GoKawiil - Tech News

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Microsoft AI exec tells developers to default to OpenAI's top model as part of efficiency push (cnbc.com)

2026-08-05 | by Jordan Novet | tags: group, microsoft, model

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Microsoft's AI Sales Mostly Come from OpenAI, Disclosures Show (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: ai sales, come, come openai

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Microsoft removes support page recommending 32GB RAM for gaming PCs (techspot.com)

2026-08-05 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: gaming, industry, memory

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Xbox's devastating July was inevitable (engadget.com)

2026-08-05 | by Jessica Conditt | tags: financial, july, layoffs

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Microsoft wants the next-gen Xbox Helix to play every Xbox game ever made as it urges publishers to opt in — New report also claims Xbox 360 games coming to PC soon (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-05 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: hardware, helix, memo

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Microsoft quietly purges 32GB of RAM recommendations from its website — company reels from the effects of the memory shortage as it released 8GB base models for Surface laptops this year (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-05 | by Jowi Morales | tags: hardware, memory, microsoft

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Desktop Linux just cracked 10% market share - and Windows 11 is mostly to blame (zdnet.com)

2026-08-05 | by Steven Vaughan-Nichols | tags: linux, microsoft, share

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SpaceX's AI spending unnerves Wall Street despite promises of quick payoff (cnbc.com)

2026-08-05 | by Ari Levy Lora Kolodny | tags: spacex, openai, anthropic

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Microsoft Tells Engineers 'Tokenmaxxing Is Not What We Are Optimizing For' (slashdot.org)

2026-08-04 | tags: microsoft, github copilot, openai gpt-5.6

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Can MS Paint run Doom? (Yes) (engadget.com)

2026-08-04 | by Lawrence Bonk | tags: ms paint, doom, mark russinovich

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Phishing service spoofs RingCentral to steal Microsoft 365 accounts (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: phishing-as-a-service, ringcentral, microsoft 365

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Windows 11 Home Vs Pro: What's the difference, and is it worth the upgrade? (engadget.com)

2026-08-04 | by Dave Meikleham | tags: windows 11, microsoft, bitlocker

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The Next Xbox Could Be Every Xbox Ever Rolled Into One (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: xbox, microsoft, gaming

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Texas halts new data centers as governor calls for audits (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-04 | by Tim De Chant | tags: data centers, ercot, texas

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exFAT vs NTFS: What's the difference between these formats? (engadget.com)

2026-08-04 | by Gabriela Vătu | tags: exfat, ntfs, microsoft

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Most tech revolutions made work worse for employees (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: microsoft, smartphone, internet

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You can now bug your WhatsApp group chats with an @all ping (engadget.com)

2026-08-04 | by Anna Washenko | tags: whatsapp, @all, discord

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Microsoft finally realized Windows 11 is too annoying. Can it be fixed? (zdnet.com)

2026-08-04 | by Ed Bott | tags: windows 11, microsoft, file explorer

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Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: xbox, microsoft, playstation

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AI-Generated Images Discourage Me from Reading Your Blog (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | by Nelson Figueroa | tags: ai-generated images, microsoft paint, hacker news

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Apple is working on iPhone-to-Windows copy-paste (theverge.com)

2026-08-04 | by Emma Roth | tags: apple, universal clipboard, microsoft

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Microsoft warns Russian hackers are hijacking hotel Wi-Fi to steal user accounts (techspot.com)

2026-08-04 | by Rob Thubron | tags: microsoft, russian hackers, midnight blizzard

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Microsoft warns Russian hackers are hijacking hotel Wi-Fi to steal Microsoft 365 accounts (techspot.com)

2026-08-04 | by Rob Thubron | tags: russian hackers, microsoft 365, storm-2945

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An Honest Review of AI Programming (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: claude, tokenmaxxing, llms

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Apple is working on a seamless copy-paste experience between iPhones and Windows PCs (engadget.com)

2026-08-04 | by Mariella Moon | tags: apple, universal clipboard, microsoft

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Xbox 360 games could soon be playable on PCs, handhelds, and next-gen Xbox consoles (techspot.com)

2026-08-04 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: xbox 360, microsoft, project helix

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Microsoft wants Apple to bring seamless copy and paste between Windows PCs and iPhones (techspot.com)

2026-08-04 | by Daniel Sims | tags: microsoft, apple, universal clipboard

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The next Xbox could play every Xbox game ever made (theverge.com)

2026-08-04 | by Sean Hollister | tags: xbox, project helix, microsoft

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Apple is finally closing a significant ecosystem gap with Android on Windows (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: apple, android, microsoft

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Apple plans to open iPhone clipboard access to Windows PCs (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-04 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: apple, iphone, microsoft