Microsoft gives US students a free year of Microsoft 365 Personal
Sergiu Gatlan / bleepingcomputer - Microsoft announced that starting this Thursday, all college students in the United States can get a free year of Microsoft 365 Personal. [...]
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Microsoft and EU to Settle Antitrust Case Involving Teams
PYMNTS / pymnts - Microsoft and the European Union have reportedly reached a settlement in which the tech giant will avoid an antitrust fine by agreeing to sell its Teams videoconferencing app separately from its Office packages. In addition, the settlement, which is still…
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Windows 11 August 2025 security update is causing unintended UAC prompts to appear for non-admin users — some apps are crashing
tomshardware - Microsoft's latest Windows update for Windows 11, Windows 10 is causing unintended UAC prompts to appear in certain cases for non-admin users.
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Microsoft open-sources its 6502 version of BASIC from 1976
Tom Warren / theverge - After years of unofficial copies of Microsoft’s 6502 BASIC floating around on the internet, the software giant has released the code under an open-source license. 6502 BASIC was one of Microsoft’s first pieces of software, adapted in 1976 by Microsoft cof…
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Xbox Game Pass September 2025 Wave 1 Lineup Confirmed — Hollow Knight: Silksong Dominates
Wesley Yin-Poole / ign - Microsoft has confirmed the Xbox Game Pass September 2025 Wave 1 lineup of titles, which is headlined by Team Cherry’s hotly anticipated Hollow Knight: Silksong.
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Windows 11 25H2 Arrives This Fall With No New Features, Prioritizing Stability
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Microsoft confirms Windows 11 version 25H2 as a minor update shipping this fall that will have no new features and will instead focus on stability after a turbulent year.The post Windows 11 25H2 Arrives This Fall With No New Features, Prioritizing Stabili…
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No, a Windows update probably didn’t brick your SSD
Terrence O’Brien / theverge - For the last week or two, reports have been circulating that recent Windows 11 updates (specifically KB5063878 and KB5062660) were causing some SSDs using Phison controllers to fail. Tech influencers on YouTube and TikTok were quick to jump on the reports…
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Microsoft’s next annual update for Windows 11 is in Release Preview testing
Richard Lawler / theverge - The schedule of annual updates for Windows 11 that arrive in the second half of the year will hold steady for 2025, and today, Microsoft announced that the 25H2 package is available now for testing in the Release Preview Channel. So, will you see new UI f…
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Microsoft to Enforce MFA for Azure Command-Line Tools Starting October 2025
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Microsoft will mandate Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for Azure CLI, PowerShell, and APIs starting Oct 1, 2025, to enhance security for developers.The post Microsoft to Enforce MFA for Azure Command-Line Tools Starting October 2025 appeared first on Wi…
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Windows 11 update blamed for SSD failures, but Phison can't reproduce issue
techspot - SSD manufacturer Phison says it has been unable to confirm whether Windows 11 24H2's KB5063878 update is responsible for storage drives crashing during file transfers larger than 50GB. The company is the first storage vendor to publicly respond to recent …
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Microsoft Unveils In-House MAI-1 and MAI-Voice-1 AI Models to Diversify Beyond OpenAI
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Microsoft has launched two powerful in-house AI models, MAI-Voice-1 and MAI-1-preview, signaling a major strategy to build its own foundational AI alongside its OpenAI partnership.The post Microsoft Unveils In-House MAI-1 and MAI-Voice-1 AI Models to Dive…
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Microsoft Brings Its Copilot AI to Samsung Smart TVs
Usman Qureshi / iphoneincanada - Microsoft Copilot is now available on select Samsung smart TVs so you can talk for show ideas, spoiler free updates, and more from the big screen.The post Microsoft Brings Its Copilot AI to Samsung Smart TVs first appeared on iPhone in Canada.
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Microsoft Unveils Home-Grown AI Models Reducing OpenAI Dependence
Microsoft announced a set of powerful in‐house AI models designed to reduce its dependency on OpenAI’s technology. The move aims to bolster its own AI ecosystem and product integration, proving that even tech giants can decide to play in their own backyard with a touch of defiant self-reliance.
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Microsoft now saves all Word files to the cloud by default
Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson / betanews - Anyone who has used Microsoft Word for a number of years will remember the times they have been saved by the autosave feature. The move to the cloud complicated things slightly meaning that many people lost files when Microsoft changed the way the feature…
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Microsoft fires two employees over breaking into its president’s office
cnbc - The protesters, affiliated with the group No Azure for Apartheid, gained entry into Smith's office and had demanded that Microsoft end its direct and indirect support to Israel.
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Microsoft Copilot is now a talking blob on Samsung TVs
Ian Carlos Campbell / engadget - Copilot, Microsoft's AI assistant that's integrated into Windows and Microsoft 365, is making the jump to your living room. The company has announced that select Samsung TVs will now be able to access Copilot to ask questions and receive recommendations v…
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Microsoft expands Xbox Cloud Gaming to Game Pass Core and Standard subscribers
Tom Warren / theverge - Microsoft is expanding its Xbox Cloud Gaming technology to Xbox Game Pass Core or Standard subscribers, dropping the requirement for the highest tier Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for access to cloud games. As part of an Xbox Insider test, Microsoft is also pro…
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OpenAI's restructuring stalls as talks with Microsoft over API access and IP rights drag on
Maximilian Schreiner / the-decoder - OpenAI's planned restructuring is on hold as negotiations with Microsoft over API access, intellectual property rights, and a disputed AGI clause stall, according to the Financial Times.The article OpenAI's restructuring stalls as talks with Microsoft ove…
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Microsoft Locks Down Building After Protesters Breach President’s Office
Lucas Ropek / gizmodo - The activism against Microsoft's partnership with Israel is heating up.
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Microsoft headquarters go into lockdown after activists take over Brad Smith’s office
Connie Loizos / techcrunch - The incident is the latest escalation by current and former employees who are demanding the company end its cloud contracts with Israel.
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