Hacker News with Generative AI: Microsoft

Sole maintainer of Linux distro AnduinOS turns out to be a Microsoft employee (neowin.net)
Last week, Neowin reported that AnduinOS 1.3, which aims to look similar to Windows 11, had been released.
Linux, Operating Systems, Microsoft, Open Source
7 points by bundie 15 hours ago | 0 comments
Fedora Linux is now an official WSL distro (microsoft.com)
We’re pleased to announce that one of the latest additions to the list of official WSL distros is Fedora Linux!
Linux, WSL, Operating Systems, Microsoft
9 points by thunderbong 16 hours ago | 0 comments
Fedora Linux is now an official WSL distro (microsoft.com)
We’re pleased to announce that one of the latest additions to the list of official WSL distros is Fedora Linux!
Linux, WSL, Operating Systems, Microsoft
6 points by rbanffy 2 days ago | 1 comments
OpenAI plans to cut Microsoft revenue share after restructuring (yahoo.com)
OpenAI has told investors it will share a smaller fraction of revenue with major backer Microsoft (MSFT) as it moves ahead with its restructuring, The Information reported on Tuesday.
OpenAI, Microsoft, Business, Revenue Sharing, Restructuring
4 points by cik 2 days ago | 0 comments
Fedora Linux is now an official WSL distro (microsoft.com)
We’re pleased to announce that one of the latest additions to the list of official WSL distros is Fedora Linux!
Linux, Operating Systems, Microsoft, WSL
12 points by ingve 3 days ago | 1 comments
End of 10 Linux Campaign (endof10.org)
Support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025.
Windows, Operating Systems, Microsoft
12 points by doener 3 days ago | 0 comments
Microsoft's new "passwordless by default" is great but comes at a cost (arstechnica.com)
Microsoft says it’s making passwordless logins the default means for signing in to new accounts, as the company helps drive an industry-wide push to transition away from passwords and the costly security problems they have created for companies and their users.
Security, Microsoft, Passwords
33 points by tatersolid 6 days ago | 28 comments
Microsoft Makes New Accounts Passwordless by Default (microsoft.com)
Happy World Passkey Day!
Security, Microsoft, Passwords
4 points by m463 7 days ago | 0 comments
Microsoft makes all new accounts passwordless by default (bleepingcomputer.com)
Microsoft has announced that all new Microsoft accounts will be "passwordless by default" to secure them against password attacks such as phishing, brute force, and credential stuffing.
Security, Microsoft, Passwordless Authentication
5 points by ambigious7777 7 days ago | 0 comments
Microsoft Drops Law Firm That Made a Deal with Trump from a Case (nytimes.com)
Microsoft is among the first large companies known to have shifted business away from a law firm that made a deal with the White House.
Microsoft, Law Firms, Politics, Business
5 points by whack 7 days ago | 1 comments
Microsoft Announces Xbox Console Price Hike, Xbox Games to Cost $80 (kotaku.com)
Microsoft has announced it will be raising the prices of all Xbox consoles, accessories, and games, and the increases are huge.
Microsoft, Gaming, Business, Pricing, Consoles
19 points by Michelangelo11 7 days ago | 30 comments
Microsoft makes all new accounts passwordless by default (bleepingcomputer.com)
Microsoft has announced that all new Microsoft accounts will be "passwordless by default" to secure them against password attacks such as phishing, brute force, and credential stuffing.
Security, Microsoft, Accounts, Passwords
8 points by XzetaU8 7 days ago | 1 comments
Windows 11 users losing data due to Microsoft's forced BitLocker encryption (neowin.net)
Microsoft now automatically enables BitLocker during onboarding when signing into a Microsoft Account.
Windows 11, Security, Microsoft, Data Loss, Encryption
24 points by josephcsible 7 days ago | 25 comments
Microsoft Drops Law Firm That Made a Deal with Trump from a Case (nytimes.com)
Microsoft is among the first large companies known to have shifted business away from a law firm that made a deal with the White House.
Microsoft, Law Firms, Politics, Trump
11 points by zzzeek 8 days ago | 2 comments
Microsoft gets twitchy over talk of Europe's tech independence (theregister.com)
Microsoft is responding to mounting "geopolitical and trade volatility" between the US administration and governments in Europe by pledging privacy safeguards for customers worried about using American hyperscalers, and vowing to fight the US government in court to protect Euro customers' data if needed.
Microsoft, Europe, Privacy, Tech Industry, Geopolitics
86 points by hotpepperishot 8 days ago | 79 comments
Skype is being retired this month (microsoft.com)
In May 2025, Skype will be retired. This change will impact both free and paid Skype users, but not Skype for Business.
Microsoft, Software, Communications, Retirement
6 points by stevage 8 days ago | 1 comments
Phi-4 Reasoning Models (microsoft.com)
One year ago, Microsoft introduced small language models (SLMs) to customers with the release of Phi-3 on Azure AI Foundry, leveraging research on SLMs to expand the range of efficient AI models and tools available to customers.
Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft, Research
131 points by meetpateltech 8 days ago | 26 comments
Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Windows startup (pcworld.com)
You know how every annoying Windows program wants to launch as soon as you boot up your computer? Well, now Office is going to do that, too.
Microsoft, Windows, Productivity Software, Software Updates, User Experience
806 points by airstrike 8 days ago | 1020 comments
Windows RDP lets you log-in using revoked passwords. Microsoft is ok with that (arstechnica.com)
From the department of head scratches comes this counterintuitive news: Microsoft says it has no plans to change a remote login protocol in Windows that allows people to log in to machines using passwords that have been revoked.
Security, Windows, Remote Access, Microsoft
98 points by drpixie 8 days ago | 18 comments
Microsoft Confirms $1.50 Windows Security Update Hotpatch Fee Starts July 1 (forbes.com)
When it comes to security updates, those that fix vulnerabilities in an operating system used by billions are high on the mandatory agenda.
Microsoft, Operating Systems, Security Updates, Pricing, Business
29 points by ok123456 9 days ago | 12 comments
Microsoft gets twitchy over talk of Europe's tech independence (theregister.com)
Microsoft is responding to mounting "geopolitical and trade volatility" between the US administration and governments in Europe by pledging privacy safeguards for customers worried about using American hyperscalers, and vowing to fight the US government in court to protect Euro customers' data if needed.
Microsoft, Europe, Privacy, Data Protection, Geopolitics
6 points by cruzcampo 9 days ago | 0 comments
Microsoft announces new European digital commitments (microsoft.com)
Forty-two years ago, Microsoft released the very first version of Microsoft Word. It was a major milestone in the company’s journey to enhance people’s productivity through innovation. It also marked the young and growing company’s first big step in Europe with the first Microsoft product localized in multiple European languages, starting with German and French.
Microsoft, Europe, Digital Commitments, Company History, Software
19 points by mweibel 9 days ago | 9 comments
Satya Nadella says as much as 30% of Microsoft code is written by software (cnbc.com)
Software Development, Microsoft, Artificial Intelligence
48 points by shinryudbz 9 days ago | 54 comments
Microsoft CEO says up to 30% of the company's code was written by AI (techcrunch.com)
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said that 20%-30% of code inside the company’s repositories was “written by software” — meaning AI — during a fireside chat with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg at Meta’s LlamaCon conference on Tuesday.
Microsoft, Artificial Intelligence, Software Development, Programming
24 points by pseudolus 9 days ago | 38 comments
Microsoft Telnet Server MS-TNAP Authentication Bypass (github.com/gavz)
A critical 0-click remote authentication bypass vulnerability in Microsoft Telnet Server that allows attackers to gain access as any user, including Administrator, without requiring valid credentials.
Security, Microsoft, Telnet, Vulnerabilities, Remote Access
8 points by 0x0 10 days ago | 1 comments
European Critical Dependencies (gaeremyn.be)
TLDR; Multiple countries in Europe are critically dependent on services provided by Microsoft. Querying mail-servers teaches that in some countries, over 70% of all public services rely on this American provider. Europe needs to build its own infrastructure, and open source is the most robust solution.
Europe, Infrastructure, Open Source, Microsoft, Public Services
24 points by taubek 11 days ago | 19 comments
It seems like most Windows users don't care for Copilot (engadget.com)
Copilot, Microsoft's AI assistant, appears to be struggling to match its competition in terms of popularity.
Microsoft, AI, Windows, Software, User Experience
8 points by greyadept 12 days ago | 2 comments
Consumers make their voices heard as Microsoft's venture flatlines in popularity (xda-developers.com)
Microsoft, Consumer Behavior, Technology, Business, Software
25 points by taubek 12 days ago | 14 comments
Microsoft mystery folder fix might need a fix of its own (theregister.com)
Turns out Microsoft's latest patch job might need a patch of its own, again. This time, the culprit is a mysterious inetpub folder quietly deployed by Redmond, now hijacked by a security researcher to break Windows updates.
Microsoft, Windows, Security, Software Updates
6 points by LorenDB 12 days ago | 0 comments
Bill Gates's Personal Easter Eggs in 8 Bit BASIC (2008) (pagetable.com)
If you type “WAIT6502,1” into a Commodore PET with BASIC V2 (1979), it will show the string “MICROSOFT!” at the top left corner of the screen. Legend has it Bill Gates himself inserted this easter egg “after he had had an argument with Commodore founder Jack Tramiel”, “just in case Commodore ever tried to claim that the code wasn’t from Microsoft”.
Programming, History, Easter Eggs, Microsoft, Commodore
129 points by michalpleban 13 days ago | 32 comments