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Microsoft Copilot is the poster child of 'an annoying kid in class' — a 24-hour excursion in the woods by the WSJ with four chatbots reveals which AI ranks the best, and the answer may surprise you

The Wall Street Journal's Joanna Stern audaciously brought OpenAI's ChatGPT, Meta AI, Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot to a 24-hour excursion in the woods. Here's how it went.

Windows Central

Intel takes down AMD in our integrated graphics battle royale — iGPUs are still nowhere near dedicated GPU levels but use much less power

We've tested 24 games on Intel's latest Lunar Lake laptop, to show how it stacks up against the previous generation Meteor Lake as well as AMD's Ryzen AI 'Strix Point' processors when it comes to graphics performance. We also included results from an RTX 3050 Ti gaming laptop as a…

Tom’s Hardware

Windows 11 takes small step to fix the horrible new Outlook app

A new build of Windows 11 just shipped to Insiders in the Canary Channel. The update improves Narrator and includes several fixes. It also improves the new Outlook app a bit.

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Microsoft releases official Windows 11 ISO for Arm devices — Extending support for Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite processors

Microsoft has released a Windows 11 ISO build for Arm based PCs after many months of waiting.

Tom’s Hardware

Noticed Windows 11 getting more buggy? Microsoft implements a load of bug fixes with new preview build, fighting some truly odd glitches

Windows 11 is becoming a fix-a-thon for Microsoft lately, with new preview build being almost entirely about resolving issues.

TechRadar

There’s now one less reason to visit the Microsoft Store – free Instant Games have been scrapped (though they didn’t help the platform much anyway)

Instant Games – free arcade games you could play via the Microsoft Store without installing them – is now on the scrapheap.

TechRadar

Some Microsoft 365 and Copilot subscriptions are getting a major price hike

If you want to spread the cost of your annual Microsoft subscription over 12 months, you’ll need to pay another 5%.

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Microsoft FINALLY releases Windows 11 ISOs for Arm64-based PCs — but there's a catch

The time has finally come! After dragging its feet for years, Microsoft has finally released the first official Windows 11 ISOs for PCs with an Arm64 processor

Windows Central

Xbox AI transparency report reveals 19 million toxic messages blocked, and improved player safety in Minecraft and Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

Xbox has published its latest AI transparency report, highlighting how artificial intelligence has been used to block over 19 million harmful messages across the platform, and how AI-driven moderation tools have been essential in improving player safety in game like Minecraft and Call of Duty.

Windows Central

Phil Spencer confirms Xbox handheld prototypes are now being worked on, but a console is years away

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has confirmed Microsoft is currently working on handheld prototypes.

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You don't need to wait for Microsoft's handheld Xbox, you already own one

Microsoft Gaming boss confirms future plans for a handheld Xbox, but why wait years for hardware when the experience is already here?

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Any Xbox game could come to Nintendo Switch or PlayStation, says Microsoft

There’s no ‘red line’ stopping any particular Xbox exclusive coming to other consoles

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Abolish Antitrust Law

Having a large market share may just mean that a company is really good at what it does.

Reason

Phil Spencer says Microsoft will release more Xbox games on other platforms - "I do not see sort of red lines in our portfolio that say ‘thou must not'"

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has said there are no "red lines" when it comes to releasing more games on PS5.

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TeamViewer review

TeamViewer is a remote access and management tool ideal for mid-sized, large, and enterprise-level businesses with more than 200 managed endpoints. It also has endpoint threat management and mobile device management functions.

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Tom’s Guide

I review PCs for a living, and Apple Intelligence is already better than Windows Copilot

Windows Copilot has been live for a year while Apple Intelligence has been live for a month, yet I already like Apple's offering better for work and play - here's why.

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Bethesda Workers Join Strike as Protest Against Planned Remote Work, Outsourcing Policies

Hundreds of Bethesda workers are planning to join a strike as protest against remote work and outsourcing policies.

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Softbank plans to build first Nvidia Blackwell-based AI supercomputer using x86 DGX B200 servers

Softbank's telecom arm to build AI supercomputer based on Nvidia's DGX B200 servers.

Windows Central

OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic hit the critical knowledge cap for advanced AI training—Is AGI still in the ChatGPT maker's pipeline in the next five years?

A new report suggests OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic have encountered critical issues, including a lack of high-quality training data and sufficient resources to develop and maintain advanced AI models.

Windows Central

Sam Altman claims AGI will whoosh by in 5 years with "surprisingly little" societal change, while Anthropic CEO predicts a 2026 or 2027 breakthrough: "There's no ceiling below the level of humans...there's a lot of room at the top for AIs"

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claims AGI will whoosh by in 5 years while Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei predicts a 2026 or 2027 breakthrough.

PC Gamer

Hundreds of ZeniMax workers go on strike to protest Microsoft 'dragging their feet' on negotiations over job security and remote work

Employees have walked out at ZeniMax locations in Maryland and Texas.

Windows Central

"We think about the Xbox platform as the Xbox console, PC and cloud. We want them to be Play Anywhere." Microsoft strives to bring more Windows PC games to Xbox while hitting as "many screens as possible"

Microsoft looks to continue and even ramp up its focus on releasing its games across the Xbox ecosystem.

Windows Central

What do punching Nazis, Xbox, and fluffy breakfast have in common? A lot, it turns out.

Xbox and IHOP partnered together to create a menu inspired by Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. IHOP will also host sweepstakes with custom Xbox-themed prizes, including an Xbox Series X.

Windows Central

"Massive roadblocks" with Microsoft explained as ZeniMax QA employee union goes on strike — here's what the workers are asking for

ZeniMax quality assurance testers are striking for a day to get Microsoft to meet their demands around remote and outsourced work.

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