Microsoft adds new skills — and more oversight — for Copilot in Excel
Microsoft is continuing its push to bring generative AI (genAI) into Excel, with new Microsoft 365 Copilot skills designed to automate common processes and a
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AI vendors fund non-profit to help workers adapt to AI era
AI is here, and we must help workers adapt: That’s the response of a new non-profit organization to the ongoing debate about whether AI will
Apple wants US approval to buy chips from CXMT as memory prices quadruple
Apple has been lobbying Commerce Department officials and other members of the Trump administration for approval to buy memory chips from ChangXin Memory Technologies, according
FTC clears Musk to acquire SpaceX alumni startup Mesh, the optical hardware company his data centers need
The Federal Trade Commission has cleared Elon Musk to acquire Mesh Optical Technologies, a startup founded by three former SpaceX engineers who build optical transceivers
South Korea plans to train entire military as “drone warriors”
South Korea plans to train every single member of its nearly half-million-strong military to operate drones as easily as they handle personal firearms. That ambitious
Russian citizens told “switch to Android” after Apple blocks key Russian apps
According to Apple’s 2025 App Store Transparency Report, Russia is the runaway world leader in one category: Demanding that Apple remove apps from its App
EU: Microsoft, Amazon cloud services could be classified as gatekeepers
Following a seven-month investigation, the European Commission has reached a preliminary decision that Amazon’s and Microsoft’s cloud platforms — AWS and Azure, respectively — should
Microsoft is turning Windows 11 into an AI operating system
For years, Microsoft has hyped Windows 11 cas an OS with AI, and the company is finally putting the building blocks in place for that
onsemi to buy Synaptics in $7bn bet on ‘physical AI’
onsemi is buying Synaptics in an all-stock deal worth about $7bn. The onsemi Synaptics deal bets that AI’s next wave lives not in the cloud
Volkswagen reportedly plans to cut 100,000 jobs
Volkswagen reportedly wants to cut 100,000 jobs, about 15% of its workforce, and close German plants. It would be the biggest overhaul in the carmaker’s
U.S. Loosens Restrictions on Anthropic’s Mythos A.I. Model
The move de-escalates a clash between the Trump administration and the company over its cutting-edge artificial intelligence systems.
Om Malik, Whose Blog Shaped How Silicon Valley Saw Itself, Dies at 59
Gigaom, which he started in 2001, established him as a leading voice in the tech world and signaled a shift in how the media covered
A single config file in a cloned repository could steal your AWS credentials through Amazon Q Developer
A high-severity flaw in Amazon Q Developer allowed a malicious code repository to silently execute commands on a developer’s machine and steal their AWS credentials.
Xprize founder says global surveillance is a good thing because humans behave better when they are being watched
Xprize Foundation founder Peter Diamandis has joined a growing list of tech executives who believe global surveillance is a good idea, writing on X this