Latest articles by Kevin Okemwa
Microsoft was recently hit by a 'Mike-rosoft' catastrophe — here's everything that transpired with insider emails and Copilot AI
Mikerosoft Microsoft's VP for Bing, Michael Schechter, woke up to a slew of unread emails only to find out someone had mistakenly added every Mike/Michael at Microsoft to a discussion alias.
Is the US government lenient on Microsoft's "cascade of security failures" because of an overreliance on its systems?
TOO BIG?! Microsoft's security systems have fallen victim to numerous threats, but the US government often remains quiet.
Microsoft eludes EU antitrust merger probe over its multi-billion dollar investment in OpenAI amid claims it's turned into 'a glorified IT department for the hot startup'
EU PROBE The EU won't probe Microsoft after establishing its multi-billion investment in OpenAI isn't an acquisition.
"We've shifted the responsibility of extracting relevant context for software engineering tasks from developers to the AI agents": Microsoft's AI-based framework turns developers to overnight 'mere supervisors'
END OF THE ROAD Generative AI claims more jobs, rendering well-versed professionals into supervisors.
The AI landscape evolves from a dedicated Copilot AI key to Logitech's new wireless mouse equipped with a ChatGPT-powered prompt button
ai mice Logitech unveiled Logi AI Prompt Builder, a new way to access OpenAI's ChatGPT using a dedicated mouse button. The tool lets you rephrase and summarize selected text,
Microsoft's OneNote experience is natively available on the Apple Vision Pro with support for Copilot and 2FA to follow
take note Microsoft ships OneNote to Apple's Vision Pro.
GUNNAR's limited-edition Fallout Vault 33 glasses are selling out, but you can still find them before they're gone
COOL AND SLEEK 😎😎 GUNNAR is debuting new and stylish glasses heavily inspired by Fallout.
Microsoft veteran designer Ralf Groene retires from the Surface department after 17 years of service
ALL THE BEST Ralf Groene retires from Microsoft as Corporate Vice President of Design, Windows, and Devices.
Microsoft and OpenAI bet $100 billion to free themselves from the shackles and overreliance on the world's most profitable semiconductor chip brand for AI chips
NVIDIA FREE Microsoft and OpenAI want to become self-sufficient and satisfy their own computational needs.
Elon Musk jokingly says AI could potentially win the US Presidential election in 2032 while at the "Oscars of Science" ceremony
AI FOR PRESIDENT Elon Musk says there's no AI capable of telling the absolute truth, while listing truthfulness and curiosity among the key factors that should be considered during training.
YouTuber nostalgically ports 'thousands of apps' from Microsoft's Graveyard to Windows 95
BLAST FROM THE PAST In a 51-minute-long video, YouTuber MattKC documents how he ported "thousands of apps" back to Windows 95. He embarked upon the process by backporting the .NET Framework to Windows 95.
Microsoft, please, enough with the ads — For once, I'm not experiencing FOMO with these new additions for Edge Insiders
UNWANTED ADS Microsoft is pushing more bloatware to Edge in the form of Copilot-themed ads.
Microsoft's Bill Gates is worried about losing his job to AI, though it could potentially present a 3-day workweek opportunity
WIN SOME, LOSE SOME While speaking to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman during an episode of his Unconfuse Me with Bill Gates podcast, the Microsoft founder expressed his concern over AI taking his job.
Microsoft reportedly pitched DALL-E AI image generation technology for military use without OpenAI and against core policies: "We were not involved."
DALL-E COMBAT Microsoft reportedly proposed the tool to the US Department of Defense during a training seminar in October 2023. The tool can "create images to train battle management systems."
Windows 11 Start menu's performance is "comically bad" says ex-Microsoft Senior Software Engineer despite using a sophisticated $1,600 PC that meets stringent minimum requirements
COMICALLY BAD Windows 11's Start menu is encountering annoying performance issues, amid plans to pump more ads to the platform.
Elon Musk 'guesses' AI will be brighter than people by the end of 2026, but there's a 20% chance it might end humanity anyway
SMARTER AI Elon Musk predicts AI will have outsmarted humans by the end of 2026, but the lack of sufficient electricity and quality data to train chatbots might cripple these plans.
Here's how a German Microsoft software engineer's 'curiosity and craftsmanship' saved the world's internet from the 'most widespread and effective backdoor ever planted in any software product'
WIDESPREAD ATTACK A software engineer's resourcefulness and curiosity saved the world from a severe cyber attack during the Easter holiday.
Microsoft flags deceptive strategies and AI-generated disinformation from China that could potentially disrupt the upcoming US election
MISINFORMED AI China is reportedly using AI-generated images, videos, and memes to misinform voters about the elections and brew outrage in the US, South Korea, and India.
Microsoft launches new AI hub in London after investing £2.5 billion to upskill the UK's workforce for the AI era
UK AI HUB Microsoft recently announced the launch of a new AI hub in London. The hub will be used to upskill the UK workforce and tap into vast AI talent and expertise.
Microsoft is facing an investigation by a South African antitrust watchdog for alleged "anti-competitive" practices in its cloud computing business.
SA SCRUTINY Microsoft has reportedly been slapped with yet another antitrust case over its cloud computing business practices by a South African agency.
OpenAI's DALL-E finally supports AI image editing, lessening the prompt engineering burden among users
Prompt-lite You'll finally get the precise image you wanted from OpenAI's DALL-E image generation technology.
Gmail might flag some Microsoft Outlook emails as spam — You'll temporarily need an 'alias' to circumvent this issue
SUSPICIOUS Goggle's newly implemented mandatory bulk sender authentication requirements for Gmail flag some Outlook emails as spam.
"What we did here gives me goosebumps. We have shown that error correction is repeatable, it is working, and it is reliable": Microsoft and Quantinuum scale new heights in quantum computing and error correction
MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH Microsoft and Quantinuum made a significant leap in quantum computing and error correction with logical qubits and ion-trap hardware. Here's why it matters.
Apple's LLM reportedly outperforms GPT-4, but Sam Altman already admitted it "kind of sucks" as OpenAI gets ready to unveil a new model that's "really good, like materially better"
OUTPERFORMED Apple is looking to build on SIri's capabilities with ReALM, as it'll enhance its capability to understand context in a conversation and even process onscreen content.
