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Microsoft and GSA strike deal to save billions and deliver free Copilot AI to federal workers

September 2, 2025 by Brian Fagioli
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Microsoft and the GSA have announced a massive AI-focused agreement worth $6B over three years, including free Microsoft 365 Copilot for federal G5 customers.

Categories Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Tags AI, Azure, cloud services, Copilot, Dynamics 365, federal government, GSA, Microsoft, Microsoft 365

Microsoft previews MAI-Voice-1 speech model and MAI-1 foundation model

August 28, 2025 by Brian Fagioli
microsoft ai voice1 foundation model

Microsoft has introduced MAI-Voice-1, a new speech model, and MAI-1-preview, its first in-house foundation model. Both are now being tested inside Copilot.

Categories Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Tags AI companion, Copilot, Copilot Labs, foundation model, MAI-1-preview, MAI-Voice-1, Microsoft, Microsoft AI, NVIDIA H100, speech model

Microsoft’s open source Dion optimizer aims to make huge AI models faster and cheaper to train

August 12, 2025 by Brian Fagioli
microsoft dion ai optimizer

Microsoft has unveiled Dion, a new open-source optimizer that could make massive AI models faster and cheaper to train by using low rank orthonormal updates.

Categories Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Tags AdamW, AI, deep learning, Dion, LLaMA, machine learning, Microsoft, Muon, optimizer, PyTorch

Microsoft patches WSL 2.5.10 with CVE-2025-53788 fix but keeps details secret until August 12

August 6, 2025 by Brian Fagioli
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Microsoft patched WSL 2.5.10 with CVE-2025-53788, but the company will not reveal what the vulnerability is until August 12.

Categories Windows, Linux, Microsoft Tags CVE-2025-53788, GitHub, Microsoft, patch, security update, vulnerability, Windows Subsystem for Linux, WSL, WSL 2.5.10

Microsoft rolls out open source Wassette runtime to bring secure WebAssembly tools to AI agents

August 6, 2025 by Brian Fagioli
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Wassette is Microsoft’s new open source runtime that lets AI agents safely run WebAssembly tools using tight sandboxing and user-controlled permissions.

Categories Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft, Open source Tags AI agents, GitHub Copilot, Microsoft, Model Context Protocol, Open Source, Rust, secure runtime, Wasmtime, Wassette, WebAssembly

Microsoft’s Project Ire is an autonomous AI that reverse engineers malware with zero human help

July 28, 2025July 28, 2025 by Brian Fagioli
Project Ire

Microsoft launches Project Ire, an AI system that reverse engineers unknown software files to classify them as safe or malicious, all without human help.

Categories Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Tags AI, cybersecurity, Defender, Ghidra, malware, Microsoft, Project Ire, reverse engineering, Windows

AdGuard for Windows blocks Microsoft Recall screen tracking

July 25, 2025 by Brian Fagioli
adguard blocks recall windows

AdGuard for Windows v7.21 now blocks Microsoft’s Recall feature, giving users stronger privacy by preventing background screenshot tracking.

Categories Microsoft, Privacy, Windows Tags AdGuard, AdGuard for Windows, Brave, Copilot Plus, Microsoft, privacy, Recall, screenshot tracking, Windows

Microsoft says it’s thriving, so why is the Windows-maker still laying people off?

July 25, 2025July 24, 2025 by Brian Fagioli
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Satya Nadella says Microsoft is growing and thriving, but layoffs continue. The company’s evolving AI strategy may explain why.

Categories Business, Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Tags AI, Azure, Copilot, corporate strategy, Featured, job cuts, layoffs, Microsoft, Satya Nadella, tech industry, Windows

GitHub Spark lets Microsoft Copilot Pro+ users build full-stack apps from natural language

July 23, 2025 by Brian Fagioli
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GitHub Spark lets Copilot Pro Plus users build full-stack apps using natural language, skipping setup and speeding up deployment.

Categories Developer, Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Tags AI apps, Claude Sonnet 4, Copilot, Copilot Pro Plus, full stack, GitHub, GitHub Actions, natural language, Open Source, Spark

Surface Laptop 5G brings AI and always-on connectivity to business users

July 22, 2025 by Brian Fagioli
Surface Laptop 5G

Surface Laptop 5G is a business-ready PC with built-in AI and seamless 5G connectivity, shipping August 26.

Categories Microsoft, Surface, Windows Tags 5G, AI PC, business laptop, Copilot+, eSIM, Intel Core Ultra, Microsoft, Surface, Surface Laptop 5G, Windows 11

Accenture and Microsoft join forces to counter AI powered cyber threats with generative security tools

July 10, 2025 by Brian Fagioli
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Accenture and Microsoft are co developing AI powered cybersecurity tools aimed at threat detection, data protection, and cloud security simplification

Categories Microsoft, Artificial Intelligence Tags Accenture, AI security, cybersecurity, generative AI, identity management, M365 E5, Microsoft, Microsoft Entra, Microsoft Sentinel, SOC modernization

Tariff panic hits US PC market while global sales surge

July 8, 2025July 8, 2025 by Brian Fagioli
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Global PC shipments rose 6.5 percent in Q2 2025, but the US market is stalling as import tariff fears push buyers to delay upgrades. While Apple and Lenovo saw gains, caution is spreading across the industry.

Categories Business, Hardware, Lenovo, Microsoft, Windows Tags Apple, ASUS, Dell, HP, IDC, Lenovo, PC shipments, Q2 2025, tech market slowdown, US tariffs, Windows 11
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