Microsoft Pauses Certain

Microsoft Pauses Certain Players' Windows Updates Over Ubisoft-Game Stability Issues

After multiple reports of compatibility issues, Microsoft has stopped automatically pushing Windows updates to PCs that have a variety of Ubisoft games installed, including Star Wars Outlaws, ...

Tech - GameSpot - Yesterday

Book excerpt: "A Certain Idea of America" by Peggy Noonan

In her new collection of Wall Street Journal columns, Pulitzer Prize-winner Peggy Noonan writes about the history and character of our nation, threats to the social fabric, and the "better angels" ...

Ramaswamy: 'We expect certain agencies to be deleted outright'

Tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who accepted a role alongside Elon Musk in President-elect Trump’s incoming administration to lead the new "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE), said ...

Politics - The Hill - November 18

Supreme Court won't block counting of certain provisional ballots in Pennsylvania

The order means that election officials must tally provisional ballots submitted on Election Day by voters who returned defective mail ballots.

European agency says 2024 is "virtually certain" to be warmest year on record

Climate scientists working at the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service have announced that 2024 is "virtually certain" to be the warmest year on record.

This year ‘virtually certain’ to be hottest on record, finds EU space programme

Copernicus Climate Change Service says 2024 marks ‘a new milestone’ and should raise ambitions at Cop29 summit. It is “virtually certain” that 2024 will be the hottest year on record, the European ...

World - The Guardian - November 7

Israel says ‘certain progress’ made in Lebanon ceasefire talks

Foreign minister says talks continuing over Israel’s stated objectives of pushing Hezbollah away from Israeli border. Israel’s foreign minister, Gideon Saar, said on Monday that “certain progress” ...

World - The Guardian - November 11

TSMC Pauses Chip Shipments to Chinese Customers

The Taiwanese chip giant will halt shipments to Chinese companies after some of its most advanced chips ended up with Huawei.

Business - The New York Times - November 10

Smith asks for pause in Trump Florida document case

Special counsel Jack Smith on Wednesday asked the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to pause proceedings in an appeal launched in President-elect Trump’s Florida documents case. The filing comes as the ...

Politics - The Hill - November 13

Court pauses appeal of Trump's classified documents case

A federal appeals court granted Special Counsel Jack Smith’s request to pause his appeal of President-elect Donald Trump’s classified documents case until Dec. 2.

Fired Disney employee hacked menu to falsely show foods as peanut allergy safe, lawsuit claims

A disgruntled former Disney employee is being accused of hacking into menu-creating software used by the company's restaurants to falsely indicate that certain food items did not contain peanuts.

'Weirdest save I've made ever': Keeper stops certain goal while tangled in net

Goalkeeper Frankie Leonard has ambitions of turning pro, and he showed exactly what he can do with an amazingly unorthodox save in a non-league game.

Sports - ESPN - November 3

Calhanoglu’s penalty miss shows nothing is certain in Serie A title race | Nicky Bandini

Inter midfielder never fails from 12 yards. This weekend he did – and now the top of the table is tighter than ever. Would it be too dramatic to portray a November missed penalty as a sign to let ...

World - The Guardian - November 11

RFK Jr. would rattle health markets as head of HHS, but his confirmation is far from certain, analyst says

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would create “significantly more volatility” in health markets if he is confirmed as Secretary of Health and Human Services, making navigating policy risks far more ...

Business - MarketWatch - November 15

Rays' deal for new stadium in St. Petersburg 'less certain' after recent county vote, team owner says

The Rays are supposed to move into a new ballpark for the 2028 MLB season

Sports - CBS Sports - November 18

COVID-19 virus may have a surprising benefit — it might be able to shrink certain tumors

A preclinical study finds that the COVID-19 virus can trigger the development of an immune cell that can fight cancer.

Business - MarketWatch - November 19

Blind date: ‘First impressions? I’m pretty certain we used to live next door to each other’

David, 27, a mathematics PhD student, meets Eva, 27, a vet. What were you hoping for? A fun evening, something out of my comfort zone and, at a minimum, a few copies of the physical column. ...

World - The Guardian - 4 days ago

I want to ignore beauty culture. But I’ll never get anywhere if I don’t look a certain way

Beauty improves only some qualities of life and demands high investment of time, money and energy, writes advice columnist Jessica DeFino. Hi Ugly, . How do I reconcile not wanting to become a ...

