Neowin News Feed for: Prism

OpenAI's Prism update adds Codex CLI for end-to-end research automation

Pradeep Viswanathan — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 06:22:01 +0000

OpenAI has significantly upgraded Prism, its AI-native workspace for researchers, by integrating Codex CLI and the new GPT-5.3 model. Read more...

OpenAI unveils Prism, a GPT-5.2 powered workspace for scientists

Pradeep Viswanathan — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 18:52:01 +0000

OpenAI has launched Prism, a new AI-native workspace powered by GPT-5.2 and built on the Crixet platform, specifically designed to streamline scientific writing. Read more...

Microsoft: Gaming on Windows 11 is going to get so much better in 2026

Usama Jawad — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 23:08:01 +0000

Microsoft has promised to make "Windows the best place to play" through upcoming features like AI upscaling through Auto SR. Read more...

Prism update unlocks AVX, AVX2 support for Windows on Arm

Paul Hill — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 03:22:01 +0000

Microsoft's Prism emulator for Windows on Arm now supports critical x86 instructions like AVX and AVX2, unlocking creative tools and games previously incompatible. Read more...

Microsoft releases version 1.7 of Windows Template Studio

Florin Bodnarescu — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 21:52:01 +0000

A new version of Template Studio has now gone live, adding, among a few other changes, support for the Visual Basic programming language, as well as the Prism framework. There is only one known issue. Read more...

E Ink unveils Prism, a colorful and animated wall with low power requirements

Adrian Potoroaca — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 11:06:01 +0000

We've waited so long for colorful books on eReaders, and we get...animated walls. Still, at the touch of a button, the Prism wall can change the mood of your living space using color and animation. Read more...

WikiLeaks names Afghanistan as being targeted by NSA MYSTIC phone-tapping

James Walker — Sat, 24 May 2014 06:00:00 +0000

Whistle-blower Julian Assange of WikiLeaks has revealed Afghanistan to be the second nation to have all of its phone calls made from mobiles monitored, stored and archived by the NSA's MYSTIC program. Read more...

An ex-privacy advisor for Microsoft claims he no longer trusts the company

John Callaham — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 08:14:02 +0000

Caspar Bowden, was in charge of Microsoft's privacy policy in 40 countries, claims he did not know about the NSA's PRISM program while he worked there and now says he no longer trusts Microsoft. Read more...

Former NSA head says Gmail is number one ... with terrorists

John Callaham — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 09:24:20 +0000

Michael Hayden, the former director of the NSA and CIA, said today that Gmail is the number one online service used worldwide by terrorists, saying, "it's free, it's ubiquitous, so of course it is." Read more...

Google and others band together for greater NSA transparency

Paul Ferson — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 07:23:19 +0000

Edward Snowden's NSA leaks have been the source of much consternation for companies like Google and Facebook; now, they're working with the White House in an attempt to provide greater transparency. Read more...

Would you want to work for the NSA?

Christopher White — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 20:38:57 +0000

With the Def Con conference finishing up, one reporter posed a question to the participants: Would you work for the NSA? The responses were mixed, but it seems that most people said, "Hell no!" Read more...

Microsoft Excel used as example in new NSA XKeyscore leak

John Callaham — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 15:56:14 +0000

Newly leaked training documents from the NSA show the existence of a program called XKeyscore, designed to view online content from almost anywhere, with Microsoft's Excel used as an example Read more...

German Internet activists' furor over a possible “serious breach of privacy”

Phi Ha — Sun, 28 Jul 2013 12:54:34 +0000

Thousands of demonstrators take to the streets of Germany after fears that it may become another "surveillance nation". German Chancellor Angela Merkel denied any involvement with the NSA. Read more...

Microsoft and Facebook lobby against NSA in April-June, Google/Yahoo stay quiet

Brad Sams — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 15:06:20 +0000

Microsoft and Facebook were the only tech giants to lobby against the laws that allowed the NSA to conduct its PRISM program but even so, it wasn't a strong effort by either company. Read more...

Did Edward Snowden use SharePoint to leak NSA files?

John Callaham — Sat, 20 Jul 2013 22:55:28 +0000

A recent comment from NSA chief General Keith Alexander seems to hint that NSA data leaker Edward Snowden may have used Microsoft's SharePoint to help move those files. Read more...

Microsoft defends against data sharing allegations

Nathan Liu — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 20:51:44 +0000

Microsoft have responded to allegations over personal data sharing in a blog post, while asking the Attorney General to allow them to publish all National Security requests received. Read more...

Report: Microsoft helped NSA to access SkyDrive, Skype and Outlook.com

John Callaham — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 20:55:00 +0000

The Guardian reports that, according to files leaked by ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden, Microsoft allowed the spy agency access to several of its services, including Outlook.com, Skype and SkyDrive. Read more...

France has their own PRISM-like spying network; does everyone?

Christopher White — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 04:52:09 +0000

It sounds like France may also have their very own PRISM-like spying network, gathering data from the Internet into a centralized database housed underground. Which country will be announced next? Read more...

NSA whistleblower taking part in a live Q&A [Update]

Anthony Tosie — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:10:20 +0000

The man behind the recent leak of information of the NSA's large-scale surveillance program will be taking part in a live question-and-answer session at 11 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. Read more...

Microsoft offers more info on its US national security requests

John Callaham — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 05:51:25 +0000

Microsoft has now shared some details on information requests it has received from US national security agencies in the wake of the massive online spy scandals revealed earlier this month. Read more...

Mozilla launches Prism 1.0 beta

Sam Symons — Sun, 10 May 2009 19:31:04 +0000

Mozilla's Prism project has been around for quite a while now, and many companies have been using and testing it throughtout the life of its development thus far; it may have taken a rather long... Read more...

Mozilla Prism Prototype Now Available on Mac and Linux

Sun, 04 Nov 2007 16:19:14 +0000

The Prism prototype is now available for Mac and Linux, on par with the updated version for Windows that resolves a few issues, meaning Prism now provides a cross-platform way to integrate the web platform... Read more...

Mozilla Labs: Prism

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:08:01 +0000

Mozilla Labs is launching a series of experiments to bridge the divide in the user experience between web applications and desktop apps and to explore new usability models as the line between traditional desktop and... Read more...

Prism Video Converter 1.02

Razvan Serea — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 14:42:42 +0000

Prism video conversion software is a free video file format converter for Windows. It can convert video files from avi, divX, mpg, vob, wmv (Windows Media Video formats), 3gp (mobile phone format) and more into... Read more...

Prism Video Converter 1.01

Razvan Serea — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 05:57:04 +0000

Prism video file conversion software is a free video file format converter for Windows. It can convert video files from avi, mpg, vob, wmv (Windows Media Video formats) and more into avi, asf or wmv... Read more...

Super Prism LCD's

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 13:40:05 +0000

New research by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich could bring high-end LCD colour capabilities to LCD and TV screens. Arrays of thousands of tiny "super prisms" controlled by robotic muscles are able... Read more...