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. Getting forked by Microsoft (philiplaine.com)
   1834 points by phillebaba 5 days ago | 997 comments
2. Microsoft’s original source code (www.gatesnotes.com)
   617 points by EvgeniyZh 22 days ago | 330 comments
3. Mozilla launching “Thundermail” email service to take on Gmail, Microsoft 365 (www.techradar.com)
   434 points by bentobean 23 days ago | 333 comments
4. A note on the USB-to-PS/2 mouse adapter that came with Microsoft mouse devices (devblogs.microsoft.com)
   384 points by luu 29 days ago | 142 comments
5. Upcoming Windows 11 builds cannot install without internet and Microsoft Account (infosec.exchange)
   268 points by tech234a 28 days ago | 282 comments
6. Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extension from VS Code forks (www.theregister.com)
   234 points by Dotnaught 1 day ago | 326 comments
7. Windows 2000 Server named peak Microsoft (www.theregister.com)
   216 points by rntn 15 days ago | 325 comments
8. Windows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft account (www.theverge.com)
   197 points by nickthegreek 28 days ago | 203 comments
9. Microsoft employees recall their early years (www.seattletimes.com)
   162 points by rmason 25 days ago | 129 comments
10. Microsoft researchers developed a hyper-efficient AI model that can run on CPUs (techcrunch.com)
    146 points by libpcap 9 days ago | 64 comments
11. Organic Maps migrates to Forgejo due to GitHub account blocked by Microsoft (mastodon.social)
    138 points by mraniki 27 days ago | 46 comments
12. Microsoft blocks VSCode-derived editors (like Cursor) from using MS extensions (github.com)
    110 points by vanschelven 21 days ago | 34 comments
13. Microsoft reports several bootloader vulnerabilities (www.microsoft.com)
    91 points by hacknslack 26 days ago | 59 comments
14. New Windows 11 build makes mandatory Microsoft sign-in even more mandatory (arstechnica.com)
    74 points by Brajeshwar 28 days ago | 47 comments
15. Microsoft Copilot shows AI increasingly appears like an unwanted party guest (www.theregister.com)
    72 points by rntn 7 days ago | 24 comments
16. Microsoft will kill Remote Desktop soon, insists you'll love replacement (www.theregister.com)
    51 points by taubek 22 days ago | 68 comments
17. Microsoft fires engineers who protested during company's 50th anniversary (www.cnbc.com)
    44 points by rfarley04 18 days ago | 65 comments
18. Windows debloat script made by Microsoft (github.com)
    39 points by homebrewer 23 days ago | 10 comments
19. New Windows 11 trick lets you bypass Microsoft Account requirement (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
    37 points by throw7 23 days ago | 39 comments
20. Microsoft Copilot can now 'see' what's on your screen in Edge (www.theverge.com)
    37 points by sksxihve 9 days ago | 1 comments
21. Microsoft employee disrupts 50th anniversary and calls AI boss 'war profiteer' (www.theverge.com)
    34 points by jrepinc 22 days ago | 3 comments
22. Microsoft's Quake 2 AI experiment sparks negative reactions (www.videogameschronicle.com)
    33 points by speckx 20 days ago | 33 comments
23. Microsoft Prepares for New Round of Layoffs in May 2025 (www.thebridgechronicle.com)
    31 points by mooreds 12 days ago | 16 comments
24. Microsoft is testing ReFS for new Windows 11 installs (www.xda-developers.com)
    29 points by thecosmicfrog 21 days ago | 5 comments
25. Microsoft CEOs interrupted by another employee protestor: 'shame on all of you' (www.theverge.com)
    26 points by leotravis10 21 days ago | 6 comments
26. Microsoft is shutting down Skype, trapping money without refunds (www.washingtonpost.com)
    20 points by reaperducer 14 days ago | 7 comments
27. When Microsoft retired Clippy (dfarq.homeip.net)
    20 points by rbanffy 15 days ago | 7 comments
28. Microsoft redesigns BSOD, drops QR code, frowning face, blue colour (www.windowslatest.com)
    20 points by vo2maxer 25 days ago | 4 comments
29. Microsoft workers say they've been fired after protest over Israel contract (apnews.com)
    18 points by josefresco 18 days ago | 22 comments
30. Microsoft rolls out AI screenshot tool dubbed 'privacy nightmare' (www.bbc.com)
    18 points by pseudolus 13 days ago | 7 comments