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Erotica, gore and racism: how America’s war on ‘ideological bias’ is letting AI off the leash

Badly behaved artificial intelligence (AI) systems have a long history in science fiction. Way back in 1961, in the famous Astro Boy comics by Osamu Tezuka, a clone of a popular robot magician was reprogrammed into a super-powered thief. In the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, the shipboard computer…

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Xbox Game Pass is going to be harder to pay for with Microsoft Rewards from April, it seems

If you use Microsoft Rewards to pay for Xbox Game Pass, the bad news is it's soon going to cost you a lot more of your points.

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Warren Buffett never considers where execs graduated from and says a 'large portion' of business talent is innate

“One further point in our CEO selections: I never look at where a candidate has gone to school. Never!”

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Applicants are being asked to take personality tests to land a role—an expert says these star qualities will impress hiring managers ‘99% of the time’

Personality tests are becoming popular as the likes of Amazon, Meta and Microsoft hone in on high-performance talent. An expert on these assessments reveals the few beloved traits that hiring managers are looking for.

Fortune

Avowed could have been Obsidian's Redfall, with a Destiny plus Skyrim co-op multiplayer vision scrapped early in a grueling 6-year development

The great game we got instead is apparently selling well, with DLC and a sequel on the table.

PC Gamer

Windows Phone 'revived,' Windows 95 in the news, and Halo back on TV? Did someone invent a time machine?

Windows Phone, Windows 95, and the Halo TV series filled this week's headlines. We also got the chance to discuss Microsoft's shifting Surface lineup.

Windows Central

Microsoft's Majorana 1 breaks the quantum computing barrier — and my brain

Microsoft's Majorana 1 quantum processor is a glimpse of the future. Albeit a very confusing one.

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Microsoft's Muse AI wants to change how games are made - but can it work?

Ninja Theory's generative AI can replicate gameplay and assets.

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Microsoft boss Satya Nadella dismisses AGI milestones as "nonsensical benchmark hacking," — indicating AI agents could only run a Fortune 500 company with a "sandboxed" guarantee

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was recently interviewed by Dwarkesh Patel, discussing the tech giant's recent quantum breakthrough, AGI, and more.

Windows Central

Microsoft's new Edge Add-ons site might keep you away from the Chrome Web Store

The Edge Add-ons site, a Microsoft webpage dedicated to browser extensions and themes, just got a significant revamp. The update makes it easier to find your favorite extensions and themes.

Windows Central

Quantum computing is already here, sort of

Brief letters: Semiconductors | Say it with flowers, two days before | Trouble getting up | KGB keeping busy, despite its demise

The Guardian - UK

Bill Gates says Microsoft's $3 trillion success is a blend of — youthful late-night coding escapades, a premature Harvard departure, and a sprinkle of "laissez-faire treatment" from passers-by

Bill Gates attributes Microsoft's success to sneaking out in the wee hours of the night to perfect his coding skills, ditching Harvard after three semesters, and laissez-faire treatment from passers-by.

Windows Central

'A massive, massive moment of wow.' Microsoft CEO predicts AI-generated games are a 'CGI moment' for the industry

Nadella also says the company wants to be in gaming for gaming's sake: "Flight Simulator was a product long before we even built Windows."

PC Gamer

Microsoft fixes Power Pages security flaw, tells users to be on their guard

Microsoft notified affected website owners of Power Pages issue.

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This Week in AI: ChatGPT’s 400M Users, DeepSeek Suspended in SK, Musk’s Grok 3 & More

February is nearing its end, but the AI space is not showing any signs of slowing down. Recently, the ChatGPT surpassed the 400 million weekly active

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Windows 11’s screenshot tool is getting a nifty new time-saving ability

Right now, the change for Snipping Tool is just in testing, but it looks slick already, and hopefully it’ll be arriving soon enough.

PC Gamer

All treasure map locations and rewards in Avowed

Grab a map and compass as it's time to explore every inch of the Living Lands.

Windows Central

Windows 7's Firefox lurking days from Microsoft's Graveyard are numbered — Mozilla to pull extended support for legacy operating systems on March 4, 2025

Mozilla plans to extend support for legacy versions of Windows and macOS on Firefox until March 2025, including Windows 7, 8, and 8.1, and macOS 10.12 to 10.14.

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What is Otter.ai? Everything we know about journalists' favourite AI transcription tool

Journalists and anyone needing fast, accurate transcriptions should try Otter.ai

Windows Central

Amazon admits defeat to Steam as former VP declares, "We were 250 times bigger, but Goliath lost."

"Just because you are big enough to build something doesn’t mean people will use it."

Inverse

Xbox Just Pitched Us The Worst Solution To Gaming's Biggest Problem

Muse is Microsoft's AI angle on video game production, one that already creates more questions than examples of use cases.

Android Central

Amazon will suspend support for its Appstore on Android

In an announcement to Developers, Amazon said it will cease to accept new apps on the App Store since it will be discontinued.

International Business Times

Apple Increases Price Of Lowest Price Phone By 40%

Apple's new low-end iPhone 16e starts at $599 while the older model started at $430.

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I ditched Windows 11 for Linux — and you should, too

Reluctant to switch to Windows 11? Linux might be the answer

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The downfall of AI startup Humane reveals the perils of the AI ‘race’

The startup created its wearable AI device with laudable ambition and out-of-the-box thinking, but it couldn't overcome key flaws.

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