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Microsoft has announced that its Azure OpenAI Service now has official support for GPT-4 Turbo with Vision, which can combine text and image prompts to create text answers to questions.

Earlier this year, Microsoft promised it was working on fix for "0x80070643 - ERROR_INSTALL_FAILURE that was happening when trying to install Windows 10 KB5034441 update. However, that's not to be.

Microsoft has just announced another partnership with an AI startup company, Sanctuary AI. The two businesses will work together to create a human-like AI model for general purpose robots.

Microsoft is trying to show it is taking the use of AI services and their effects seriously by publishing its first annual AI transparency report, with info on its own employee practices.

A report claims that Intercept Games, the developer of the space sim Kerbal Space Program 2, will be closing its doors in late June, putting the future of the game's development in question.

Starfield's biggest update yet is landing in May with upgraded maps, new gameplay tweaking options, graphics options for Xbox Series X players, and more. A land vehicle is in development too.

Microsoft has released a new video for its hit sandbox game Minecraft to celebrate its 15th birthday. It shows people in the real world doing things that normally only happen when playing Minecraft.

Meta and Warner Bros. have announced Batman: Arkham Shadow, a brand-new entry into the ArkhamVerse coming later this year. It will be exclusive to the Meta Quest 3 virtual reality headset.

Microsoft's LinkedIn has just launched its first three games that are available for free. These puzzle games have been designed to not just be fun to play but to also try to connect its players

Developer Ironclad Games and publisher Stardock will make their 4X space-based strategy game Sins of a Solar Empire II available on Valve's Steam PC game store sometime later this summer.

Internal Microsoft emails have revealed the company feared it will fall behind Google in AI development in 2019. The CTO's emails showed that he believed Microsoft was years behind Google's AI.

A new report claims Microsoft has a schedule of when it plans to release its major first-party gaming titles for the rest of 2024. That includes games like the next Call of Duty title and more.

Recently, users discovered a simple one-click method to bypass the system requirements for Windows 11 on unsupported PCs. Another such way has been uncovered and it works on Windows 8.

Microsoft's Cascadia Code font, which is used in Windows Terminal, has received a major update with support for Quadrants, Sextants, Octants, Large Type Pieces, more legacy symbols, and Nerd Fonts.

Microsoft has partnered up with Brookfield to generate 10.5 gigawatts of renewable energy via solar farms and wind farms between 2026 and 2030, which is enough to power 1.8 million homes.

Microsoft is planning to build its first data center region in the Southeast Asian country of Thailand. The company has also pledged to 'AI skill' over 100,000 people to create a skilled workforce.

Microsoft has confirmed that it had resolved the "65000" BitLocker encryption bug that was affecting almost all Windows 11 and 10 client systems. Interestingly, the fix wasn't deployed recently.

Microsoft has confirmed VPN issues on Windows 11, Windows 10, and Server. The problem seems to stem from the latest April 2024 Patch Tuesday as well as the Preview non-Security release.

Microsoft has posted a new support page that outlines the changes from the old "classic" Teams client to the more recent "Teams 2.0" version including some features that are going away.

Microsoft has announced that its plans to add Copilot features to its OneDrive cloud storage service will now appear sometime in the summer of 2024, rather than its previous April date.

Asus has revealed it will be holding a virtual event on May 20, and based on the wording of its press release, it will announce its first PCs with Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Series CPUs.

Microsoft is starting to roll out its Copilot generative AI assistant in its recently launched new Planner app in Teams, offering ways for the AI to create tasks, goals, and more in the app.

Microsoft has revealed that Copilot for Microsoft 365 will add a new feature in May that will support the use of Graph-grounded Copilot chat for the company's Outlook email client.

Microsoft has revealed some of the new features it has added for its Teams collaboration and meeting service for the month of April 2024 including multi-turn chats with Copilot and more.

Some members of the Microsoft Xbox Insider program are testing a feature that allows them to put in-game art backgrounds for some games on the Home screen with any background on the console.

Microsoft has finally confirmed when the Xbox Games Showcase of 2024 will happen. The showcase will have reveals from Activision, Blizzard, Bethesda, and Xbox Game Studios, plus a surprise.

Another Xbox Game Pass wave is almost here, and it is carrying Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, Little Kitty, Big City, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, and Kona II: Brume as new arrivals.

Rare has officially brought Sea of Thieves to PlayStation 5, and with it Season 12 has launched for the hit pirate adventure game. It has ziplines, a new cannonball, throwing knives, and more.

Microsoft has updated release notes for the latest Windows 11 Beta build to clarify that the "WindowsMigration" app is a component of Windows Backup that appeared in the Start menu due to a bug.

Microsoft-owned GitHub has announced Copilot Workspace, a new developer environment that helps to write code with the Copilot generative AI assistant. It's now available as a technical preview.

Microsoft will invest $1.7 billion to develop Indonesia's AI infrastructure by building new cloud computing data centers. CEO Satya Nadella said it would be their largest investment in the country.

Paradox Interactive has reconfirmed it's long-delayed people simulator game Life by You will finally become available for PC gamers on June 4 as an Early Access title on Steam and Epic Games Store.

Microsoft Edge 125 is now available for final testing in the Beta Channel before its public debut for all users. The latest update introduces improvements for sleeping tabs, workspaces, and more.

Bethesda Game Studios' director Todd Howard has confirmed that the Starfield: Shattered Space expansion is coming sometime this fall. More updates for the game are coming soon as well.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, who officially left the company in 2020 when he departed from its board of directors has reportedly been a silent advisor for its OpenAI partnership.

Microsoft Edge is gradually deprecating the "-ms-high-contrast" media query and "-ms-high-contrast-adjust" property, which websites have historically used to modify styles for high contrast mode.

Microsoft's latest ID@Xbox Digital Showcase today revealed, among other things, that the hit game Palworld will get a major update in June, adding four new "Pals" to the game and more.

A new version of Tiny11 Builder by @NTDEV_ is out with a new important feature: you can now make lightweight Windows 11 images with disabled telemetry. Future updates promise to bring more.

Microsoft has announced that it has made its Copilot generative AI chatbot and assistant available for Viva Engage users to assist in creating posts and recommendations, among other features.