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OpenAI almost shipped ChatGPT with a different name — before a late-night twist
OpenAI's ChatGPT lead Nick Turley recently revealed that the company almost shipped ChatGPT under a different name, but a late-night decision changed it all.
2025-07-04 09:49
Microsoft's extra year of Windows 10 security updates isn't a "viable solution" for the 400 million PCs that can't upgrade to Windows 11 — "It's obvious users are frustrated and feel yanked around."
While Microsoft's new extended lifeline for Windows 10 will grant users access to free security updates for an entire year, PIRG says this isn't enough.
2025-07-04 09:34
Marshall Acton III high quality Bluetooth speaker is just $200, cheaper than JBL Xtreme 4
The Marshall Acton III is down to its lowest ever price of just $200. It is a Bluetooth speaker that promises great quality sound. Read more...
2025-07-04 09:20
Microsoft is replacing salespeople with "solutions engineers" amid recent layoffs — promoting Copilot AI while ChatGPT dominates the enterprise sector
The recent layoffs seem to be part of Microsoft's strategy to improve its sales of AI tools metrics, with customers requesting technical support and demos.
2025-07-04 09:13
Ilya Sutskever officially named Safe Superintelligence CEO, shuts down acquisition rumors
Ilya Sutskever has announced via X that he is now the new CEO of Safe Superintelligence. It comes after Meta nabbed SSI's last CEO. Read more...
2025-07-04 08:30
Some Microsoft 365 services may be down due to a global outage, first details released
Microsoft has confirmed that certain M365 services like Forms have gone down. The company is investigating and has released some preliminary details. Read more...
2025-07-04 08:08
Microsoft cuts 830 jobs in Washington as global layoffs target Xbox and sales
Microsoft's recent layoff of 9,000 employees affected 830 workers in Washington, Microsoft's home state in the US. Read more...
2025-07-04 07:02
Microsoft tells Windows, Mac, Android users to turn it "off & on" if OneDrive Search breaks
Microsoft last month confirmed that OneDrive Search was not working properly for many users. Today, the company has shared a workaround if the function still does not work. Read more...
2025-07-04 06:42
European and American companies call for the AI Act to be postponed
While EU eyes are on August to implement its controversial AI Act, tech companies have asked for a delay as they still don't know how to comply. Read more...
2025-07-04 05:38
Meta pushes for EU-wide digital majority age, wants parental approval for teen app downloads
Meta has said it would like the EU to introduce a Digital Majority Age where parents get to control what apps kids install, policed at the OS or app store level. Read more...
2025-07-04 04:56
Hideo Kojima's "OD" is still in development with Xbox, at least for today
Microsoft has culled many second-party publishing projects at Xbox, but OD isn't one of them.
2025-07-04 02:21
Microsoft begins removing PowerShell 2.0 as it cleans up Windows 11
Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 11's next release won't ship with PowerShell 2.0, which originally debuted in Windows 7. The post Microsoft begins removing PowerShell 2.0 as it cleans up Windows 11 appeared first on Windows Latest
2025-07-04 01:04
You can now use Copilot AI to search, read local files on Windows 11 / 10
The Copilot app on Windows 11 (and Windows 10) can now look up files on the local storage or files synced to the local storage. The post You can now use Copilot AI to search, read local files on Windows 11 / 10 appeared first on Windows Latest
2025-07-04 00:23
EA is killing a game I didn't even know was alive
EA has announced that its ambitious live-service extraction shooter, Anthem, will sunset servers on January 12, 2026. The game will be unplayable, as it was designed to be an online-only experience.
2025-07-03 23:14
Xbox CEO Phil Spencer reportedly couldn't stop playing ZeniMax's unannounced game — and now it's canceled
A report from Bloomberg indicates that Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer enjoyed playing ZeniMax Online Studios' new MMORPG months before it was canceled.
2025-07-03 23:07
The big "Stop Killing Games" petition just hit 1 million signatures — in partial thanks to one dev who tried to kill it
#StopKillingGames completed its goal despite one prominent developer opposing the movement.
2025-07-03 23:02
You can now make text bold or italic in Notepad — hell has frozen over
Microsoft has added bold, italic, and Markdown support to Notepad for Windows 11, updating the famously simple text editor with formatting tools.
2025-07-03 22:58
Helldivers 2 on Xbox could strike Halo gold — I’m begging you, please add this one thing
Helldivers 2 coming to Xbox brings the prospect of crossovers to mind, and I can't think of one more perfect than a collab with Halo and its ODSTs.
2025-07-03 22:52
Report: Microsoft's 2025 layoffs revolve around its desperate $80 billion AI infrastructure investment
The Redmond giant has laid off over 15,000 people in 2025, and a report claims it's all in the name of freeing up spending money to invest more heavily in AI infrastructure, as Microsoft closes in on NVIDIA as most valuable company.
2025-07-03 22:35
Excel, Word, and PowerPoint on the web grab welcome new feature
Microsoft has finally streamlined a process that previously required manual, cumbersome workarounds in its Microsoft 365 web apps. Read more...
2025-07-03 21:38