Lighter, cheaper Surface Laptop saves a little money but gives up a lot
The laptop has two USB-C ports on the right side, seen here, and a USB-A…
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Microsoft’s 12-inch Surface Pro is cheaper but unfixes a decade-old design problem
Several downgrades, and one that’s hard to ignore The 12-inch Surface Pro. Credit: Microsoft The…
OpenAI scraps controversial plan to become for-profit after mounting pressure
The restructuring would have also allowed OpenAI to remove the cap on returns for investors,…
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RIP Skype (2003–2025), survived by multiple versions of Microsoft Teams
Though not the first software to allow video communication over the Internet, Skype was one…
AI isn’t ready to replace human coders for debugging, researchers say
Agents using debugging tools drastically outperformed those that didn't, but their success rate still wasn't…
That groan you hear is users’ reaction to Recall going back into Windows
Security and privacy advocates are girding themselves for another uphill battle against Recall, the AI…
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Windows 11’s Copilot Vision wants to help you learn to use complicated apps
Some elements of Microsoft's Copilot assistant in Windows 11 have felt like a solution in…
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Carmack defends AI tools after Quake fan calls Microsoft AI demo “disgusting”
The current generative Quake II demo represents a slight advancement from Microsoft's previous generative AI…
Microsoft turns 50 today, and it made me think about MS-DOS 5.0
On this day in 1975, Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded a company called Micro-Soft…
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AI search engines cite incorrect sources at an alarming 60% rate, study says
Even when these AI search tools cited sources, they often directed users to syndicated versions…