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Chatbot for spies: Microsoft has launched an artificial intelligence model without an internet connection

Microsoft has created a generative artificial intelligence model based on GPT-4, specifically developed for US intelligence agencies. It operates without an internet connection. It has been reported that this is the first time Microsoft has deployed ...

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Microsoft is shutting down more Bethesda studios - developers of Redfall and Hi-Fi Rush among others

Microsoft has closed a number of Bethesda studios, including Redfall developer Arkane Austin and Hi-Fi Rush developers, as well as The Evil Within developers Tango Gameworks, according to IGN. Alpha Dog Studios, developer of the mobile game Mighty D...

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Meet MAI-1: Microsoft's new AI model with 500 billion parameters that aims to "beat" the GPT

Microsoft appears to be working on its own large language model, which could potentially become the main competitor to Google AI, Anthropic, and OpenAI - despite the fact that the corporation itself invested $10 billion in the developer of ChatGPT an...

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April's Windows security updates could disrupt VPNs

Microsoft reports that April security updates for Windows may disrupt VPN functionality. The company is working on fixing this issue. “After installing the April 2024 security update (KB5036893) or a previous non-security update, Windows devices may...

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Microsoft adds offline mode for OneDrive on the web - for now for select categories of users

Microsoft is rolling out a new offline mode for OneDrive on the web for corporate and educational users of the service. This is part of an update to OneDrive that also includes improving the user interface, folder colors, and more. The new offline mo...

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Microsoft opened MS-DOS 4.0 code on GitHub - it turned out to be broken due to UTF-8 and timestamps

In April, Microsoft published the source code of its MS-DOS 4 operating system from 1986 on GitHub. This is not the first release of DOS code, but this one seems to break some critical files. As noted by the well-known developer and author of the OS/...

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Copilot in Microsoft 365 will soon "speak" in the Ukrainian language

In a recent interview, the director of "Microsoft Ukraine" Leonid Polupan talked about some features of the company's work and new products. For example, he mentioned that work is currently underway on the Ukrainian localization of Copilot. "We are ...

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Windows 10 will have a new feature that promotes creating a Microsoft account to archive files

With the release of the May update for Windows 10, a new feature will appear in the operating system that will strongly recommend the user to create a Microsoft account. In the update starting to roll out on May 14, this feature will be activated by ...

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Microsoft has fixed a 2-year-old issue that prevented systems with certain Intel Rocket Lake chips from upgrading to Windows 11

Microsoft has simplified the update of certain computers to Windows 11. In the latest Windows 11 update, the company has fixed an error that prevented computers with certain 11th generation Intel Rocket Lake processors from successfully running Windo...

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An enthusiast has ported "thousands of applications" to Windows 95 - he ported the .NET Framework from Windows 98 there

Video blogger MattKC, according to his own words, ported "thousands of programs" to Windows 95 by porting an important Windows 98 feature - .NET Framework. The main limitation of Windows 95 compared to Windows 98 lies precisely in the absence of .NET...

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Microsoft will reveal the next generation of Windows for ARM on May 21-23

It became known the time of the annual Microsoft Build conference and the details of the sessions. The conference will start on May 21, 2024, and will end on May 23. During these three days, there will be numerous sessions, most of which will be onli...

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"Disgusting and annoying": Microsoft added Copilot to autorun on Windows 11

The corporation Microsoft has added its AI assistant Copilot to the autostart of Windows 11. This was reported in the MSPowerUser. Initially, Copilot was thrown into autostart in Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23615. But the idea was abandoned. How...

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Microsoft has revamped the Xbox Cloud Gaming interface, adding social features from the Xbox console

Microsoft introduced a preview version of the new interface of the Xbox Cloud Gaming service. It includes social features and interface elements that are typically found on the Xbox console panel. The new interface offers access to the web version of...

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The global PC and notebook market has returned to growth after a two-year slump. Lenovo is still the leader

The PC market, as expected, returned to growth in the last quarter after a two-year decline, as confirmed by reports from leading analytical agencies IDC and Canalys: approximately 60 million computers were sold worldwide in the first quarter of 2024...

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Microsoft is confident that Windows on Arm can finally beat Apple ─ in CPU performance, AI acceleration, program emulation

Microsoft is preparing to unveil its vision of "AI-powered PCs" next month at an event in Seattle. Informed sources have reported that Microsoft is confident that a series of new Windows laptops on the Arm platform will outperform Apple's M3-based Ma...

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