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Even Microsoft's research shows how AI bots get dumber in longer chats
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Microsoft and Salesforce analyzed 200,000+ AI chats, finding models lose reliability in multi‑turn dialogue despite strong single‑prompt performance.

What is "Windows 11 pure OS" and why is ASUS putting it on laptops?
By Cale Hunt published
Windows ASUS unveiled a new ExpertBook B5 G2 laptop this week, and in the marketing documents is mention of "Windows 11 pure OS." I spoke with the company to figure out exactly what it means.

Microsoft is scrapping this Outlook feature, but nobody will miss it
By Adam Hales published
Software Microsoft is retiring Contact Masking in Outlook after years of confusion, with the feature set to disappear in March.

Microsoft uses internal "escrow builds" — what does that even mean?
By Kevin Okemwa published
Microsoft Here's Microsoft's quirky release vocabulary for products, including bug bars, bake time, and escrow.

Notepad is slowly becoming Microsoft's version of Apple's "Notes" app
By Zac Bowden published
Windows 11 Notepad has slowly gained a plethora of features that elevate it way beyond a basic text editor, now rivaling the likes of Apple Notes and Google Keep. But is Microsoft right to do this?

The Call of Duty "$40 weapon skin" is nothing more than social media ragebait
By Richard Devine published
Gaming A post on X has gone viral for showing off a "$40 skin" for Call of Duty, except it's complete nonsense designed only for ragebait engagement.

Avowed dev Obsidian didn't expect everyone to hate one of the Xbox RPG's biggest systems
By Brendan Lowry published
Xbox Crafting upgrades was very important in Xbox's Avowed, and many players hated that. Developer Obsidian, notably, was very "surprised" by the feedback.

We asked if it's time to leave Discord; here's what our readers say
By Cale Hunt published
Gaming We asked you if Discord's latest decisions have crossed a red line, and the answer is clear.
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