Microsoft’s open-source SkillOpt automatically upgrades AI agent skills without touching model weights

Microsoft's SkillOpt brings deep-learning discipline to AI agent skills, replacing manual prompt tweaking with mathematically ...
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Miasma Supply Chain Worm Burrows Into 73 Microsoft Repositories

The attacks stemmed from a GitHub account that was also compromised in a previous Miasma attack on Microsoft last month.
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Not Microsoft, but OEMs are quietly bricking Windows 11 PCs, here’s what you need to know

Microsoft is fixing Windows 11, but buggy HP BIOS updates and Dell SupportAssist apps are bricking PCs with BSODs and ...

It’s Not Microsoft That Slows Down Pcs—It’s the Manufacturers

PC users now reflexively blame Windows updates for problems with their computers. No wonder, as Windows 11 has had a ...

Microsoft's AI Futurist explains how he uses Copilot — and the real-world problems enterprises are solving with agents

In terms of the agents you build, Bayer put up its own agent system on Foundry, and now it has 20,000 of its own employees on ...
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There's never been an easier time to boycott Microsoft, the most boring video game publisher in the business

If the BDS boycott is about justice for people living under oppression, a trivial benefit for gaming could be stopping ...

Amazon Says Its Data Centers Use 2.5 Billion Gallons of Water

Amazon.com Inc. said its data centers used 2.5 billion gallons of water worldwide last year, or about 5% of the amount metro ...
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I Tested Microsoft's New AI Models, and They're Surprisingly Mediocre

Microsoft released a suite of fresh MAI models at Build 2026. They work fine, but they can't compete with Claude and Gemini.

Self-improving AI systems are emerging, but not in the way people expected

Anthropic, Microsoft and Google are approaching self-improving AI from different angles, revealing how feedback loops are ...

Reddit's Growth Has An Expiration Date: Here's Why Doesn't Matter

Reddit demonstrates elite profitability, with 69% revenue growth, a 40% EBITDA margin, and a 47% free cash flow margin. Click ...
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Microsoft 365 Android Coding Error Put Account Tokens at Risk

A coding error in several Microsoft 365 Android apps could have allowed a malicious app on the same device to silently obtain account tokens and act as the signed-in user, according to new research ...