CS2 item market implosion, Clippy returns, Xbox issues (Halo on PS5) + more!

Duration: 08:16

Timestamps:

0:00 ooooh it's gettin spicy

0:10 Valve's Steam update ganks CS2 market

1:19 Microsoft responds to ChatGPT Atlas with Clippy

2:54 Xbox Profits + Halo on PS5

4:36 QUICK BITS INTRO

4:46 Apple threatens to withhold privacy feature

5:21 Apple will help you switch to Android?

5:57 Memory prices hiked 30%

6:28 Nike Project Amplify

6:58 Poker fraud used X-ray tables, smart glasses

NEWS SOURCES:

MAINS

COUNTER YIKES: ECONOMY UPENDED

Counter Strike 2’s item market loses almost $2 billion over night after “trade up” update

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/10/valve-upends-the-cs2-item-marketplace-with-new-trade-up-update/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-23/market-for-counter-strike-items-falls-1-75-billion-overnight

Apparently, it was a “small update”

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/730/view/516350567072662004?l=english#:~:text=TYPE,SMALL%20UPDATE

Steam Community Market

https://steamcommunity.com/market/search?appid=730

Reported Losses

https://x.com/KrokettenKarl/status/1981175176684601675

If you scroll past the PSA hotlines, there's a few people here with 7K or more lost in skins

https://www.reddit.com/r/csgomarketforum/comments/1odxbgl/comment/nkx9iev/

This twitter user has 3 million in redskins that would have previously been almost worthless

https://lmg.gg/dxoRF

CLIPPY’S NEW A-MICO

Microsoft drops the Fall Copilot Release, which includes Mico, a Copilot mascot character, who everyone is immediately comparing to Clippy

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/2025/10/23/human-centered-ai/

Mico introduction video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOjGOLHG6AY

Clippy comparisons

https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/23/microsofts-mico-is-a-clippy-for-the-ai-era/

https://www.theverge.com/news/804106/microsoft-mico-copilot-ai-assistant-clippy

https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/copilot-is-getting-a-major-upgrade-and-microsoft-is-hoping-mico-makes-you-forget-you-ever-met-a-clippy

https://www.engadget.com/ai/mico-is-microsofts-clippy-for-the-ai-age-174524597.html?src=rss

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/microsoft-resurrects-clippy-in-copilot-presumably-because-its-intrusive-doesnt-understand-context-and-is-god-damn-annoying/

On the heels of Atlas’s release, Edge is getting new Copilot features

https://www.engadget.com/ai/microsoft-makes-edges-copilot-mode-a-bit-smarter-160031147.html?src=rss

Microsoft’s blog about it

https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2025/10/23/meet-copilot-mode-in-edge-your-ai-browser/

Atlas is a bit of a slow mess

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-atlas-web-browser-messy

But It was supposed to be about “vibe lifing”

https://lmg.gg/vADZJ

AND it won’t let you do online banking

https://x.com/markerdmann/status/1981035741271752859

OR go on New York Times

https://x.com/zan2434/status/1980779781219365153

You’re killing my vibes, Atlas!

BOX PRICE

Microsoft Execs expected Xbox to make 30% profit margins–nearly double industry average–since 2023.

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/microsoft-executives-have-been-demanding-30-percent-profit-margins-from-the-xbox-division-almost-double-the-industry-average-since-2023/

https://www.techspot.com/news/109990-microsoft-demand-30-profit-margins-explains-price-hikes.html

Original reporting

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-23/microsoft-pushes-xbox-studios-to-hit-higher-profit-margins

HALO ON PS5

https://wccftech.com/halo-remake-halo-campaign-evolved-coming-to-pc-xbox-ps5-2026/

https://www.ign.com/articles/halo-campaign-evolved-announced-for-xbox-pc-and-yes-ps5-heres-everything-we-know-so-far-including-new-missions

Phil Spencer says Xbox is doing better in Japan

https://wccftech.com/xbox-doing-better-japan/

More Xbox! ROG Xbox Ally runs better with Linux than it does with Windows

https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/handheld-gaming/rog-xbox-ally-runs-better-on-linux-than-the-windows-it-ships-with-new-test-shows-up-to-32-percent-higher-fps-with-more-stable-framerates-and-quicker-sleep-resume-times

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/linux-supercharges-the-rog-xbox-ally-x-higher-fps-smoother-performance-and-a-big-win-for-handheld-gaming

Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ambCqcFuexk&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tomshardware.com%2F

QUICK BITS

WE ALL WANTED THIS, RIGHT?

Apple Warns App Tracking Transparency Could Be Disabled in Europe https://www.macrumors.com/2025/10/23/apple-app-tracking-transparency-europe/

"Intense lobbying efforts in Germany, Italy and other countries in Europe may force us to withdraw this feature to the detriment of European consumers," Apple said in a statement. https://lmg.gg/ziUyO

YOU CAN FINALLY ESCAPE

Apple working on tool to make it easier to migrate from Apple to Android

https://9to5mac.com/2025/10/22/appmigrationkit-framework-migration-betwen-android-and-ios/

Developer details

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appmigrationkit

PRICES RAM-P UP

Samsung and SK hynix reportedly lift memory prices up to 30%

https://www.trendforce.com/news/2025/10/23/news-samsung-sk-hynix-reportedly-lift-memory-prices-up-to-30-long-term-supply-deals-in-play/

https://www.webpronews.com/samsung-sk-hynix-hike-dram-and-nand-prices-30-on-ai-demand-surge/

Korean reporting

https://www.hankyung.com/article/2025102261921

JUST (LET IT) DO IT

Nike unveils Project Amplify, powered footwear, engineered to augment natural lower leg and ankle movement

https://www.theverge.com/news/805664/nike-powered-show-project-amplify

Nike’s announcement

https://about.nike.com/en/newsroom/releases/nike-project-amplify-official-images

Fancy sci-fi video without actually showing much

https://about.nike.com/en/newsroom/releases/nike-project-amplify-official-images/Nike-Project-Amplify-16-x-9

NO BLINDS… CAUSE OF THE X-RAYS

'Mind-boggling' poker fraud used X-ray tables, high-tech glasses and NBA players

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nba-gambling-probe-9.6950164

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz6nd9wnzn6o

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