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Deploying agentic AI? You'll probably do business with these 3 companies

zdnet.com Jada Jones 2025-09-27 13:04:58

Eoneren/E+ via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Microsoft, Nvidia, and Google top the agentic AI market. Agentic AI automates problem-solving in real time. The tech will significantly impact enterprise productivity. Research And Markets' 2025 360 Quadrant analysis aims to provide insights into the global agentic AI market. The study, published Thursday, includes the market's key players, technological advancements, product innovations

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Microsoft trumps Google with $30 billion investment in the UK

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-09-27 15:30:00

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. Microsoft is announcing that it’s investing £22 billion (around $30 billion) in the UK to help support AI infrastructure and ongoing operations from 2025 through 2028. The investment includes $15 billion in capital expenditures to build a supercomputer to support AI demand and adoption. “T

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Consumer Reports asks Microsoft to keep supporting Windows 10

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-09-27 15:49:59

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Consumer Reports is calling on Microsoft to extend the October 14th deadline that will cut off free security updates for Windows 10 computers. In a letter to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Consumer Reports says the move will “strand millions of consumers” who have

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Microsoft rolls out Copilot Chat to Microsoft 365 Office apps

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-27 19:01:41

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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Microsoft: WMIC will be removed after Windows 11 25H2 upgrade

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-28 07:58:59

Microsoft has announced that the Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC) tool will be removed after upgrading to Windows 11 25H2 and later. WMIC is a legacy built-in Windows command-line tool that allows users to interact with the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) system using text commands. In a Microsoft 365 message center update, Microsoft now advises IT administrators to switch to Windows PowerShell for WMI, scripts, and other tools because later Windows releases will

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4 ways I save money on my favorite AI tool subscriptions - and you can too

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-09-28 07:29:03

PM Images/DigitalVision/Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. I subscribe to several generative AIs, both for personal and professional reasons. Those include ChatGPT, Google AI Pro, Copilot through Microsoft 365, and Perplexity AI. But with most of those AIs generally costing $20 a month, subscribing to them all can put a heavy dent into my wallet. That's why I've dug up discounts on these services that save me a fair chunk of change. Here's what I've done to sav

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

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-09-28 07:43:20

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 Favors Anthropic over OpenAI for Visual Studio Code

news.ycombinator.com Tom Warren 2025-09-28 06:48:37

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 automatic AI model selection to its Visual Studio Code editor that will automatically pick the best model for “optimal performance.” This new auto model feature will select between Claude Sonnet 4, GPT-5, GPT-5 mini and other models for GitHub Copilot free users, but pai

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Microsoft’s Xbox PC app adds Steam games and access to other stores

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-09-29 02:03:20

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 rolling out a new aggregated gaming library inside its Xbox PC app today on Windows. The updated app will now list games from Steam, Battle.net, and other PC storefronts — making it a launcher for games you have installed on your PC. Microsoft has been testing this aggregated

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Microsoft favors Anthropic over OpenAI for Visual Studio Code

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-09-29 03:08:19

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 automatic AI model selection to its Visual Studio Code editor that will automatically pick the best model for “optimal performance.” This new auto model feature will select between Claude Sonnet 4, GPT-5, GPT-5 mini and other models for GitHub Copilot free users, but pai

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Microsoft’s Office apps now have free Copilot Chat features

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-09-30 07:32:55

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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Windows 11 lets you run a network speed test right from the taskbar now - how to try it

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-09-30 11:26:11

Microsoft Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Windows 11 is testing a network speed test that you run from the taskbar. The speed test icon takes you to the Bing website. For now, you need a Windows 11 Insider build to use the feature. Running a network speed test is a helpful way to determine if you're getting the speed promised by your internet provider. Normally, you have to trigger such a test from a third-party web page like Ookla's Speedest or

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Microsoft to force install the Microsoft 365 Copilot app in October

