Microsoft finally has a Windows 11 upgrade everyone can get behind

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says the company is investing in Windows 11 quality and fundamentals, continuing a push toward better performance, reliability, and everyday usability.

Xbox CEO lays out priorities in memo after major ‘reset’
Xbox CEO lays out priorities in memo after major ‘reset’

After a massive Xbox “reset” that laid off thousands of employees and spun off four studios, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma wants to get Xbox back to growth. In a memo obtained by The Verge, Sharma told staff by the end of fiscal year 2027 (which runs through next June), “we will return XBOX to player […]

Microsoft is merging its many Copilots into one AI ‘super app’
Microsoft is merging its many Copilots into one AI ‘super app’

Microsoft has a fix for the growing pile of Copilots you are meant to use. It wants to stuff them all into a single app. On its earnings call this week, chief executive Satya Nadella confirmed Microsoft is building a Copilot “super app.” It merges chat…

LinkedIn actually adds a ‘seems like AI slop’ button
LinkedIn actually adds a ‘seems like AI slop’ button

A lot of content on LinkedIn might seem like AI slop, and now, you’ll be able to report those posts. As part of a series of updates to reduce the volume of AI slop on the platform, LinkedIn is introducing an actual button that lets you flag a post as something that “Seems like AI […]

Wiz’s AI bug-hunter helped find a master key to every database in Azure Cosmos DB
Wiz’s AI bug-hunter helped find a master key to every database in Azure Cosmos DB

Wiz researchers found a single credential that could unlock every database running on Microsoft’s Azure Cosmos DB. They named it the Cosmos Master Key. And the vulnerability hunter that helped find it was not entirely human. Microsoft has patched the f…

LinkedIn now has a ‘Seems like AI slop’ button, and yes, it really says slop
LinkedIn now has a ‘Seems like AI slop’ button, and yes, it really says slop

LinkedIn has a name for the vaguely inspirational, AI-written posts clogging its feed, and now it has a button for them. The professional network has quietly added a “Seems like AI slop” option to its post menu, letting users flag content they think a …

A hidden line in a Word doc can rewrite your numbers, and infect the next file too
A hidden line in a Word doc can rewrite your numbers, and infect the next file too

A hidden line of text in a Word document can quietly halve the numbers in your financial report. Then it can smuggle a copy of itself into the clean file you send on. And 144 days after a researcher warned Microsoft, it still works. Håkon Måløy, a Norw…

Microsoft wants Windows 11’s right-click menu to work the way it should, by giving users more control

Microsoft is reportedly redesigning Windows 11’s context menu with faster performance and user customization, allowing users to choose which apps and actions appear.

Microsoft is making a Copilot super app to end your AI app juggling

Satya Nadella confirmed Microsoft is merging Copilot chat, Cowork, Autopilots, and coding tools into one AI super app for consumers and businesses, launching later this year.

Microsoft is openly competing with OpenAI, Anthropic more than ever

Microsoft pitched its own homegrown AI models, harnesses, and even a Mythos competitor on Wednesday, telling Wall Street it plans for continued growth.