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Australia won't force social media users to share their personal details when child ban takes effect

Australian communications minister says the government won’t force social media users to hand over personal information to tech companies, as children younger than 16 are set to be banned from the ...

Tech - ABC News - November 20

Creator of 'suicide capsule' rejects Swiss allegation that its first user may have been strangled

The right-to-die activist behind a new “suicide capsule” says he rejects “absurd” allegations that the U.S. woman who was said to be its first user may have actually been strangled

World - ABC News - November 20

Why X's new terms of service are driving some users to leave Elon Musk's platform

Elon Musk's X implemented new terms of service that are driving some users off the microblogging platform.

Business - CNBC - November 22

'AI Jesus' avatar tests man's faith in machines and the divine

Researchers and religious leaders have released findings from an intriguing two-month experiment through art in a Catholic chapel in Switzerland

World - ABC News - Yesterday

Microsoft workers fired over Gaza vigil say company ‘crumbled under pressure’

Abdo Mohamed and Hossam Nasr organized event outside headquarters to reject company doing business in Israel. Two Microsoft employees who were fired last week after organizing a vigil for ...

World - The Guardian - November 2

Here’s How Microsoft Will Generate Revenue From Your Company’s Old Windows 10 Computers

Microsoft’s Windows 11 operating system has been out since 2021, but many users are resisting upgrading from Windows 10. Microsoft will charge for security updates to push them to switch.

Business - Inc. - November 4

Microsoft touts deep dive trailer for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle; here’s our interview

Microsoft is touting a deep dive trailer for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Here's my interview with one of the game's designers.

Tech - VentureBeat - November 11

Vatican, Microsoft create AI St. Peter's Basilica to allow virtual visits, log damage

A digital twin of St. Peter’s Basilica has been created using artificial intelligence to explore one of the world’s most important monument’s

World - ABC News - November 11

Microsoft-backed startup debuts task optimized enterprise AI models that run on CPUs

Fastino emerges from stealth with $7 million in pre-seed funding to advance task optimized enterprise AI models that don’t require a GPU to run.

Tech - VentureBeat - November 12

Denmark launches landmark framework for using AI under EU rules — with Microsoft backing

Denmark unveiled a blueprint on how to use generative AI in the corporate world to help firms get into compliance with strict new regulation from the EU.

Business - CNBC - November 13

Microsoft Just Revealed 5 New AI Agents to Help You Work Smarter

The tech giant says these agents will help free people from the drudgery of work.

Business - Inc. - November 19

Getting systems to simulate flight behavior in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 | Sebastian Wloch interview

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, the ambitious flight sim game out today, the physics and environmental systems are very sophisticated.

Tech - VentureBeat - November 19

The Best Black Friday Flight Stick And Yoke Deals For Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 was cleared for takeoff today, and if you’re an Xbox Game Pass member, you’ll find it’s now available in your library. To bring the game to the next level, consider ...

Tech - GameSpot - November 19

Microsoft Flight Sim 2024 Adds More Servers While Team Works "Around The Clock" To Fix Issues

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 has already become one of the most memorable launches of the year, but probably not in the way that developer Asobo Studio hoped. It debuted earlier this week with ...

Tech - GameSpot - November 21

Salesforce CEO Benioff rips Microsoft's AI efforts. Here's why we're not picking sides

Deutsche Bank raised Salesforce's price target to $365 apiece from $325 Friday.

Business - CNBC - November 22

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 - 4 days ago

Microsoft’s Response to Its Major Outage Is the 1 Thing No Company Should Ever Do

Microsoft Outlook and Teams went down, and the company’s response isn’t helping anything.

Business - Inc. - 4 days ago

After Office Software Outage, Microsoft Faces Allegations of Data Scraping in Word and Excel

Reports that the tech giant is taking user data through its best known business software to train its AIs follows a global crash on Monday.