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Windows 11 KB5065789 update released with 41 changes and fixes

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-03 00:50:47

Microsoft has released the KB5065789 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2, which includes 41 improvements, including new AI actions in File Explorer and bug fixes for Windows Update and Windows Sandbox. This update is part of Microsoft's "optional non-security preview updates" schedule, which releases updates at the end of each month to allow Windows admins to test bug fixes, improvements, and new features ahead of next month's Patch Tuesday release. However, unlike regular Patch Tu

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Microsoft just added AI agents to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint - how to use them

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-10-04 04:34:10

Microsoft Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Microsoft has launched AI agents for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The agents are available for business and individual subscribers. Now accessible on the web, the agents will expand to the desktop. Microsoft 365 users looking for assistance in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint can now call on AI agents to help them with their work. On Monday, Microsoft announced that the new agentic AI skills are now availabl

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Optimizing a 6502 image decoder, from 70 minutes to 1 minute

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-05 06:11:20

When I set out to write a program that would allow me to do basic digital photography on the Apple II, I decided I would do it with the Quicktake cameras. It seemed the obvious choice as they were Apple cameras, and their interface to the computer is via serial port. The scope creeped a bit after managing to decode Quicktake 100 photos. I wanted it to be able to decode Quicktake 150 and Quicktake 200 pictures too. This threw me into image processing much more than I initially wanted to. This ar

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Target-rich environment: Why Microsoft 365 has become the biggest risk

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-20 16:02:12

Microsoft 365 has become the central nervous system of modern business — and cybercriminals know it. Just as Windows became the primary target for attackers because of its market dominance in the 1990s and 2000s, Microsoft 365 now finds itself in the crosshairs for having "won" the email and collaboration war. With over 400 million paid Office 365 seats worldwide and countless organizations relying on its integrated suite of applications, Microsoft 365 represents the ultimate target-rich envir

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Microsoft and Cloudflare disrupt massive RaccoonO365 phishing service

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-23 04:20:05

Microsoft and Cloudflare have disrupted a massive Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) operation, known as RaccoonO365, that helped cybercriminals steal thousands of Microsoft 365 credentials. In early September 2025, in coordination with Cloudflare's Cloudforce One and Trust and Safety teams, Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) disrupted the cybercrime operation by seizing 338 websites and Worker accounts linked to RaccoonO365. The cybercrime group behind this service (also tracked by Microsoft as

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Microsoft rolls out Copilot Chat to Microsoft 365 Office apps

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-24 16:01:41

Microsoft is rolling out Copilot Chat to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote for paying Microsoft 365 business customers. Copilot Chat (short for Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat) is the company's AI-powered, content-aware chat that enables users to access AI agents. However, unlike Microsoft 365 Copilot, which has access to organizational content, Copilot Chat only works with data from the web. While Microsoft says Copilot Chat is "included at no additional cost" for Microsoft 365 users,

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Development of the MOS Technology 6502: A Historical Perspective (2022)

news.ycombinator.com Jason Sachs 2025-10-24 17:59:47

One ubiquitous microprocessor of the late 1970s and 1980s was the MOS Technology MCS 6502. I included a section on the development of the 6502 in Part 2 of Supply Chain Games, and have posted it as an excerpt here, as I believe it is deserving in its own right. (Note: MOS Technology is pronounced with the individual letters M-O-S “em oh ess”,[1] not “moss”, and should not be confused with another semiconductor company, Mostek.) Semiconductor Fabrication and the 6502 The 6502 was first deliver

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1975 Sep 16 MOS Technology samples 6502 at WESCON, here's how they designed it

news.ycombinator.com Jason Sachs 2025-10-24 22:59:47

One ubiquitous microprocessor of the late 1970s and 1980s was the MOS Technology MCS 6502. I included a section on the development of the 6502 in Part 2 of Supply Chain Games, and have posted it as an excerpt here, as I believe it is deserving in its own right. (Note: MOS Technology is pronounced with the individual letters M-O-S “em oh ess”,[1] not “moss”, and should not be confused with another semiconductor company, Mostek.) Semiconductor Fabrication and the 6502 The 6502 was first deliver

