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Microsoft cut Windows 7 support on Edge, but Mozilla says "enough" Firefox users are using it to extend support to March 2025: "Backporting security fixes is already getting increasingly painful due to the divergence"
EXTENDED SUPPORT Mozilla is extending Firefox support for legacy versions of Windows and macOS until March 2025.
Bill Gates' AI agent dream comes to pass at Microsoft's special Copilot event with Copilot agents
COPILOT AGENTS Microsoft shipped Copilot agents in general availability "to automate and execute business processes, working with or for humans."
OpenAI o1 might be the final nail in coding's coffin — "If OpenAI's o1 can pass OpenAI's research engineer hiring interview for coding at a 90-100% rate, why would they continue to hire actual human engineers?"
CODING DEAD? As earlier predicted, coding might be dead in the water with the prevalence of AI and the launch of OpenAI o1 with advanced coding capabilities.
6 non-AI features I'm excited about on Windows 11 version 24H2 (2024 Update)
Normal features Windows 11 version 24H2 brings several new features that don't come with AI integration, and in this guide, I will outline the best ones that everyone should know.
Microsoft has scrapped Edge's big UI refresh with rounded tabs
RIP? Unveiled last year, the "new look and feel" for Microsoft Edge is no longer coming.
How to monitor drive activity on Windows 11
Monitoring On Windows 11, you have at least two ways to monitor the drive activity to determine the performance at a given time, and in this guide, I will show you how.
Millions of Microsoft Teams users are about to get a new translation feature, no AI required
Coming soon Interpreters will be able to switch the direction of the languages they're translating between with the push of a button.
OpenAI's Strawberry AI models ship with advanced reasoning capabilities synonymous with humans, though they'll need "an extra moment to think" — Sam Altman says it "doesn't constitute AGI"
AGI? OpenAI recently unveiled a new series of next-gen AI models dubbed OpenAI o1 and o1-mini with advanced reasoning capabilities across math, science, and coding.
What is the AppData folder? Windows 11 app data storage explained.
Explainer Windows 11 (and 10) include the AppData folder and "Local," "LocalLow," and "Roaming" subfolders, and in this guide, I will explain what you need to know about them and when to use them.
Google may have a ChatGPT problem as users are subtly adopting AI-powered tools as their go-to search engines — but it could be eons before it becomes an actual threat
CHATGPT SEARCH A new survey by Evercore indicates that 8% (up 1% from the previous month) of the study's polled participants use ChatGPT as their default search engine, while Google's market share dropped by 6%.
