Roughly a year ago, I wrote a piece called “Microsoft Makes Mobile Progress” where I interviewed Brad Anderson on what mobile cloud meant to the company. I’ve since had several conversations with Anderson on the space, including a lunch break coffee talk. At the time of my original article, Microsoft was struggling under the weight of the floundering $4 billion Nokia acquisition. It was difficult for anyone to envision a bright mobile future for Microsoft because the analyst’s market perception were so heavily weighted toward success in the mobile device landscape.

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At this point, it’s looking more and more likely that we’ll be getting a new, updated version of the PS4 soon, whether it’s called the Neo, the PS4K, the PS4.5 (pretty unlikely, that one), or something else entirely. It will play the same games as the original PS4 with better graphics. We’ve got reports of detailed specs from places like Eurogamer, and it’s looking like an incremental upgrade for $399. Between giant hints from both AMD and Gamestop, this thing is looking more and more certain every day, with an announcement likely at the E3 press conference.

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What is the carbon foot print of manufacturing a Tesla? This question was originally answered on Quora by Mike Barnard.

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Forbes contributor Erik Kain takes a look at what’s coming in ‘Game of Thrones’ season 6 as the HBO drama finally departs from the books.

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Evidence keeps mounting that we’re going to be getting new consoles, and soon. Rumors and vague statements have been swirling around for a few weeks now, with some of the most definitive statements coming from Gamestop’s COO, who dropped a massive hint to investors that his company was going to have some new consoles to sell. The next iteration of the corporate hint comes from AMD CEO Lisa T. Su, who told investors about three major “design wins” in their semi-custom business expected to start producing revenue in the second half of 2016 (via Gamesindustry.biz). That’s coming up, of course.

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The deal announced yesterday between chipmaker AMD and THATIC, an investment consortium controlled by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, to create a joint venture to produce silicon for servers is more than just a new chapter in China’s increasing technological capabilities.

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