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Microsoft just unlocked massive ray‑tracing speed boosts on Windows
2+ hour, 49+ min ago (620+ words) 1440p cloud gaming on Xbox One? Yep, it's happening Microsoft just released an actually good Windows 11 update Have a need for speed? Dell's new XPS 14 boasts 50% faster integrated graphics than previous gen It's just a tech demo, but the new Shader…...
BUILD leaving May for June? That’s a plot twist
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (322+ words) Windows 11 Insider roundup: the 11 biggest features and changes (February 2026) Microsoft splits Windows 11 Canary Channel in two as it begins testing new OS core Microsoft AI chief confirms plan to ditch OpenAI A leaked asset has seemingly confirmed that Microsoft is…...
Microsoft invented "escrow builds" to launch functional apps — that's internal 'Microspeak' jargon for quality control
1+ week, 5+ day ago (422+ words) Microsoft veteran engineer Raymond Chen deciphers "escrow" as a metaphor for the company's quirky release terms. Over the past few months, we've gotten a particularly close look at Microsoft's quirky vocabulary for internal communication. Forget the usual corporate jargon; like…...
Microsoft caught plagiarizing graphics with AI slop — "Microsoft continvouclymorged my diagram there for sure"
1+ week, 6+ day ago (751+ words) A decade-old Git branching diagram was fed into a generator, resulting in a low-quality, typo-ridden mess on an official GitHub page. Microsoft may have just created a new term, though I doubt it would want credit for the feat. The…...
Work, work like a Warcraft Peon and never miss a terminal notifcation again
2+ week, 5+ day ago (439+ words) Peon-ping is a new open-source project that adds audio notifications to some of the most popular AI coding apps from the likes of Warcraft, Age of Empires, Starcraft, and so many more classic games. GitHub is a treasure trove of…...
Litebox is Microsoft’s bold new security project
3+ week, 1+ day ago (481+ words) LiteBox offers developers a new way to sandbox apps while reducing the system's attack surface. LiteBox is a developer-facing technology and is not something users install directly. Instead, it is designed to be integrated into Windows apps, runtimes, or platform…...
VS Code is gobbling up storage space on Ubuntu, but there's a fix
1+ mon, 2+ hour ago (369+ words) An issue first raised back in 2024 with VS Code continues to plague the official Snap package. Microsoft's Visual Studio Code is one of the most popular coding apps around, with the added benefit of being cross-platform. Unfortunately, on Ubuntu, there's…...
Anthropic CEO says AI could replace software engineers in 6–12 months
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (444+ words) However, Google DeepMind's CEO says AI might need AGI to deliver true self-improvement in coding and research. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff seemingly echoed similar sentiments last year, when he indicated that the company was "seriously debating" hiring software engineers while…...
Satya Nadella tells his Microsoft execs to embrace AI
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (449+ words) Satya Nadella is reshaping Microsoft's culture around AI, forcing high-profile executives to adapt fast. Microsoft appears to be taking an all'gas'no'brakes approach to AI development under CEO Satya Nadella's leadership. According to an internal memo exclusively obtained by Business Insider,…...
Sam Altman says OpenAI will exit ‘Code Red’ by January with GPT‑5.2
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (384+ words) OpenAI recently launched GPT5.2 in response to Google's success with Gemini 3 and its challenge to ChatGPT. As expected, OpenAI finally launched its rumored GPT-5.2 model on December 11, 2025. CEO Sam Altman declared code red following Google's successful Gemini 3 launch, which blew ChatGPT…...