Tom Warren

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the little man has grown a lot over the past 7 months, so I'm now taking my final paternity leave to spend my summer with him. I've gotta train him ready for Arsenal's Hale End 😉 I won't be on here as often as usual over the coming months, but I'll be back fully in September 🫡

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I won’t be as active on here for a couple of months, as I’m taking some time off to look after a new arrival 👶🍼

[Men in Blazers @MenInBlazers]

THIERRY HENRY'S FACE IS PRICELESS 🤣

You couldn't get away with that on UK television...

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@zeddikins

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in the recent Halo: Campaign Evolved preview, Halo Studios accidentally left some unfinished cinematics in the PC build. I’m not going to spoil any of them, but Halo fans are really gonna love one in particular 🙏

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3 red cards in the opening World Cup game 🤯

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begun, the goals have ⚽️🏆

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@Jon4Lakers oh hell yeah. This is a nice color

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@thebookisclosed @Apple yeah but your retirement home will overlook the Dalmatian coast, so it’s not all bad

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@FuuTop1 of course they do lol

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with all the talk of "radically different" console business models for Xbox, I think it was clear from Asha's Bloomberg interview that the future of Xbox consoles is OEM hardware. Why say Xbox will put out "great reference experiences" and hint at a Windows future if not

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@XeoMafia they haven't communicated that plan though...

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@HazzadorGamin they nearly killed the brand for 3% margins

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surprising, to say the least, to see Microsoft admit this publicly. Some harsh truths in Asha's memo about the reality of how the Xbox business has been managed

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every time I go on vacation or paternity leave, something crazy happens at Microsoft. Maybe I should just work 24/7

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BREAKING: Xbox warns of a "reset" as it prepares for layoffs. Sources tell me there are major Xbox layoffs coming next month, and the cuts may even involve a studio closure. Details 👇 https://t.co/etUFWe10KD

[Gears of War @GearsofWar]

Your new favorite XBOX Dynamic Background. The Emergence Omen.

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I decide to go on paternity leave and there’s an immediate internet outage on Microsoft’s campus 🙃

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@nailirafik128

[Tom Warren @tomwarren]

the little man has grown a lot over the past 7 months, so I'm now taking my final paternity leave to spend my summer with him. I've gotta train him ready for Arsenal's Hale End 😉 I won't be on here as often as usual over the coming months, but I'll be back fully in September 🫡

[Tom Warren @tomwarren]

I won’t be as active on here for a couple of months, as I’m taking some time off to look after a new arrival 👶🍼

[Tom Warren @tomwarren]

Microsoft, like, totally gets why students are booing AI-pilled graduation speakers. A slew of viral clips show college graduates booing commencement speakers who mention AI, and Microsoft has now penned a 3,000 word blog about it https://t.co/2GqBbb5BWo

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scoop: Microsoft has restricted employees from using Anthropic's new Claude Fable 5 model in GitHub Copilot, because of data retention concerns. Microsoft’s legal teams are evaluating Anthropic’s new data retention changes. Full details 👇https://t.co/D3YofUD5hp