Hacker News with Generative AI: Microsoft

Microsoft won't support Office apps on Windows 10 after October 14th (theverge.com)
Microsoft says it will no longer support Office apps, known as Microsoft 365 apps, on Windows 10 later this year.
Microsoft, Windows, Software
74 points by leotravis10 3 days ago | 88 comments
Intel, AMD engineers rush to save Linux 6.13 after dodgy Microsoft code change (theregister.com)
Intel and AMD engineers have stepped in at the eleventh hour to deal with a code contribution from a Microsoft developer that could have broken Linux 6.13 on some systems.
Linux, Software, Operating Systems, Microsoft, Hardware
7 points by AbuAssar 3 days ago | 1 comments
Microsoft, Introducing CoreAI – Platform and Tools (microsoft.com)
As we begin the new year, it’s clear that we’re entering the next innings of this AI platform shift.
Microsoft, Artificial Intelligence, Software, Tools, Platforms
9 points by pjmlp 4 days ago | 5 comments
Microsoft Bob: Microsoft's biggest flop of the 1990s (homeip.net)
It was January 1995. Microsoft was riding high. Windows 3.1 had sold well. The interim replacement, Windows 3.11, was selling well. The industry was abuzz for the upcoming Windows 95, expected sometime later in the year. Microsoft was in a golden era, a time when nothing could go wrong for them. And then they released Microsoft Bob. They should have named it Microsoft Bomb, because it bombed. But if you take one letter out of Bomb, you get Bob.
Microsoft, Operating Systems, History, Technology, Failure
88 points by rbanffy 5 days ago | 165 comments
Microsoft confirms performance-based job cuts across departments (cnbc.com)
Microsoft, Layoffs, Business, Technology, Jobs
8 points by rainhacker 6 days ago | 2 comments
Microsoft should be terrified of SteamOS (pcworld.com)
Ten years ago PC gamers were eagerly awaiting Steam Machines, console-style Linux boxes built from the ground up to play PC games. They flopped, due in no small part to Steam operator Valve’s lack of experience working with hardware partners. But in 2025, both Valve and its home-built gaming operating system are different beasts. And Microsoft should be afraid of them.
Gaming, Operating Systems, Microsoft, Valve
108 points by dingi 9 days ago | 136 comments
When you search for ‚Google' on Bing, Bing masquerades as Google (daringfireball.net)
Microsoft is pulling yet another trick to get people to use its Bing search engine. If you use Bing right now without signing into a Microsoft account and search for Google, you’ll get a page that looks an awful lot like... Google.
Search Engines, Microsoft, Google, Competition
21 points by ch_sm 9 days ago | 4 comments
Silicon Valley homeless nonprofit sues Microsoft over disrupted email access (mercurynews.com)
One of Silicon Valley’s largest homelessness nonprofits has sued Microsoft to compel the tech giant to restore access to the nonprofit’s email accounts, claiming the nearly month-long outage has impeded its day-to-day operations and ability to connect homeless people with needed services.
Nonprofit Organizations, Lawsuits, Technology, Microsoft, Silicon Valley
5 points by pizza 9 days ago | 0 comments
Microsoft to Archive Unlicensed OneDrive Accounts This Month (petri.com)
Microsoft will start archiving unlicensed OneDrive for Business accounts on January 27.
Microsoft, OneDrive, Cloud Storage, Business, Accounts
3 points by taubek 10 days ago | 1 comments
Microsoft is planning job cuts and focusing more on underperforming employees (businessinsider.com)
Microsoft is planning job cuts soon and the company is taking a harder look at underperforming employees as part of the reductions, according to two people familiar with the plans.
Microsoft, Layoffs, Business, Technology, Performance Management
21 points by 72f988bf 10 days ago | 7 comments
Microsoft disguises Bing as Google to fool inattentive searchers (pcworld.com)
Microsoft would really, really, really like you to use Bing, its self-branded search engine that competes against Google’s monopoly. Not only is it hardwired into much of Windows and other Microsoft products like the Edge browser, it also employs a lot of sneaky visual tricks to steer you away from Google itself. But the company’s latest trick is more, well, tricky — in fact, it’s just straight-up Google camouflage.
Search Engines, Microsoft, Google, User Interface, Competitive Strategy
302 points by ungut 10 days ago | 215 comments
Azure Space (microsoft.com)
An interactive exploration of the infrastructure and power of the Azure cloud in space
Azure, Space, Cloud Computing, Microsoft
9 points by geox 11 days ago | 0 comments
Bing is trying to trick people into thinking they're using Google (9to5google.com)
A sneaky new behavior that Microsoft has implemented in Bing attempts to hide the fact that people are using Bing whenever they try to get to Google.
Search Engines, Microsoft, Google, Competition
11 points by xnx 12 days ago | 0 comments
Run Python in the Browser Effortlessly (kai.bi)
Microsoft recently open-sourced MarkItDown, a program that converts Office files to Markdown format. The project quickly climbed to GitHub’s trending list upon release.
