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Bill Gates Leans Heavily On Warren Buffett's Playbook, Pumps More Into Berkshire — 67% Of His Foundation's Portfolio Sits In Just These 3 Stocks

The Gates Foundation Trust, co-founded by billionaire Bill Gates, has increased its portfolio value to $47.78 billion as of the end of the second quarter of 2025, boosting its stake in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B (NYSE:BRK) with its holdings remaining highly concentrated in three key stocks.

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OpenAI's GPT-5 is a powerful but energy-hungry model compared to its predecessors — reportedly consuming enough electricity to power 1.5 million US households daily

A new report suggests GPT-5 is a power guzzler compared to its predecessors, consuming 40 watt-hours of electricity to generate a medium-length response of about 1,000 tokens.

Windows Central

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 release date reportedly leaks, and it looks like the FPS is the latest to escape Microsoft's $80 price hike

Activision is also seemingly sticking to its word to skip the Switch 2 at launch

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Microsoft Teams thinks it might have solved your collaboration problems at work - but I'm not so sure

Could its new Chat Notes feature finally make Microsoft Teams a useful collaboration tool at work?

TechRadar

U.S. AI boom is completely upending the electricity market — small businesses and households could foot the bill as industry watchers warn of sharp price increases

The rapid growth of AI data centers is driving up U.S. household power bills as utilities expand the grid to meet their massive, volatile electricity demand.

Tom’s Hardware

Prime Video releases new look at Fallout season 2 in first official poster, but it's not the big reveal I'm hoping we get before the end of August

Fallout season 2's first poster reconfirms it'll feature a key location from the game series' most beloved entry.

TechRadar

Dan Ives Says Apple's AI Strategy Has Been A 'Disaster' And No One On The Street Believes Innovation Will Come From Within

On Thursday, Wedbush analyst Dan Ives called Tim Cook-led Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) artificial intelligence strategy a "disaster" as he once again reiterated that the tech giant is lagging far behind competitors like Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) and startups like OpenAI.

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Building a new PC and looking for a good case? You can get one for free – with a couple of catches

There's no such thing as a free lunch - but you can get a new PC case for nothing.

TechRadar

Subscription services like Xbox Game Pass turn developers into 'wage slaves', says former PlayStation boss

Not only is its profitability uncertain, but it's bad for creativity, says Shawn Layden.

PC Gamer

Oracle Is Cutting Jobs as AI Costs Surge. How Should You Play ORCL Stock Here?

Oracle is a tech giant that has surged more than 300% over the last five years due to the AI megatrend. Is ORCL stock still a good buy?

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Robinhood CEO admits his RTO call was wrong and now says execs must be in the office 5 days a week: ‘Your manager is going through more pain than you’

To change the future of the workforce, Robinhood's CEO says change has to start in the corner offices.

Fortune

Xbox is so obsessed with cloud gaming and PC hybrids — it might miss the GTA 6 gold rush that could actually sell consoles

Hardware definitely isn't Xbox's focus anymore, but with all of its extra-curricular distractions, it could end up missing this easy opportunity to actually sell more Xbox Series X|S consoles than usual.

Windows Central

Gamescom 2025 preview: The 6 games we're most excited to see

The major games you can expect to see at Europe's biggest gaming event, which is just around the corner.

PC Gamer

OpenAI Just Put $14M Into An AI Agent For Microsoft Excel That Can Work For Hours—The Tool Could Replace Entire Teams

OpenAI Startup Fund has led a $14 million funding round for Endex, a startup that CEO and Thiel Fellow Tarun Amasa said on X has created the first AI agent for Microsoft Excel. The agent is designed to help process data, handle financial tasks, and write memos, a move described…

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Microsoft exec's vision of Windows 12 and beyond could terrify some of you

The 'computer can actually look at your screen and is context aware' - are we heading towards a computing utopia, or a data dystopia?

Benzinga

With Meta And Microsoft Boosting Capex, Oracle's (ORCL) Rally Points To Major AI Tailwinds

Oracle Corp (NYSE:ORCL) shares are trading higher Thursday morning as investors digest recent news highlighting the company’s aggressive push into artificial intelligence against a backdrop of strategic cost controls.

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4 Ways You Can Leverage Microsoft To Make Money

Microsoft is a powerhouse in the software industry, but the company also has numerous branches that provide monetization opportunities for you.

Benzinga

Semiconductor Stocks Stay In Focus As Massive AI Spending, and China Deal Fuel Growth Hopes

Semiconductor stocks Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA), Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD), Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO), Arm Holdings (NASDAQ:ARM), Marvell Technology (NASDAQ:MRVL), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM), Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU), Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM), and Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ:SMCI) are trending on Thursday.

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Windows Entra IDs can be bypassed worryingly easily - here's what we know

Researchers find a way to work around FIDO-based authentication to harvest login credentials and session cookies.

Tom’s Hardware

Ex-Intel engineer sentenced for sharing secrets with Microsoft — gets two years of probation and $34k fine for stealing 'thousands of files' that may have landed them a new job with the company

An ex-Intel employee has been sentenced to two years' probation and fined $34,472 for pilfering "thousands of files" which were reportedly instrumental to him landing a new position at Microsoft.

Windows Central

It just hit me that I haven't touched my Xbox Series X in months — Most of my gaming needs are met by handheld gaming PCs now, and I don't want to go back

Today I realized that I haven't touched my Xbox Series X in months, and that's because I've been playing most of my games on handheld gaming PCs. They're far more convenient and let me play the games I most want to play.

Windows Central

I finally installed Windows 11 on my gaming PC — Here's how performance compares to Windows 10

I finally upgraded my home gaming PC to Windows 11, and I was curious to see if there was any difference in game performance with a fresh install compared to Windows 10. Here's what I discovered.

Windows Central

I used Microsoft's elusive 'Surface Neo' dual-screen Windows PC — its biggest-ever hardware failure

Almost 6 years after it was first announced, I finally got my hands on Microsoft's canceled Surface Neo with Windows 10X. Here's what the dual-screen PC future could have been like.

Windows Central

4 new features available on the Windows 11 Insider Program during the first half of August 2025

During the first half of August 2025, Microsoft released five Insider builds for Windows 11 version 25H2 and 24H2 with various visual changes and improvements, including porting more Control Panel features to the Settings app.

Tom’s Hardware

Microsoft brings native Xbox app gaming to Windows on Arm PCs – hints at bigger hardware shift ahead

Native Xbox games for Arm-based Windows 11 PCs is finally here

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