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Microsoft 365 Copilot's new app icon is so bad, it’s actually illegible on certain displays
By Zac Bowden published
Office Microsoft 365 Copilot's new icon is lazy, and on low-DPI screens is almost impossible to actually read on the Taskbar.

Microsoft News Roundup: Nightmare week of price hikes, rebrands, and remembering how Bill Gates lost $400 billion
By Sean Endicott published
News Negative headlines surrounded Microsoft this past week as the company rebranded its most iconic apps, raised the price of Microsoft 365, and was attacked by Salesforce.

Microsoft rebuts CEO Benioff by touting impressive AI stats
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Microsoft's CVP Charles Lamanna counters Marc Benioff with Agentic AI stats to rebuke claims Copilot is just "the new Clippy."

Cisco unveils AI defense against misuse, leaks, and threats
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Cisco's announcement comes while security and privacy are significant challenges for the progression of AI.

"Spooked" OpenAI will meet with U.S. government officials to discuss "PhD-level" super-AI that could replace humans
By Jez Corden published
AI PhD-grade AI is coming to replace humans in even the most complicated tasks, according to this new report.

Microsoft closes Secure Boot loophole, securing Windows from firmware attacks
By Kevin Okemwa published
WINDOWS 11 Microsoft finally patched the security threat (CVE-2024-7344), allowing bad actors to gain unauthorized access to Windows 11 by bypassing Secure Boot for over 7 months.

MatterGen: Microsoft's AI developing new materials with desired properties
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Microsoft Researchers recently unveiled MatterGen — a sophisticated AI system capable of developing high-quality materials.

Your Microsoft 365 subscription price is going up for the first time in 12 years
By Zac Bowden published
Microsoft Microsoft has announced that it is increasing the price of its Microsoft 365 Personal and Home subscriptions for the first time in 12 years, and is also adding Copilot.
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