Microsoft wants you to pay $300 per year for AI art in Word
Today, you can ask Microsoft Copilot to draw an AI-generated image of a strawberry pie for free, right from within Windows. But if you want to do the same thing in Microsoft Word, it will…
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Microsoft Designer and its AI art will soon land on your PC
Microsoft Designer’s AI art and editing capabilities are becoming more formally integrated into Windows and Microsoft’s services today, as they move into Photos, Word, and PowerPoint. Designer is the next stage of Microsoft’s evolution of…
Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott thinks LLM “scaling laws” will hold despite criticism
Enlarge / Kevin Scott, CTO and EVP of AI at Microsoft speaks onstage during Vox Media’s 2023 Code Conference at The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel on September 27, 2023 in Dana Point, California. During an interview…
Threat actors exploited Windows 0-day for more than a year before Microsoft fixed it
Getty Images Threat actors carried out zero-day attacks that targeted Windows users with malware for more than a year before Microsoft fixed the vulnerability that made them possible, researchers said Tuesday. The vulnerability, present in…
Game Pass just became Microsoft 365 for gamers, in the worst way
The Xbox as a console might not be doing so hot lately, but Xbox Game Pass is still the best deal in gaming—if you know about it. If you don’t, that’s due to Microsoft’s increasingly…
Microsoft emails that warned customers of Russian hacks criticized for looking like spam and phishing
In March, Microsoft confirmed that Russian government hackers known as Midnight Blizzard (or APT29) had broken into its systems with the goal of stealing various kinds of information, including data on Microsoft customers. Months later,…
OpenAI board shakeup: Microsoft out, Apple backs away amid AI partnership scrutiny
Benj Edwards / OpenAI / Microsoft Microsoft has withdrawn from its non-voting observer role on OpenAI’s board, while Apple has opted not to take a similar position, reports Axios and Financial Times. The ChatGPT maker…
Master Microsoft 365’s hidden gems: OneDrive, OneNote, and Clipchamp
Since Microsoft moved from selling Office as a software package for Windows and Mac to selling subscriptions to Microsoft 365, the company has added a range of additional programs and services to the package. Some…
Microsoft revives broken Windows update, but now breaks taskbars
Last week, Microsoft introduced an optional Windows update that could’ve sent your PC into a reboot loop. The update rollout was stopped mid-delivery so Microsoft could fix the issue. As of now, that particular bug…
Microsoft erases guide for switching to local Windows accounts
Did you know that it’s entirely possible to use Windows 11 with a local-only account, the way it worked way back when computers still used floppy drives? You’d be forgiven for not knowing, because it…