Microsoft’s Brad Smith: the US is regulating AI with rules nobody can read
Microsoft’s Brad Smith: the US is regulating AI with rules nobody can read

Microsoft president Brad Smith says the US is now regulating AI without a clear set of rules. The uncertainty, he warns, is a problem for the whole industry. He made the case to Fortune on the sidelines of the AI for Good Global Summit. “What we really…

‘GitLost’: researchers tricked GitHub’s AI agent into leaking private repos
‘GitLost’: researchers tricked GitHub’s AI agent into leaking private repos

Researchers tricked GitHub’s AI coding agent into leaking private repositories with nothing but a politely worded issue. The flaw, named GitLost, has no code fix, and GitHub has yet to even document it. GitHub’s new AI agent can be talked into handing …

A Windows 11 bug may be quietly eating hundreds of gigabytes of your storage

If System files are using hundreds of gigabytes on your Windows 11 PC, a bug tied to CapabilityAccessManager.db-wal may be responsible.

Your next Teams meeting could have an AI teammate that answers questions for you

From AI-powered notes in physical meeting rooms to a chat list that actually organizes itself, Microsoft’s summer Teams update is more practical than most.

Microsoft joins AI cost-cutting trend by relying more on its own models

Microsoft is the latest Silicon Valley giant to cut back on its AI spending.

Microsoft pushed Copilot everywhere, but barely anyone bought it, and even fewer use it: Report

Microsoft has spent years placing Copilot across Windows and Office, yet fewer than 4.5% of commercial Microsoft 365 customers pay for it and far fewer return weekly.

Microsoft starts swapping OpenAI and Anthropic out for its own AI in some apps
Microsoft starts swapping OpenAI and Anthropic out for its own AI in some apps

Microsoft has begun replacing OpenAI and Anthropic models with its own AI in some product features, Bloomberg reports. The shift routes selected tasks to Microsoft’s in-house MAI models where cost or data residency favours them. The change is increment…

Microsoft fixes storage-hogging Windows 11 folder
Microsoft fixes storage-hogging Windows 11 folder

Microsoft is addressing a Windows 11 bug that caused a folder to take up several gigabytes of storage space. As spotted earlier by Windows Latest, Microsoft included the patch in its optional June 2026 update (KB5095093), which “improves disk space usage for the CapabilityAccessManager.db-wal file.” The CapabilityAccessManager.db-wal file is installed on Windows 11 PCs by […]

Microsoft guts Xbox: 3,200 jobs cut and five studios divested, two of them European
Microsoft guts Xbox: 3,200 jobs cut and five studios divested, two of them European

Microsoft told its Xbox staff the truth in blunt terms: the business “is not healthy.” The fix? 3,200 job cuts, five studios out the door, two of them European. Xbox chief executive Asha Sharma laid it out in an official memo on Monday. She called it t…

Microsoft lays off nearly 5,000 employees across Xbox, commercial sales

Microsoft cut around 4,800 roles, or 2.1% of its global workforce, on Monday — the latest in a series of layoffs that’s stoking fears of AI replacing jobs. The layoffs will hit Xbox and commercial sales the hardest.