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'AI's Decimation of Call Center Jobs Has Begun' (slashdot.org)

2026-08-03 | by Posted | tags: microsoft, uber, call center automation

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Xbox Series X price hiked by £170 due to rising memory chip costs (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-08-03 | by Watch Our Pick Of Standout Clips Across The Bbc | tags: xbox series x, microsoft, memory chip

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ChatGPT dominates early AI spending in Congress as lawmakers weigh regulation (cnbc.com)

2026-08-03 | by Luke Fountain Emily Wilkins | tags: chatgpt, openai, congress

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Doom now "runs" in Microsoft Paint thanks to a wildly inventive clipboard trick (techspot.com)

2026-08-03 | by Rob Thubron | tags: doom, microsoft paint, vizdoom

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Xbox consoles are now much more expensive in the EU and UK (engadget.com)

2026-08-02 | by Jackson Chen | tags: xbox series x, microsoft, price hike

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Stop graphing everything: When GraphRAG actually beats vector RAG (venturebeat.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: graphrag, retrieval-augmented generation, microsoft

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Microsoft Paint used as a 'monitor' to run Doom at up to 35 fps, project released by firm's Azure CTO — runs actual Doom engine and loads real shareware DOOM1.WAD (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-02 | by Mark Tyson | tags: microsoft, doom, azure

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F*: A general-purpose proof-oriented programming language (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: f* (f star), ocaml, microsoft research

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Xbox prices are increasing by up to €200 or £170 (theverge.com)

2026-08-02 | by Terrence O'Brien | tags: xbox series x, microsoft, price increase

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Show HN: Bor – Open-source policy management for Linux desktops (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | by Blagovest Petrov | tags: bor, firewalld, thunderbird

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Is Big Tech's AI Gamble Starting to Look Riskier? (slashdot.org)

2026-08-02 | by Posted | tags: big tech, ai models, google

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150-Game Discount Bundle Raises $57,000 for Videogame Workers 'Hardship Fund' (slashdot.org)

2026-08-01 | by Posted | tags: itch.io, necrosoft games, united videogame workers

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Sam Altman is still making the case for parenting via ChatGPT (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-01 | by Anthony Ha | tags: chatgpt, openai, sam altman

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Microsoft vows to make Windows 11 fly on 8GB RAM amid memory shortage — optimizations to reduce OS memory footprint have begun (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-01 | by Jowi Morales | tags: windows 11, microsoft, ram

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Why your Windows installation files keep getting bigger - AI is filling up smaller drives (zdnet.com)

2026-08-01 | by Ed Bott | tags: windows, microsoft, copilot

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Alphabet, Amazon and Microsoft added nearly $1.5 trillion in combined value this week (cnbc.com)

2026-07-31 | by Annie Palmer Arjun Kharpal | tags: alphabet, amazon, microsoft

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Did a OneDrive Photos app just appear on your PC? Here's what it does (and how to get rid of it) (zdnet.com)

2026-07-31 | by Lance Whitney | tags: one drive, microsoft, windows 11

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They Forgot What Happened Last Time: Hacking the Windows 365 Link [video] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: windows 365, microsoft, windows 11

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Big tech spends more than $1 trillion on AI infrastructure — additional $745 billion expected to be added to the figure in 2026 alone (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-31 | by Jowi Morales | tags: ai infrastructure, amazon, google

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Apple stock price falls: 3 reasons why AAPL shares are down after a record-breaking quarter (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: apple, aapl, wall street

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Tim Cook's last dance, oil majors earnings, IPO avoidance and more in Morning Squawk (cnbc.com)

2026-07-31 | by Luke Fountain | tags: apple, microsoft, openai

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A third of physical PS5 games and half of Xbox Series discs need downloads to work properly, report shows (techspot.com)

2026-07-31 | by Rob Thubron | tags: ps5, xbox series, physical discs

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You can now play Xbox games on Hisense TVs without a console (engadget.com)

2026-07-31 | by Mariella Moon | tags: xbox, hisense, game pass

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Windows NT 4.0 brought the Win95 UI to servers 30 years ago today — milestone unifying modern Windows OS hit RTM in the Pentium era (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-31 | by Mark Tyson | tags: windows nt, microsoft, windows 95

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The Absurdity of Albert Camus (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: albert camus, absurdity, philosophy

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Microsoft's Xbox chief lays out plan to pass rivals on margin by 2030 in memo to employees (cnbc.com)

2026-07-30 | by Jordan Novet | tags: xbox, microsoft, game pass

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Microsoft’s One-Day Market-Cap Gain Makes History (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-07-30 | tags: microsoft, google, anthropic

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Microsoft's $450 Billion Jump Is Biggest In Stock Market History (slashdot.org)

2026-07-30 | tags: microsoft, stock market, $450 billion

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Max-severity Exchange server flaw under active exploitation by Kremlin hackers (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: exchange server, microsoft outlook, ta488

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Meta sinks 8%, continuing record losing streak, while Microsoft jumps 15% as AI trade splits (cnbc.com)

2026-07-30 | by Arjun Kharpal | tags: meta, microsoft, azure