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Microsoft and Activision will miss their contractual merger deadline

Microsoft is giving its salaried US employees unlimited time off

In context: Working in the tech industry might not feel like the most secure profession right now, given the number of people being let go, but it still offers some of the best perks (and pay, usually). Microsoft, for example, is giving its US employees unlimited, fully paid time off.

Xbox update will switch Series S and X consoles to power saver mode when they shut down

Microsoft 365 Basic gets you 100GB of OneDrive, ad-free Outlook, but no desktop Office for $2 a month

Microsoft's Surface Duo 3 will be a traditional foldable instead of a dual-screen smartphone, sources say

First Patch Tuesday of 2023 includes fixes for 98 security flaws and one zero-day bug

The final Windows 7 and 8 patch is here, adding secure boot to Windows 7 (kind of)

New Microsoft AI can accurately mimic a human voice after analyzing a 3-second sample

Windows 11 is about to see wider adoption by companies

TechSpot's top big tech stories of 2022: Why is Amazon building CPUs?

Microsoft makes using formulas in Excel easier, adds new features

It takes half an hour to boot into Windows 7 running on a 5 MHz CPU with 128MB of RAM

TL;DR: The race to 1GHz was very much a real thing at the turn of the century. It was quite entertaining as well, coming down to a photo finish between AMD and Intel (the former took the win by mere days). Fast forward to today and you won't be able to find a new desktop CPU with a clock speed under 1.6GHz or so. But, you can underclock an existing chip to run much slower and that's exactly what NTDEV did in his latest video.

Windows 11 Notepad app appears to be getting browser-style tabs

Three-quarters of public comments want Microsoft to take over Activision Blizzard

In brief: It's no secret that Sony is vehemently against Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard, but how does the public feel about it? About three-quarters of people in the UK who commented on the merger are in favor of the Redmond firm buying the gaming giant.

Microsoft's next major acquisition could be Netflix

In brief: Microsoft's next acquisition could be its largest to date, and we're not talking about Activision Blizzard. In a recent financial commentary piece, Reuters argues that Microsoft's next major target could be Netflix, and they make some compelling points.

Microsoft survey suggests Game Pass could be getting a new ad-supported tier

Microsoft fixes Windows 11 22H2 gaming performance issues, restarts rollout

A ransomware gang used credentials from the Lapsus leak to sign malware

Microsoft's Patch Tuesday squashes 49 bugs to end the year

Microsoft bans cryptomining from its cloud services to protect customers

Microsoft is retiring its Soundscape app, but will make project code available as open-source software

Official support for both Windows 7 and 8 ends in January, Microsoft Edge also losing support

Microsoft acquires Lumenisity to bring hollow core fiber tech to Azure cloud

Why it matters: Hollow core fibers (HCF) are not a new solution per se, but the innovative design conceived by UK-based startup Lumenisity brings this '90s tech to the next level. Microsoft will now get the most out of it, optimizing its cloud platform for professional and government customers alike.

Xbox boss Phil Spencer claims Sony plans to grow by "making Xbox smaller"

What just happened? Microsoft isn't holding back in its war of wars with Sony over the former's attempted acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Head of Xbox Phil Spencer says its rival is the "one major opposer to the deal," and it all comes down to Sony wanting to protect its dominance in consoles by making Xbox "smaller."