{
  "id": 16071682,
  "title": "Microsoft shuts down its beloved maker space",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/microsoft-shuts-down-its-beloved-maker-space",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-22T16:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Verge",
    "slug": "the-verge",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/tech/1016389/microsoft-garage-closure-hackathon-notepad"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Microsoft is closing down The Garage, a set of popular maker spaces where employees worked on experimental projects and collaborated on surprising new apps and hardware during the company's annual hackathon events. \"We're winding down The Garage program as a centralized function,\" says Microsoft in an internal FAQ to employees, seen by Notepad. \"We will […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}