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Microsoft News Roundup: 'Windows 12' with AI, Surface Hub 2S, 'BingBang' hack, Xbox Game Pass Friends & Family, and more

An exclusive report on the next version of Windows, Microsoft announcing a new version of Teams, and E3 being canceled are just some of the stories in this week's roundup.

Windows Central

WD_Black Xbox Series X|S Expansion Card SSD listing appears online

A WD_Black Series X|S Expansion Card has appeared online, and could be available for purchase sometime soon.

Windows Central

Microsoft is finally cracking down on one of its biggest Windows security risks

More than 120 file types will soon be blocked in Microsoft OneNote.

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AI has much to offer humanity. It could also wreak terrible harm. It must be controlled

Systems with abilities exceeding human capacity have been let loose. If big tech firms refuse to see the risks governments must step in

The Guardian - UK

Windows 11 is testing this new option to help your laptop save energy

Microsoft just shipped two new builds to Insiders in the Beta Channel. The update adds the ability to enable Content Adaptive Brightness Control when your laptop is plugged in.

Windows Central

Microsoft Highlights Learning Accelerator Tools at BETT 2023

Microsoft Learning Accelerator Tools boost classroom progress

Tech&Learning

The Quest 2 and PSVR 2 are rivals with a symbiotic relationship

Unlike the Microsoft-Sony wars, so far Meta is continuing to put games like Beat Saber on Sony's headset, and the only PSVR 2 exclusives are kept off the Quest by hardware limitations.

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Microsoft just fixed local searches in Bing Chat

Microsoft shipped several improvements to Bing Chat this week, including the addition of image and video search to the tool. The chatbot should now show better local search results as well.

Windows Central

Value Investing Is Back

Value investing beats growth in the long run, and the best way to participate in value is through funds.

Kiplinger

Poll: Are OneDrive notifications in the Start menu ads?

Microsoft is testing a notification in the Start menu that prompts people to back up their files to OneDrive. People are split on if the notification is an ad, and we'd like to know your thoughts.

Windows Central

Watch out - Microsoft Defender is flagging some legitimate URLs as harmful

Microsoft Defender fixed the issue by reverting a recent update.

TechRadar

I ditched Google for Bing with ChatGPT for a month — here's what happened

After a month of using Microsoft's AI-powered Bing with ChatGPT for every major Internet search, our computing editor is ready to leave generative AI chatbots in the future where they belong.

Tom’s Guide

Letter signed by Elon Musk demanding AI research pause sparks controversy

The statement has been revealed to have false signatures and researchers have condemned its use of their work

The Guardian - US

E3 2023 organizer says the big game companies were 'enthusiastic' at first, but then 'the mood changed'

"Companies were talking about taking up huge spaces" at first, says GamesIndustry.biz.

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Fortune

'Car Guy’ Bill Gates just rode in an autonomous vehicle across London and says the sector is reaching a 'tipping point' in the next decade

The billionaire said autonomous vehicles can save time, money, and reduce inequities in transport access—but it'll be decades before that happens.

Fortune

Google CEO won’t commit to pausing A.I. development after experts warn about ‘profound risks to society’

Sundar Pichai said A.I. could lead to “disinformation at scale” and humanity's destruction, but poked holes in a proposal to slow its development.

Inverse

How Netflix Could Make a Cloud Gaming Service Worth Playing

The skills Netflix honed in creating and digitally distributing original films and TV shows should apply to creating a great Game Pass competitor.

Los Angeles Times

Brian Merchant: Column: Afraid of AI? The startups selling it want you to be

You've probably heard by now: AI is coming, it's about to change everything, and humanity is not ready.

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Tom’s Hardware

DirectX 12 Update Allows CPU and GPU to Access VRAM Simultaneously

Microsoft has announced a new DirectX12 feature that allows the CPU to directly access video memory. Potentially reducing CPU utilization and system memory consumption in games.

Android Central

How to play Minecraft on Chromebooks

Minecraft has been available on pretty much every device imaginable, but Chromebooks have been limited to using the Android version. Now, there's a new version available with Minecraft: Bedrock Edition, and here's how you can play it.

Daily Mirror

Italy becomes first country in the West to ban ChatGPT over privacy concerns

Artificial intelligence software ChatGPT has been banned in Italy - the first Western country to do so - after privacy authorities raised concerns about a possible data breach

Fortune

Everyone wants A.I. governance. So why are so many unhappy with Musk's call for a 6 month pause?

Objections range from geopolitics to not enough focus on harms from existing A.I.

TechRadar

Microsoft Teams is getting a serious security upgrade to stop you making silly mistakes

Defender protections come to Microsoft Teams in a boost for workplace security.

Windows Central

These reported PSVR 2 sales figures prove that Xbox was right to skip VR

A new report suggests that Sony's PlayStation VR 2 has struggled to reach above 300,000 units, in what comes as something of a vindication for Xbox's ambivalence towards the tech.

Windows Central

Get ready for the next big thing in chatting: ChatGPT-5 rumored to be coming at the end of 2023

OpenAI only launched GPT-4 earlier this month but there are already reports about its successor. GPT-5 could arrive as soon as December 2023.

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