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US Senator says Microsoft should be probed for 'gross cybersecurity negligence' after hospital ransomware attacks

Microsoft is accused of 'gross cybersecurity negligence.' US Senator Ron Wyden has written a letter to the FTC Chairman to ...

Microsoft wants to ban pre-owned software, cheap Office keys and Windows 11 serials but is that a lost battle already?

Microsoft faces appeal tribunal in long-running dispute with ValueLicensing over the resale of Windows and Office licenses.
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Microsoft 365 costs more every year, but now there's a way to get the same apps for life

TL;DR: Replace Microsoft 365 with a Microsoft Office 2024 Lifetime License on sale now for $169.97. Probably one of the only ...

'Microsoft has become like an arsonist selling firefighting services to their victims' says US senator, referring it to the FTC for a cybersecurity flaw, though Microsoft sa…

US senator Ron Wyden has written a letter to the FTC requesting that the organisation investigate Microsoft for what he calls ...

Microsoft resolves European Union probe into Teams

LONDON (AP) — European Union regulators have accepted Microsoft’s proposed changes to Teams, resolving a long-running ...

Orange Crabs in the Machine: How Rust is rewriting the rules of modern software

At RustConf 2025 in Seattle, Microsoft, Amazon, and the broader developer community marked key milestones for Rust — an ...

Microsoft avoids EU fine by agreeing to unbundle Teams from Microsoft 365

The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, announced the development today. Regulators could have potentially fined ...

Microsoft to add Anthropic AI models — as rift with OpenAI grows: report

The software giant will pay to use Anthropic’s Claude models for some Office 365 Copilot features, according to The ...
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Microsoft sidesteps billions in EU fines with Teams unbundling deal

Under the seven-year agreement, Microsoft must offer discounted Office packages without Teams and improve interoperability ...
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Microsoft and OpenAI chart future together as OpenAI shifts to for-profit model

OpenAI seems to be on a roll with high-profile partners, after recently announcing a mega multi-billion dollar deal with ...

Developers can now publish Windows apps for free on the Microsoft Store

Microsoft recently announced a new, positive change for publishing apps and Windows software through the Microsoft Store: ...

Microsoft agrees to unbundle Teams from Office in landmark EU settlement

Microsoft has settled with European Union regulators to decouple its Teams messaging and videoconferencing service from its Office productivity suites, marking the end of a years-long ...