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A code issue let Copilot pick up emails in sent and draft folders even though they were marked as confidential, Microsoft says. The company began rolling out a fix earlier this month.
Did you know Microsoft Office lifetime licenses are now cheaper than a single year of Microsoft 365?
They’re finally letting you get older versions of their core apps that actually last for life, and you can do this on Mac or PC.
Researchers use mini plasma explosions to encode the equivalent of two million books into a coaster-sized device. The method could preserve research data for millennia with minimal storage costs.
The breakthrough comes from Microsoft researchers and could enable the preservation of terabytes of data for a very long time.
Borosilicate glass offers extreme stability; Microsoft’s accelerated aging experiments suggest the data would be stable for over 10,000 years at room temperature. That led Microsoft to declare, “Our results demonstrate that Silica could become the archival storage solution for the digital age.”
Tech giant uses renewable power purchase agreements to offset energy purchases, but critics say it is still burning fossil fuels from the grid.
Microsoft announced Wednesday it's allocating $50 billion over the next 10 years to combat artificial intelligence inequality in low-income nations.
The Microsoft president said American firms will have to compete with subsidies provided by Beijing to Chinese companies.
AI’s soaring energy demand is pushing Microsoft and Amazon toward nuclear power, reshaping data center strategy, electricity markets, and the future of baseload energy.
Among the most notable buyers was Soros Fund Management, which increased its Microsoft stake by 159% quarter-over-quarter. The firm boosted holdings from 101,743 shares in Q3 to 263,041 shares in Q4, reflecting a $74.5 million increase in notional value.