This is bold … and italic and more: Microsoft Azure CTO vibe codes a text formatter for LinkedIn posts

Mark Russinovich created a new utility called LinkedIn Post Formatter that allows users to easily get the look they want in ...
theregister

Microsoft Build: Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, Coreutils for Windows, air-gapped GitHub and more

Microsoft’s Build event is under way in San Francisco, USA, with the expected focus on agentic AI but also a few surprises, such as Unix-style Coreutils for Windows. CEO Satya Nadella presented ...
VentureBeat

GitHub confirms 3,800 internal repos stolen through poisoned VS Code extension as supply chain worm hits Microsoft’s Python SDK

GitHub confirmed on May 20 that a poisoned VS Code extension installed on an employee’s device gave attackers access to roughly 3,800 internal repositories at the Microsoft-owned code storage and ...

Google has a rule for its database engineers using AI; VP says: Whether code is completely written by AI or not, the accountability remains on...

Google is telling its database engineers to lean on AI coding tools as heavily as they want while contributing to open source ...
The Verge

Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses

Thousands of Microsoft developers will use GitHub Copilot CLI instead Thousands of Microsoft developers will use GitHub Copilot CLI instead is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has ...
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Microsoft's 2026 Data Updates Turn Copilot into an Autonomous Data Team

As of May 2026, the Microsoft data ecosystem has evolved beyond simple visualization and reporting. With the introduction of Fabric's 'Data Agents' and Copilot's 'Cowork' autonomous execution ...
PC World

Windows 11 still runs on code from the 1990s, Microsoft admits

PCWorld reports that Windows 11 still relies on code from the 1990s, particularly the Win32 API from Windows 95, for basic functions like right-clicking. Microsoft CTO Mark Russinovich acknowledges ...
TechSpot

Microsoft made Copilot a co-author on every VS Code project, reverted after developers revolted

Micro-Slop: After injecting Copilot into nearly every software product and service it could, Microsoft has reportedly begun rolling back some of its most disruptive AI-related changes. Now, a new "AI ...
Ars Technica

Microsoft open-sources “the earliest DOS source code discovered to date”

Several times in the last couple of decades, Microsoft has released source code for the original MS-DOS operating system that kicked off its decades-long dominance of consumer PCs. This week, the ...
TechCrunch

Microsoft says it has over 20M paid Copilot users, and they really are using it

Despite the lingering perception that no one really uses Copilot, Microsoft said Wednesday that its user base and engagement are growing for the AI tool that’s baked into M365 apps like Word, Excel, ...
24/7 Wall St

Microsoft’s Code Red Is Real: Can It Keep Up in the AI Race?

Depending on who you ask, it might seem like Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT | MSFT Price Prediction) has started to show signs of falling behind in the AI race. Add the recent wave of jitters working its way ...
The Motley Fool

Should investors buy Microsoft stock?

Copilot is many things. It's an AI conversational chatbot. It can help automate workflows. It can create a range of content. It can be integrated into Microsoft's various 365 applications, such as ...