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Microsoft has filed a patent, uncovered by Patentlyze, describing an AI system that can listen to a livestream's audio, swap out words based on a viewer's profile data like age or language, and adjust lip movements to hide the edit. The filing also outlines a separate translation feature that dubs livestreams with matching lip sync while preserving the original recording as a reference.
Activists forced their way into a Microsoft data center construction site, part of a wider wave of protests targeting the company's facilities across Europe. The demonstrations reflect growing opposition to the expansion of large-scale data center projects in the region.
Amazon is offering a 23% discount on a 2026 Microsoft Surface Laptop model equipped with 16GB of RAM, a 1TB SSD, and a 13.8-inch 2K touchscreen display. The price cut amounts to $450 off the laptop's recommended retail price.
Apple announced that more than 100,000 apps on the App Store have been built or updated for its foldable iPhone Duo, with thousands more added daily. The update coincides with the launch of Duo-ready versions of Microsoft Word, Outlook, Zoom, Etsy, Goodnotes, and apps from the NBA and NHL, among others.
More than 100 demonstrators stormed a Microsoft data center site in Amsterdam, part of a wave of coordinated protests planned across Europe this weekend against the rapid buildout of data centers. The Amsterdam action targeted the facility directly, according to reports of the event.
Microsoft is scaling back the number of neocloud providers it works with, including CoreWeave, Nebius, Chronoscale, IREN, Lambda and Nscale, according to people familiar with the matter. The company has not yet decided which partners to cut but is reportedly favoring its own data center buildout, and two sources said Microsoft chose not to renew a deal with Oracle. Microsoft said its infrastructure approach relies on a mix of owned, leased and third-party capacity that it reviews regularly against customer demand.
About 100 protesters entered a Microsoft data center construction site in Amsterdam operated by Pure Data Centers, carrying signs opposing the facility. The demonstration is part of a 'Stop Dirty Data Centers' coalition campaign planning actions at 85 locations across 16 countries, including Dublin, Warsaw, and a Microsoft site in Denmark, on November 6-7, 2026.
On Friday, around 100 activists breached fencing at an unfinished Microsoft data center campus near Amsterdam, halting construction, while hundreds more protested outside. Some demonstrators climbed a construction crane, set off smoke bombs, and hung a banner reading 'fck AI.' The action was organized by Geef Tegengas, a Rotterdam-based climate justice direct-action group.
About 100 protesters, organized by the Geef Tegengas group, broke into the construction site of a planned Microsoft data center in Amsterdam, with some climbing a crane to hang a banner reading 'fuck AI' and another declaring 'Microsoft powers genocide.' Protesters chanted slogans against Microsoft and in support of Palestine at the site, which is being built by Pure Data Centres under a project approved before Amsterdam's 2030 ban on new data centers.
Microsoft has published specifics behind its earlier claims that 8GB Windows 11 machines now run up to 20% more responsively and 40% faster at multitasking. Since January, changes include faster Start menu, File Explorer and Settings access, quicker Edge launches, default Efficiency Mode in Teams, and apps like Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook using up to 360MB less RAM. Microsoft also points to features like sleeping inactive tabs after 15 minutes and on-demand widget loading as further memory-saving measures.
Microsoft announced optimizations to Windows 11 aimed at devices with only 8GB of RAM, claiming the system is now up to 20% more responsive and 40% faster at multitasking in its own lab tests. The company says it achieved this through memory compression that keeps up to 2GB more active data in RAM, reduced background indexing during active use, and efficiency tweaks including a 33% faster Edge browser launch.
Microsoft says updates in Windows 11 improve speed and memory handling specifically for PCs with 8GB of RAM, letting them run multiple apps and files more efficiently. The company outlined three goals: better use of existing memory, prioritizing tasks that need to feel instant, and reducing the memory footprint of Windows and key apps. Users can see the changes by updating to the Windows 11 26H2 build.