The many Michaels and Mikes at Microsoft woke up to a larger than normal amount of emails this week. “Someone accidentally(?) added every Mike/Michael at Microsoft to a discussion alias,” reveals Bing VP Michael Schechter. Copilot summarized the email thread and it says some of the Michaels are concerned “they might be hunted for sport” 😅.
Microsoft veteran Ralf Groene has retired after 17 years at the company. Groene was responsible for the design of Microsoft’s Surface tablets, and has been a key part of the company’s tablet and PC hardware efforts over the past decade. Groene has retired less than a year after former Surface chief Panos Panay departed for Amazon, and just weeks after Microsoft named a new Windows and Surface chief.
Nintendo has confirmed to both Eurogamer and German site Games Wirtschaft that it won’t be attending this summer’s Gamescom event. The Nintendo Switch 2 was reportedly demonstrated to developers at Gamescom last year, so it’s very unlikely we’re going to get a repeat of that leak again. Recent reports suggest Nintendo is now targeting March 2025 for the Switch 2 launch.
[Eurogamer.net]
