Inside Microsoft’s quest to make Windows 11’s AI irresistible

Executives with a combined 130+ years of tenure on the company’s decades of work to get people to talk to their PCs—and why ...
How-To Geek on MSN

You Should Try This Open-Source Document Converter

There’s also an open-source utility for the job that I’ve been using constantly: Pandoc. Pandoc calls itself "a universal document converter," with support for dozens of markup formats and document ...
Windows Latest

Microsoft confirms Windows 11’s simple text editor “Edit” is now pre-installed

Microsoft has introduced a native command-line text editor called Edit in Windows 11 and it's now rolling out to everyone.
Android Police

Gemini on Google Home needs changes to be successful

Jon has been an author at Android Police since 2021. He primarily writes features and editorials covering the latest Android news, but occasionally reviews hardware and Android apps. His favorite ...
Fast Company

Healthcare is at the end of its MS-DOS era

“People think it’s this veneer,” he added. “That the designers are handed this box and told, ‘Make it look good!’ That’s not what we think design is. It’s not just what it looks like and feels like.
Seattle Times

Ex-Microsoft exec Nathan Myhrvold’s letter in Epstein ‘birthday book,’ records show

Microsoft’s former Chief Technology Officer Nathan Myhrvold was listed as a “friend” in documents copied from a 2003 birthday book made for Jeffrey Epstein, a tome that also includes a letter praising ...
TechRadar

Want to build on Bill Gates? Microsoft open-sourced the original code written by the company founder - now it's over to you

Microsoft has released 6,955 lines of BASIC assembly code from 1976 Bill Gates and Ric Weiland adapted BASIC for the MOS 6502 Commodore licensed Microsoft BASIC in 1977 for $25,000 worldwide Nearly ...
Gizmodo

Microsoft Goes Back to BASIC, Open-Sources Bill Gates’ Code

In the era of vibe coding, when even professionals are pawning off their programming work on AI tools, Microsoft is throwing it all the way back to the language that launched a billion devices. On ...
Liliputing

Lilbits: Microsoft open sources 6502 BASIC, Samsung launches Galaxy Tab S25 FE and Galaxy Tab S11 Series, Acer shows off an Intel Panther Lake laptop

Acer is showing off a new laptop at IFA in Germany this week that’s of the first laptops designed for Intel’s not-yet-available Panther Lake processors. Microsoft has open sourced one of the very ...
The Verge

Microsoft open-sources its 6502 version of BASIC from 1976

Microsoft’s 6502 BASIC ran on the same CPU that powered the Apple II, Commodore 8-bit series, NES, and Atari 2600. Microsoft’s 6502 BASIC ran on the same CPU that powered the Apple II, Commodore 8-bit ...
Windows Report

Microsoft’s 6502 BASIC Goes Open Source

Microsoft has officially open-sourced its 6502 BASIC, the interpreter that powered early home computers. For decades, fans only had fragments and unofficial copies. Now, the original code is finally ...