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Windows 7 often booted slowly thanks to a simple programming error
By Kevin Okemwa published
Windows A veteran Microsoft engineer recently described how Windows 7 took longer to load when users selected certain desktop wallpapers due to a simple programming error.

News roundup: Xbox raises prices, Windows 11 mocked, Bing praised
By Sean Endicott published
News Recently we saw Xbox raise prices above PS5, Windows 11 get roasted by a Microsoft PM, and Bing receive unexpected praise.

Microsoft just killed Skype to focus on Teams instead
By Kevin Okemwa published
Software Microsoft is officially pulling the plug on Skype and recommends that its users transition to Teams.

Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is developing AI friends for humans
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared the company's broader AI vision, which may include AI friends, which would allow humans to interact with chatbots at a social level.

Satya Nadella says Microsoft's AI performance is doubling every six months
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella indicated that the company's AI model performance is "doubling every six months" due to pre-training, inference, and system design.

Microsoft reportedly planning to host Elon Musk's Grok AI
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Microsoft is reportedly planning to host Elon Musk's Grok AI model. However, it won't host xAI's servers to train any of its future AI models.

Microsoft expands Phi-4 with new small language model AI variants
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Microsoft just launched expanded small language models (SLMs) based on its own Phi-4 AI.

Over 15 million developers now use this AI coding tool from Microsoft
By Sean Endicott published
AI GitHub Copilot has surpassed 15 million users, with Microsoft reporting a 4x increase year-over-year.
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