GoKawiil - Tech News

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Arrest and extradition of Scattered Spider hacker shines light on how Windows telemetry GDIDs can identify and track users — Microsoft device identifier is just one digital fingerprint in a software world rife with them (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-08 | by Bruno Ferreira | tags: gdid, microsoft, stokes

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Diet–microbiome synergy underlies obesity-associated immunotherapy efficacy (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-08 | by Desharnais | tags: cell, cells, diet

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Doom Developer id Software Is Reportedly Losing Half Its Staff (slashdot.org)

2026-07-07 | tags: cuts, developer, doom

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Microsoft Flips Windows Backup On By Default Outside the EU (slashdot.org)

2026-07-07 | tags: backup, default, device

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Microsoft joins AI cost-cutting trend by relying more on its own models (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-07 | by Lucas Ropek | tags: anthropic, microsoft, models

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Doom developer id Software is reportedly losing half its staff (engadget.com)

2026-07-07 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | tags: game, id software, layoffs

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You can soon restore Windows 11 from scratch even if it can't boot up - here's how (zdnet.com)

2026-07-07 | by Lance Whitney | tags: cloud, cloud rebuild, files

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These homes are selling at huge discounts—and buyers are taking notice (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-07 | tags: americans, americans instead, available pandemic

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Microsoft Can Track Users Via a Windows Device ID (slashdot.org)

2026-07-07 | tags: activity, complaint, device

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Microsoft fire idTech team at Id software (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-07 | tags: id software, idtech, idtech team

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Microsoft Fire IdTech Team at Id Software (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-07 | tags: id software, idtech, idtech team

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Microsoft Is Eliminating 4,800 Jobs — Including 20% of Its Xbox Staff: ‘We Will Return to Growth in 2027.’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-07 | by Jonathan Small | tags: admitting tasks, gaming, jobs

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Companies are now using automatic Windows installers to display Adware through the Microsoft Store when you install new hardware — customer immediately gets McAfee ads on their PC after connecting new LG monitor; here's how to block the new ads (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-07 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: hardware, just, microsoft

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4 Common Kitchen Tools That Could Be Melting Microplastics and Contaminating Your Food (cnet.com)

2026-07-07 | by See Full Bio | tags: bags, containers, food

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New virus catalog reveals which pathogens pose the greatest threat (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-07 | tags: covid, pandemic, person

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Doom developer id reportedly cut in half as part of Xbox layoffs (theverge.com)

2026-07-07 | by Jay Peters | tags: cuts, doom, layoffs

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Peacock: 16 of the Best Movies to Stream Right Now (cnet.com)

2026-07-07 | by See Full Bio | tags: director, michael, movie

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Microsoft fixes storage-hogging Windows 11 folder (theverge.com)

2026-07-07 | by Emma Roth | tags: capabilityaccessmanager, db wal, file

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Microsoft Can Track Users via a Windows Device ID (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-07 | tags: complaint, device, gdid

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Xbox’s bold plan for the future sounds nearly impossible (theverge.com)

2026-07-07 | by Andrew Webster | tags: billion, games, goal

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Microsoft to enable Windows settings backup by default for orgs (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-07-07 | tags: backup, default, devices

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Microsoft testing new Cloud Rebuild Windows 11 recovery feature (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-07-07 | tags: cloud, cloud rebuild, microsoft

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US investors will soon get access to SK Hynix, another memory maker riding the AI boom (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-06 | by Julie Bort | tags: hynix, memory, micron

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Xbox Laying Off 3,200 and Dropping 4 Studios in 'Reset' of Microsoft's Games Strategy (cnet.com)

2026-07-06 | by See Full Bio | tags: console, game, games

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Full Writeup of the Windows GDID (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-06 | tags: account, device, gdid

716.

Using Office 365 on an Older Mac or iPhone? Say Goodbye to Editing Features Next Week (cnet.com)

2026-07-06 | by See Full Bio | tags: certificate, microsoft, office

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Microsoft Lays Off Nearly 5,000 Employees Across Xbox, Commercial Sales (slashdot.org)

2026-07-06 | tags: coleman, means, microsoft

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Microsoft to cut 4,800 jobs in major Xbox and gaming division ‘reset’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-06 | tags: began, began offering, buyouts

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Microsoft's layoffs extend beyond Xbox (engadget.com)

2026-07-06 | by Jessica Conditt | tags: employees, july, layoffs

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Microsoft’s $7.3 Billion AI Data Center Just Caught a Nasty Lawsuit From Furious Neighbors (futurism.com)

2026-07-06 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: centers, data centers, lawsuit