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China now the ‘good guy’ on AI as Trump takes ‘wild west’ approach, MPs told

Experts say China is backing attempts at global governance, while US has set up race between profit-hungry companies

The Guardian - UK · Apr 14

AI Civil War: Amazon Wins as Microsoft's Empire Cracks

The potential expansion of OpenAI services into Amazon Web Services' cloud infrastructure highlights a shift in the long-term relationship with Microsoft.

MarketBeat · Apr 14

I ditched Copilot for Claude in Microsoft Word — and I’m never going back

Stop settling for Copilot. Learn how to integrate Claude’s superior reasoning directly into Microsoft Word to transform your writing workflow and bypass AI fluff.

Tom’s Guide · Apr 14

Ahead of Metro 2039 reveal, series author Dmitry Glukhovsky says it "will be darker than anything you've seen before"

We'll see more on Thursday

GamesRadar · Apr 14

Xbox co-creator is more interested in Switch 3 than Project Helix because Nintendo hardware is "at least really interesting and cool, even when it fails"

"Even Wii U was interesting and cool," Seamus Blackley argues

GamesRadar · Apr 14

Xbox co-creator says Project Helix is stuck between Microsoft investors "psychotically interested" in AI and "a games division that's allergic" to it

"You're going to get a lot of pressure as the guy running that games division to use AI," Seamus Blackley says

GamesRadar · Apr 14

"Another example of Game Pass disparity": Kingdom Come Deliverance II runs natively on ARM with Steam, but not the Xbox app

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II now has a native build for Windows on ARM devices with Snapdragon X chips, but the Xbox PC app has fallen behind.

Windows Central · Apr 14

Microsoft wants to build its own, more secure version of OpenClaw for Copilot

New reports suggest Microsoft is working on its own agentic AI that could be so proactive, it replaces humans.

TechRadar · Apr 14

Microsoft's crazy Surface price hikes are pushing me to Apple: I can no longer recommend Surface over a MacBook or iPad

It no longer makes sense to recommend a Surface at any price point over a similarly spec'd MacBook, iPad, or third-party OEM Windows machine.

Windows Central · Apr 14

Windows 11 now lets you skip the time-consuming updates on a fresh install. Neat!

One small step towards rebuilding user goodwill.

PC Gamer · Apr 14