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Microsoft joins coalition to scrub revenge and deepfake porn from Bing
Microsoft announced it has partnered with StopNCII to help remove non-consensual intimate images — including deepfakes — from its Bing search engine.
Microsoft is testing a new on-screen keyboard layout that works better with game controllers
Microsoft is testing a new on-screen keyboard layout designed to work with Xbox and handheld PC controllers.
Microsoft is sharing Copilot's 'next phase' in a September 16 livestream
Catch the event on Linkedin.
Microsoft brings 5G to its latest Surface Pros for Business
Today, the company announced that 5G versions of the Surface Pro 10 and Surface Pro (Copilot+) for Business will be available on September 26.
Microsoft and Activision Blizzard accused of 'bad faith bargaining' by Raven Software union workers
Raven Software filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board over its union negotiations with Microsoft.
Xbox's streaming app is coming to more Fire TV devices
The latest Xbox update brings the streaming app to more Fire TV devices. There’s also deeper integration with Discord.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.