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Microsoft will host a security conference after the CrowdStrike shutdown
Representatives from CrowdStrike, Microsoft and other third-party developers will meet in September to discuss way to avoid another global computer meltdown.
Danny Gallagher08.24.2024
Microsoft’s revised Recall AI feature will roll out to beta testers in October
Microsoft’s Windows Recall feature, which stores a timeline of activity snapshots on your PC, has a new release date for Windows Insiders. It will roll out Recall to beta testers using Copilot+ PCs in October.
Will Shanklin08.22.2024
Microsoft's latest accessible controllers include the Xbox Adaptive Joystick
Xbox continues to make accessibility a priority with a series of new controllers including the Xbox Adaptive Joystick.
Will Shanklin08.22.2024
OpenAI shut down an Iranian influence op that used ChatGPT to generate bogus news articles
OpenAI says it thwarted an Iranian influence campaign that used ChatGPT to generate fake news stories and social posts in English and Spanish. In a blog post on Friday, the company wrote that it identified and banned accounts generating content for five websites pretending to be news outlets.
Will Shanklin08.17.2024
Microsoft boosts Windows’ FAT32 partition size limit after nearly three decades
Microsoft righted an age-old “wrong” (at least for those who geek out about disk formatting) earlier this week. With its latest Windows 11 Insider Canary Preview Build, the company increased the maximum FAT32 partition size limit from 32GB to 2TB when using the command line.
Will Shanklin08.17.2024
PUBG: Battlegrounds publisher acquires Hi-Fi Rush studio after Microsoft shut it down
Under a cloud of studio closures and layoffs, there's a sliver of sunshine in the gaming business.
Steve Dent08.12.2024
Microsoft and Palantir partner to sell AI to government agencies
Microsoft is teaming up with secretive data analytics company Palantir, which has been accused of enabling ICE to operate “as a domestic surveillance agency.” Palantir will reportedly integrate its products with Microsoft’s government cloud tools, including the Azure OpenAI service.
Will Shanklin08.09.2024
Elon Musk drags OpenAI into federal court
Elon Musk has revived a lawsuit against OpenAI. His lawyer says the latest version is a "much more forceful lawsuit."
Kris Holt08.05.2024
Reddit CEO wants Microsoft to pay for its content
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman says Microsoft won't even negotiate a deal with them to use their data for its AI searches.
Danny Gallagher08.01.2024
Some Microsoft services, including Office, are suffering from an outage
It's not just you who is having trouble accessing Microsoft services this morning. An outage is causing problems for many users around the world.
Kris Holt07.30.2024
Microsoft is adding AI-powered summaries to Bing search results
Microsoft is beginning previews of its Bing generative search, which will insert AI-powered summaries above the usual results.
Anna Washenko07.25.2024
A Call of Duty game is coming to Xbox Game Pass, just not one anyone wants
The poorly review Call of Duty game will be the first in the franchise to appear on Xbox Game Pass.
Danny Gallagher07.24.2024
CrowdStrike outage aftershocks cause Delta to cancel over 1,000 more flights
The CrowdStrike outage that started late on Thursday is still causing havoc as Delta was forced to scrap and additional 1,250 flights yesterday.
Steve Dent07.22.2024
Outage caused by CrowdStrike’s disastrous update affected 8.5 million devices
The global outage caused by a faulty update from cybersecurity provider CrowdStrike on Friday affected some 8.5 million Windows devices, Microsoft said in a blog post.
Cheyenne MacDonald07.21.2024
The workers at Bethesda Game Studios have fully unionized
The workers at Bethesda Game Studios have joined the Communications Workers of America (CWA).
Mariella Moon07.21.2024
Faulty Windows cybersecurity update takes out banks, airlines and other major companies worldwide
A massive Microsoft Windows BSOD (blue screen of death) outage has impacted multiple companies worldwide including airlines, broadcasters and others.
The FTC is as mad about the Xbox Game Pass price increase as you are
Microsoft has made changes to its Xbox Game Pass service that are "exactly the sort of consumer harm" from its Activision acquisition that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was worried about, the agency wrote in a letter addressed to the US Appeals Court.
Mariella Moon07.19.2024
The live-action Halo show has been canceled at Paramount+
The Halo live-action TV series will not get a third season at Paramount+.
Anna Washenko07.19.2024
Microsoft releases iOS and Android apps for Designer, its AI-powered Canva competitor
Microsoft's Designer app has exited preview. The AI image generator is now widely available on the web and as a mobile app.
Anna Washenko07.18.2024
Xbox 360's digital store heads to Valhalla with an avalanche of cheap games
Microsoft's Xbox 360 digital store is going out with a bang, as tons of games are available for $1 or less. The iconic 'Blades' interface has also returned as a dynamic background.
Lawrence Bonk07.18.2024