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Windows 11’s October Insider update brings 9 features worth trying

In the last two weeks of October 2025, Microsoft released several Insider builds for Windows 11 versions 25H2 and 24H2 with various visual changes and improvements, including a redesigned About page, the Copy & Search feature, proactive memory diagnostics, and more dark mode improvements for File Explorer.

Windows Central

Microsoft might be silent, but Halo's co-creator and Halo 2's design lead have called the US government's 'Destroy the Flood' analogy comparing immigrants to parasites 'absolutely abhorrent'

"It really makes me sick seeing Halo co-opted like this."

PC Gamer

How To Earn $500 A Month From Microsoft Stock Ahead Of Q1 Earnings

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) will release earnings results for the first quarter, after the closing bell on Wednesday.

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Windows 11's new Start menu is now available – but I wouldn't rush to get it yet

The redesigned Start menu is exciting, true, but I'd advise you to hold fire for now.

TechRadar

Why Trump’s White House is using video game memes to recruit for ICE

A recent spate of posts has garnered attention, but Trump and his allies have long been using gaming imagery to mobilise a toxic subculture of ‘rootless white males’

The Guardian - UK

Former Microsoft exec slams Xbox lead's "social network envy," says gaming's biggest rival isn't TikTok – it's time

"Gaming doesn't compete with short-form video"

GamesRadar

Emma Thompson speaks of her ‘intense irritation’ with AI

The actor and screenwriter told late night talkshow host Stephen Colbert that she took issue with Microsoft’s Copilot offering to rewrite her scripts for her

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Microsoft and OpenAI announce new deal and Microsoft gets 27% — what it means for you

Microsoft and OpenAI are furthering their partnership with a big new deal, giving both much higher profits.

Tom’s Guide

Big Tech spending on Brussels lobbying hits record high, report claims

The increase comes as pressure on the European Commission from the US administration to change its online platform and AI rules has gone up as well.

Euronews

Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella says Bill Gates almost nuked Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI before it started — "You're going to burn this billion dollars"

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella revealed that securing board approval for investing $1 billion in OpenAI was challenging. Bill Gates warned that it was like setting the money ablaze.

Windows Central

US government allowed and even helped US firms sell tech used for surveillance in China, AP finds

Even while warning about national security and human rights abuse, the U.S. government across five Republican and Democratic administrations has repeatedly allowed and even actively helped American firms to sell technology to Chinese police, government and surveillance companies, an Associated Press investigation has found

The Independent UK

Stock Index Futures Gain on Nvidia Boost Ahead of Fed Rate Decision and Big Tech Earnings

December S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESZ25) are up +0.19%, and December Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQZ25) are up +0.35% this morning, buoyed by ongoing tech and AI momentum, while investors await the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision and U.S. megacap tech earnings.

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Stock Market Today: Dow Pare Gains, S&P 500 And Nasdaq Advance Ahead Of FOMC Decision—Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta In Focus (UPDATED)

(Editor’s note: The future prices of benchmark tracking ETFs, the lede, and the headline were updated in the story.)

Benzinga

Microsoft says ‘once AGI is declared by OpenAI’ it will be verified by independent experts – here’s why that’s a big deal

Microsoft and OpenAI’s new deal means the arrival of AGI must be confirmed by independent experts.

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ChatGPT IPO? Microsoft Backs Bold Shake-Up To Let OpenAI Go Public

OpenAI's new Microsoft-backed restructure could pave the way for a ChatGPT IPO, can you invest in it yet?

Tom’s Hardware

New Windows 11 feature aims to diagnose crashes — will check RAM after BSODs to look for problems

Microsoft is testing a new memory diagnostic tool that will scan for memory errors after Windows 11 hard crashes with a bug check and BSOD. The new tool is aimed at better identifying BSODs caused by memory instability.

Benzinga

Bill Gates 'Lost A Fortune' Shorting Tesla Amid Climate Stance Shift, Says Chamath Palihapitiya: '...Experiment Is Over'

Social Capital founder Chamath Palihapitiya slammed Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) founder Bill Gates for shorting Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) amid the billionaire and philanthropist's shift in climate stance.

International Business Times UK

Amazon Layoffs 2025: Firm 'Trading Talent for GPUs' to Protect AWS Margins, AI Analyst Says

A viral TikTok expert claims Amazon's 30,000 layoffs are a 'talent for GPUs' trade to fund its costly AI chip budget, not AI automation.

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California Is My Home': Sam Altman Says OpenAI Will Not Threaten To Leave Golden State If Sued: 'I Love It Here'

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reaffirmed his company's commitment to California after Attorney General Rob Bonta approved its revised recapitalization plan, ending months of talks over its structure and safety commitments.

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What companies made it into Francesca Albanese’s report?

Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, tabled her report From economy of occupation to economy of genocide in July.

Benzinga

Bill Gates Foundation With Stakes In Microsoft, Berkshire, Waste Management, Faces Senate Inquiry Over Alleged $23 Million China Funding

(Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include a response from the Gates Foundation)

Benzinga

Bill Gates Told Satya Nadella 'You're Going To Burn This Billion Dollars' By Investing In OpenAI — But Microsoft's Bet Became A 100-Bagger

When Bill Gates cautioned Satya Nadella that Microsoft Corporation's (NASDAQ:MSFT) $1 billion OpenAI investment could go up in flames, few could have imagined it would turn into a $135 billion stake.

GamesRadar

Valve has done a "very good job" of building a "massive marketplace" on Windows with Steam, but Microsoft and Xbox are looking to go one step further: "We're going to be everywhere"

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella also adds another hint that the next Xbox will be a PC hybrid

PC Gamer

The best way to innovate in gaming 'is to have good margins,' says Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, so I guess he'll be reinvesting his $96.5 million payday back into Xbox any second now

Maybe you can make more sense of Satya Nadella's comments on gaming than I can.

Tom’s Guide

OpenAI live blog - Sam Altman hosts AMA: Time, how to watch, and how to submit questions

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and CTO Mira Murati host a live Q&A today at 10:30 a.m. PT — tune in to hear what’s next for ChatGPT and the future of AI.

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