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Microsoft Teams administrators finally get the option to block external bots from meetings

Teams admins can soon choose to automatically block external bots to prevent any unwanted access, but watch out.

TechRadar · Aug 25

Nvidia Earnings Will Put The AI Trade to Another Test. Wall Street Expects a $92 Billion Quarter.

Nvidia's Data Center business is expected to have generated more than $85.4 billion in quarterly revenue, a 107% increase from the same period last year.

International Business Times · Aug 25

OpenAI's Sam Altman just admitted he was "wrong" about AI — laments that he made the tech seem "scary"

In a new podcast, OpenAI and ChatGPT lead Sam Altman lamented how much the industry made AI a hated tech, in his words, that they failed to "explain the benefits."

Windows Central · Aug 25

New malware targets Microsoft Teams users by posing as your company's IT helpdesk

Victims are being told to install a fake cleaner software which is nothing more than a backdoor framework.

TechRadar · Aug 24

States are starting to ban the secrecy behind AI data centers — here's why you should care

AI data centers have quietly been built behind NDAs, shell companies and code names. Now states are pushing back and demanding more transparency.

Tom’s Guide · Aug 24

Microsoft accidentally admits new Outlook looks bad

Microsoft is introducing an optional setting in the new Outlook that makes it look like the classic desktop client. Microsoft claims it's to help people transition, but slapping a skin on a sluggish web wrapper is just a quiet admission that the new Outlook is bad.

Windows Central · Aug 24

Windows 95's redesign is still the most profound 31 years later — I take a look at what survived more than three decades of hardware evolution

Windows 95 launched on August 24, 1995, making it 31 years old today. While going back through old photos, I was reminded of just how profound an overhaul it represented compared to Windows 3.1, and why people were lined up outside of brick-and-mortar stores to get their hands on it.

Windows Central · Aug 24

Tech Giants Dominated The S&P 500 For Years. Now The Other 493 Stocks Are Catching Up.

Equal-weight strategies are outperforming in 2026 as gains spread beyond the Magnificent Seven, giving investors another way to own the S&P 500 without concentrating so heavily on its biggest companies.

International Business Times · Aug 24

Microsoft's latest move to pay people to use Edge looks desperate — and an odd new Bing app is worrying too

An app has been spotted that makes Bing your default search, and some users see it as another reason to leave Windows 11.

TechRadar · Aug 24

Who Is Behind Cyberleek? Take-Two Loses $2.8B as Alleged GTA 6 Leaker Threatens To 'Drop Big Files'

Take-Two Interactive's market cap fell by $2.8 billion following alleged leaks of GTA 6 footage, as CyberLeek threatens to release a PC build and disclose the story ending.

International Business Times UK · Aug 24