ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The Pentagon issued a “letter of concern” to Microsoft documenting a “breach of trust” over the company’s use of China-based engineers to maintain sensitive government computer systems, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced this week. At the same time, …
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So, will you see new UI features or more AI tweaks included on your desktop with this update? Microsoft didn’t mention many specific features or changes in the update, other than confirming it shares the same new features and enhancements as the previous version, 24H2, which flips on new features throughout the year, along with some notes for IT: Windows …
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Some Microsoft employees are willing to risk everything to protest their employer. No Azure for Apartheid, a group led by current and former Microsoft employees, started last year as a petition to Microsoft executives. It demanded that Microsoft end all Azure contracts and partnerships with the Israeli military and government, disclose all ties, call for a ceasefire in Gaza, and …
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Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant is officially coming to TVs, starting with Samsung’s 2025 lineup of TVs and smart monitors. With the integration, you can call upon Copilot and ask for movie suggestions, spoiler-free episode recaps, and other general questions. On TV, Copilot takes on a “friendly, animated presence” that resembles the opalescent Copilot Appearance Microsoft showed off last month, though …
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Elon Musk has officially announced a new project under his AI company, xAI, called “Marcohard.” A tongue-in-cheek knock at Microsoft, the new company will aim to simulate the latter using only artificial intelligence (AI). The stated goal of the new company is to become a “purely AI software company” that will, eventually, become a potential competitor to Microsoft in the …
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Kenneth Cheung/Getty Images Microsoft Copilot is the company’s most significant foray into the AI-assistant space. Microsoft intends this tool to support users throughout their daily lives with the ability to draft emails, summarize documents, assist in video games, and more. Recent reports suggest that tens of millions of users had taken the …
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Microsoft AI’s CEO Mustafa Suleyman is clear: AI is not human and does not possess a truly human consciousness. But the warp-speed advancement of generative AI is making that harder and harder to recognize. The consequences are potentially disastrous, he wrote Tuesday in an essay on his personal blog. Suleyman’s 4,600-word treatise is a timely reaction to a growing phenomenon of …
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The first thing I did when I got my hands on the Xbox Ally was reboot it. I wanted to see exactly how Microsoft manages to hide Windows beneath the Xbox interface that’s debuting on these handheld devices. After a short startup, I was met with the standard Windows login prompt. But I could use the controller to input the …
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Microsoft’s August Patch Tuesday flaw-fixing festival addresses 111 problems in its products, a dozen of which are deemed critical, and one moderate-severity flaw that is listed as being publicly known. The good news is that Microsoft says none of the August security holes are under active exploitation. But before you put your feet up and relax, or pop some champagne, …
Read More »Microsoft revealed that it was specifically for gamers back in March, and now it’s here for a test drive. The beta version of Gaming Copilot is available to Xbox Insiders on PC via the Game Bar functionality. It’s also available to try on Windows-based handheld gaming devices, but the company says the functionality there is currently limited. A variant of …
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