November 19, 2025, 12:22 AM EST. Hey Poor Player's Holiday Buyer's Guide 2025 highlights a standout year for games, with a focus on the enduring point-and-clickadventure genre. The piece previews titles like The Drifter, Expelled!, Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer, and Old Skies, noting how modern releases blend surreal puzzles, replayable structure, and mature storytelling. It positions holiday shopping as less overwhelming by rolling out fourteen gift guides and emphasizes platforms (PC, Switch, iOS) where these indie adventures land. Expect atmospheric mysteries, clever puzzle design, and fresh takes on a classic genre, illustrating that the genre hasn't gone anywhere-it's evolved, continued by studios like Wadjet Eye Games. The guide aims to help players find thoughtful presents for every gamer on their list.
November 19, 2025, 12:20 AM EST. Cloudflare suffered a widespread outage that disrupted access to major sites including ChatGPT and X. The company said on its status page that it identified an issue affecting multiple customers and began deploying a fix. By 9:40 a.m. ET the fix was in place and WARP access was re-enabled in London, with other services to be restored. Affected sites also included Coinbase, Moody's, and NJ Transit, according to reports. Downdetector showed a peak of reports before easing. Cloudflare noted a spike in unusual traffic prior to the incident and said it remains focused on serving traffic without errors. This is a developing story; updates will follow.
November 19, 2025, 12:16 AM EST. A Verge Shopping guide with gifts for diverse interests across a wide price range. For both gamers and movie lovers, it spotlights D&D starter sets and Criterion box sets, plus a mix of media and hardware. Highlights include the portable Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 laptop, the nostalgic Lego Game Boy replica, and the flexible Backbone Pro controller. It also covers standout game picks like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, plus TVs, tabletop books, party-friendly board games, vinyl, and other gear. Whether you shop under $20 or well beyond $400, there are options to delight a couch co-op night or a Wes Anderson fan.
November 19, 2025, 12:14 AM EST. Microsoft and Nvidia announced a new tie-up to invest in Anthropic, with the Claude maker committing to use Microsoft's cloud services as part of a $30 billion pledge to Azure. Nvidia could invest up to $10 billion and Microsoft up to $5 billion, underscoring the race to secure scale in AI compute. The deal binds major players to one of OpenAI's rivals and highlights the industry's appetite for cloud services and massive computing power to train next-generation models. As OpenAI and others expand cloud spending, some investors warn of bubble risk and rising questions about the long-term fundamentals behind the AI boom.
November 19, 2025, 12:10 AM EST. Microsoft is expanding its 'agent factory' vision with Agent 365, a control plane to manage AI agents like human workers. The platform provides dashboards, telemetry, and alerts to monitor how agents operate, and integrates with Microsoft Entra for registration and access control. It lets admins constrain agents' data access, connect with Microsoft 365 apps, and guard against internal and external threats. Agent 365 supports a broader ecosystem including Adobe, Nvidia, ServiceNow, and Workday, enabling real-time visibility of connections between agents, people, and data. Available via Frontier, an early-access program, the rollout is designed for IT admins to test adoption scenarios and ensure secure deployment of AI agents across the enterprise.