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Windows 11’s big patch Tuesday allows you to hold off on updates for longer

Microsoft just released a long list of improvements for Windows 11 as part of its bigger patch Tuesdays, and that includes the ability to pause updates indefinitely, as reported earlier by Windows Central. This option rolled out to Windows Insiders earlier this year, allowing you to hold off on updates for up to 35 days […]

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Britain’s flagship AI data centre can’t get the power to switch on

Britain wants to be an AI superpower. One of its flagship data centres cannot get the electricity to switch on. Nscale’s £2bn Essex site has the money, the planning permission, and a grid connection, but no power arriving in time. Nscale has the cash, the site, and the customer. What it does not have is […]

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Microsoft promised to be carbon negative. Its emissions just jumped 25%

Microsoft promised to be carbon negative by 2030. Its own report shows emissions up 25% in a year instead. The number is worse than it looks, and also more honest than it looks, and the reason for both is the same: AI data centres. Microsoft set one of the boldest climate targets in tech. By […]

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Microsoft tests Windows Search without all the ads and fluff

Microsoft is testing a cleaner version of the Windows 11 search menu that strips it of recommended content and ads. In a blog post on Monday, Microsoft announced that it’s rolling out the decluttered Search Box to Windows Insiders in the Experimental channel as the company looks to regain trust with users and fix Windows. […]

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Nadella says you pay for AI twice, and Microsoft helped build the trap

Microsoft’s Satya Nadella says every firm using AI is paying for it twice, once in cash, and once in the secrets it hands over to make the thing useful. He calls it the Reverse Information Paradox. He also runs the company that helped build the trap. Satya Nadella has a warning for everyone buying AI. […]

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The UK just declared Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Oracle ‘critical’ to its financial system

Britain’s banks run on four American clouds. The Treasury reckons two-thirds of UK firms lean on the same handful. Now the regulators are stepping in. The UK has named Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Oracle as “critical third parties” to its financial system, as Reuters first reported. The designation takes effect on 13 July. These are […]

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Microsoft’s carbon emissions went up 25 percent last year

Microsoft may once again be struggling to keep up with its own climate goals, according to its 2026 sustainability report. As reported by GeekWire, the report states that Microsoft’s carbon emissions increased 25 percent in 2025, totalling 34 million metric tons “without select interventions.” Microsoft says this was “driven primarily by the expansion of our […]

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Microsoft’s patch Tuesdays are about to get bigger

Windows 11 updates could soon include fixes for more security issues at once. Microsoft said in a blog post on Thursday that it’s now using AI to “identify potential issues earlier,” which means “customers will see a higher volume of security updates included in each security release.” Hackers, even amateurs, have increasingly been using AI […]

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