Soon you may be able to type a new Chinese character: the gender-neutral pronoun

Chinese pronouns are largely split between female and male – prompting LGBTQ activists to invent their own gender-neutral pronoun. That movement just took a big step forward.
Food & Wine

The Menu Items That Keep Getting More Expensive — and the Surprising One That Isn’t

Data from the BLS, Toast, and YouGov reveals that some menu items at restaurants are increasing in price more quickly than others. Ingredients like beef and coffee have been hit especially hard, ...
Wired

Google, Microsoft, and Meta Have Stopped Publishing Workforce Diversity Data

Some US tech giants are abandoning their decade-long practice of publishing statistics about the gender and racial makeup of their workforce. Google, which helped pioneer the release of annual ...
PC Gamer

If Microsoft can't source enough electricity to power all the AI GPUs it has, you have to wonder how Amazon is going to cope in its new $38 billion deal with OpenAI

I worry about powering the sole GPU that's in my gaming rig, so that means I'm bonding with Microsoft, right? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...
TechRepublic

Microsoft Azure Outage Ripples Across the Internet

Azure cloud computing platform took down a long list of services from Xbox Live and Microsoft 365 to critical systems for airlines and banks. Image: Envato In a rough day for the cloud-dependent ...
ZDNet

Microsoft's revamped Windows 11 Start menu is rolling out - but I'll stick with my favorite alternative

The new Windows 11 Start menu is now rolling out to all users. The menu brings a more flexible layout to the Apps section. Don't like it? You can still turn to a Start menu replacement. The Windows 11 ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft: DNS outage impacts Azure and Microsoft 365 services

Microsoft is suffering an ongoing DNS outage affecting customers worldwide, preventing them from logging into company networks and accessing Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 services. Some of those ...
TechCrunch

Apple and Microsoft are now both worth more than $4T

Apple and Microsoft are now both worth more than $4 trillion each. This is the first time Apple’s market capitalization has crossed the $4 trillion mark, making it the third company to ever cross the ...
MacRumors

Microsoft Edge 'Copilot Mode' Brings More AI to Your Browser Tabs

Microsoft has launched new features for its AI "Copilot Mode" in Edge, following a raft of recent new offerings from competing browsers. First announced in July, Copilot Mode brings a chat interface ...
Futurism

As Microsoft Forces Users to Ditch Windows 10, It Announces That It’s Also Turning Windows 11 into an AI-Controlled Monstrosity

Microsoft has officially ended support for Windows 10, all but forcing users to either upgrade or pay more money to keep getting essential security updates for the OS they already own. No matter that ...
ZDNet

Microsoft has lost its way

Satya Nadella is only the third CEO Microsoft has had in its 50 years of existence, which is mind-blowing when you think about it. Back in 2017, when he was still only a few years into his role at the ...