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Microsoft’s voting software is getting its first test in a small Wisconsin town
People in the small Wisconsin town of Fulton are the first to try out software Microsoft designed to confirm that votes are being properly counted. On Tuesday, Fulton residents are using the technology while choosing who will join the local school board and hold a seat on Wisconsin’s state
Microsoft’s changing its Windows 10 S operating system into ‘S mode’
Photo: Chronicle Screenshot, Microsoft Every version of Windows 10 will soon get a streamlined “S” mode. Less than a year after introducing Microsoft Windows 10 S, a lightweight version of Microsoft’s operating system marketed to students and businesses, the company is now folding the separate systems’s main
How Will Microsoft’s Workstation Operating System Mandate Impact CAD Professionals?
Microsoft has added a new version to its Windows 10 lineup — one that could find value in the upper reaches of the workstation market, but could also put a damper on workstation buying decisions. The company asserts that Windows 10 Pro for Workstations, launched in conjunction
Microsoft’s AI chatbot says Windows is ‘spyware’
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Microsoft’s AI is acting up again. A chatbot built by the American software giant has gone off-script, insulting Microsoft’s Windows and calling the operating system “spyware.” Launched in December 2016, Zo is an AI-powered chatbot that mimics a millennial’s speech patterns — but alongside the jokes and
Microsoft’s Path Guide App Lets You Navigate Indoors Without GPS, Wi-Fi
While we can easily navigate almost anywhere in the country with GPS-enabled navigation systems and apps like Google Maps, finding your way within large establishments like a mall or university is much harder. What exacerbates the problem is the frequent paucity of data and lack of GPS, Internet
Microsoft’s new plan to save Edge: reward points
Microsoft today made a play to boost usage of Edge with an awards program that gives users points for browsing with the Windows 10 application. “Earn points for every hour of active browsing … up to 30 hours a month,” Microsoft announced on a promotional page. To
Microsoft’s new subservient Skype bots fetch information in seconds
You may have noticed Microsoft making a big song and dance about AI bots at its Buildconference last week. The company has now introduced a few of them to Skype, with two further offerings now being brought to the messaging service. So what do the new Skype
Ubuntu Goes to Microsoft’s Windows 10 Bash
Microsoft on Wednesday unwrapped a major open source coup for Canonicalwhen it announced that Ubuntu Linux will be able to run on Windows 10. Kevin Gallo, Microsoft’s director of Windows developer platform, announced the development during a keynote address at Microsoft’s Build 2016 conference in San Francisco.
Is Microsoft’s chatty bot platform just Clippy Mark 2?
Analysis At last, Microsoft’s visionary CEO has found a “vision thing” that doesn’t need a Hegelian philosopher to decode. And it looks like a very old thing. CEO Satya Nadella calls it “Conversations as a Platform”, and it’s all about chatty bots. “Bots are the new
Microsoft’s Bots could be its biggest contribution to computing since Windows
On stage at its annual Build conference keynote, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella painted a picture of our lives being made easier with bots, intelligent agents that live within apps and services. But, would that life be much better, or less connected than it already is – or