Wikipedia Announces New AI Partnerships With Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and More

Laurent Giret / thurrott - Wikipedia new AI partnerships with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral AI, and Perplexity, which will join Google and other companies already using its content to train their AI models.The post Wikipedia Announces New AI Partnerships With Amazon, Meta, Micro…

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Microsoft expands Windows Backup with first sign-in restore

Berry Zwets / techzine - Microsoft is expanding Windows Backup for Organizations with a first sign-in restore experience. Starting early 2026, Windows 11 users will be able to restore their settings and Microsoft Store apps at the very first sign-in, even on Microsoft Entra hybri…

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Microsoft confirms strange Windows 11 update bug affecting Outlook POP accounts

Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson / betanews - Some users of Outlook are reporting that they are experiencing problems after installing the KB5074109 update for Windows 11. Released just a few days ago, the update is causing Outlook to hang or freeze. While Microsoft has acknowledged the reports, it i…

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Wikimedia Foundation secures AI data deals with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and more

Emre Çıtak / dataconomy - Coinciding with its 25th anniversary celebrations, the Wikimedia Foundation has publicly unveiled a significant expansion of its commercial partnerships, welcoming major technology firms including Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral AI, and Perplexity as cus…

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Anthropic taps former Microsoft India MD to lead Bengaluru expansion

Jagmeet Singh / techcrunch - Irina Ghose joins Anthropic as India managing director after 24 years at Microsoft.

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OpenAI, Microsoft Lose Last Chance to Avoid Trial With Musk

Robert Burnson / bloomberg - OpenAI Inc. and Microsoft failed to escape a trial over Elon Musk’s claims that Sam Altman’s startup betrayed its founding mission as a public charity when it took billions in funding from a software giant and made plans to operate as a for-profit busines…

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Some of the largest AI players are now paying Wikipedia for the data they already use

Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - Wikipedia has signed Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral AI, and Perplexity as paying partners for its Enterprise API, but not every website can offset the traffic losses caused by AI systems.The article Some of the largest AI players are now paying Wikipedi…

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Microsoft is Closing Its Employee Library and Cutting Back on Subscriptions

msmash / slashdot - An anonymous reader shares a report: 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 …

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Wikipedia unveils new AI licensing deals as it marks 25th birthday

techxplore - Wikipedia unveiled new business deals with a slew of artificial intelligence companies on Thursday as it marked its 25th anniversary.

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British Police Used Microsoft Copilot for Faulty Report That Led to Ban on Soccer Team Fans

Ece Yildirim / gizmodo - Microsoft's AI assistant hallucinated a soccer match.

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I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great

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Xbox’s Avowed is coming to PS5, and you can pre-order it today

digitaltrends - Avowed is coming to PlayStation 5 on February 17, 2026, and pre-orders are live now. Here’s the price, what’s confirmed so far, and why Standard may be the smarter pick.The post Xbox’s Avowed is coming to PS5, and you can pre-order it today appeared first…

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Microsoft Launches Copilot Checkout in the US, Betting on Merchant Consent as Amazon Faces Backlash

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Microsoft has launched Copilot Checkout in the US, enabling AI-powered purchases through PayPal, Shopify, and Stripe partnerships as agentic commerce race heats up.The post Microsoft Launches Copilot Checkout in the US, Betting on Merchant Consent as Amaz…

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Musk, OpenAI lawyers trade barbs as lawsuit heads to trial

cnbc - Microsoft is also a defendant in the case, with Musk alleging the company aided and abetted OpenAI's breach of fiduciary duty.

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Xbox Developer Direct Returns This Month, Will Feature a Look at Fable, Forza Horizon 6, and Game Freak’s New Non-Pokémon Game

David Carcasole / wccftech - Xbox has announced the return of its Xbox Developer Direct event on January 22, 2026, which so far looks to be a Playground Games-focused event with a look at both Forza Horizon 6 and Fable, though tagging along and not to be outdone is Pokémon developer …

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Microsoft silently kills Windows and Office phone activation and forces online activation with a Microsoft account — Windows users are now herded into an online-only portal for activation

tomshardware - Microsoft has somehow put the cap on yet another way to circumvent its internet-powered setup process, and this time it's on a build that they haven't even supported for a while! Production activation via call is still listed in Microsoft's support docs, …

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Microsoft CEO: Time To Move 'Beyond the Arguments of Slop vs Sophistication'

msmash / slashdot - The tech industry needs to move "beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication" and develop a new "theory of the mind" that accounts for humans now equipped with "cognitive amplifier tools," Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wrote in a year-end reflection blog…

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Xbox Cloud Gaming finally comes to Amazon Fire TV smart TVs

Matthew Mountjoy / mobilesyrup - Microsoft’s partnership with Amazon is expanding further, as it has been announced that Xbox Cloud Gaming will come to the latter’s line of smart TVs. Specifically, the newest models of the Fire TV 4-Series and the Fire TV Omni QLED Series now feature the…

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LG backtracks, will soon let users delete Copilot from its smart TVs

Craig Donaldson / pocket-lint - LG has announced it will let you remove Copilot from its TVs after facing user backlash.

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