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Microsoft is preparing to overhaul Windows 11 File Explorer

Cloud division saves Microsoft from weak Xbox and Windows performance

While Microsoft pours billions into OpenAI, Meta's AI chief says ChatGPT is "not particularly innovative"

Azure OpenAI and ChatGPT services are now available to enterprise customers

Microsoft will stop selling Windows 10 licenses this month

Microsoft looks set to eliminate 10,000 jobs in the next few days

Microsoft Defender update kills Start Menu shortcuts and program files on Windows

Some Intel software can be downloaded in Russia again because of "warranty obligations"

Congress refuses Army request to spend $400 million on Microsoft HoloLens-based headsets

What just happened? The controversial deal between Microsoft and the US Army for the military branch to buy 6,900 HoloLens-based headsets at the cost of $400 million has been blocked by congress. As a consolation, the government approved $40 million for Microsoft to build a new and improved version that soldiers will hopefully hate less.

Microsoft and Activision will miss their contractual merger deadline

Microsoft is giving its salaried US employees unlimited time off

In context: Working in the tech industry might not feel like the most secure profession right now, given the number of people being let go, but it still offers some of the best perks (and pay, usually). Microsoft, for example, is giving its US employees unlimited, fully paid time off.

Xbox update will switch Series S and X consoles to power saver mode when they shut down

Microsoft 365 Basic gets you 100GB of OneDrive, ad-free Outlook, but no desktop Office for $2 a month

Microsoft's Surface Duo 3 will be a traditional foldable instead of a dual-screen smartphone, sources say

First Patch Tuesday of 2023 includes fixes for 98 security flaws and one zero-day bug

The final Windows 7 and 8 patch is here, adding secure boot to Windows 7 (kind of)

New Microsoft AI can accurately mimic a human voice after analyzing a 3-second sample

Windows 11 is about to see wider adoption by companies

TechSpot's top big tech stories of 2022: Why is Amazon building CPUs?

Microsoft makes using formulas in Excel easier, adds new features

It takes half an hour to boot into Windows 7 running on a 5 MHz CPU with 128MB of RAM

TL;DR: The race to 1GHz was very much a real thing at the turn of the century. It was quite entertaining as well, coming down to a photo finish between AMD and Intel (the former took the win by mere days). Fast forward to today and you won't be able to find a new desktop CPU with a clock speed under 1.6GHz or so. But, you can underclock an existing chip to run much slower and that's exactly what NTDEV did in his latest video.

Windows 11 Notepad app appears to be getting browser-style tabs

Three-quarters of public comments want Microsoft to take over Activision Blizzard

In brief: It's no secret that Sony is vehemently against Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard, but how does the public feel about it? About three-quarters of people in the UK who commented on the merger are in favor of the Redmond firm buying the gaming giant.

Microsoft's next major acquisition could be Netflix

In brief: Microsoft's next acquisition could be its largest to date, and we're not talking about Activision Blizzard. In a recent financial commentary piece, Reuters argues that Microsoft's next major target could be Netflix, and they make some compelling points.