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Copilot Chat arrives free for Microsoft 365 users - check if you have it

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-10-25 04:43:20

Microsoft Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Copilot Chat is now integrated into Microsoft 365. Chat is available in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote. But you'll need a Microsoft 365 business account. You're working on a Word document or PowerPoint presentation and you want to discuss certain questions or ideas with an AI chatbot. That's the goal behind the new Copilot Chat integration in Microsoft 365. In a Monday blog post, Seth Patt

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Microsoft’s Office apps now have free Copilot Chat features

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-10-27 04:32:55

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft is adding the free Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat and agents to Office apps for all Microsoft 365 business users today. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote are all being updated with a Copilot Chat sidebar that will help draft documents, analyze spreadsheets, and more withou

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Microsoft to force install the Microsoft 365 Copilot app in October

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-27 08:22:23

Next month, Microsoft will begin automatically installing the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on Windows devices that have the Microsoft 365 desktop client apps. The Microsoft 365 Copilot app integrates the AI-powered Copilot assistant with Microsoft 365 suite apps, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, as well as other features like Notebooks and AI agents. While the newly installed app will be added to the Windows Start Menu and enabled by default, IT administrators responsible for managing Micro

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Microsoft to force install the Microsoft 365 Copilot app in October

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-27 12:59:23

Next month, Microsoft will begin automatically installing the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on Windows devices that have the Microsoft 365 desktop client apps. The Microsoft 365 Copilot app integrates the AI-powered Copilot assistant with Microsoft 365 suite apps, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, as well as other features like Notebooks and AI agents. While the newly installed app will be added to the Windows Start Menu and enabled by default, IT administrators responsible for managing Micro

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Refurb Weekend: Silicon Graphics Indigo² Impact 10000

news.ycombinator.com View My Complete Profile 2025-10-27 23:42:38

My general vintage computing projects, mostly microcomputers, 6502, PalmOS, 68K/Power Mac and Unix workstations, but that's not all you'll see. While over the decades I've written for publications likeand, these articles are all original and just for you. My promise: No AI-generated article text, ever. All em-dashes are intentional and inserted by hand. Be kind, REWIND and PLAY.Old VCR is advertisement- and donation-funded, and what I get goes to maintaining the hardware here at Floodgap. I don'

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Microsoft escapes EU antitrust fine after unbundling Teams

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-30 00:30:52

Microsoft is no longer in trouble with the European Commission, at least when it comes to Teams. The commission has accepted the changes and commitments the company made in response to its concerns related to Microsoft's bundling of its Teams collaboration platform with its other apps. This particular antitrust saga started years ago when Slack filed an antitrust complaint against Microsoft, claiming that it illegally bundled its work chat competitor with the popular Office suite. The commission

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Microsoft sidesteps hefty EU fine with Teams unbundling deal

cnbc.com Ryan Browne 2025-10-30 07:13:31

The Microsoft Teams app on a laptop arranged in New York, US, on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. The European Union on Friday said it has accepted commitments from Microsoft to unbundle its Teams workplace communication platform from its popular productivity apps. The decision essentially exempts Microsoft from receiving a potentially hefty antitrust fine after the company was last year accused by the European Commission — the executive body of the EU — of breaching competition rules with the "abusive

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Microsoft avoids EU fine after Slack complained about Teams bundling

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-10-30 06:46:50

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft has avoided a fine from the European Commission after it was charged with EU antitrust violations for bundling its Teams app with Office 365 and Microsoft 365 subscriptions. The European Commission says it has accepted commitments from Microsoft to address competition concerns rel

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Microsoft 365 Copilot bundles sales, service, and finance Copilots in October

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-11-01 08:22:06

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. I exclusively reported last week that Microsoft was about to shake up its Microsoft 365 Copilot pricing, and now the company has officially revealed that its sales, service, and finance Copilots are being bundled into Microsoft 365 Copilot. Microsoft currently offers business Copilot acces

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Microsoft gives US students a free year of Microsoft 365 Personal

