The Information reports Xbox plans to lay off hundreds of employees to consolidate its game studios.

The Information reports OpenAI is developing new AI agent features to directly compete with SpaceX’s Grok Bot and Meta’s personal AI assistants. Insiders say the work targets persistent, background ‘assistant teams’ that can handle multi‑step tasks, manage software and collaborate — mirroring Grok Bot’s capabilities. OpenAI is also discussing a standalone personal assistant to counter Meta. The company may repackage and rename existing agent technology used in Codex and ChatGPT to accelerate deployment. Some users already connect OpenAI apps to email, calendars and other services to auto‑schedule meetings, liaise with businesses and run multi‑day automated tasks.

China A-share environmental names rallied in the afternoon; Dongjiang Environmental surged straight to the daily trading limit, Zhongchi Co. earlier hit the limit, and Nanda Environment, Haixia Environmental and Wuhan Tianyuan also gained.