On September 19th, 2024 with 11 comments
Microsoft has launched a new Windows app that serves as a hub for streaming Windows environments from services like Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop....
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On September 19th, 2024 with 15 comments
Anduril Industries, a defense startup founded by Palmer Luckey, will integrate its Lattice suite of software into Microsoft's Integrated Visual Augmentation...
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On September 18th, 2024 with 66 comments
Longtime Slashdot reader theodp writes: Python in Excel is now generally available for Windows users of Microsoft 365 Business and Enterprise," Microsoft...
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On September 16th, 2024 with 53 comments
Microsoft has abandoned plans to overhaul its Edge browser interface, scrapping the design choice unveiled in February 2023. The redesign -- featuring a...
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On September 14th, 2024 with 46 comments
"A two-day AI Labor Summit between AFL-CIO leaders and Microsoft executives this week reflects the tech giant's revamped approach to unions," writes...
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On September 13th, 2024 with 26 comments
An anonymous reader shares a report: Microsoft executives have been thinking lately about the end of the world. In a white paper published late last year, Brad...
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On September 12th, 2024 with 37 comments
Microsoft is laying off a further 650 staff from its gaming business, according to a memo sent by Xbox chief Phil Spencer to staff today, September 12. From a...
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On September 12th, 2024 with 32 comments
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Microsoft has updated a key cryptographic library with two new encryption algorithms designed to...
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On September 10th, 2024 with 35 comments
wiredmikey shares a report from SecurityWeek: Microsoft on Tuesday raised an alarm for in-the-wild exploitation of a critical flaw in Windows Update, warning...
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On September 10th, 2024 with 14 comments
Microsoft today announced significant strides in its Azure Quantum Cloud service, including the demonstration of logical operations using the largest number of...
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On September 4th, 2024 with 3 comments
The Register's Brandon Vigliarolo reports: Microsoft's "acquihire" of Inflection AI was today cleared by UK authorities on the grounds that the startup isn't...
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On September 4th, 2024 with 79 comments
The latest Windows personal computers with AI features have "the best specs" on "all the benchmarks," Microsoft Chief Executive Satya Nadella recently said....
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On September 2nd, 2024 with 169 comments
An anonymous reader shares a report: While the latest update to Windows 11 makes it look like the upcoming Recall feature can be easily removed by users,...
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On August 28th, 2024 with 24 comments
Microsoft is to discontinue the Microsoft Action Pack and Microsoft Learning Pack on January 21, 2025, sending partners off to potentially pricier and cloudier...
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On August 27th, 2024 with 67 comments
Microsoft has decided to donate the Mono Project to the developers of Wine, FOSS that allows Windows applications to run on Unix-like operating systems. "Mono...
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On August 26th, 2024 with 117 comments
Microsoft has retracted or clarified its statement regarding the deprecation of Windows Control Panel, according to changes made to a support document. The...
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On August 24th, 2024 with 108 comments
Microsoft will meet with CrowdStrike and other security companies" on September 10, reports CNBC, to "discuss ways to evolve" the industry after a faulty...
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On August 23rd, 2024 with 47 comments
An anonymous reader shares a report: Language models generate text based on statistical probabilities. This led to serious false accusations against a veteran...
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On August 23rd, 2024 with 63 comments
Microsoft is stepping up its plans to make Windows more resilient to buggy software [non-paywalled source] after a botched CrowdStrike update took down...
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On August 23rd, 2024 with 197 comments
Microsoft plans to phase out Windows Control Panel, a feature dating back to the 1980s, in favor of the modern Settings app, according to a recent support...
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On August 22nd, 2024 with 62 comments
Microsoft will begin sending a revised version of its controversial Recall feature to Windows Insider PCs beginning in October, according to an update...
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On August 22nd, 2024 with 73 comments
Software engineers at Microsoft earn an average total compensation ranging from $148,436 to $1,230,000 annually, depending on their level, according to a...
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On August 21st, 2024 with 8 comments
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Dark Reading: Researchers have exploited a vulnerability in Microsoft's Copilot Studio tool allowing them to make...
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On August 21st, 2024 with 23 comments
Microsoft is launching three new Xbox Series S / X console options in October. From a report: There's the $449.99 white discless Xbox Series X, a 2TB "Galaxy...
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On August 20th, 2024 with 144 comments
Ars Technica's Dan Goodwin writes: Last Tuesday, loads of Linux users -- many running packages released as early as this year -- started reporting their...
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On August 19th, 2024 with 70 comments
Microsoft has finally patched a workaround exploited by users seeking an upgrade path for Windows 11 that dodged the company's hardware requirements. From a...
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On August 18th, 2024 with 176 comments
The Washington Post reviews a new book about Microsoft's 68-year-old co-founder Bill Gates:
"He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy." That immortal...
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On August 17th, 2024 with 25 comments
Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: Christie's this week announced the items that will be auctioned in three sales from the Paul G. Allen Collection,...
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On August 17th, 2024 with 12 comments
Wednesday GitHub "broke itself," reports the Register, writing that "the Microsoft-owned code-hosting outfit says it made a change involving its database...
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On August 16th, 2024 with 77 comments
Microsoft has removed an arbitrary 32GB size limit for FAT32 partitions in the latest Windows 11 Canary build, now allowing for a maximum size of 2TB. The...
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