Linux, Open Source, & anti Microsoft news

Microsoft will force install the new Outlook email client on Windows 10 systems starting with next month’s security update. The announcement was made in a new message added to the…

Microsoft has fixed a known issue causing macOS applications to freeze when opening or saving files in OneDrive. As Redmond explained when it first acknowledged the bug in November, it…

BlackBerry, once synonymous with the business smartphone, is now a major automotive technology player through its QNX platform, and has now revealed a tie-up with Microsoft to revolutionize the development…

Microsoft is planning job cuts soon, and the company is taking a harder look at underperforming employees as part of the reductions, according to two people familiar with the plans….

It looks like Microsoft has finally acknowledged that handheld gaming PCs could be better, primarily when it comes to running Windows 11 on them, and it wants to improve this…

Ten years ago PC gamers were eagerly awaiting Steam Machines, console-style Linux boxes built from the ground up to play PC games. They flopped, due in no small part to…

At CES 2025, we’ve seemingly just had confirmation that Microsoft is not releasing the next generation of Windows, which many of us assume will be called Windows 12, just yet….

Microsoft will spend $3 billion to expand its Azure cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) capacity in India, CEO Satya Nadella said on Tuesday, doubling down on a country with tech…

Just a few days ago, security researchers warned hundreds of millions of Windows users they’re at risk from a “dangerous security fiasco.” Microsoft has now confirmed the same, proclaiming 2025…

Xbox’s focus has shifted from console exclusives and hardware sales to a more universal console experience. The company’s “This is an Xbox” campaign seems to be working. Not only is…

Microsoft is pitching itself as the “Copilot company” these days, so maybe it shouldn’t be a surprise that Redmond’s AI is popping up in new places. At CES, Copilot is…

Google has suddenly hit back hard after Microsoft was seemingly caught capturing and diverting Google users within its Windows ecosystem. “New year, new low,” one Google exec posted on X,…

Microsoft Bing displays what is being categorized as a misleading Google-esque search page when users search for ‘Google,’ making it look like you are on the competing search engine.

Microsoft is set to invest $80 billion in fiscal 2025 to expand its AI datacenter capabilities, Brad Smith, the company’s president and vice chairman wrote in a blog post. Microsoft…

Valve’s “Steam Survey” results for December 2024 indicate a notable upward trend for Linux gaming statistics. The survey reflects a 0.29 per cent increase in market share for Linux, rising…