Python, Web Development, Open Source, Microsoft
43 points by ccbikai 12 days ago | 15 comments
How the OS/2 flop went on to shape modern software (theregister.com)
A 1995 Usenet post from Gordon Letwin, Microsoft's lead architect on the OS/2 project, has been rediscovered. To modern eyes, it looks like an email, but it wasn't. Usenet was the original social network and this was a public post. In case you don't recognize Letwin's name, he was one of the founding staff members of Microsoft – he's in the famous 1978 Albuquerque photo. He literally wrote the book on OS/2, that book being Inside OS/2.
Operating Systems, History, Software Development, Microsoft
3 points by jnord 12 days ago | 2 comments
Microsoft to spend $80 billion on AI data centers this year (yahoo.com)
Microsoft Corp. plans to spend $80 billion this fiscal year building out data centers, underscoring the intense capital requirements of artificial intelligence.
Microsoft, Artificial Intelligence, Data Centers, Investments
8 points by this_weekend 13 days ago | 0 comments
A New Year's surprise from Microsoft: Scanners stop working (theregister.com)
Windows 11 24H2 is still causing problems with multifunction devices despite Microsoft marking an issue with the eSCL scan protocol as resolved.
Windows 11, Software, Bugs, Technology, Microsoft
4 points by jnord 14 days ago | 0 comments
With 10 months of support remaining, Windows 10 still dominates (theregister.com)
Microsoft's 2025 is off to a bad start amid statistics that show users are still giving Windows 11 a wide berth as Windows 10 continues to dominate the desktop operating system market.
Operating Systems, Windows, Microsoft, Technology, Market Share
39 points by LorenDB 15 days ago | 50 comments
Microsofts new ergonomic keyboard (theverge.com)
Incase, the brand that took over Microsoft’s accessories line, has revealed a compact ergonomic keyboard designed by the company.
Ergonomics, Keyboards, Microsoft, Accessories
8 points by pookieinc 15 days ago | 1 comments
Bogus Software (minesweepergame.com)
Bogus Software was created in 1987 for games written by Microsoft employees.
History, Software, Microsoft
121 points by jnord 16 days ago | 28 comments
Windows 2: The Final Fantasy of Operating Systems (ninakalinina.com)
It is common knowledge that Final Fantasy could have been the last game in the series. It is far less known that Windows 2, released around the same time, could too have been the last. If anything, things were more certain: even Microsoft believed that Windows 2 would be the last.
Windows, Operating Systems, History, Microsoft
84 points by rickcarlino 17 days ago | 56 comments
The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint (2006) [pdf] (ed.ac.uk)
Cognitive Science, Software, User Interface, Microsoft
132 points by raviisoccupied 19 days ago | 75 comments
Microsoft Is Forcing Its AI Assistant on People–and Making Them Pay (yahoo.com)
Microsoft is trying a new approach to build excitement for its artificial-intelligence assistant Copilot: Give it to customers whether they want it or not.
Microsoft, Artificial Intelligence, Business, Software, Technology
7 points by LordAtlas 21 days ago | 1 comments
MiB working set on a 64 GiB machine (2023) (wordpress.com)
Memory is a relatively scarce resource on many consumer computers, so a feature to limit how much memory a process uses seems like a good idea, and Microsoft did indeed implement such a feature. However:
Memory Management, Operating Systems, Microsoft, Computer Science, Performance
31 points by fanf2 21 days ago | 5 comments
Microsoft Bundling Practices Focus of Federal Antitrust Probe (propublica.org)
The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Microsoft in a wide-ranging probe that will examine whether the company’s business practices have run afoul of antitrust laws, according to people familiar with the matter.
Antitrust, Microsoft, Business Practices
6 points by guerrilla 22 days ago | 0 comments
Exploring Microsoft's Phi-3-Mini and its integration with tool like Ollama (pieces.app)
Discover Microsoft’s Phi-3-Mini and its seamless integration with tools like Ollama and Pieces, enhancing AI-driven workflows.
Microsoft, Generative AI, AI Tools, Workflow Automation
83 points by Nik0912 23 days ago | 31 comments
Show HN:Free Online Tool to Experience Microsoft's MarkItdown (markitdown.pro)
Instantly convert your files or URL to standard Markdown, powered by Microsoft markitdown.
Software, Markdown, Microsoft, Tools, Open Source
15 points by kianworkk 28 days ago | 8 comments
Amazon pauses $1B Microsoft 365 rollout following Russian security concerns (techradar.com)
Security, Microsoft, Amazon, Cloud Computing, Business
6 points by mooreds 29 days ago | 0 comments
Passkeys are primarily about vendor lock-in (ycombinator.com)
With Microsoft's latest admission that they're FORCING everybody to use passkeys, it really gives one a moment of pause to reflect.
Security, Passkeys, Microsoft, Vendor Lock-in
20 points by srevenant 29 days ago | 12 comments
Microsoft won't let customers opt out of passkey push (theregister.com)
Microsoft last week lauded the success of its efforts to convince customers to use passkeys instead of passwords, without actually quantifying that success.
Microsoft, Passkeys, Security, Passwords
7 points by ajdude 29 days ago | 1 comments