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Microsoft Fixes One Windows 11 Nag, Introduces a Harder-to-Ignore OneDrive Prompt in Start Menu
Windows 11 testers are confronting a classic good-news-bad-news scenario. In the latest Dev channel build 26200.5722, Microsoft has finally streamlined the persistent “second-chance out-of-box...
Leaked Files Expose Microsoft Azure’s Role in Israel’s Mass Call Interception and AI Warfare
A joint investigation by The Guardian, +972 Magazine, and Local Call has exposed how Israel’s elite military intelligence unit, Unit 8200, harnesses Microsoft Azure to store and process intercepted...
Nearly 2 Million Hours of Palestinian Calls Stored on Microsoft’s Irish Servers for Israeli Intelligence
Microsoft’s Azure cloud infrastructure in Ireland stored nearly 2 million hours of intercepted Palestinian phone calls for Israel’s elite military intelligence unit, an investigation by The...
Leaked Documents Claim Microsoft Azure Hosts Israeli Mass Surveillance Targeting Palestinians
Microsoft’s cloud platform Azure has been implicated in one of the most sweeping mass surveillance operations in modern history, according to a joint investigation by The Guardian and +972 Magazine...
Microsoft VP: Keyboards Are Destined to Become 'Archaic' as AI Agents Remake Windows by 2030
Microsoft is sketching a future where the keyboard and mouse are relics of a bygone era. Instead of clicking icons and hammering keys, Windows users will converse with a squad of specialized AI...
Microsoft Debuts OpenAI's gpt-oss-20b on Windows 11 for Agentic Local AI — But Hallucinations Remain a Concern
Microsoft has quietly opened the door to a new breed of local AI on Windows 11 by making OpenAI's gpt-oss-20b, an open-source 20-billion-parameter language model, available through Windows AI...
13 Petabytes of Israeli Surveillance Data on Palestinians Stored by Microsoft Azure, UN Report Says
More than 13 petabytes of Israeli military surveillance data on Palestinians—including biometric records, intercepted communications, and AI-generated targeting lists—sits on Microsoft Azure...
Satya Nadella’s 2021 Meeting with Unit 8200 Head Enabled Azure-Powered Mass Surveillance in Gaza, Investigation Shows
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella personally met with the head of Israel’s elite cyber-intelligence unit in 2021 to greenlight a cloud-powered mass surveillance system that now captures and stores...
Jim Cramer Hails Microsoft’s Dominance as AI Energy Crisis Looms
Microsoft’s stellar quarterly earnings and Jim Cramer’s effusive praise—he said the company is “doing incredibly well in every single phase of its business” on a recent broadcast—paint a...
Windows 11 SE Dead: Microsoft Concedes Classroom to Chromebooks with 2026 Sunset
Microsoft has quietly pulled the plug on Windows 11 SE, its dedicated education operating system, with support officially ending in October 2026. The announcement, buried in a support document,...
Windows 10’s October 2025 Deadline: How Channel Partners Are Rescuing Enterprises Stuck on the Upgrade Fence
October 14, 2025, will mark the end of an era for millions of Windows PCs still running the decade-old operating system. That’s the date Microsoft pulls the plug on free security patches, technical...
Microsoft’s $30 Windows 10 ESU Is a Band-Aid on a Bullet Wound
Microsoft’s offer of a $30 Extended Security Update for Windows 10 home users next year might look like a cheap stay of execution, but security experts warn it’s a band-aid on a bullet wound....