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Bill Gates says he got into every Ivy League school he applied to, but tailored a different 'persona' for each application: 'Each was a performance'

“I wanted the chance to see how I stacked up against the other brainy kids from a much wider pool than Lakeside,” Gates said.

Amazon wants to spend $100 billion this year for ‘once in a lifetime' AI opportunity

Amazon wants to spend $100 billion this year for ‘once in a lifetime' AI opportunity

Amazon says it expects to spend in excess of $100 billion this year, with the “vast majority” going straight into AI projects.

Microsoft Teams and Zoom calls are about to get better in your web browser

Microsoft Teams and Zoom calls are about to get better in your web browser

Microsoft proposed a feature that would allow notifications within a browser to show customizable buttons for calls.

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This open source tool could save Google, Microsoft, billions by cutting CPU resources by 20% but even small businesses can benefit

Yandex's new Perforator tool can save firms like Google and Microsoft billions, but even small businesses can benefit from it.

Xbox and Obsidian's Avowed supports cross-buy with Blizzard's Battle.net

In a first, Obsidian's Avowed supports cross-buy with Xbox consoles and Battle.net on PC.

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Google's Gemini 2.0 rolls out to everyone to compete with OpenAI, Microsoft, and DeepSeek

Google's Gemini 2.0 just rolled out to everyone. The tech giant has several models that compete with trending tech from OpenAI, Microsoft, and DeepSeek.

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US government warns users to patch this critical Microsoft Outlook bug

A critical Outlook flaw is being actively exploited to run code remotely.

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If you installed Windows 11 with certain security updates and a USB stick, you may not get any more security updates warns Microsoft

If you installed Windows 11 with certain security updates and a USB stick, you may not get any more security updates warns Microsoft

The fix is to reinstall Windows 11 with different security updates.

Meta CTO reportedly predicted DeepSeek AI six months ago: "They've probably done a lot of distilling against existing models."

Meta CTO reportedly predicted DeepSeek AI six months ago: "They've probably done a lot of distilling against existing models."

Meta Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Andrew "Boz" Bosworth claims he'd predicted DeepSeek before it unfolded.

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Forget DeepSeek: Researchers develop a $50 OpenAI competitor in less than 30 minutes that thinks harder when you ask it to "wait"

Forget DeepSeek: Researchers develop a $50 OpenAI competitor in less than 30 minutes that thinks harder when you ask it to "wait"

The AI takes on OpenAI's o1 reasoning variant. The model, dubbed s1, was trained using a dataset of 1,000 questions for under $50.

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Bill Gates says AI will replace humans "for most things — but you wouldn't want to watch computers play baseball."

Bill Gates says AI will replace humans "for most things — but you wouldn't want to watch computers play baseball."

Gates recently shared some interesting insights about the rapid progression of generative AI, indicating the new era of innovation is getting scary.

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Amazon share price drops after key division misses earnings as investors get ‘jitters’ over AI spending

Amazon share price drops after key division misses earnings as investors get ‘jitters’ over AI spending

After-hours trading saw Amazon stock dip as its AWS arm brought in lower than expected revenue

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Microsoft Teams is getting one of Facebook's worst features, and I can't see why you'd ever use it

Microsoft Teams is getting one of Facebook's worst features, and I can't see why you'd ever use it

A full social media-esque news feed is apparently coming to Microsoft Teams.

Source Code by Bill Gates review: the touching origin story of a tech titan

Source Code by Bill Gates review: the touching origin story of a tech titan

As I fire up the laptop to write this review, a company called Microsoft — or Micro-Soft as it started — asks me for an authorisation code for access to the computer. It is a timely reminder of just how embedded into the minutiae of our everyday existence is the…

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Big Tech's AI Spending Rattles Markets

E-commerce giant Amazon reported strong earnings Thursday but, like its big tech peers Microsoft and Google, saw its stock price fall on concerns over high AI investment costs.

The Guardian - UK

Call to make tech firms report data centre energy use as AI booms

Experts say mandatory reporting on energy and water use is needed to avoid irreparable damage to environment

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Until Xbox can get AAA studios and exciting indies to organically support 'Xbox Play Anywhere,' Microsoft's current gaming strategy will not pay off

Without exclusive games, Xbox needs to bank on exclusive features. So far, those features aren't the best.

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This Microsoft Store update will let you save 100GB of space for games with a couple clicks

Microsoft is testing an option that will allow you to install individual components for some games through the Microsoft Store on Windows 11.

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Microsoft reveals more on just how much it'll cost you to keep using Windows 10

Microsoft has confirmed who will be eligible for the Windows 10 ESU program, and exactly how much it’ll cost.

Google Chrome's Incognito mode is now more private in Windows 11 - and it's all thanks to Microsoft

It might not be a new update, but one of Microsoft's previous changes to Chrome shouldn't go without being highlighted.

Eight months into the brave new world of Windows on ARM, and this is the state of play for PC gaming outside of the x86 arena

Qualcomm was serious in its gaming ambitions for the Snapdragon X Elite, so what does that look like half a year down the line?

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E3's ESA has a new video game conference — Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, and more are attending

The ESA has a new gaming conference, but unlike the now-dead E3, iicon is meant for gaming executives, with Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony attending.

Bill Gates laments Pat Gelsinger's failure to save Intel: 'I was hoping for his sake, for the country's sake that he would be successful'

'Seriously guys, drop it, we get it already': someone at Intel, probably.

Veeam backup software has a serious security flaw - here's how to stay safe

Multiple backup products found carrying a critical severity flaw allowing malicious actors to run arbitrary commands on compromised endpoints.

Bill Gates Says Quantum Computing Could Be Useful in ‘3 to 5 Years.’ This ‘Strong Buy’ Stock Could Be the No. 1 Way to Play It.

The founder of Microsoft believes the timeline for quantum computing becoming mainstream is shorter than many think.

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