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TypeScript 7.0.2 delivers a 6.5x speed improvement over version 6.0.2, reducing type-checking time from 27.4 seconds to 4.2 seconds on an Apple M1 Max machine. The upgrade required no configuration ch…

Microsoft's June 2026 Visual Studio update adds a GitHub Copilot usage window that tracks token consumption in real time under GitHub's new usage-based billing model. The update also introduces trust …

Nscale closed a $900 million revolving credit facility from twelve banks including Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, and Morgan Stanley, marking Wall Street's formal endorsement of the GPU cloud market. The…

Microsoft is replacing OpenAI and Anthropic models with its own MAI models in Excel and Outlook to cut costs, handling tens of thousands of AI prompts weekly. The move risks user satisfaction as enter…

Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption remains below 4.5% of the 450 million commercial customer base, with only 1% using it weekly, according to an industry report. The low uptake comes despite Microsoft int…

The US Department of Energy announced up to $17.5 billion in conditional loans to build ten new nuclear reactors across five projects, aiming to revitalize domestic nuclear power amid rising energy de…

A developer who dictated a blog post after a cat bite argues that AI-assisted writing and coding are not inherently sloppy, but that effort and accountability determine quality. The developer, who hol…

Microsoft has begun routing AI prompts in Excel, Outlook, and GitHub Copilot from OpenAI and Anthropic models to its own in-house MAI models, with tens of thousands of weekly prompts already completed…

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's argument that open-source AI models complement rather than compete with closed systems is reshaping crypto capital flows, with $2.87 billion flowing into AI-related crypto…

Microsoft laid off 4,800 staffers, including 1,600 from its Xbox division, with Xbox VP Kevin LaChapelle among those let go after 37 years at the company. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma cited slower-than-expect…

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is scrutinizing Pentagon AI contracts with Nvidia, Oracle, Google, Microsoft, and AWS, demanding transparency on surveillance and autonomous weapons development. The Pentagon con…

Microsoft is replacing costly AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic with its own MAI models in Excel and Outlook to save money, as tens of thousands of weekly prompts are now handled in-house. The shift…

At GTC 2026, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang declared the token the unit of production in the AI economy, presenting a formula linking revenue to tokens per watt and available gigawatts. Between 2026 and 2030…

Microsoft's TypeScript team rewrote the TypeScript 7.0 compiler and tools in Go, achieving roughly an order of magnitude improvement in build times. The decision reflects Go's design for readability a…

UN Secretary General António Guterres called for a global ban on autonomous weapons systems, or 'killer robots,' during the first Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva, stating that decisions to …

Anthropic expanded its Claude Cowork agentic AI platform to mobile devices, shifting its narrative to focus on eliminating busywork rather than replacing human workers, as the company prepares for an …

Microsoft announced it will cut 4,800 jobs globally, including a 20% reduction at its Xbox division, as the company shifts investment toward artificial intelligence. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma cited declini…

Microsoft has begun using its own in-house MAI models to respond to user prompts in Excel and Word, reducing reliance on OpenAI and Anthropic software as part of a broader industry trend to cut AI cos…

Microsoft Cloud Advocates have released a free 18-lesson video series called Generative AI for Beginners, covering real code and architecture without requiring sign-ups or payments. The course aims to…

Security researchers at Noma Labs discovered a prompt injection vulnerability in GitHub's Agentic Workflows, dubbed GitLost, that allows attackers to trick AI agents into leaking private repository da…