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Inside OpenAI’s Slack-driven evolution — engineer reveals secrets behind its meteoric rise and chaotic brilliance

A former OpenAI engineer who worked on the company's most promising products recently shared an intriguing account of what it’s like to work at the $300 billion AI firm, following his resignation.

Windows Central

Got buyer's remorse with your 8GB graphics card? Nvidia's AI texture compression promises huge benefits for GPUs with stingy amounts of memory

Think your GPU doesn't have enough memory? Nvidia's AI texture compression trick looks like a killer solution in this demo (with caveats).

TechRadar

VRAM shortages could be a thing of the past — NVIDIA and DirectX tech drops usage by up to 90% as seen in early tests

Using an early combination of NVIDIA Neural Texture Compression and DirectX Raytracing 1.2's Cooperative Shaders, one enthusiast is already seeing a massive drop in VRAM consumption while rendering with an RTX 5080.

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Tech layoffs 2025: How Microsoft, Google, and Meta are plotting for the AI era

As tech giants like Microsoft, IBM, and Google shed thousands of workers, experts weigh in on the motivations behind these layoffs.

Fortune

You can now stream select Xbox games you own to PC, no Xbox required—but there's a catch

Xbox Insiders with a Game Pass Ultimate subscription can now stream some games they own to their PC, TV or smartphone, including some console-only games.

Tom’s Guide

Microsoft's Copilot AI assistant can now optionally see your entire desktop—maybe it will be able to finally explain what Windows error code 0x8007002c means

Oh, and you can make it look like Clippy, too...

PC Gamer

From book sales to cloud market dominance: 30 years of Amazon have come and gone in a flash

Amazon officially launched on July 16th 1995, and has since grown into a true tech industry behemoth.

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Microsoft scraps Windows 11's simplified Taskbar system tray layout after negative feedback from testers — but I don't understand why

A year since it was first put into testing, Microsoft still hasn't delivered its new simplified date and time layout for the System Tray on the Taskbar for Windows 11. Turns out, that's because of negative feedback from users.

Windows Central

When Microsoft's Identity Was A Company 'Run By Bill Gates, Mary Gates' Son' — How His Mother Helped Him Strike Gold With The Game-Changing 1980 IBM Deal

In the early days of Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Bill Gates credits his mother, Mary Gates, for playing a crucial role in securing a pivotal contract with IBM that set the stage for the company’s success.

Benzinga

Microsoft-Backed Builder AI Leaves 200 UK Workers Without Redundancy Pay Since April

Microsoft-backed Builder AI, once a £1 billion 'unicorn,' collapsed in May, leaving ~200 UK staff without redundancy pay.

International Business Times UK

Microsoft's Copilot Vision AI can now see your whole desktop — here's what it does

Microsoft's Copilot Vision AI now has eyes on your entire screen as it rolls out an update to Windows Insiders on Windows 11 PCs.

Tom’s Guide

Half of Windows PCs are still yet to upgrade to Windows 11 — and are running out of time, says study

A study from ControlUp says that about 50% of PCs are now running Windows 11, with the other 50% still on Windows 10. End of support is fast approaching.

Windows Central

ChatGPT to Get Built-In Excel and PowerPoint Tools

OpenAI seems to be gearing up to compete against Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, with a new set of office agents for ChatGPT. With this feature, you will

Geekflare

Leaked Windows 11 gaming handheld UI hints at long-overdue fix ahead of ROG Xbox Ally launch — and it’s about time

A new leak has revealed a new UI experience for Windows 11 on gaming handhelds — ahead of the launch of the ROG Xbox Ally.

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Windows 11's handheld mode spotted in testing, and I'm seriously excited for Microsoft's big bet on small-screen gaming

Isn't Windows 11 on a gaming portable the worst? Not for much longer, hopefully, as new handheld mode is spotted in testing.

Player One

'Candy Crush's' King Lays Off Employees in Favor of AI Tools They Developed, Says Reports

King, best known for Candy Crush, has laid off its employees and replaced them with AI tools that they helped develop.

Player One

Xbox 'Stream Your Own Game' Now Available on PC For Select Titles Only

Xbox is expanding its service yet again, and this time, "Stream your own game" has arrived on PC.

Windows Central

Microsoft saved $500 million using AI — after slashing over 15,000 jobs in 2025

Microsoft recently announced that the company saved approximately $500 million by using AI across its call centers.

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Microsoft begins testing sharing your desktop with Copilot on Windows 11 — allows AI to view and chat about what's on your screen

First announced earlier this year, sharing your desktop with Copilot on Windows 11 is now in testing with insiders across all preview channels.

TechRadar

Microsoft employee uses terrible AI-generated image to advertise for Xbox artists just weeks after massive layoffs

A Microsoft ad on LinkedIn is getting roasted for using a terrible AI-generated graphic to promote a graphic designer role at Xbox.

Windows Central

"A future has been stolen from many of us" — ZeniMax Online Studios devs will reportedly soon be hit by Microsoft's Xbox layoffs after the MMO Phil Spencer loved was cancelled

A new report suggests that "almost all" the ZeniMax Online Studios devs that worked on its cancelled Blackbird MMO "are losing their jobs" following the Microsoft and Xbox layoffs.

Benzinga

Bill Gates' Kids Won't Inherit His Billions—Now His Ex-Wife Is Doubling Down On Tough Love

Refusing to make exceptions in an already unequal startup landscape, Melinda French Gates said she declined to fund her daughter's new business, insisting she raise outside capital based on merit.

Windows Central

Windows 7 running natively on a Steam Deck is an affront to science — this tinkerer has Microsoft's OS booting in portrait mode

It boots, but there's something wrong with it. Then again, if "Bob Pony" devotes any more time to this unusual project, that could all change.

The Guardian - US

Trump unveils $70bn AI and energy plan at summit with oil and tech bigwigs

Pittsburgh event angers climate groups as Trump ties AI expansion to oil and gas, sidelining renewable energy

GamesRadar

Another Xbox studio reacts to the layoffs exploding around it: with Rare's Everwild dead, Sea of Thieves dev says "it's impossible for something like this not to ripple through the studio"

"It would be strange to jump straight into our usual updates without acknowledging the news that we've ended development on Everwild here at Rare"

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