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Bored? Party like it's 2001 with this Windows XP ghosting error web simulator.
By Jez Corden published
👻🪟 I found myself hungry for some Windows error ghosting this morning. Thankfully, there's a web app for that. Come check it out.

Don't have the big new Windows 11 Moment 3 update yet? Here's why.
By Kevin Okemwa published
MOMENT 3 The Windows 11 Moment 3 update will roll out to everyone via July's Patch Tuesday release.

Why Microsoft won't be the company to mainstream consumer AI use
By Jez Corden published
Stick the landing Will Microsoft mainstream AI? A brief glimpse at Microsoft's history of cutting-edge tech tells us that it won't be the company that mainstreams AI use.

I put Bing Chat's new ad campaign to the test
By Sean Endicott published
Q&A Microsoft recently launched an ad campaign for Bing Chat. I was curious to see if its examples would persuade people to use the AI-powered chatbot.

Top 5 announcements from Microsoft Build 2023 that you need to know
By Jerko Čilaš published
AI AI AI AI In a whirlwind of AI and developer goodness, Microsoft Build 2023 came and went. Here are the biggest announcements from the event that will impact your experience on Windows 11 and beyond.

Dear Microsoft: STOP asking me to OneDrive sync my local folders — it's stupid
By Jez Corden published
OneDumb Microsoft has updated OneDrive recently with spammy messages to sync dumb folders that make absolutely no sense.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella calls Cortana and other voice assistants, ‘dumb as a rock.’ He’s not wrong.
By Daniel Rubino published
Hey, Cortana Voice assistants were once thought to be the next revolution in computing until we all tried them. Amazon's Alexa seems to be the most recent casualty, but will generative AI change things?

Microsoft needs a new mascot for a GPT-powered Windows — Clippy or Cortana?
By Ben Wilson published
Clippy 2: Clip Harder Bing Chat is revolutionizing the web and could do the same for Windows as an assistant with a different name; something better than Prometheus, anyway.

Activision CEO: The UK will become a tech investment 'Death Valley' if it blocks the Microsoft acquisition — why he's right
By Jez Corden last updated
CMAke it stop Activision CEO Bobby Kotick had some stinging words for UK regulators this week.

This is how Microsoft will compensate websites Bing and ChatGPT steals information from
By Jez Corden published
Grand Theft AI Microsoft's positioning of Bing and Chat-GPT will spur an arms race with Google that could crush small, independent websites, and make the internet dumber as a result.
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