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-11 14:31:03

Microsoft announced that starting this Thursday, all college students in the United States can get a free year of Microsoft 365 Personal. For everyone else, a yearly Microsoft 365 Personal subscription costs $99.99. It provides ransomware protection for photos and files stored on OneDrive, 1 TB of secure cloud storage, and can be used on up to five devices simultaneously. As Microsoft President Brad Smith also revealed yesterday, students who claim their free subscription can also receive a 50

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Microsoft 365 Personal is now free for US college students for a year

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-11-12 10:14:40

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft is giving away Microsoft 365 Personal subscriptions to all US college students. This subscription gives students free access to Microsoft’s Office apps and the Copilot AI assistant integration for a year, after which the students are eligible for a 50 percent discount to continue

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Microsoft open-sources Bill Gates’ 6502 BASIC from 1978

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-13 17:56:13

On Wednesday, Microsoft released the complete source code for Microsoft BASIC for 6502 Version 1.1, the 1978 interpreter that powered the Commodore PET, VIC-20, Commodore 64, and Apple II through custom adaptations. The company posted 6,955 lines of assembly language code to GitHub under an MIT license, allowing anyone to freely use, modify, and distribute the code that helped launch the personal computer revolution. "Rick Weiland and I (Bill Gates) wrote the 6502 BASIC," Gates commented on the

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Broadcom earnings primer: AI chip demand and growth are key

cnbc.com Ari Levy 2025-11-13 23:39:01

Broadcom is scheduled to report earnings for its fiscal third quarter after the close of regular trading on Thursday. Here's what analysts are expecting, according to a consensus from LSEG. Earnings per share: $1.65 $1.65 Revenue: $15.83 billion Broadcom, which develops custom chips for Google and other huge cloud companies and also makes networking gear needed to tie thousands of artificial intelligence chips together, is expected to report revenue growth of 21% from $13.07 billion a year a

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Microsoft is about to shake up its Copilot pricing for businesses

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-11-13 23:00:00

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. It’s no secret that Microsoft has been struggling to sell its Copilot AI assistant to businesses. The steep pricing has put many businesses off paying extra for Microsoft’s AI services, especially when OpenAI’s ChatGPT has been gaining traction in the all-important enterprise market. Micros

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Microsoft open-sources its 6502 version of BASIC from 1976

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-11-15 04:18:23

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. After years of unofficial copies of Microsoft’s 6502 BASIC floating around on the internet, the software giant has released the code under an open-source license. 6502 BASIC was one of Microsoft’s first pieces of software, adapted in 1976 by Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates and early employee

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This one small feature makes this travel charger my favorite for business trips

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-11-19 09:15:00

Ugreen Nexode 65W fast charger ZDNET's key takeaways This 65W charger from Ugreen is on sale on Amazon for $33. It's a powerful yet compact 3-output charger with a convenient retractable reel. The charger is a little on the heavy side. $34.98 at Amazon Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. I'm amazed by how compact powerful chargers have become. You can now get a 65W charger that fits comfortably in the palm of your hand, something that wasn't possible a few years ago. This

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This charger's retractable superpower makes multi-device travel a breeze

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-11-19 18:56:00

Ugreen Nexode 65W fast charger ZDNET's key takeaways This 65W charger from Ugreen is on sale on Amazon for $33. It's a powerful yet compact 3-output charger with a convenient retractable reel. The charger is a little on the heavy side. $34.98 at Amazon Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. I'm amazed by how compact powerful chargers have become. You can now get a 65W charger that fits comfortably in the palm of your hand, something that wasn't possible a few years ago. This

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French firm Gouach is pitching an Infinite Battery with replaceable cells

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-08 14:32:44

E-bike batteries are, for the most part, a collection of 18650 batteries, packaged together and welded in series and parallel, attached to a battery management system (BMS). A "dead" e-bike battery may only have two or three truly dead cells inside, while the remainder work fine. This is useful knowledge that, for the most part, very few e-bike owners can really use. Arc welders are not a common tool to own, and most e-bike batteries are not designed to be opened, safely or otherwise. French fi

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Microsoft investigates outage impacting Copilot, Office.com

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-14 03:17:25

Microsoft is investigating an ongoing issue preventing users across North America from accessing Office.com and the company's Copilot AI-powered assistant. According to user reports on DownDetector, this incident began impacting Microsoft's services almost two hours ago and is currently triggering server connection problems and causing issues when trying to log into accounts. "Impact is specific to some users attempting to access Office.com and m365.cloud.microsoft. The majority of reports are

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This is the coolest charger I’ve seen, and it’s 25% off!

