Microsoft handed the government encryption keys for customer data
Microsoft handed the government encryption keys for customer data The FBI went to Microsoft last year with a warrant, asking them to hand over keys to unlock encrypted data stored on three laptops as part of an investigation into potential fraud involving the COVID unemployment assistance program in Guam – and Microsoft complied. Typically, companies […]
Microsoft Paint can now make AI coloring books
Microsoft Paint can now make AI coloring books Can we please appreciate how poor these designs are? None actually feature a cat ON a donut, and one doesn’t even have a finished face. | Image: Microsoft / The Verge (via Canva) Microsoft is giving its Paint and Notepad apps on Windows new AI capabilities for […]
Sen. Markey questions OpenAI about ‘deceptive advertising’ in ChatGPT
Sen. Markey questions OpenAI about 'deceptive advertising' in ChatGPT Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) is pressing OpenAI about its move to bring ads to ChatGPT, and is asking several other companies whether they have similar plans. In letters to the CEOs of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Snap, and xAI, Markey writes that embedding ads into […]
This midrange Android phone also runs Windows and Linux
This midrange Android phone also runs Windows and Linux Nex Computer runs both Android and this Windows Phone-esque mobile UI that they made in-house. Nex Computer, a company that makes hardware designed to turn your phone into a laptop, is working on something new: the NexPhone. It’s a midrange phone that’s designed to double as […]
Microsoft’s free Xbox Cloud Gaming is coming soon with ads
Microsoft's free Xbox Cloud Gaming is coming soon with ads Microsoft has been testing its ad-supported Xbox Cloud Gaming service over the past few months, as I exclusively revealed in October. Now, the software giant is getting close to testing the free streaming option with Xbox Insiders. Over the weekend, Microsoft updated its Xbox app […]
Microsoft’s first Windows 11 update of 2026 stopped some computers from shuting down
Microsoft's first Windows 11 update of 2026 stopped some computers from shuting down Microsoft released its first security update of 2026 for Windows 11 on January 13th. Just four days later, it was forced to release an emergency out-of-band update to fix some pretty serious bugs, the first one introduced. The security patch was stopping […]
Microsoft is closing its employee library and cutting back on subscriptions
Microsoft is closing its employee library and cutting back on subscriptions Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington. | Image: Getty Images Microsoft’s library of books is so heavy that it once caused a campus building to sink, according to an unproven legend among employees. Now those physical books, journals, and reports, and many of Microsoft’s digital […]
Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon are paying up for ‘enterprise’ access to Wikipedia
Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon are paying up for 'enterprise' access to Wikipedia Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Perplexity, and Mistral AI have joined Google in paying the Wikimedia Foundation for access to its projects, including Wikipedia’s vast collection of articles. The Wikimedia Foundation announced the news as part of Wikipedia’s 25th anniversary on Thursday. The partnerships are […]
UK police blame Microsoft Copilot for intelligence mistake
UK police blame Microsoft Copilot for intelligence mistake The chief constable of one of Britain’s largest police forces has admitted that Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant made a mistake in a football (soccer) intelligence report. The report, which led to Israeli football fans being banned from a match last year, included a non-existent match between West Ham and […]
Microsoft scrambles to quell fury around its new AI data centers
Microsoft scrambles to quell fury around its new AI data centers It looks like the wave of campaigns against data centers are getting under big tech companies’ skin – and Microsoft is the latest giant to promise to address frustrations on the ground in communities around their data centers. The company announced a five-point plan […]