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"Sorry, Bill": Android co-founder says Bill Gates is responsible for "the greatest mistake of all time," costing Microsoft $400 billion

Bill Gates revealed his greatest mistake of all time made Microsoft miss its opportunity with Android, partly due to mismanagement and antitrust-related issues. However, Android co-founder Rich Miner says Bill Gates is more responsible than he's letting on.

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Is Avowed on Xbox Game Pass?

Is Avowed on Xbox Game Pass?

Avowed is shaping up to be one of 2025's most exciting new RPG titles, but will it come to Game Pass? Here's what you need to know.

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Quantum Computing Stock Just Jumped 40%. Is It a Buy on Microsoft’s Latest Comments?

Quantum Computing Stock Just Jumped 40%. Is It a Buy on Microsoft’s Latest Comments?

Microsoft has diverged from Nvidia and Meta Platforms, sharing a more encouraging forecast for the near-term potential of quantum computing.

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Microsoft’s Copilot+ PC price cuts didn’t help disappointing sales apparently – but there’s still a glimmer of hope

Analyst firm paints a bleak picture of late last year, but there are some more optimistic predictions for 2025

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff slams Microsoft Copilot as "a disaster"

Wars of words between Benioff and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella comes via the only appropriate means possible in 2025: two distinct podcasts.

Former Surface design lead comes out of retirement to join Panos Panay at Amazon

Another key figure behind Microsoft's Surface devices has joined Amazon and former Windows and Surface lead Panos Panay.

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New Microsoft 365 AI offering means all your workers can use Copilot for free

All Microsoft 365 users in your business will be able to access Copilot, at no extra cost.

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Will Corporate America Put Bitcoin on Its Balance Sheets?

Will Corporate America Put Bitcoin on Its Balance Sheets?

Whether bitcoin (or other cryptocurrency) significantly becomes a treasury asset for many of the world's businesses and corporations is something to watch.

Microsoft is making Windows 10 users an offer they (probably) can't refuse

Microsoft is making Windows 10 users an offer they (probably) can't refuse

Microsoft reminds Windows 10 users that they have a "limited time" to upgrade to Windows 11 for free.

Microsoft stops tricking people into using Bing instead of Google, at least on Chrome

Microsoft stops tricking people into using Bing instead of Google, at least on Chrome

Google accused Microsoft of attempting to deceive people recently with a Bing interface that looks like the UI of Google. Microsoft appears to have rolled back the interface.

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15 Essential PowerShell commands every Windows 11 users should know

15 Essential PowerShell commands every Windows 11 users should know

PowerShell is a cross-platform command-line interface, but it's only a great tool if you know what commands to run. In this guide, I will outline the top 15 cmdlets that everyone should use to navigate and perform tasks in this shell.

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Microsoft patches three worrying security flaws in its latest critical update, so update now

Microsoft patches three worrying security flaws in its latest critical update, so update now

This month's Patch Tuesday is a big one, as Microsoft fixes three flaws being actively abused.

Amazon AGI lead says "several technical hurdles" delay revamped Alexa release: "Hallucinations have to be close to zero"

Amazon AGI lead says "several technical hurdles" delay revamped Alexa release: "Hallucinations have to be close to zero"

Amazon is reportedly encountering "several technical hurdles," including hallucinations, seemingly preventing it from shipping the revamped Alexa to broad availability.

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Sam Altman claims knowing what questions to ask trumps raw intelligence as AI advances — Users struggle to realize Copilot and ChatGPT's full potential, owing to poor prompt engineering skills

Sam Altman claims knowing what questions to ask trumps raw intelligence as AI advances — Users struggle to realize Copilot and ChatGPT's full potential, owing to poor prompt engineering skills

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently claimed that AI is reducing the importance of raw intelligence, as figuring out what questions to ask gains precedence.

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Microsoft employees are hit once more by layoffs across multiple groups, including gaming

Layoffs hit security, sales, gaming, and more across Microsoft.

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Microsoft renders Mail & Calendar apps inoperable as it forces users over to the new Outlook on Windows

Microsoft announced last year that it would be retiring the Windows Mail & Calendar apps in favor of the new Outlook at the end of 2024. As of January 1, these apps are no longer functional and will refuse to send or receive any more emails.

Workers hitting their KPIs still aren’t safe from performance-based layoffs—here’s how bosses find other ways to fire you anyway

Companies like Microsoft, Amazon, and Goldman Sachs have based sweeping layoffs on employee performance, but career experts say workers aren’t in the clear for simply hitting their KPIs.

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Meta to trim 5% of its workforce, focusing on underperformers — Mark Zuckerberg says the move will "raise the bar" on performance management

Meta will make performance-based cuts, slated to impact approximately 5% of its workforce based on performance. The company CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the move will "raise the bar" on performance management.

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After 2 months of brutal Steam reviews, Assassin's Creed Origins and Valhalla patch fixes "compatibility issues" with a Windows update that made them nearly unplayable

Both games went from 'Very Positive' to 'Mixed' Steam reviews due to a game-breaking Windows update

3 Mega-Cap Companies Fueling the Quantum Computing ‘Gold Rush’ in 2025

These tech giants are strategically positioning themselves for dominance in the emerging quantum computing industry.

Bill Gates Is Buying Up These 2 Stocks for 2025. Should You?

Gates’ significant bets on FedEx and Paccar have sparked interest among investors who are now weighing the potential benefits of investing in these transportation giants.

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Is Sid Meier's Civilization 7 on Xbox Game Pass?

Sid Meier's Civilization 7 is one of 2025's biggest and most exciting game releases, but will it be on Xbox Game Pass? Here's what we expect.

Critical macOS flaw puts your data and cameras at risk — update right now

The patch for this macOS flaw is available now but you'll need to update your system to install it.

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Valve designer says SteamOS isn't meant to "push users away from Windows," but to provide a compelling option for PC gaming

Valve isn't trying to push users away from Windows, according to SteamOS developer Pierre-Loup Griffais.

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The UK and other regions are running suspiciously low on Xbox Series X console stocks, why is PlayStation still widely more available?

People are reporting on social media that they can't buy the Xbox Series X console in the UK, how true is this? We look at all the biggest stores.

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