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-30 11:22:23

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 2025-09-30 15:59:23

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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Can't upgrade your Windows 10 PC? You have 5 options - and just weeks to act

zdnet.com Ed Bott 2025-10-01 03:03:00

wragg/E+/Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Windows 10 support ends on Oct. 14, 2025. Users have free and paid options for extended updates. Doing nothing is not a safe option. Have you decided what to do with your Windows 10 PCs when they reach their official end-of-support date in a few weeks? I can tell you with absolute certainty that Microsoft is not going to back down at the last minute and extend that deadline. But you do have o

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Microsoft is changing how Xbox controllers work on Windows 11

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-10-01 11:16:16

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 started testing a change to how Xbox controllers operate on Windows 11. The change will allow Xbox controllers to easily access the Task View on Windows 11 to tab between apps and games, using the Xbox button. “A new change we’re introducing is when you long press the Xbox bu

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New VoidProxy phishing service targets Microsoft 365, Google accounts

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-01 01:23:32

A newly discovered phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform, named VoidProxy, targets Microsoft 365 and Google accounts, including those protected by third-party single sign-on (SSO) providers such as Okta. The platform uses adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) tactics to steal credentials, multi-factor authentication (MFA) codes, and session cookies in real time. VoidProxy was discovered by Okta Threat Intelligence researchers, who describe it as scalable, evasive, and sophisticated. The attack begi

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Microsoft Offers Windows 10 Extended Security Updates for Free. You Just Need to Do One Thing

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-01 21:40:08

Microsoft is sunsetting Windows 10 support on Oct. 14, and with it stopping all updates to the former OS. If you aren't able to update to Windows 11, you still have options. For $30 you can grab a year of extended-security updates. There is also a free option available, provided you're willing to enable cloud backup and connect it to your OneDrive account. The ability to get free updates on Windows 10 is a pretty big deal because it is still the most widely used Windows OS, accounting for just

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Microsoft Will Lower Price of Office 365 Without Teams Platform, Avoiding EU Antitrust Fine

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-01 22:45:00

Microsoft has agreed to sell Office 365 suites unbundled without Teams for a significantly lower price than previously, ending a five-plus-year European Union dispute with Slack and avoiding a fine by the EU. The software giant was charged with EU antitrust violations in June 2024 for bundling Teams with Office 365 and Microsoft 365 subscriptions. The dispute began in July 2020, when Slack (now owned by Salesforce) filed an official complaint, alleging Microsoft was conducting an "illegal and a

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Windows 11 23H2 Home and Pro reach end of support in 60 days

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-02 06:15:22

Microsoft has reminded customers today that devices running Home and Pro editions of Windows 11 23H2 will stop receiving updates in November. Enterprise and Education editions will continue to receive mainstream support for an additional year, until November 10, 2026, as stated on the Windows release health dashboard. "On November 11, 2025, Windows 11, version 23H2 (Home and Pro editions) will reach end of servicing. The November 2025 monthly security update will be the last update available f

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New HybridPetya ransomware can bypass UEFI Secure Boot

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-02 07:18:07

A recently discovered ransomware strain called HybridPetya can bypass the UEFI Secure Boot feature to install a malicious application on the EFI System Partition. HybridPetya appears inspired by the destructive Petya/NotPetya malware that encrypted computers and prevented Windows from booting in attacks in 2016 and 2017 but did not provide a recovery option. Researchers at cybersecurity company ESET found a sample of HybridPetya on VirusTotal. They note that this may be a research project, a p

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Microsoft dodges EU fine by unbundling Teams from Office

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-02 23:02:39

Microsoft has avoided an EU fine after the US tech group offered concessions on how it packages together its Teams and Office products, ending a long-running antitrust investigation by the bloc’s regulators. The probe, which began after a 2020 complaint from Slack, now part of Salesforce, accused Microsoft of abusing its market dominance by tying its video conferencing tool to its widely used suite of productivity applications. Since the initial complaint, Microsoft has unbundled Teams from Of

