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This vibe-coded operating system looks like a nightmarish version of our AI OS future, although some of the function keys change the wallpaper so that's fun
News I guess we should be impressed that it works at all.
Microsoft CEO says 'I look at all agents as users', and that means AI ones too, as each agentic bot 'will have its own identity'
News I mean it's true, I guess, but you don't have to actually say it.
'Without Intel, I don’t know if Windows would have happened… without Mac, I wonder whether Office would have happened' says Microsoft CEO
News An attitude of gratitude.
Rumor that Microsoft plans to launch a 'modular' Windows 12 this year retracted by its source, refuted by others [Updated]
News Microsoft does not plan to ship a Windows 12 this year, according to sources reacting to a now-retracted PCWorld article.
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Resistance to operating system age checks coming from *checks notes* open source calculator and an OS that may just exclude Californians altogether
News Open source operating systems are wrestling with how to comply with age-checking bills.
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Malwarebytes says a fake Google Account security page is distributing 'what may be one of the most fully featured browser-based surveillance toolkits we have observed in the wild'
News A particularly nasty RAT.
AI-generated images still can't be copyrighted as US Supreme Court declines to hear case
news AI users will have to demonstrate sufficient human authorship if they want copyright protections for images generated from prompts.
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A Florida woman has been sentenced to 22 months in prison for conspiracy to traffic thousands of stolen Windows 10 and MS Office keys via their Certificate of Authenticity stickers
News Schemes I did not know existed: Example One.
'We shouldn't have rushed to get this out on Friday': OpenAI hastily amends the terms of its controversial deal with the US Department of War as CEO Sam Altman claims it's been a 'good learning experience'
News "We want to have a voice, and a seat at the table where we can share our expertise, and to fight for principles of liberty."
