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Quantum computing is already here, sort of

Brief letters: Semiconductors | Say it with flowers, two days before | Trouble getting up | KGB keeping busy, despite its demise

The Guardian - UK

Bill Gates says Microsoft's $3 trillion success is a blend of — youthful late-night coding escapades, a premature Harvard departure, and a sprinkle of "laissez-faire treatment" from passers-by

Bill Gates says Microsoft's $3 trillion success is a blend of — youthful late-night coding escapades, a premature Harvard departure, and a sprinkle of "laissez-faire treatment" from passers-by

Bill Gates attributes Microsoft's success to sneaking out in the wee hours of the night to perfect his coding skills, ditching Harvard after three semesters, and laissez-faire treatment from passers-by.

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'A massive, massive moment of wow.' Microsoft CEO predicts AI-generated games are a 'CGI moment' for the industry

'A massive, massive moment of wow.' Microsoft CEO predicts AI-generated games are a 'CGI moment' for the industry

Nadella also says the company wants to be in gaming for gaming's sake: "Flight Simulator was a product long before we even built Windows."

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Microsoft fixes Power Pages security flaw, tells users to be on their guard

Microsoft notified affected website owners of Power Pages issue.

This Week in AI: ChatGPT’s 400M Users, DeepSeek Suspended in SK, Musk’s Grok 3 & More

February is nearing its end, but the AI space is not showing any signs of slowing down. Recently, the ChatGPT surpassed the 400 million weekly active

Windows 11’s screenshot tool is getting a nifty new time-saving ability

Right now, the change for Snipping Tool is just in testing, but it looks slick already, and hopefully it’ll be arriving soon enough.

All treasure map locations and rewards in Avowed

Grab a map and compass as it's time to explore every inch of the Living Lands.

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Windows 7's Firefox lurking days from Microsoft's Graveyard are numbered — Mozilla to pull extended support for legacy operating systems on March 4, 2025

Windows 7's Firefox lurking days from Microsoft's Graveyard are numbered — Mozilla to pull extended support for legacy operating systems on March 4, 2025

Mozilla plans to extend support for legacy versions of Windows and macOS on Firefox until March 2025, including Windows 7, 8, and 8.1, and macOS 10.12 to 10.14.

Windows Central

What is Otter.ai? Everything we know about journalists' favourite AI transcription tool

What is Otter.ai? Everything we know about journalists' favourite AI transcription tool

Journalists and anyone needing fast, accurate transcriptions should try Otter.ai

Amazon admits defeat to Steam as former VP declares, "We were 250 times bigger, but Goliath lost."

Amazon admits defeat to Steam as former VP declares, "We were 250 times bigger, but Goliath lost."

"Just because you are big enough to build something doesn’t mean people will use it."

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Xbox Just Pitched Us The Worst Solution To Gaming's Biggest Problem

Xbox Just Pitched Us The Worst Solution To Gaming's Biggest Problem

Muse is Microsoft's AI angle on video game production, one that already creates more questions than examples of use cases.

Amazon will suspend support for its Appstore on Android

Amazon will suspend support for its Appstore on Android

In an announcement to Developers, Amazon said it will cease to accept new apps on the App Store since it will be discontinued.

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Apple Increases Price Of Lowest Price Phone By 40%

Apple Increases Price Of Lowest Price Phone By 40%

Apple's new low-end iPhone 16e starts at $599 while the older model started at $430.

International Business Times

I ditched Windows 11 for Linux — and you should, too

I ditched Windows 11 for Linux — and you should, too

Reluctant to switch to Windows 11? Linux might be the answer

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The downfall of AI startup Humane reveals the perils of the AI ‘race’

The startup created its wearable AI device with laudable ambition and out-of-the-box thinking, but it couldn't overcome key flaws.

Tom’s Hardware

Microsoft CEO says there is an 'overbuild' of AI systems, dismisses AGI milestones as show of progress

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in an interview that there is AI hardware overbuild and that his company would be lease capacity from competitors in the future.

AI Atlantis revealed off the coast of China, reportedly boasting computational power equivalent to 30,000 high-end gaming PCs

The sci-fi retelling I'm not sure The Little Mermaid needed.

Bill Gates says Microsoft might not have taken off if he hadn’t dropped out of Harvard—or spent his nights sneaking out to code until 2 a.m. at 13

The software CEO and billionaire said: “I had to give in to the inevitable, and give up school and, of course, never go back.”

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The Independent UK

Microsoft says it has made a ‘new state of matter’ – and quantum computers could be about to arrive

Microsoft says it has harnessed a new state of matter to create a chip that could bring quantum computers relatively soon.

Windows Central

The Surface you know and love (or hate) is dead — Microsoft's Windows hardware enters a new era

We're in a new era of Microsoft's Surface hardware, one that's more mature and less willing to take risks. Gone are the experimental form factors and categories, with the focus now on prioritizing the status quo while pushing Windows forward in other ways.

Tom’s Hardware

Microsoft Xbox showcases an incredibly impractical AI model for 'gameplay ideation'

Microsoft Xbox introduces Muse, a generative AI "gameplay ideation" model.

Former PlayStation boss says Microsoft's decision to bring Xbox games to PS5 is 'a win for PlayStation owners'

Former PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida has praised Microsoft's multi-platform push, calling it "a win" for PlayStation users.

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Did Microsoft just try to gaslight us? The tech giant has seemingly backtracked on changes to the account sign-in experience.

Microsoft removed a support document and Outlook notification that listed an upcoming change to when Microsoft accounts remain signed in. The tech giant clarified that the change is not being implemented.

Microsoft's wacky Majorana 1 chip, powered by an 'entirely new state of matter', could have industrial quantum computing here 'in years, not decades'

And not a single one of my parallel selves understands a lick of it.

Microsoft is reminding admins this key driver deprecation date is coming soon

Microsoft is reminding users that WSUS driver synchronization is set for deprecation soon.

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