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Tech company, Microsoft, has apologized on behalf of its wayward child, and said it is âdeeply sorryâ for the offensively racist and sexist Twitter messages that Tay, its experimental AI teenager chatbot delivered last week. The apology comes after Tayâs first 24 hours of freedom online last week saw... Read more
No, really, it didâŠ.Tay is an AI chat bot developed by Microsoft with the aim of interacting with the millennial 18-24 age group. Itâs developers quickly learned however that social media and open access to the internet might not have been the best learning environment for its creation. Within... Read more
After what has sometimes felt like forever, Microsoft have finally announced that they will be deploying Windows 10 to its older range of smart phones. In all, just over a dozen phones are set to receive the upgrade as an option. But thereâs a catch;- not all Windows phone... Read more
Recent News Puts AI In The Spotlight
News March 16, 2016
While the collective tech world was agog at the recent Go championship match between a world master and Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo software, other AI innovations have quietly been making waves of their own. It might not be as flashy as a computer beating a human champion in four of... Read more
Locky Rides Crest Of Global Ransomware Surge
News March 14, 2016
Tech security firms have warned that the worldâs array of internet connected devices are currently in the midst of a massive surge in the number ransomware attacks being distributed via junk mail. This latest escalation in attempted cybercrime is mostly being blamed on the sudden rise of a new... Read more
I do love me some Pie, particularly Apple Pie. But Iâm also a really big fan of Raspberry Pi. I think everyone should be. And now it seems Microsoft thinks it as well having just announced that theyâre currently working on a Windows 10 Internet of Things (IoT) Core... Read more
At the time of writing, more than 25 of the worldâs major media organizations, civil liberties groups, and technology companies, have opted to follow Microsoft, and throw their hat in the ring to support Apple in its increasingly entrenched and bitter dispute with the US government. The case centers... Read more
Microsoft Backs Apple Over FBI Demands
News February 26, 2016
Bill Gates âdisappointedâ everyone thought he supported FBI There is no doubt  about who Microsoft is siding with. Itâs official, Microsoft has backed Apple in its battle with the FBI, and the US government.  Apple is currently refusing to comply with a court order that has required the... Read more
CCleaner: Fast, Powerful, Essential
Software ReviewsSystem Tuning February 25, 2016
CCleaner has been around for a long time, and over that length of time, has managed to carve out a solid reputation for itself. This is one of the few programs that has a permanent space reserved for itself on all of my machines. Thereâs not really a lot... Read more
Like it or not, Microsoftâs continued roll out of Windows 10 has been going very well for the Redmond based Tech giant. With more than 200,000,000 devices having made the upgrade in 6 months, itâs fair to say Windows 10 has been a big success story for Microsoft. The problem... Read more
First the Internet Archive brought back Dos games at the start of 2015, then it uploaded Dos Malware. But now if you fancy a break from the Windows 10 EULA, or just want to see how far PC graphics have come since the final decade of the 20th Century,... Read more
Microsoft Trials Underwater Natick Data Center
News February 5, 2016
Meet Project Natick. Microsoft have unveiled their latest research project, and it could be a major game changer in how large companies increase the way they think about cloud computing, by submerging a 38,000-pound container a thousand meters out into the Pacific Ocean. According to Microsoft, 50% of us... Read more
Microsoft Cloud Grows Bigger But Still Not The Biggest
News February 1, 2016
Microsoft missed the industry bandwagon shift to mobile, and its latest forecast has seen its profit margin fall by 15%, but strong growth and a relentless push toward Cloud services has seen the Redstone based company share price soar. Microsoftâs cloud business, which includes products such as its... Read more
Microsoft promised that Skype would soon deliver a real time translation service. Now it has. The downside? Itâs only available in Windows, for now anyway. Yes, thatâs right. Skype Translator has been officially released to the public. Users of Skype on Windows can now hold voice-to-voice conversations with another... Read more
Microsoft Ends Support For Windows 8
News January 15, 2016
There was a plethora of news released by Microsoft on Tuesday. As well as Tuesday January 12 being the first patch Tuesday of 2016, it was also the last day that the company announced it would be supporting the Windows 8 operating system. In the same announcement, Microsoft also... Read more
Redmond tech giant, Microsoft has finally decided to kill off its older versions of Internet Explorer. Support for IE 8,9, and 10 will officially end on January 12th. âCustomers have until January 12, 2016, to upgrade their browser, after which time the previous versions of Internet Explorer will reach... Read more
Windows 10, Microsoftâs flagship OS is now active on more than 200,000,000 devices monthly. This is big news for the Redmond based company that only launched the new version of Windows back in August. According to the official Windows Experience blog, Windows 10 is now on the fastest ever... Read more
2015 has been the year that the phrase âCyber Crimeâ went mainstream, became cool, and also the year that saw next to exponential growth with everything and anything to do with cybersecurity. That is at least according to Kaspersky in their overall summary for the last 12 months. Â The... Read more