Hacker News with Generative AI: Microsoft

Microsoft's Big AI Hire Can't Match OpenAI (newcomer.co)
Microsoft’s Big AI Hire Can't Match OpenAI
Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extension from VS Code forks (theregister.com)
Microsoft's C/C++ extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code) no longer works with derivative products such as VS Codium and Cursor – and some developers are crying foul.
MS's patch for symlink vulnerability introduces another symlink vulnerability (doublepulsar.com)
Microsoft recently patched CVE-2025–21204, a vuln which allows users to abuse symlinks to elevate privileges using the Windows servicing stack and the c:\inetpub folder.
Unpatched Microsoft zero-day has been exploited by DPRK, Iran, Russia, and China (trendmicro.com)
Trend Zero Day Initiative™ (ZDI) uncovered both state-sponsored and cybercriminal groups extensively exploiting ZDI-CAN-25373 (aka ZDI-25-148), a Windows .lnk file vulnerability that enables hidden command execution.
Microsoft's Platform Engineering Guide (microsoft.com)
Learn how platform engineering teams can use building blocks from Microsoft and other vendors to create deeply personalized, optimized, and secure developer experiences.
Internal MS email to managers details new policies to cull low performers (businessinsider.com)
In depth with Windows 11 Recall–and what Microsoft has (and hasn't) fixed (arstechnica.com)
Recall is coming back.
In depth with Windows 11 Recall–and what Microsoft has (and hasn't) fixed (arstechnica.com)
Recall is coming back.
Windows 11 Recall–and what Microsoft has (and hasn't) fixed (arstechnica.com)
Recall is coming back.
Remember the Sony rootkit scandal? It was almost much worse (theregister.com)
Retired Microsoft engineer, Dave Plummer, offered a blast from the past last week with a look back at the infamous Sony Windows "rootkit" scandal.
Microsoft Is Building a Database of Every Windows 11 User's Online Behaviors (techdirt.com)
Last year Microsoft announced that it was bringing a new feature to its under-performing Windows 11 OS dubbed “Recall.”
Getting forked by Microsoft (philiplaine.com)
Three years ago, I was part of a team responsible for developing and maintaining Kubernetes clusters for end user customers.
Microsoft continues efforts to convince Win10 users to upgrade to TPM 2.0 PCs (microsoft.com)
Microsoft Copilot shows AI increasingly appears like an unwanted party guest (theregister.com)
Microsoft customers are claiming the Windows giant's Copilot AI service sometimes ignores commands to disable the thing, and thus turns itself back on like a zombie risen from the dead.
Microsoft C/C++ Extension appears no longer support unofficial forks of VS Code (github.com/VSCodium)
As of the latest update of Microsoft's C/C++ extension (v1.24.5, released April 3, 2025), use on non-Microsoft products appears to have been blocked.
Why do we need Q#? (microsoft.com)
Why do we need Q#?
Microsoft Copilot can now 'see' what's on your screen in Edge (theverge.com)
Copilot Vision, Microsoft’s AI assistant feature that can interpret what’s on your screen and help you use apps, is now available for free use within the Edge browser, Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI, announced on Bluesky today.
Microsoft researchers developed a hyper-efficient AI model that can run on CPUs (techcrunch.com)
Microsoft researchers claim they’ve developed the largest-scale 1-bit AI model, also known as a “bitnet,” to date.
ActiveX disabled by default in Microsoft 365 (microsoft.com)
Important open source projects should not use GitHub (2020) (unixdigest.com)
Thousands of the worlds best open source projects are still hosting their code repositories on GitHub. Since Microsoft has purchased GitHub this has become a serious problem.
Microsoft: Anyone who deleted mysterious folder after update must put it back (techradar.com)
Microsoft Prepares for New Round of Layoffs in May 2025 (thebridgechronicle.com)
Microsoft is reportedly planning another round of layoffs, expected to begin in May 2025.
Microsoft rolls out AI screenshot tool dubbed 'privacy nightmare' (bbc.com)
Microsoft has begun the rollout of an AI-powered tool which takes snapshots of users' screens every few seconds.
Windows 2000 Server named peak Microsoft (theregister.com)
The results are in, and it appears that – at least as far as The Register's most loquacious commenters are concerned – Windows Server 2000 was Microsoft's peak.
Non-coders and managers face potential layoffs as Microsoft considers job cuts (businessinsider.com)
Microsoft is considering another round of job cuts that could come as soon as May, according to people familiar with the matter.
Microsoft fixes 124 flaws, including one under active exploitation (scworld.com)
Microsoft is experiencing a busy spring as it delivered 124 security vulnerability fixes to administrators in the latest edition of its Update Tuesday security release schedule.
Kermit Font (kermit-font.com)
Microsoft’s 50th anniversary is marked, among other things, by the introduction of a new font in Office: Kermit.
Microsoft workers say they've been fired after protest over Israel contract (apnews.com)
Microsoft has fired two employees who interrupted the company’s 50th anniversary celebration to protest its work supplying artificial intelligence technology to the Israeli military, according to a group representing the workers.
Tell HN: Microsoft bans its extensions from Cursor? (ycombinator.com)
As of ~6 hours ago, the "C# Dev Kit" and "C/C++" extensions no longer work in Cursor.
Microsoft fires engineers who protested during company's 50th anniversary (cnbc.com)