses arrive at Galaxy Unpacked London on July 22 — audio-first wearables running Android XR with Gemini, designer frames, prescription lens support, and cross-platform pairing for $379–$499. »
Palworld 1.0 Is Here: Sky Islands, 70+ New Pals, and the Biggest Patch in the Game's History
After 18 months in Early Access, Palworld hits 1.0 on July 10 with 27 pages of patch notes, floating Sky Islands, a World Tree endgame zone, and Genetic Recombination breeding — free for all existing owners. »