Microsoft Copilot can now do actual work inside your Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files

Copilot's new Agent Mode can draft and restructure Word documents, build formulas and tables in Excel, and update PowerPoint decks, all in real time.

Paul Revere’s midnight ride unfolds in broad daylight — with a police escort

The historic midnight ride of Paul Revere was reenacted Monday but with some modern-day tweaks: It was run in the middle of ...
The Hacker News

Mirai Variant Nexcorium Exploits CVE-2024-3721 to Hijack TBK DVRs for DDoS Botnet

CVE-2024-3721 and CVE-2023-33538 exploited in TBK DVRs and EoL TP-Link routers, enabling Mirai variants and DDoS risk.

Schneider Electric Unveils Next Generation Agentic Manufacturing Capabilities with Microsoft Azure AI

Industrial copilot, powered by Azure AI, cuts engineering time by up to 50% with production changes that once took weeks now ...
InfoWorld

Microsoft announces end of support for ASP.NET Core 2.3

Microsoft will stop providing security patches, bug fixes, and technical support for ASP.NET Core 2.3 on April 7, 2027. Microsoft’s ASP.NET Core 2.3, a version of the company’s open source web ...
Business Insider

Microsoft released 3 new AI models, ramping up competition with its close partner, OpenAI

Microsoft has made three new in-house-built AI models available on its Foundry platform. It's a sign of the company reducing its reliance on its longtime partner, OpenAI. A new deal agreed in October ...
Microsoft

Microsoft deepens its commitment to Japan with $10 billion investment in AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, and workforce

Microsoft today announced a $10 billion (approx. ¥1.6 trillion) investment in Japan from 2026 through 2029, built around three pillars: Technology, Trust, and Talent. The commitments include expanding ...
ExtremeTech

Microsoft Introduces 3 Foundational AI Models To Take on OpenAI, Anthropic

On Thursday, Microsoft introduced three new foundational AI models—MAI-Transcribe-1, MAI-Voice-1, and MAI-Image-2—focused on transcription, audio, and image generation, respectively. The tech giant ...
VentureBeat

Microsoft launches 3 new AI models in direct shot at OpenAI and Google

Microsoft on Thursday launched three new foundational AI models it built entirely in-house — a state-of-the-art speech transcription system, a voice generation engine, and an upgraded image creator — ...
The Motley Fool

I Own Nvidia, Microsoft, and Meta. Here's What I'm Doing With All 3 Right Now.

Wall Street is no longer convinced AI is the boon it seemed a year ago. The downturn in sentiment toward AI led to shares of Microsoft, Meta, and Nvidia dropping in 2026. Several factors point to why ...
Business Insider

I burned out as a manager at Microsoft — then got laid off. Nearly 3 years later, I'm still looking for work.

Karena Plepel was laid off from her manager role at Microsoft in July 2023. Nearly three years later, she still hasn't found work, which has been difficult both financially and mentally. Despite her ...
PC World

Microsoft’s new image AI just cracked top 3 on a major leaderboard

Microsoft unveiled MAI-Image-2, a new AI model that achieved third place on the Arena.ai text-to-image generation leaderboard. PCWorld reports that the model excels at creating photorealistic images ...