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Age of Empires II’s goats used as AI building blocks to build a neural network — goaty experiment mocks the idea of chatbot consciousness, Microsoft AI researcher’s project makes an absurdist point about AI consciousness (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-21 | by Mark Tyson | tags: age of empires, microsoft ai, neural network

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A Critical Deadline Is Approaching for Windows and Linux Security (wired.com)

2026-06-21 | by Dan Goodin | tags: secure boot, uefi, cryptographic keys

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Signal’s Meredith Whittaker wants you to remember that AI chatbots ‘are not your friends’ (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-20 | by Anthony Ha | get AI Ethics Book → | tags: signal, chatbots, meredith whittaker

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Microsoft Discovers Cryptocurrency Stealer That Spreads Through USB Drives and Uses Tor (slashdot.org)

2026-06-20 | by Posted | get USB Data Blocker → | tags: microsoft, cryptocurrency, usb drives

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Windows 11 26H2 continues Microsoft's shift to smaller and faster updates (techspot.com)

2026-06-20 | by Skye Jacobs | get Windows 11 Update Guide → | tags: windows 11, microsoft, 26h2

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Microsoft Announces New Feature That Narcs on You to Your Boss (futurism.com)

2026-06-20 | by Joe Wilkins | get Microsoft 365 Productivity Tracker → | tags: microsoft, teams, workplace check-in

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Your youngest employees may be your most valuable AI teachers (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-20 | get AI Training for Employees → | tags: amazon, microsoft, ai skills

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Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for June 20 #839 (cnet.com)

2026-06-19 | by See Full Bio | tags: nyt, strands, wordle

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Windows 11 update broke the Recycle Bin, OneDrive, and your PC's stability (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-19 | by Kishalaya Kundu | get Windows 11 Troubleshooting Kit → | tags: windows 11, microsoft, recycle bin

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This month's Windows 11 update broke the Recycle Bin, OneDrive, and possibly your PC's stability (techspot.com)

2026-06-19 | by Kishalaya Kundu | get Windows 11 Update Troubleshooting Kit → | tags: windows 11, microsoft, recycle bin

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Webinar: How attackers bypass MFA and how defenders can respond (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-06-19 | get YubiKey Multi-Device Security Key → | tags: mfa, phishing, abnormala

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Microsoft: June 2026 Windows updates break Recycle Bin prompts (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-06-19 | get Windows 11 Recycle Bin Icon → | tags: microsoft, windows, recycle bin

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Older Macs and iPhones Could Lose Major Office 365 Features in a Few Weeks (cnet.com)

2026-06-19 | by See Full Bio | get Microsoft 365 Compatibility Adapter → | tags: microsoft office, office 2019, macos

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Microsoft discovers new lightweight backdoor that steals cryptocurrency (arstechnica.com)

2026-06-18 | get Cybersecurity USB Security Key → | tags: microsoft, crypto clipper, usb malware

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Can ‘Applied Creativity’ be the next ‘Design Thinking?’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-18 | get Design Thinking Toolkit → | tags: accenture, lego, open ai

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Zero-Touch OAuth for MCP (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-18 | by Paul Carleton | get OAuth 2.0 Authentication Kit → | tags: oauth, microsoft, okta

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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for June 19, #1104 (cnet.com)

2026-06-18 | by See Full Bio | tags: nyt, connections, wordle

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Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for June 19 #838 (cnet.com)

2026-06-18 | by See Full Bio | tags: nyt, strands, crossword

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SpaceX stock sinks 2%, continuing to cool after three-day rally (cnbc.com)

2026-06-18 | by Kai Nicol-Schwarz | get SpaceX Falcon 9 Model → | tags: spacex, elon musk, ipo

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New AI optimization framework beats Claude Code and Codex by 2.5x on the same compute budget (venturebeat.com)

2026-06-18 | get AI Coding Optimization Toolkit → | tags: arbor, microsoft research, claude code

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Copilot searched your mailbox. LiteLLM handed out admin keys. Run this 5-check audit before your stack is next (venturebeat.com)

2026-06-18 | get Email Security Audit Kit → | tags: microsoft 365, copilot, litellm

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SpaceX stock sinks 9%, continuing to cool after three-day rally (cnbc.com)

2026-06-18 | by Kai Nicol-Schwarz | get SpaceX Model Rocket Kit → | tags: spacex, elon musk, ipo

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Ubiquiti: Enterprise NAS, Built on ZFS (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-18 | by Tom Hildebrand | get Ubiquiti UniFi Dream Machine → | tags: ubiquiti, enas, zfs

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SpaceX stock sinks 5%, continuing to cool after three-day rally (cnbc.com)

2026-06-18 | by Kai Nicol-Schwarz | get SpaceX Model Rocket Kit → | tags: spacex, elon musk, ipo

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SpaceX stock sinks 7%, continuing to cool after three-day rally (cnbc.com)

2026-06-18 | by Kai Nicol-Schwarz | get SpaceX Merchandise Collection → | tags: spacex, elon musk, ipo

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Linux users face a Microsoft Secure Boot headache - here's the painkiller (zdnet.com)

2026-06-18 | by Steven Vaughan-Nichols | get Secure Boot Disable Switch → | tags: secure boot, microsoft, uefi

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Microsoft and Adobe team up and make Photoshop 20% faster on Windows (techspot.com)

2026-06-18 | by Alfonso Maruccia | get Adobe Photoshop Software → | tags: microsoft, adobe, photoshop

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AI agents are getting their own search engine (zdnet.com)

2026-06-18 | by David Gewirtz | get AI Search Engine Tool → | tags: google, microsoft, anthropic

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Microsoft new Outlook takes 10 seconds to do what Outlook Classic does instantly (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-18 | by Abhijith M B | get Microsoft Outlook Keyboard Shortcut → | tags: outlook, windows 11, webview2

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Sports Journalists Asked Microsoft’s Copilot to Predict World Cup Matches, and the Results May Surprise You (futurism.com)

2026-06-18 | by Joe Wilkins | get Microsoft 365 Copilot → | tags: microsoft copilot, world cup, usa today