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5 days after reports of 650 more Microsoft gaming layoffs, the company announces plans to pay out even more money to shareholders

It's also announced a $60 billion scheme to buy back its stocks

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Stocks Climb as Strength in US Retail Sales Supports Soft Landing Scenario

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up by +0.43%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up by +0.29%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up by +0.65%. Stocks today are moderately higher, with the S&P 500 climbing to...

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Fonts in famous logos: 10 examples where typefaces define a brand identity

The typefaces behind the famous logo designs.

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What's new with printers on Windows 11 version 24H2 (2024 Update)

The Windows 11 2024 Update rolls out some additional improvements for the printing experience, including the Protected Print Mode and options to pause jobs and rename your printer directly from the Settings app.

Windows Central

MSFT Broken Wing Butterfly Option Trade Targets A Profit Zone Between 415 and 435

Microsoft has approved a new share buy back program of up to $60 billion and announced a 10% dividend increase.

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Bill Gates says he'd start Microsoft again as an AI-centric firm to rival OpenAI and Google: "Today, somebody could raise billions of dollars for a new AI company [that’s just] a few sketch ideas"

In a recent interview, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates indicated that he'd start Microsoft again as an AI-centric firm if he got another crack at the corporate world.

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Microsoft cut Windows 7 support on Edge, but Mozilla says "enough" Firefox users are using it to extend support to March 2025: "Backporting security fixes is already getting increasingly painful due to the divergence"

Mozilla is extending Firefox 115's support on unsupported devices, including Windows 7, 8, and 8.1, and macOS 10.12 to 10.14, and will continue pushing important updates until April 1, 2025. Firefox 115.21 will also continue receiving updates until March 4, 2025.

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Brexit deal ‘stifling’ UK-EU trade; markets rally ahead of interest rate decisions – as it happened

EU-UK trade deal continues to hurt trade with 27% drop in exports since 2021 reports Aston University

The Guardian - UK

Scientific co-founder of ZOE has meditated every day since he was 18 to focus and relax

ZOE's Tim Spector has meditated every day since he was 18 to focus and relax.

Fortune

Bill Gates calls for more aid to go to Africa and for debt relief for burdened countries

The billionaire Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates thinks the richest governments should increase their support for African countries

The Independent UK

Overwatch 2 comes to Xbox Game Pass — but you can't play it on the cloud for one annoying reason

Overwatch 2 will be added to Xbox Game Pass on September 17, 2024. This means exclusive skins for subscribers, but unfortunately, there will be no Xbox Cloud Gaming for one easily missed reason.

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Microsoft 365's new Copilot features prove boring AI is actually the best AI

Microsoft is bringing more Copilot functionality to the Office 365 suite of applications. These new AI integrations are designed to make your life better from building PowerPoint presentations to prioritizing your Outlook inbox.

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Microsoft leverages robotics and AI to disassemble and recycle defective hard disks to reach a 90% reuse and recycle rate by 2025

Microsoft leverages robots by Dobot Robotics to disassemble defective hard disk drives and recycle valuable components to reach a 90% reuse and recycle rate by 2025.

Windows Central

Is Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 on Xbox Game Pass?

Following its recent launch, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 has proven to be one of 2024's biggest games. But can you play it on Xbox Game Pass? We have the answers.

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Microsoft promises major performance improvements for modern Windows 11 apps

Microsoft's Native Ahead-Of-Time compilation promises to reduce load times, while changes to Edge WebView2 SDK can reduce app sizes.

TechRadar

Microsoft is using AI-powered robots to help dismantle and destroy hard drives used in its data centers

Tech giant wants to stop rare materials being wasted

Fortune

Will AI agents convince businesses that Microsoft 365 Copilot is worth the cost?

The updates come amid complaints from some business customers that they have not seen enough value from Copilot so far.

TechRadar

Microsoft plans to debloat Edge browser and take a leaf out of Google Chrome’s book when it comes to Settings

Think Edge browser Settings are a torturous maze of options? Microsoft wants to change that.

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PlayStation 6: Sony reportedly chooses AMD chip to keep older games playable

A PS6 that can play the full PlayStation back catalogue, stretching back to the PS1, would be a gamer’s dream

Windows Central

Bill Gates' AI agent dream comes to pass at Microsoft's special Copilot event with Copilot agents

Microsoft shipped Copilot agents in general availability "to automate and execute business processes, working with or for humans."

Windows Central

Microsoft unveils Copilot Pages — a digital canvas for multiplayer AI collaboration at work

Microsoft has today announced Copilot Pages, a new persistent canvas in Microsoft Business Chat that enables “multiplayer AI collaboration.”

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Microsoft 365 Copilot event: Brand new Pages feature, Copilot-powered Excel, and generative PowerPoint

Microsoft 365 added Copilot to some of its most-used work apps like Excel, PowerPoint, and Word. Here's everything you need to know about an AI-focused Microsoft work suite.

Windows Central

OpenAI o1 might be the final nail in coding's coffin — "If OpenAI's o1 can pass OpenAI's research engineer hiring interview for coding at a 90-100% rate, why would they continue to hire actual human engineers?"

It's possible AI could reshape the coding landscape and claim jobs from developers — especially after OpenAI recently launched OpenAI o1 with advanced reasoning capabilities across science, math, and coding.

PC Gamer

Microsoft's recyclobot uses machine learning and computer vision to open and recycle 90% of hard drive components

Beats smashing them up with a big hammer, though it's not quite as therapeutic.

Windows Central

Microsoft has scrapped Edge's big UI refresh with rounded tabs

Unveiled last year, Microsoft was working on a new look and feel for Edge that included rounded tabs and a heavier use of acrylic blur effects. Now, the company says this UI update is no longer coming.

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