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Big August update fixes dozens of security flaws in Windows and Office

September 12, 2025
Yesterday was Patch Tuesday for September, and Microsoft provided security updates that address 80 new vulnerabilities. Microsoft categorized eight of the vulnerabilities in Windows and Office as critical, but none of them have been exploited for attacks in the wild yet. Sadly, Microsoft provides sparse details on the security vulnerabilities for self-searching in the Security Update Guide. The…
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Microsoft wants to soothe a big pain for PC gamers: Shaders

August 21, 2025
Microsoft said Wednesday that it’s working to remove one of the frustrating headaches for PC gamers: the need to compile shaders. Microsoft said that it will release an AgilitySDK in September to solve this problem, speeding up your time from downloading a game to playing…
AI & RoboticsNews

When AI reasoning goes wrong: Microsoft Research shows more tokens can mean more problems

April 16, 2025
In a Nutshell Microsoft Research finds that inference-time scaling methods for large language models don’t universally improve performance. Varying benefits, token inefficiency, and cost unpredictability challenge assumptions. Verification mechanisms enhance model accuracy. Brute-force scaling has limits; conventional models can match reasoning models on simpler tasks but struggle with…
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Microsoft joins forces with VB Lab for 3 stops on the AI Impact Tour

January 31, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO, January 29, 2024 — In January 2024, VentureBeat launched the AI Impact Tour, a series of intimate events in cities across the U.S., each focusing on distinct aspects of the current and upcoming AI revolution. VB Lab just announced a partnership with Microsoft to sponsor three of these events, kicking off in New York in February. Each invitation-only salon is an evening of…
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