Linux, Open Source, & anti Microsoft news

Microsoft released its final set of Patch Tuesday updates for 2023, closing out 33 flaws in its software, making it one of the lightest releases in recent years. Of the…

Microsoft’s partnership with ChatGPT maker OpenAI is under US and UK antitrust scrutiny, the British regulator and a media report said on Friday, following the startup’s boardroom battle that led…

OpenAI’s rollercoaster November — the firing and swift rehiring of CEO Sam Altman — has brought the artificial intelligence firm closer to 49% stakeholder Microsoft. The tech giant now holds…

After Sam Altman was fired from OpenAI late last month, the startup’s employees threatened to leave and accept a blanket offer from Microsoft to hire them all. This was an…

Amazon has told Britain’s antitrust authority its rival Microsoft uses business practices that restrict customer choice in the cloud computing market, the second major company to criticise the U.S. tech…

Microsoft has quietly reduced the amount of Microsoft Rewards points users can earn, enraging users who have used the points to offset some of Microsoft’s more expensive services, like Game…

Google has called on Britain’s antitrust regulator to take action against Microsoft, claiming its business practices had left rivals at a significant disadvantage, according to a letter seen by Reuters.

Microsoft’s plan to pump 2.5 billion pounds ($3.2 billion) into Britain over the next three years, its single largest investment in the country to date, will underpin future growth in…

Microsoft will soon let Windows 11 users in the European Economic Area (EEA) disable its Bing web search, remove Microsoft Edge, and even add custom web search providers — including…

Today is Microsoft’s November 2023 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for a total of 58 flaws and five zero-day vulnerabilities. While fourteen remote code execution (RCE) bugs were fixed,…

Microsoft has resolved a known issue causing significant delays for Microsoft 365 customers when saving attachments in Outlook Desktop. The bug is known to impact Outlook users trying to save…

Microsoft publicly acknowledged a known issue causing Windows Server 2022 virtual machine (VM) blue screens and boot failures on VMware ESXi hosts.

Amazon is reportedly working on its own Linux-based OS to replace Android on its Fire TVs, smart displays, and other non-tablet devices.

Microsoft now wants you to explain exactly why you’re attempting to close its OneDrive for Windows app before it allows you to do so. Neowin has spotted that the latest…

Cybersecurity researchers from Zscaler have discovered more than a hundred vulnerabilities in Microsoft 365 that were introduced with the addition of SketchUp into the cloud productivity suite. To make matters…