Microsoft taps India’s Varaha for durable carbon removal offtake

Microsoft is buying over 100,000 tons of carbon dioxide removal credits from India’s Varaha over the next three years.

Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon are paying up for ‘enterprise’ access to Wikipedia
Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon are paying up for ‘enterprise’ access to Wikipedia

Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Perplexity, and Mistral AI have joined Google in paying the Wikimedia Foundation for access to its projects, including Wikipedia’s vast collection of articles. The Wikimedia Foundation announced the news as part of Wikipedia’s 25th anniversary on Thursday. The partnerships are part of Wikimedia Enterprise, an initiative launched in 2021 that gives large […]

Microsoft might have just leaked Forza Horizon 6’s release date
Microsoft might have just leaked Forza Horizon 6’s release date

Microsoft is getting ready to show the first gameplay of Forza Horizon 6 next week, and it might also be ready to put a date on its release, too. X poster Xbox Infinite claims they received a Forza Horizon 6 preorder notification inside Forza Horizon 5, implying that the release date of the new title […]

UK police blame Microsoft Copilot for intelligence mistake
UK police blame Microsoft Copilot for intelligence mistake

The chief constable of one of Britain’s largest police forces has admitted that Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant made a mistake in a football (soccer) intelligence report. The report, which led to Israeli football fans being banned from a match last year, included a nonexistent match between West Ham and Maccabi Tel Aviv. Copilot hallucinated the […]

You can finally uninstall Microsoft Copilot on Windows 11, but there’s a catch

Microsoft is finally allowing some users to uninstall Copilot in Windows 11, but the option comes with strict conditions and is limited mainly to managed work devices, leaving most free users without a real off switch.
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Microsoft announces glut of new data centers but says it won’t let your electricity bill go up

The tech giant has pledged to be a “good neighbor” as it continues to invest in AI infrastructure throughout the country.

Microsoft scrambles to quell fury around its new AI data centers
Microsoft scrambles to quell fury around its new AI data centers

It looks like the wave of campaigns against data centers are getting under big tech companies’ skin – and Microsoft is the latest giant to promise to address frustrations on the ground in communities around their data centers. The company announced a five-point plan today that it calls “Community-First AI Infrastructure.” That includes paying more […]

PC shipments just grew unexpectedly amid RAM shortages
PC shipments just grew unexpectedly amid RAM shortages

The PC market is bracing for a turbulent year ahead, but shipments managed to exceed expectations in the recent holiday quarter. IDC reports that shipments grew nearly 10 percent year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2025, reaching 76.4 million in total. Microsoft’s end of Windows 10 support undoubtedly helped push PC shipments up, but IDC […]

Microsoft is retiring its Office Lens app on iOS and Android
Microsoft is retiring its Office Lens app on iOS and Android

Microsoft is removing its Lens scanner app from iOS and Android in the coming months. Microsoft Lens, or Office Lens as it’s known to most, will no longer be supported on February 9th, and the app won’t be functional after March 9th. The portable scanner features of Lens are available in OneDrive instead, making a […]

Microsoft is killing one of Edge’s best features

Microsoft is preparing to retire Edge Collections, the feature many users relied on to organize webpages, notes, and research. With warnings now live in Edge, fans of the tool may need to export their data soon.
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