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Basic tech skills gaps restricting productivity in many UK SMEs

New research emphasizes AI’s role in enhancing SME competitiveness, but many workers are struggling with even the most basic tools.

Microsoft Copilot: How To Use It To Teach

Microsoft Copilot: How To Use It To Teach

Microsoft Copilot is the AI teaching assistant of the future that's come to make lessons more personalized.

Xbox president confirms commitment to backwards compatibility with 'new team dedicated to game preservation'

Xbox president confirms commitment to backwards compatibility with 'new team dedicated to game preservation'

Xbox president Sarah Bond remains committed to backwards compatibility for future generations.

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Microsoft to open major new London AI hub in Paddington

The move forms part of the tech giant’s £2.5 billion investment plans for the UK

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Microsoft News Roundup: Elon Musk on AI ending humanity, Xbox leadership shake-up, and Windows 10 updates costing a fortune

AI may end humanity and it will cost a lot to get Windows 10 security updates, but at least your Xbox games will keep working until the AI-driven apocalypse. Here are all the biggest news stories from the last week.

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Microsoft stifles third-party interface customization apps in Windows 11 Version 24H2

As the release date for Windows 11 24H2 nears, the RTM version of Windows has blocked customization options, citing security and stability concerns.

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The darker side of the AI girlfriend trend: It's not about a date, it's about your data

If there’s one thing AI absolutely shouldn’t be used for, it’s to emotionally confuse you into becoming a data farm.

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Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite Poised To Challenge Apple's M1

Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite Poised To Challenge Apple's M1

Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite chipset aims to rival Apple's M1 in Windows laptops, focusing on performance and gaming capabilities.

Microsoft makes major quantum computing breakthrough — development of most stable qubits might actually make the technology viable for many, but will anyone be able to afford it?

Microsoft makes major quantum computing breakthrough — development of most stable qubits might actually make the technology viable for many, but will anyone be able to afford it?

Microsoft and Quantinuum say they've achieved Level 2 Resilience in quantum computing, making the technology viable for many industries.

EXCLUSIVE: Xbox President Sarah Bond has set up a new team dedicated to game preservation and forward compatibility

EXCLUSIVE: Xbox President Sarah Bond has set up a new team dedicated to game preservation and forward compatibility

Per emails confirmed to be genuine by Microsoft, Xbox President Sarah Bond has set up a new team dedicated to ensuring Xbox games can be played on all sorts of future hardware.

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Microsoft is testing small but impactful changes to draw your attention to Copilot AI on the Windows 11 desktop

Microsoft is testing small but impactful changes to draw your attention to Copilot AI on the Windows 11 desktop

What’s being done to highlight Copilot’s powers is good, but Microsoft still needs to tread carefully here.

"It's like the gold rush. But it's probably going to come down in a couple of years, and then we'll just be refining the experience." AMD Senior Manager talks AI PCs and NPUs

"It's like the gold rush. But it's probably going to come down in a couple of years, and then we'll just be refining the experience." AMD Senior Manager talks AI PCs and NPUs

I spoke with AMD Senior Processor Technical Marketing Manager Donny Woligroski about AI PCs, NPUs, and what AMD sees happening in the future.

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7 best Windows 11 themes: How to quickly transform your Windows desktop

7 best Windows 11 themes: How to quickly transform your Windows desktop

Switching up your Windows 11 theme is a great way to breathe new life into your laptop. There are a ton of themes available, but these 7 are our favorites.

I’m using a trackpad with one hand and a mouse with the other on desktop and I can’t recommend it enough

I’m using a trackpad with one hand and a mouse with the other on desktop and I can’t recommend it enough

Even though you probably use a mouse with your desktop, you can also use an external trackpad or in my case, both at the same time.

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French Businessman Beats Bezos and Musk As World's Richest Billionaire

LVMH founder, Bernard Arnault, is currently the world's richest person with a net worth of $228 billion, after his company generated $94 billion in revenue.

NASA is joining with Twitch, Microsoft, and Epic for a livestream event featuring eclipse-themed Minecraft and Fortnite games

The Look Up! event will feature a mix of the solar eclipse and streamers playing eclipse-themed games.

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Microsoft Says China Using AI To Sow Division In US

China is ramping up use of AI-generated content and fake social media accounts to inflame division in the United States and elsewhere, according to the latest report from Microsoft's threat center.

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Microsoft is facing an investigation by a South African antitrust watchdog for alleged "anti-competitive" practices in its cloud computing business.

A South African antitrust agency is expected to investigate Microsoft's cloud computing licensing practices. A source with knowledge of the matter disclosed that the South African case is similar to the European Union antitrust case in many aspects.

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Intel XeSS and Arc graphics just took a big step toward catching up to NVIDIA DLSS

Intel unveiled a new version of its XeSS upscaling technology this week. Better AI models and other optimizations promise big boosts in frame rates and reductions in ghosting and aliasing.

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Legendary Xbox CVP Kareem Choudhry is leaving Microsoft, and Xbox growth plans accelerate

Kareem Choudhry is exiting Microsoft after 26 years, following a successful run at the company, working on everything from Outlook to Kinect, to cloud gaming, and cutting-edge Xbox AI tech.

Cisco launches AI job consortium to see which roles will be most affected by AI

Nine companies have committed to upskilling millions of workers over the next decade in readiness for AI.

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OpenAI's DALL-E finally supports AI image editing, lessening the prompt engineering burden among users

OpenAI will now grant you more power over the final output generated by DALL-E across the web, iOS, and Android. You can now edit images generated using the tech within ChatGPT and even get suggestions for improving your output.

Mark my words, Apple will get no further with robots than it did with cars

Has Apple traded in its car dreams for robot fantasies?

To stay safe in Windows 10 from next October commercial customers have to pay $61, then 'double every consecutive year for a maximum of three years'

Commercial customers will have to get their wallets ready to keep receiving security updates for Windows 10.

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Microsoft PowerToys now lets you peek at WebP files, my most-hated type of file

Microsoft PowerToys just received an update that adds support for viewing WebP, WebM, and audio files when using the Peek utility.

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