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Microsoft slips unscathed through EU competition probe after promising to unbundle Teams

techcrunch.com Ram Iyer 2025-10-02 23:09:44

Thanks to a pledge to unbundle its corporate messaging app Teams from its productivity suites, Microsoft has managed to slip unscathed through a major antitrust investigation by the European Commission that could have resulted in massive fines for the tech giant. The Commission on Friday okayed Microsoft’s concessions to address the EU’s competition concerns over the company including Teams along with the rest of its Office productivity suite for free, concluding a multi-year investigation that

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Microsoft escapes EU antitrust fine after unbundling Teams

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-03 03:30:52

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 2025-10-03 10:13:31

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 2025-10-03 09:46:50

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 fixes Exchange Online outage affecting users worldwide

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-03 01:43:00

Update September 11, 18:12 EDT: Revised story and title after Microsoft's confirmation that the outage has been mitigated. Microsoft says that it has mitigated an Exchange Online outage affecting customers worldwide, which blocked their access to emails and calendars. "We're investigating an issue affecting a portion of infrastructure in North America, where users may be unable to access their mailbox via any Exchange Online connection method," the company said on Thursday morning. According

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Microsoft and OpenAI announce the 'next phase' of their partnership

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-03 14:52:47

Microsoft and OpenAI have issued a joint statement to say that they have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding for the "next phase" of their partnership. The companies are still finalizing the terms of agreement and haven't shared the details of what their future would look like exactly. But according to The New York Times, the deal includes hows the parties share technology and and the revenue from those technologies. The new agreement also reportedly modifies the clause in the origi

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Microsoft and OpenAI have a new deal that could clear the way for an IPO

theverge.com Richard Lawler 2025-10-03 15:00:03

is a senior editor following news across tech, culture, policy, and entertainment. He joined The Verge in 2021 after several years covering news at Engadget. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. As OpenAI attempts to restructure itself and eventually go public, a hurdle for the startup, recently valued at $500 billion, is its increasingly complicated partnership with Microsoft. On Thursday afternoon, the two companies released this joint state

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OpenAI secures Microsoft’s blessing to transition its for-profit arm

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2025-10-03 14:18:29

OpenAI announced Thursday it reached a non-binding agreement with Microsoft, its largest investor, on a revised partnership that would allow the startup to convert its for-profit arm into a public benefit corporation (PBC). The transition, should it be cleared by state regulators, could allow OpenAI to raise additional capital from investors and, eventually, become a public company. In a blog post, OpenAI Board Chairman Bret Taylor said under the non-binding agreement with Microsoft, OpenAI’s

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Latest Tech News

Deploying agentic AI? You'll probably do business with these 3 companies

Microsoft trumps Google with $30 billion investment in the UK

Consumer Reports asks Microsoft to keep supporting Windows 10

Microsoft rolls out Copilot Chat to Microsoft 365 Office apps

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4 ways I save money on my favorite AI tool subscriptions - and you can too

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

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Microsoft favors Anthropic over OpenAI for Visual Studio Code

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Windows 11 lets you run a network speed test right from the taskbar now - how to try it

Microsoft to force install the Microsoft 365 Copilot app in October

Microsoft to force install the Microsoft 365 Copilot app in October

Can't upgrade your Windows 10 PC? You have 5 options - and just weeks to act

Microsoft is changing how Xbox controllers work on Windows 11

New VoidProxy phishing service targets Microsoft 365, Google accounts

Microsoft Offers Windows 10 Extended Security Updates for Free. You Just Need to Do One Thing

Microsoft Will Lower Price of Office 365 Without Teams Platform, Avoiding EU Antitrust Fine

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New HybridPetya ransomware can bypass UEFI Secure Boot

Microsoft dodges EU fine by unbundling Teams from Office

Microsoft slips unscathed through EU competition probe after promising to unbundle Teams

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 fixes Exchange Online outage affecting users worldwide

Microsoft and OpenAI announce the 'next phase' of their partnership

Microsoft and OpenAI have a new deal that could clear the way for an IPO

OpenAI secures Microsoft’s blessing to transition its for-profit arm

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