World - The Guardian - 36 minutes ago

Investors Want to See a Payout on Microsoft’s AI Efforts

As the tech giant readies a report of what’s forecast as its slowest quarterly growth in a year, shareholders want to see genuine demand for the AI applications it’s spent billions to develop.

Business - Inc. - October 28

Microsoft dips on weak guidance after beating on earnings

Microsoft reported better-than-expected results for the fiscal first quarter as Azure topped estimates. But quarterly growth guidance was light.

Business - CNBC - October 30

Microsoft Earnings Show Quarterly Revenue Is Up 16% to $65.6 Billion

The company’s profit increased 11 percent to $24.7 billion, beating Wall Street’s expectations and its own predictions.

Tech - The New York Times - October 30

Meta and Microsoft Won’t Stop Spending on AI

Both tech giants reported strong third quarters but their stocks fell anyway.

Business - Inc. - October 31

OpenAI launches ChatGPT search, competing with Google and Microsoft

OpenAI on Thursday launched ChatGPT search, positioning the company to better compete with search engines like Google, Microsoft's Bing and Perplexity.

Business - CNBC - October 31

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Launch Times Revealed

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is set for release on November 19, but when exactly does the game launch that day? Microsoft has now published the official launch times for the game.. The game ...

Tech - GameSpot - November 12

Bethesda Workers Go On Strike Against Microsoft

Last year, quality-assurance workers at Bethesda and ZeniMax studios formed ZeniMax Workers United, the largest certified video game union in the United States. Now that union is putting its ...

Tech - GameSpot - November 13

US regulators plan to investigate Microsoft’s cloud business

FTC chair Lina Khan continues to pursue Big Tech in final days of Biden presidency

Business - Financial Times - November 14

Elon Musk Adds Microsoft to Suit Against OpenAI

In a new legal filing, the Tesla chief executive accuses the A.I. start-up of undermining antitrust law.

Tech - The New York Times - November 15

Elon Musk Ramps Up Legal Fight With OpenAI, Microsoft

The billionaire accused the ChatGPT maker of anticompetitive behavior in new court filings.

Tech - The Wall Street Journal - November 15

Elon Musk targets Microsoft in expanded OpenAI lawsuit

Billionaire alleges Microsoft and OpenAI illegally sought to monopolize AI market and sideline competitors. Elon Musk has expanded his lawsuit against the ChatGPT maker OpenAI, adding federal ...

World - The Guardian - November 15

Microsoft 365 is experiencing an outage. Here's what to know.

Microsoft said it's investigating an issue impacting access to Microsoft 365 and its Teams app.

Microsoft investigating outages affecting Outlook, Teams

Microsoft said Monday it is investigating outages impacting its Microsoft 365 service, with thousands of users reporting issues with their Outlook, Exchange or Teams features. Microsoft 365 ...

Politics - The Hill - Yesterday

Microsoft Outage Takes Outlook and Teams Offline

The software giant said it was working on a fix for the issue, which has affected the many companies that use Microsoft’s products. It later said it had fixed all affected services except Outlook ...

Tech - The New York Times - Yesterday

Massive Outage Hits Microsoft 365 Outlook Users

A global glitch shut down Microsoft 365 applications like email, calendars, and Powerpoint. The tech giant said it was working on a fix.

Business - Inc. - Yesterday

More than 100 researchers call for pause in Musk Starlink launches

Researchers are urging the federal government to pause further low-orbit internet satellite launches until a comprehensive review is conducted to determine the potential environmental damage that ...

Politics - The Hill - October 30

Ford Motor to Pause F-150 Lightning Production for Several Weeks

The automaker said it would idle the assembly factory that makes the battery-powered truck from mid-November to Jan. 6.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 31

Ford to pause production of F-150 Lightning electric pickup trucks

Ford is temporarily halting production of its F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck as motorists cool on EVs.

Post-Brexit border scheme to simplify trade put on pause again

Single Trade Window designed to reduce friction on imports and exports will be halted until at least 2026 amid cost fears. A key part of the UK’s post-Brexit border strategy has been put on pause ...

World - The Guardian - November 6

City of London pauses plan to move Smithfield and Billingsgate markets

Historic meat and fish markets were due to be combined at a facility in Dagenham

Business - Financial Times - November 8

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