An ongoing rivalry between Microsoft Office and the open-source alternative LibreOffice remains heated, with arguably no clear winner. Many lean toward Office, even if only in part, for its ribbon UI, ...

With so much data stored on ephemeral mediums like hard drives and magnetic tape, what will remain of our civilization in the millennia to come? Thanks to an innovation from Microsoft researchers, the ...

I can't stand opening the Microsoft Store. It's slow to load, confusing to browse, and full of ads for things I don't care about. Luckily, thanks to a new feature, I don't have to open the Microsoft ...

Micr osoft has a habit of porting Windows apps to Mac without bothering to make the UI look even remotely Mac-like. OneDrive was a classic example of this, but the company has finally managed to make ...

A new proposal calls on social media and AI companies to adopt strict verification, but the company hasn’t committed to following its own recommendations. AI-enabled deception now permeates our online ...

Microsoft (MSFT) said Wednesday it does not believe U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is using its technology for mass surveillance of civilians, though it confirmed providing cloud-based ...

Microsoft announced a $50B investment targeting Global South AI infrastructure and multilingual capabilities by decade end. Microsoft Cloud revenue reached $51.5B with 26% growth. AI spending remains ...

Researchers at Microsoft have created a data-storage system that can remain readable for at least 10,000 years — and probably much longer. In the digital age, the need for data storage is ballooning.

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