Windows 10 to get a “game mode”
Improve PC games
Software King of the World Microsoft is planning to bring in a “game mode” for Windows 10 to spruce up PC games.
Microsoft could be the world’s first trillion dollar company
It will not be Apple after all
Microsoft’s $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn means that the software giant is on track to become the world’s first trillion dollar company.
Microsoft will not build a Muslim registry
Not worth the bad PR
Software king of the world, Microsoft, has ruled itself out of the running for building an electronic register of US Muslims.
Microsoft releases new AI chatbot
Zo has protection from racists
After its early incarnation of an AI chatbot Tay turned into a racist, Microsoft has had another go with a social bot called Zo.
Big tech would build a Muslim register
No one remembers IBM, including IBM
It seems that the top tech companies have learnt nothing from the experience of IBM during the 1930s and are happy to help build Donald “Prince of Orange” Trump’s Muslim database.
Google might buy Facebook
It's entirely feasible
The word on the information strasse is that Google wants to buy Facebook. It is entirely speculative, but could have legs.
Surface Phone to come with Snapdragon 835 SoC
Backed by 6GB of RAM
There have been quite a few rumors that Microsoft is making a Surface Phone and it appears that it will pack serious power with Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 835 SoC and 6GB of RAM.
EU set to support Microsoft’s LinkedIn deal
Seems to be avoiding the antitrust missteps
Software giant Microsoft is likely to gain EU approval for its $26 billion buy of professional social notworking site LinkedIn after making concessions aimed at addressing competition concerns.
Microsoft plans to bring x86 emulation to ARM
It will be in Windows 10 in 2017
Microsoft will be rolling out x86 emulation for ARM processors in the Redstone 3 upgrade of Windows 10 late next year.
Microsoft tries to please EU
But will it be enough?
The European Commission was approached by Microsoft in an attempt to appease antitrsut regulators investigating its proposed takeover of Linkedin.