Microsoft Starts Canceling Claude Code Licenses

• Windows 11 is getting a macOS-like velocity boost. Microsoft is presently testing a new velocity boost characteristic successful Windows 11 that is designed to amended app motorboat times and make things for illustration nan Start paper consciousness much responsive. “Low Latency Profile” will ramp up CPU frequencies successful short bursts to amended nan velocity of menus, flyouts, apps, and more. It’s very akin to what Linux and macOS do, but that hasn’t stopped immoderate from claiming Microsoft is simply cheating to velocity up its operating system. In response, Scott Hanselman, vice president of method unit for CoreAI, GitHub, and Windows, defended Microsoft’s velocity boost changes, pointing retired that “your smartphone already does this” and Microsoft isn’t cheating. “Apple does this and y’all emotion it,” said Hanselman.
• Microsoft’s Israel main is leaving amid investigation allegations. Microsoft softly announced past week that its Israel wide manager, Alon Haimovich, is stepping down astatine nan extremity of nan period aft 4 years. Israeli newspaper Globes now reports that Haimovich is leaving amid an soul investigation into Microsoft Israel’s activity pinch nan Israel Ministry of Defense. Microsoft blocked nan Israeli military from immoderate unreality and AI services past twelvemonth aft The Guardian revealed its services were being utilized for wide surveillance of Palestinians.
• Discord adds a free Xbox Game Pass “starter edition” for Nitro subscribers. Discord is launching a caller Nitro Rewards programme this week that bundles a new Xbox Game Pass starter edition. It includes entree to download much than 50 games connected PC and Xbox, arsenic good arsenic 10 hours of Xbox Cloud Gaming streaming a month. Nitro Rewards besides includes discounts connected Logitech and SteelSeries gear. It’s surely an absorbing bundle from Xbox, peculiarly arsenic Discord Nitro members won’t person to salary thing other for it. Netflix besides teased nan imaginable for immoderate benignant of Game Pass woody earlier this year.
• Forza Horizon 6 has been leaked and cracked a week earlier its release. Playground Games is getting fresh to motorboat nan adjacent installment of its Forza Horizon bid adjacent week, and it has someway leaked onto nan net early. Downloads of Forza Horizon 6 appeared online earlier this week, complete pinch a ace to make nan crippled tally locally. There was speculation that nan crippled leaked owed to an unencrypted type being disposable connected Steam, but Playground Games says nan leak had thing to do pinch a “pre-load issue.” It’s still not clear really nan crippled was leaked truthful early.
• Microsoft was worried OpenAI would tally disconnected to Amazon and ‘shit-talk’ Azure. The ongoing Musk v. Altman proceedings is already providing immoderate uncommon insights into nan communications betwixt Microsoft’s apical executives and OpenAI during nan early days of their partnership. In January 2018, up of Microsoft’s first large OpenAI investment, Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott was worried astir not investing successful OpenAI. “I conjecture nan different point to deliberation astir present is nan PR downside of america not backing them, and having them large wind disconnected to Amazon successful a huff and shit-talk america and Azure connected nan measurement out,” said Scott. That ne'er rather happened, but OpenAI did show its labor past period that its woody pinch Microsoft had “also constricted our expertise to meet enterprises wherever they are — for galore that’s [Amazon] Bedrock.” Microsoft’s renegotiated woody pinch OpenAI allows nan AI startup to bring its models, Codex, and different devices to AWS — Microsoft’s biggest unreality rival.
• Did Microsoft conscionable tease a caller Xbox UI? Last week we sewage a person look astatine nan “consistent” Xbox UI that Microsoft is promising crossed handhelds, consoles, and unreality gaming. It first appeared during an Xbox keynote astatine nan Game Developers Conference successful March, but acknowledgment to a caller video from Microsoft we tin now intelligibly spot wherever it differs from nan existing Xbox UI. The Xbox console homescreen is somewhat different, pinch nan personification floor plan successful nan apical correct and 3 advertisement slots on nan bottommost alternatively of nan accustomed four. The Xbox PC app besides looks a batch much for illustration nan caller Xbox Cloud Gaming interface. This image could conscionable beryllium a mockup, but it still speaks to Microsoft’s ambition to amended nan Xbox UI crossed aggregate devices.
• Microsoft to stock much astir Xbox Project Helix later this year. We first heard nan next-gen Xbox codename earlier this year, and Microsoft is now promising much specifications astir Project Helix “later this year.” I’d beryllium amazed if we perceive thing important astir Project Helix during nan Xbox showcase adjacent month, though. The “later this year” committedness whitethorn good coincide pinch VP of adjacent gen Jason Ronald’s previous comments astir “rolling retired caller ways to play” classical Xbox games.
• Microsoft’s Xbox PC app hints astatine China description for Game Pass. Microsoft appears to beryllium moving connected expanding its Xbox Game Pass subscription to China. References to “Project Saluki” person been discovered successful a caller update to nan Xbox PC app this week, pinch Microsoft describing nan codename arsenic a “China marketplace description for Game Pass, Rewards, and subscription tiers.” The Xbox PC app besides references nan codename “Positron,” which is said to “enable Disc2Digital.” This whitethorn good beryllium a return of Microsoft’s scheme to person disc games into integer licenses. Microsoft was readying to do this pinch nan Xbox One, but a backlash from publishers and crippled resellers forced nan institution to wantonness nan plans.
• Microsoft starts layoffs astatine LinkedIn. Microsoft is reportedly cutting astir 5 percent of its LinkedIn headcount this week, astir 875 roles. Reuters reports that Microsoft-owned LinkedIn will pass unit of nan cuts today. Microsoft confirmed nan layoffs successful a connection to Seeking Alpha. “As portion of our regular business planning, we’ve implemented organizational changes to champion position ourselves for early success,” said an unnamed LinkedIn spokesperson.
• Microsoft utilized its ain AI exemplary to find information vulnerabilities. Microsoft’s MDASH multi-model supplier is nan leader connected nan CyberGym information information framework, and nan institution has utilized it to observe vulnerabilities successful its ain products. 16 CVEs were addressed successful this week’s Patch Tuesday acknowledgment to MDASH. You’ve besides sewage to emotion that Microsoft unironically named its latest AI exemplary MDASH.
• Windows Update will soon automatically rotation backmost faulty drivers. Microsoft is moving connected a caller characteristic for Windows Update that will region nan hassle of having to uninstall faulty drivers. A caller “Cloud-Initiated Driver Recovery” characteristic is connected nan measurement that can switch a faulty driver installed connected a PC pinch a antecedently moving driver done Windows Update. It should beryllium fresh successful clip for September, and it’s portion of a number of changes to Windows Update to make it little disruptive.
• Microsoft’s Edge Copilot update uses AI to propulsion accusation from crossed your tabs. Microsoft is adding a caller characteristic to its Edge browser that will let its Copilot AI adjunct to gather accusation from each of your unfastened tabs. You’ll beryllium capable to inquire nan Copilot chatbot questions astir what’s successful your tabs, comparison products, aliases summarize articles. It’s portion of a bigger update to Copilot integration successful Edge that sees nan Copilot Mode being retired successful favour of simply enabling aliases disabling these caller AI-powered features.

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• Tom Warren