Microsoft

Meta Platforms Inc. released Muse Glimmer, an open-source version of its most advanced AI model Muse Spark, designed to run locally on consumer hardware with a single GPU, marking a return to its open…

Microsoft has delayed Exchange Server Subscription Edition Cumulative Update 1 (CU1), citing the workload from security issues and bugs identified with AI-assisted tooling. In an August 13 Exchange te…

Microsoft has delayed its latest Exchange Server update, blaming artificial intelligence-related issues, and has not provided a timeline for its release. The company did not specify which AI features …

Anthropic's Claude chatbot now watermarks text it generates or processes, a move required by the European Union's AI Act, but the feature has sparked user backlash, with dozens canceling subscriptions…

A 30-day comparison of AI code editors Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Windsurf found Cursor leading in autocomplete and codebase indexing, while Windsurf excels in agentic multi-file tasks. GitHub Copilo…

Ebisuda, a Microsoft MVP based in Japan, released v3.2.4 of CCDB (Claude & Codex Discord Bridge), an open-source tool that lets users run Claude and Codex AI coding agents from Discord. The latest ver…

Microsoft's July 2026 Patch Tuesday was the largest in the program's history, with a record 622 fixes, including three zero-days, two of which were actively exploited. According to a report from Infos…

Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2026 is available for $29.97 (reg. $499) through Aug. 23 at 11:59 p.m. PT, offering AI-assisted coding, cross-platform development, and collaboration features. The…

Anthropic has begun embedding invisible watermarks into all text and images produced by its Claude models launched from 2 August 2026 onwards, applying the feature globally to comply with the European…

Canonical's VP of Engineering Jon Seager said Ubuntu's user base inside Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is growing significantly faster than its native desktop user base, and he expects WSL to overt…

Microsoft has merged its consumer and enterprise AI assistants into a single Microsoft 365 Copilot super app, unifying personal and business data in one workspace. The architectural shift aims to tran…

Anthropic representatives Sholto Douglas and Dario Amodei have publicly discussed the possibility of a single AI company achieving hegemonic power, a scenario investor Gavin Baker recently debated on …

A developer explored Herdr, a terminal multiplexer designed for AI coding agents, as a self-hosted alternative to cloud platforms for running multiple agents in parallel. The tool provides live agent …

Wall Street strategists see Big Tech's AI spending starting to pay off, with JPMorgan raising its S&P 500 price target to 8,000 from 7,800, citing strong cloud demand. Microsoft's Azure surpassed $100…

OpenAI introduced Computer History, an opt-in feature for the ChatGPT desktop app on macOS, that records user activity across approved apps and websites to build a searchable timeline for ChatGPT and …

OpenAI has introduced Computer History, an opt-in feature for the ChatGPT desktop app on macOS that tracks user clicks and keystrokes to build a timeline of activity, which ChatGPT and Codex can refer…

A website operator reports that Microsoft's retired msnbot crawler has been reactivated in 2026 and is aggressively downloading pages in a pattern consistent with AI training, despite the operator set…

Anthropic is developing a built-in web browser for Cowork sessions in Claude Desktop, according to TestingCatalog, which would allow users to browse the web while Claude maintains context, bridging a …

The S&P 500 closed at roughly 7,736.52 in early August 2026, up about 1.8%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average crossed 54,000 for the first time, driven by AI-fueled earnings from Palantir, Microsof…

The US-China tech war is expanding beyond semiconductor chips to include optical transceivers, small devices essential for AI data centres and cloud networks, after the FCC proposed a ban on Chinese-m…