Microsoft 365 rival LibreOffice Online is making a comeback

Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson / betanews - With the ever-increasing number (and cost) of software subscriptions, more and more people are seeking out free alternatives to popular titles. For those looking for a free rival to Microsoft Office, LibreOffice has long been a viable alternative. But the…

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Chrome just fixed some of its biggest daily annoyances

digitaltrends - Chrome adds split view, PDF annotations, and Google Drive saving to help you work faster directly in the browser. The post Chrome just fixed some of its biggest daily annoyances appeared first on Digital Trends.

Back to Top / Thursday, February 19, 2026, 2:21 pm / permalink 19432 / 5 stories in 15 days

Microsoft 365 Outlook down: Microsoft breaks silence on outage

mashable - Microsoft is sharing updates on the Microsoft 365 outage that took down Outlook and other services on Thursday, Jan. 22.

Back to Top / Thursday, January 22, 2026, 5:20 pm / permalink 18306 / 11 stories in 6 wks

Fired Thinking Machines Co-Founder Had Undisclosed Relationship With Colleague

Keach Hagey / wsj - Barret Zoph, who was also chief technology officer, rejoined OpenAI, along with fellow co-founder Luke Metz.

Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 7:21 pm / permalink 18100 / 4 stories in 7 wks

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…

Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 10:22 am / permalink 18029 / 4 stories in 7 wks

Meta is Shutting Down its Horizon Workrooms, its VR Remote Work App

Laurent Giret / thurrott - Meta is sunsetting Horizon Workrooms, its standalone remote work VR app, and it will also stop selling commercial SKUs of Meta Quest headsets.The post Meta is Shutting Down its Horizon Workrooms, its VR Remote Work App appeared first on Thurrott.com.

Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 10:21 am / permalink 18025 / 4 stories in 7 wks

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 …

Back to Top / Thursday, January 15, 2026, 1:21 pm / permalink 17917 / 2 stories in 7 wks

First Look: HP's EliteBoard Stuffs Your Whole PC Into a Skinny Keyboard video

cnet - It's lighter than a laptop: You can carry the EliteBoard between home and office and barely notice it in your bag. It's debuting at CES 2026, so let's take a look.

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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, …

Back to Top / Saturday, January 3, 2026, 2:20 pm / permalink 17462 / 5 stories in 2 months

Marco Rubio bans Calibri font at State Department for being too DEI

Julie Bort / techcrunch - Calibri, which could make documents easier to read for the vision impaired, was apparently installed in 2023 by the department’s then-DEI office. Rubio’s memo has designated Times New Roman as his tenure’s official font, stating it will “restore decorum a…

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Meta's Instagram orders employees back to the office 5 days a week

cnbc - The RTO policy only applies to Instagram and not to Meta's other family of apps, like Facebook and WhatsApp.

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Google Has a Bed Bug Infestation in Its New York Offices

Zoë Schiffer / wired - Employees at the company’s Chelsea campus were told to stay home after exterminators found “credible evidence” of an infestation.

Back to Top / Monday, October 20, 2025, 3:20 pm / permalink 15235 / 6 stories in 4 months

Microsoft 365 Puts Copilot Inside the Apps ⭐

Paul Thurrott / thurrott - For the past few years, Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Pro have assumed the role implied by their names. That is, they were assistants that worked alongside the user, helping them with classic Office apps. Tied to this interaction model, these offering…

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