Microsoft is letting Office users remove an annoying Copilot button
Microsoft is letting Office users remove an annoying Copilot button Microsoft is rolling out Office app updates next week that allow users to disable a floating Copilot button. The button appeared in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint in recent weeks, and floats above the bottom right-hand section of spreadsheets or documents. It has angered many Excel […]
Xbox hires game industry analyst Matthew Ball to lead strategy
Xbox hires game industry analyst Matthew Ball to lead strategy Microsoft has recruited game industry analyst Matthew Ball as Xbox chief strategy officer. Ball publishes an annual state of video gaming report, which is a popular read across the game industry, and he’s “widely respected across gaming, media, and technology,” according to Xbox CEO Asha […]
Microsoft launches Surface Pro 12 and Surface Laptop 8 with Intel chips
Microsoft launches Surface Pro 12 and Surface Laptop 8 with Intel chips The new Surface Laptop 8 and Surface Pro 12 models. | Image: Microsoft Almost exactly two years ago, Microsoft introduced Arm-powered versions of the Surface Pro 11 and Surface Laptop 7, with Intel models not ready until more than six months later. This […]
Xbox fans want exclusives, more backward compatibility, and free online multiplayer
Xbox fans want exclusives, more backward compatibility, and free online multiplayer Microsoft launched a new Xbox Player Voice portal yesterday, aiming to collect feedback from fans and “make it more visible.” It certainly hasn’t taken long for Xbox fans to make their feedback very clear. The most upvoted feedback on Xbox Player Voice demands exclusive […]
Musk v. Altman proved that AI is led by the wrong people
Musk v. Altman proved that AI is led by the wrong people The tech trial of the year, Musk v. Altman, was ultimately a fight for control. Elon Musk argued that Sam Altman, with whom he helped found the now-massive company OpenAI, shouldn’t direct the future of AI. Altman’s lawyers, in turn, poked at Musk’s […]
Microsoft is retiring Teams’ Together Mode
Microsoft is retiring Teams' Together Mode Microsoft launched Teams’ Together Mode during the pandemic to give the illusion of a bunch of people sitting in a conference room together, even if they were really sitting at home without pants on. But times have changed, and it’s now being retired in favor of a more simplified […]
Xbox is now XBOX
Xbox is now XBOX Xbox just allcapsmaxxed: meet XBOX. This isn’t a joke, Microsoft appears to be actually rebranding Xbox to XBOX. Asha Sharma, Xbox CEO, ran a poll on X earlier this week, asking fans whether Microsoft should use Xbox or XBOX? The results were in favor of XBOX, and the company has now […]
Windows 11 tests an adjustable taskbar and resizable Start menu
Windows 11 tests an adjustable taskbar and resizable Start menu Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 test will allow you to reposition the taskbar and change the size of the Start menu. The update, which is rolling out to Windows 11 Insiders in the Experimental channel, lets you place the taskbar on the bottom, top, left, or […]
Leaked images reveal Xbox Elite 3 controller
Leaked images reveal Xbox Elite 3 controller Hours after a smaller Xbox Cloud Gaming controller appeared online, Brazil’s Anatel regulator has also accidentally published images of what appears to be Microsoft’s upcoming Xbox Elite 3 controller. Tecnoblog has posted images that show the successor to the Elite 2 controller, with an interchangeable D-Pad and paddles. […]
Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses
Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses Microsoft first started opening up access to Claude Code in December, inviting thousands of its own developers to use Anthropic’s AI coding tool daily. It was part of an effort to get project managers, designers, and other employees to experiment with coding for the first time, and sources tell […]