By Our Reporter Background: Musk co-founded OpenAI in 2015 as a nonprofit for safe AGI benefiting humanity (not profit). He donated ~$38M & contributed early tech/ideas before leaving in 2018. Musk claims: They defrauded him by converting to for-profit (capped then full), partnering with Microsoft, abandoning the founding mission. OpenAI counters: Musk knew/agreed to for-profit…
By Joe Udo CALIFORNIA (CONVERSEER) – Microsoft today pushed out the latest Windows 11 preview build 26220.7653 to Insider users on the Dev channel. This version is for the Windows 11 25H2 branch and is largely consistent with the Beta version released last week. The main changes include a modern overhaul of the UI for…
By Joe Udo NEW YORK (CONVERSEER) – Microsoft has begun rolling out the GPT 5.2 model to all web, Windows 11, and mobile Copilot users, naming it the “Smart Plus” mode. This update is a free upgrade, launched with the new “Smart Plus” mode, and will coexist with the “Smart” mode based on GPT 5.1…
By Nsan Neji NEW YORK (CONVERSEER) – Microsoft has responded to user feedback and will make the “AI Actions” feature in the right-click context menu of File Explorer fully selectable in the next Windows 11 update. Previously, “AI Actions” would still appear in the right-click context menu even if users had disabled the feature in…
By Frank Ulom CALIFORNIA (CONVERSEER) – Microsoft has rolled out a redesigned set of Office icons, introducing a modern and fluid visual style for its core productivity suite. Alongside the launch, the company released a series of early concept designs that reveal how Word, Excel, and PowerPoint icons evolved during the creative process. According to…
NEW YORK (CONVERSEER) – Microsoft will push 25H2 updates to Windows 11 24H2 devices this fall through an enablement package (estimated update package size is less than 1MB). According to Microsoft’s official update log, the Windows 11 25H2 update is similar to Windows 11 23H2. It is mainly pushed through the enablement package method with a…
Windows Latest that Microsoft has officially started the process of phasing out the Mail & Calendar app in Windows 11 and Windows 10. Although users can still open the app through the new version of Outlook or some PowerShell scripts, its functions are no longer available. Microsoft said that Outlook has become an integral part of…
Microsoft announced today that it will incorporate its Office AI functions (which were launched for enterprise users in November last year) into Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscriptions, but at the same time it also raised the subscription price of Microsoft 365 in the United States for the first time. Microsoft is now adding these…
Microsoft is transitioning the PDF reader technology of its Edge browser to Adobe-based solutions, aiming to further elevate its reputation as a leading PDF reader. Despite its strengths, Edge’s PDF reader has faced performance issues on low-end PCs, including slow load times and white screens when handling large documents on devices with limited memory, such…
Redmond, Washington – Microsoft is cutting a small percentage of jobs across its departments, targeting employees based on performance, the company confirmed on Wednesday. “At Microsoft, we focus on high-performance talent,” a company spokesperson said in an email to CNBC. “We are always working on helping people learn and grow. When people are not performing,…
