PCWorld reports that a Microsoft manager promoted training Azure AI on pirated Harry Potter books through a developer blog post that has since been removed. The incident highlights growing legal ...

Following backlash in a Hacker News thread, Microsoft deleted a blog post that critics said encouraged developers to pirate Harry Potter books to train AI models that could then be used to create AI ...

A team at Microsoft Research combined lasers, machine learning and tiny glass rectangles to demonstrate a new robotic data storage system that could, in theory, still be readable 10,000 years from now ...

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman says AI will reach "human-level performance" in white-collar work. He predicts most tasks in that field can be automated within the next 12 to 18 months. Several ...

Microsoft has split Windows 11 into two parallel development tracks, creating separate paths for Arm and x86 architectures in an unprecedented move. PCWorld reports that devices running Windows 11 ...

Last week, Microsoft announced the launch of its Publisher Content Marketplace (PCM), a licensing hub for content. The company has been co-designing the platform with major U.S. content ...

Strip the types and hotwire the HTML—and triple check your package security while you are at it. JavaScript in 2026 is just getting started. I am loath to inform you that the first month of 2026 has ...

Microsoft beat consensus on the top and bottom lines, as cloud growth moderated. The company had $37.5 billion in quarterly capital expenditures and finance leases, above Wall Street's $34.3 billion ...

Microsoft has released a new Paint update that introduces an AI-powered coloring book generator. Rolling out now to Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev channels, version 11.2512.191.0 lets users ...

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella recently went on record saying that AI still needs to prove its worth if society is to adopt it long-term, but he presumably thinks his company has cracked it with its ...

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TL;DR: Microsoft Paint is receiving an AI-powered Coloring Book feature for Windows Insiders, enabling users to generate unique black ink drawings from text prompts. The update also adds enhanced Fill ...