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Stop hunting for a Microsoft Publisher replacement: You're already paying for one

Transition from Publisher to PowerPoint before the deadline by leveraging its layering tools, pro-level typography, and AI assistance.
The Hacker News

Malicious npm Packages Harvest Crypto Keys, CI Secrets, and API Tokens

The module targets Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) Continue, and Windsurf. It also harvests API keys for nine large language models (LLM) providers: ...
Security Boulevard

The Agentic Virus: How AI Agents Become Self-Spreading Malware

In my previous post, I walked through how disconnected MCP servers and AI agents create a growing blind spot in enterprise ...

Microsoft adds Copilot data controls to all storage locations

Microsoft is expanding data loss prevention (DLP) controls to block the Microsoft 365 Copilot AI assistant from processing ...

Microsoft uses plagiarized AI slop flowchart to explain how Github works, removes it after original creator calls it out: 'Very saddening'

The official "Introduction to Github" page included an AI-generated graphic with the phrase "continvoucly morged" on it, among other mistakes.
Futurism

Microsoft’s AI Efforts Are Faceplanting

Microsoft has continued to focus more and more on AI — almost certainly at the expense of its core products, like the Windows operating system. And unfortunately for the Redmond giant, the gambit ...

Microsoft is redesigning SharePoint to focus more on AI

Microsoft teases a reimagined SharePoint with AI at the core, while OneDrive gets a small but useful tweak IT admins will notice.

How Product Requirements Documents Are Evolving In The AI Era

A misinterpreted requirement or a missed edge case could take months to unwind. That reality shaped behavior. Teams debated longer. Documents grew heavier. Product requirements documents (PRDs), in ...
Wall Street Journal

Microsoft’s Pivotal AI Product Is Running Into Big Problems

Microsoft’s MSFT-2.15%decrease; red down pointing triangle Copilot chatbot has become central to its artificial-intelligence strategy as the company’s close partnership with OpenAI diminishes. But the ...
Seeking Alpha

Microsoft's $625 Billion AI Flywheel

Microsoft’s commercial RPO reached $625 billion, up 110% YoY, with roughly $156 billion converting within 12 months. Azure and other cloud services revenue grew 39% YoY, driving Microsoft Cloud's ...
CNBC

Melius Research downgrades Microsoft as its free cash flow comes under pressure

Melius Research sees Microsoft 's free cash fall taking a dip in the near term. The research firm downgraded the "Magnificent Seven" giant to a hold rating. Analyst Ben Reitzes also lowered his price ...
The Verge

Autodesk is suing Google over the name of its Flow AI videomaker

The 3D design software company claims Google’s ‘Flow’ branding will confuse customers with its own AI-powered Flow products. The 3D design software company claims Google’s ‘Flow’ branding will confuse ...