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-15 12:29:40

See that little robot in the image above? It’s actually a multi-port charger! It will definitely spark plenty of conversations, but it’s also a pretty capable charger, and right now, it’s 25% off! Buy the GravaStar Alpha65 GaN 65W Wall Charger for just $37.46 ($12.49 off) This offer is available from Amazon, but the deal isn’t applied automatically. You must manually apply an on-page coupon before adding it to your cart. By the way, the maximum savings only work with the Gray and White models.

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BBC Micro, ancestor to ARM

news.ycombinator.com Chris Garrett 2025-12-19 17:08:44

ARM-based chips are found in nearly 60 percent of the world’s mobile devices Introducing the “Beeb” – the inventors of the ARM architecture used these machines to simulate and develop chip designs. Those chips are now in every home and business. This particular machine is my BBC Master, plus 5 1/4″ floppy disk drive, and three-button mouse. Isn’t she a beauty? Like many microcomputers of the 1980s, the BBC Micro ran on a 6502 series microchip. Unlike most of the competition, however, the BBC

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BBC Micro, the ancestor to ARM

news.ycombinator.com Chris Garrett 2025-12-19 23:08:44

ARM-based chips are found in nearly 60 percent of the world’s mobile devices Introducing the “Beeb” – the inventors of the ARM architecture used these machines to simulate and develop chip designs. Those chips are now in every home and business. This particular machine is my BBC Master, plus 5 1/4″ floppy disk drive, and three-button mouse. Isn’t she a beauty? Like many microcomputers of the 1980s, the BBC Micro ran on a 6502 series microchip. Unlike most of the competition, however, the BBC

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Latest Tech News

Windows 11 KB5065789 update released with 41 changes and fixes

Microsoft just added AI agents to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint - how to use them

Optimizing a 6502 image decoder, from 70 minutes to 1 minute

Target-rich environment: Why Microsoft 365 has become the biggest risk

Microsoft and Cloudflare disrupt massive RaccoonO365 phishing service

Microsoft rolls out Copilot Chat to Microsoft 365 Office apps

Development of the MOS Technology 6502: A Historical Perspective (2022)

1975 Sep 16 MOS Technology samples 6502 at WESCON, here's how they designed it

Copilot Chat arrives free for Microsoft 365 users - check if you have it

Microsoft’s Office apps now have free Copilot Chat features

Microsoft to force install the Microsoft 365 Copilot app in October

Microsoft to force install the Microsoft 365 Copilot app in October

Refurb Weekend: Silicon Graphics Indigo² Impact 10000

Microsoft escapes EU antitrust fine after unbundling Teams

Microsoft sidesteps hefty EU fine with Teams unbundling deal

Microsoft avoids EU fine after Slack complained about Teams bundling

Microsoft 365 Copilot bundles sales, service, and finance Copilots in October

Microsoft gives US students a free year of Microsoft 365 Personal

Microsoft 365 Personal is now free for US college students for a year

Microsoft open-sources Bill Gates’ 6502 BASIC from 1978

Broadcom earnings primer: AI chip demand and growth are key

Microsoft is about to shake up its Copilot pricing for businesses

Microsoft open-sources its 6502 version of BASIC from 1976

This one small feature makes this travel charger my favorite for business trips

This charger's retractable superpower makes multi-device travel a breeze

French firm Gouach is pitching an Infinite Battery with replaceable cells

Microsoft investigates outage impacting Copilot, Office.com

This is the coolest charger I’ve seen, and it’s 25% off!

BBC Micro, ancestor to ARM

BBC Micro, the ancestor to ARM

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