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"The AI web should respect quality content" — How Microsoft's new Publisher Content Marketplace aims to save your favorite sites from extinction

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Par : [email protected] (Cale Hunt)
Microsoft has unveiled the Publisher Content Marketplace, a new initiative that aims to compensate publishers for quality content while helping better train AI tools. Win-win?

Satya Nadella, chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp., speaks during the company event on AI technologies in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Tuesday, April 30, 2024.

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Firefox's new AI kill switch reminds me that Edge still doesn't have a similar feature — a one-click toggle would only make Microsoft's browser more appealing

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Par : [email protected] (Cale Hunt)
Mozilla announced that it's giving its Firefox browser an AI kill switch, making it easy to disable all AI enhancements with one click. Microsoft needs to add something similar to Edge instead of making us chase down individual settings.

Edge vs. Firefox AI toggle

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User reactions make it clear Microsoft’s real AI problem on Windows 11 isn’t the tech — it’s trust

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Par : [email protected] (Mauro Huculak)
Since the Windows Central exclusive was published about Microsoft pausing its aggressive AI push on Windows 11, it sparked hundreds of comments in the community, and here is what users had to say.

Windows 11 Ask Copilot

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Inside Microsoft’s chaos vocabulary: A former engineer explains why phrases like “even the fires are on fire” weren’t jokes, they were survival tools

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
Veteran engineer Raymond Chen revealed that Microsoft would often use corporate jargon like "on fire" to describe

Mountain View, California, United States - August 15, 2016: Microsoft sign adorns the facade of a Microsoft Headquarters building, hardware division, in Santa Clara in Silicon Valley.

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Former Windows chief shared confidential Microsoft emails with Epstein — as leaders scrambled to contain the Surface RT disaster

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Par : [email protected] (Zac Bowden)
Steven Sinofsky sought advice from Jeffrey Epstein in newly released Epstein files, revealing that the former Windows head shared confidential Microsoft emails with the disgraced financier in 2012-2013.

Steven Sinofsky, president of Microsoft's Windows division, speaks during a press conference to display Microsoft new tablet computer and Windows 8 software at 1933 Old Millfun on October 23, 2012 in Shanghai, China.

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Microsoft plans to bury its NTLM security relic after 30 years — replacing it with stronger Kerberos-based alternatives via future Windows client releases

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
Microsoft recently highlighted a three-phase plan to disable the legacy New Technology LAN Manager (NTLM) protocol by default for stronger Kerberos-based alternatives in the next major Windows Server release and associated Windows client releases.

Windows 11 update screen

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Cortana’s gone, Copilot isn’t filling the gap, and Microsoft still can’t decide what Windows’ assistant should be

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Par : [email protected] (Daniel Rubino)
Now that Copilot is the buttoned‑up default for Windows 11, there’s no reason fans shouldn’t get the option to choose Cortana as their AI persona.

Lenovo ThinkPad with the Microsoft Cortana logo and the text "bring her back."

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8 new Windows 11 features expected to arrive with the February 2026 update — Patch Tuesday isn't flashy, but it'll deliver (some) meaningful changes

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Par : [email protected] (Mauro Huculak)
Windows 11's February 2026 update adds Cross-Device Resume, MIDI upgrades, Smart App Control changes, and performance improvements. Here's all you need to know.

Windows 11 Resume feature

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A new open‑source Notepad clone brings back the fast, minimal editor we loved — while Microsoft's Windows 11 version keeps getting more bloated

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Par : [email protected] (Cale Hunt)
Not happy with the direction that Windows 11's Notepad app is taking? Don't want to use Notepad++? This free, open-source alternative is available on GitHub.

Notepad bloated on a desk

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You won: Microsoft is walking back Windows 11’s AI overload — scaling down Copilot and rethinking Recall in a major shift

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Par : [email protected] (Zac Bowden)
People familiar with Microsoft's plans say the company is moving to streamline or remove certain Copilot integrations across in-box apps like Notepad and Paint in 2026, after pushback from users.

Mockups with Microsoft's AI agent Copilot in Windows 11 and the Windows 11 taskbar

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