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Microsoft Copilot expands AI-powered tools for teachers

Microsoft has enhanced Copilot in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint to work directly on documents, enabling educators to create and ...
Wall Street Journal

How to Find Out Whether Your Computer Is Part of a Botnet—and What to Do About It

WSJ’s Robert McMillan breaks down why residential proxy software is so bad, and how to check whether the malware is installed on your home network. Photo: Sean Havey The price might be right, but if ...
Microsoft

Microsoft deepens its commitment to Japan with $10 billion investment in AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, and workforce

Microsoft today announced a $10 billion (approx. ¥1.6 trillion) investment in Japan from 2026 through 2029, built around three pillars: Technology, Trust, and Talent. The commitments include expanding ...
The News-Herald

Educational Service Center awarded Teach Computer Science 2.0 Grant

The Educational Service Center of the Western Reserve has been awarded $584,614 through the Ohio Teach Computer Science 2.0 State Grant, a competitive initiative funded by the Ohio Department of ...
Wired

Use Microsoft PC Manager to Speed Up Your Windows 11 Computer

Can you really get a Windows PC running like new again? Using this free tool from Microsoft, you can get pretty close. Microsoft Windows has been with us for more than 40 years at this point. Over ...
The Washington Post

I’m a computer scientist. Here’s how we should help aging parents with technology.

This past Christmas, I helped my parents choose a water filter. The latest “smart” models all came with a smartphone app that promised to monitor filter life, track water quality and automatically ...
Futurism

Microsoft Bans the Word “Microslop” on Copilot Discord, Gets So Humiliated That It Locks Down the Whole Server

Add Futurism (opens in a new tab) More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Last ...
The Verge

Microsoft’s Copilot Tasks AI uses its own computer to get things done

The AI assistant can do things like turn emails, attachments, and images from your inbox into a slide deck, or offer rundowns on nearby apartment listings. The AI assistant can do things like turn ...
TechCrunch

The great computer science exodus (and where students are going instead)

Something strange happened at University of California campuses this fall. For the first time since the dot-com crash, computer science enrollment dropped. System-wide, it fell 6% last year after ...
TechRepublic

$23M Groundbreaking Initiative: Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic Fund AI Training Center for Educators

$23M Groundbreaking Initiative: Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic Fund AI Training Center for Educators Your email has been sent The American Federation of Teachers will launch the National Academy for AI ...
Business Insider

I'm a senior UX researcher at Microsoft. Here's how I broke into AI without a tech background — and 3 lessons I learned.

Priyanka Kuvalekar leads UX research for Microsoft Teams Calling and related AI experiences. She transitioned from architecture to AI by pursuing a UX design education and Big Tech roles. Her insights ...
GeekWire

Tech Moves: Ex-Oracle SVP joins Qualtrics as CEO; Microsoft accessibility chief takes new role

Tech Moves covers notable hires, promotions and personnel changes in the Pacific NW tech community. Submissions: [email protected] by Taylor Soper on Feb 3, 2026 at 8:54 am February 3, 2026 at 10:03 ...