Hackernews posts about Microsoft

Microsoft is a multinational technology company that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products, services, and devices.

1. Microsoft only lets you opt out of AI photo scanning 3x a year (hardware.slashdot.org)
   844 points by dmitrygr 14 days ago | 331 comments
2. Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without MS account (www.theverge.com)
   624 points by josephcsible 19 days ago | 1354 comments
3. Retiring Windows 10 and Microsoft's move towards a surveillance state (www.scottrlarson.com)
   550 points by trinsic2 10 days ago | 491 comments
4. No account? No Windows 11, Microsoft says as another loophole snaps shut (www.theregister.com)
   343 points by Bender 19 days ago | 4 comments
5. Microsoft Amplifier (github.com)
   262 points by JDEW 15 days ago | 150 comments
6. Google, Meta and Microsoft to stop showing political ads in the EU (www.politico.eu)
   226 points by martinohansen 15 days ago | 194 comments
7. Microsoft 365 Copilot's commercial failure (www.perspectives.plus)
   198 points by jukkan 21 days ago | 169 comments
8. Microsoft CTO says he wants to swap most AMD and Nvidia GPUs for homemade chips (www.cnbc.com)
   192 points by fork-bomber 23 days ago | 129 comments
9. Microsoft allows use of personal Microsoft 365 subscriptions at work (www.theregister.com)
   145 points by rntn 24 days ago | 87 comments
10. Microsoft lets bosses spot teams that are dodging Copilot (www.theregister.com)
    106 points by mikece 15 days ago | 93 comments
11. Microsoft Teams will start tracking office attendance (www.tomsguide.com)
    101 points by thund 1 day ago | 71 comments
12. Austria's military just ditched Microsoft for open-source LibreOffice (www.zdnet.com)
    96 points by CharlesW 28 days ago | 25 comments
13. German state replaces Microsoft Exchange and Outlook with open-source email (www.zdnet.com)
    79 points by CrankyBear 12 days ago | 25 comments
14. Microsoft are removing mechanisms for creating a local account in Windows Setup (blogs.windows.com)
    67 points by MaximilianEmel 19 days ago | 2 comments
15. Microsoft 'illegally' tracked students via 365 Education, says data watchdog (www.theregister.com)
    59 points by azalemeth 12 days ago | 12 comments
16. The god mode vulnerability that should kill "Trust Microsoft" forever (tide.org)
    50 points by SaltNHash 25 days ago | 31 comments
17. Microsoft Surface Pen Compatibility / Interoperability FAQ (2024) (dancharblog.wordpress.com)
    47 points by Lammy 24 days ago | 31 comments
18. Microsoft puts Office Online Server on the chopping block (www.theregister.com)
    46 points by Brajeshwar 3 days ago | 35 comments
19. Microsoft launches 'vibe working' in Excel and Word (www.theverge.com)
    44 points by amichail 27 days ago | 16 comments
20. Microsoft is about to launch free Xbox Cloud Gaming with ads (www.theverge.com)
    41 points by avonmach 20 days ago | 55 comments
21. Austria's Armed Forces Gets Rid of Microsoft Office (Mostly) for LibreOffice (news.itsfoss.com)
    34 points by BeetleB 23 days ago | 3 comments
22. Trump calls for the firing of Lisa Monaco, Microsoft president of global affairs (www.cnbc.com)
    32 points by perihelions 29 days ago | 20 comments
23. Microsoft clamping down on Windows 11 local account setup (www.tomshardware.com)
    24 points by layer8 18 days ago | 4 comments
24. I'm a principal engineer at Microsoft. I barely program anymore (payne.io)
    23 points by payneio 5 days ago | 32 comments
25. Why Microsoft Has Lower Borrowing Costs Than the U.S. (www.wsj.com)
    21 points by doener 27 days ago | 11 comments
26. Vibe Working: Introducing Agent Mode and Office Agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot (www.microsoft.com)
    19 points by prossercj 26 days ago | 2 comments
27. Microsoft forced to make Windows 10 extended security updates truly free in EEA (www.theverge.com)
    13 points by truegoric 30 days ago | discuss
28. Two days after OpenAI's Atlas, Microsoft launches a nearly identical AI browser (techcrunch.com)
    12 points by skx001 2 days ago | 4 comments
29. Microsoft engineer resigns over cloud business from Israeli military (www.cnbc.com)
    12 points by cramsession 16 days ago | discuss
30. Microsoft Pushes Xbox Division to Hit Higher Profit Margins (www.bloomberg.com)
    11 points by pjmlp 2 days ago | 4 comments