Microsoft won’t say where Scottish police data goes
Redmond stonewalls watchdogs over Office 365 flows
Software King of the World, Microsoft is refusing to tell Police Scotland where the sensitive data it processes in Office 365 goes, leaving the force staring down a breach of UK law.
Microsoft builds its own AI models
Copilot gets high-speed voice generation while foundation model debuts on LMArena
Software King of the World, Microsoft has trundled out two new in-house AI efforts, one already talking inside Copilot and the other still in the test arena.
EU antitrust boss warns Trump not to mess with tech laws
Brussels hints trade deal could collapse
The EU’s competition chief Teresa Ribera has warned that Brussels must be ready to ditch its freshly minted trade deal with the US if Donald Trump presses ahead with threats to neuter Europe’s digital rules in favour of Google, Microsoft, Apple, and Meta.
AI PCs inch forward despite market gridlock
Vendors flog silicon dreams while punters wait for prices to drop
Despite some economic potholes and user indifference, so-called AI PCs are crawling their way into the market, with analysts predicting 143 million units will ship next year.
Nvidia’s profits sparkle but China chip freeze spooks traders
AI darling’s data centre growth slows as H20 blacklisting bites
Nvidia has blown past earnings expectations again, but that wasn’t enough to satisfy the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street.
OpenAI’s corporate restructuring could drag into 2026
Microsoft standoff stalls SoftBank billions
OpenAI’s attempts to restructure its business have hit the skids as it locks horns with the software King of the World, Microsoft, leaving billions in SoftBank cash hanging in the balance.
Phison blames Windows 11 update for SSD meltdowns
Promises fixes via partners after drives start coughing up errors
Phison has confirmed that Windows 11’s latest security updates are trashing SSDs, particularly those based on its PS5012-E12 controller, after a wave of failures was reported by users, mostly in Japan.
Microsoft says AI agents will kill off SaaS by 2030
Lamanna reckons business software is already a walking corpse
Software King of the World, Microsoft has declared that traditional business software is as good as dead and is betting big that AI agents will have finished the job by 2030.
Quantum computing arms race heats up
Everyone wants to build the first machine that does something useful
The long-held fantasy of quantum computing is now looking more like a knuckle-busting engineering war.
US consumers paying for Big Tech’s bargain power bills
Data centres blamed for pushing household electricity costs skyward
State governments across the US are starting to feel the heat from consumers who are being asked to foot the power bills of Big Tech data centres.