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Anno 117 Pax Romana hands-on: Gorgeous, deep, and tricky to learn

After a return to form in Anno 1800, 117 aims to seize an even bigger audience.

Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source: Ars Technica favicon Ars Technica

Premier League Soccer: Stream Brighton vs. Liverpool Live From Anywhere

The Seagulls need a home win against the champions to stay in contention for European qualification.

Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source: CNET favicon CNET

Anno 117 Pax Romana Preview: A Beautiful Simulation of a Prosperous Time

Diplomats and traders rejoice. The year 117 is a perfect setting for the Anno series.

Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source: CNET favicon CNET

A new Microsoft 365 Copilot app starts rolling out today

Surprising no one, Microsoft's Build 2025 conference is mostly centered around its Copilot AI. Today, the company announced that it has begun rolling out its "Wave 2 Spring release," which includes a revamped Microsoft 365 Copilot app. It's also unveiled Copilot Tuning, a "low-code" method of building AI models that work with your company's specific data and processes. The goal, it seems, isn't to just make consumers...

Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

It’ll soon be free to publish apps to the Microsoft Store

Microsoft is getting rid of developer onboarding fees for the Microsoft Store on Windows, the digital distribution platform for its flagship operating system, the company announced Monday during its Build 2025 conference. Starting June 2025, individual developers will be able to sign up and publish apps to the Microsoft Store without having to pay to […]

Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

xAI’s Grok 3 comes to Microsoft Azure

Microsoft on Monday became one of the first hyperscalers to provide managed access to Grok, the AI model developed by billionaire Elon Musk’s AI startup, xAI. Available through Microsoft’s Azure AI Foundry platform, Grok — specifically Grok 3 and Grok 3 mini — will “have all the service-level agreementsAzure customers expect from any Microsoft product,” […]

Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

NLWeb is Microsoft’s project to bring more chatbots to web pages

As part of an effort to make building AI-powered chatbots on the web simpler, Microsoft is launching an open project called NLWeb. Announced at Build 2025, NLWeb lets websites provide a “conversational interface” — i.e. a text field and a submission button — for their users with a few lines of code, the AI model […]

Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

Powering the next AI frontier with Microsoft Fabric and the Azure data portfolio 

In this blog, I’ll cover the latest slate of announcements across Microsoft Fabric and the entire Azure Data portfolio, designed to empower every developer on the planet to do more with data. The post Powering the next AI frontier with Microsoft Fabric and the Azure data portfolio appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source: Azure Blog favicon Azure Blog

Is a CD a Better Place for Your Retirement Fund Than the Stock Market?

Thinking of moving your retirement savings from stocks to CDs? Not so fast, experts warn.

Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source: CNET favicon CNET

GitHub, Microsoft embrace Anthropic’s spec for connecting AI models to data sources

GitHub and Microsoft, GitHub’s corporate parent, are joining the steering committee for MCP, Anthropic’s standard for connecting AI models to the systems where data resides. The announcement, which was made at Microsoft’s Build 2025 conference on Monday, comes as MCP gains steam in the AI industry. Earlier this year, both OpenAI and Google said they […]

Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

Devs can now tap Microsoft Edge to power AI web apps

Microsoft is launching new APIs for Edge, its web browser, to let developers incorporate AI functionality into web apps using models built into Edge. Unveiled at Build 2025, the AI APIs mirror some of the functionality in Google Chrome, which also offers “built-in AI” that developers can tap to power their web applications. Microsoft’s move […]

Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

Microsoft open sources a command-line text editor and more at Build

At its Build 2025 conference, Microsoft open sourced a number of apps and tools, including a new command-line text editor for Windows called Edit. Open source software may not earn the company direct revenue, but it can serve as a form of market research — and a funnel to paid applications and services. By contributing […]

Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

Azure AI Foundry: Your AI App and agent factory

To help these AI agents become even more powerful and handle more complex tasks, they need state-of-the-art models, integrated tools, and built-in governance. At Microsoft Build 2025, we’re unveiling 10 innovations in Azure AI Foundry to make this possible. The post Azure AI Foundry: Your AI App and agent factory appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source: Azure Blog favicon Azure Blog

Agentic DevOps: Evolving software development with GitHub Copilot and Microsoft Azure

Agentic DevOps is the next evolution in the software development lifecycle. Read how these AI agents help developers accelerate delivery and stay focused on high-impact work while remaining in control of the process. The post Agentic DevOps: Evolving software development with GitHub Copilot and Microsoft Azure appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source: Azure Blog favicon Azure Blog

Beyond Simple Responses: Building Truly Conversational LLM Chatbots

“I’m sorry, I don’t understand. Please rephrase your question.” We’ve all been there. You’re trying to get help from a chatbot, thinking you’re being crystal clear, and then bam—this frustrating response appears. Just when you think you’re having a productive conversation, the bot fails to grasp context, forgets what you said two messages ago, or simply can’t handle anything beyond its pre-programmed scripts. I still...

Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source: DZone favicon DZone

Microsoft wants to tap AI to accelerate scientific discovery

Can AI speed up aspects of the scientific process? Microsoft appears to think so. At the company’s Build 2025 conference on Monday, Microsoft announced Microsoft Discovery, a platform that taps agentic AI to “transform the [scientific] discovery process,” according to a press release provided to TechCrunch. Microsoft Discovery is “extensible,” Microsoft says, and can handle […]

Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

Why Microsoft Fabric has already been adopted by 70% of the Fortune 500 — and what’s next

Microsoft integrates CosmosDB into Fabric, open sources DiskANN vector search, and unifies its data platforms to eliminate integration complexity that has slowed enterprise AI adoption.

Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Kérastases K-SCAN AI scalp analysis helped fix my hair care routine

Mashable tried Kérastase's K-SCAN, an AI-powered hair and scalp analysis tool offering insights into how to care for your hair.

Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source: Mashable favicon Mashable

Nvidia and Microsoft accelerate AI processing on PCs

Nvidia and Microsoft announced work to accelerate the performance of AI processing on Nvidia RTX-based AI PCs. Generative AI is transforming PC software into breakthrough experiences — from digital humans to writing assistants, intelligent agents and creative tools. Nvidia RTX AI PCs are powering this transformation with technology that makes it simpler to get started[…]

Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Anno 117: Pax Romana awakened the city building fanatic in me

We took a deep dive into Anno 117: Pax Romana, learning the ins and outs of Ubisoft's Italian city-builder.

Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source: Digital Trends favicon Digital Trends

GitHub Copilot evolves into autonomous agent with asynchronous code testing

GitHub adds agentic capabilities to its Copilot coding assistant, competing with other more asynchronous coding platforms.

Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

AI dev tools for Windows get a fresh coat of paint

Microsoft wants to make it easier for developers to build AI-powered apps on Windows devices. On Monday during its Build 2025 conference, Microsoft announced Windows AI Foundry, a rebranding and expansion of theWindows Copilot Runtime service the company launched last May. Microsoft describes Windows AI Foundry as a “unified platform for local AI development” — […]

Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

Dogecoin Finds Support After Sharp Drop as Bulls Regain Momentum

The popular meme-based cryptocurrency shows resilience at $0.215 level as buyers step in following significant downtrend.

Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source: CoinDesk favicon CoinDesk

Microsoft announces over 50 AI tools to build the ‘agentic web’ at Build 2025

Microsoft reveals its ambitious AI agent strategy, showcasing how multi-agent systems with persistent memory will transform enterprise workflows and accelerate development timelines.

Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Asus RTX 5080 ProArt comes with a wood grain finish and M.2 slot option

Asus has brought the joy of wood grain to its graphics card lineup with four new ProArt GeForce RTX 5080 models.

Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source: Tom's Hardware favicon Tom's Hardware

Apple executives think its internal AI chatbot is ‘on par’ with ChatGPT

Here’s a little bit of positivity on Apple’s race to catch up to the competition in artificial intelligence. According to a new report from Bloomberg, Apple is testing its own chatbot internally and has made significant progress in catching up with ChatGPT in the last six months. more…

Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source: 9to5Mac favicon 9to5Mac

New Orleans called out for sketchiest use of facial recognition yet in the US

Facial recognition cameras ping cops when suspects appear, sparking backlash.

Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source: Ars Technica favicon Ars Technica

How to protect your data after a cyber-attack

What to do you if you’re worried your information may have fallen into the wrong handsAnother cyber-attack has hit the headlines – this one involving the personal data of hundreds of thousands of legal aid applicants in England and Wales.It comes hard on the heels of recent cyber-attacks that caused huge disruption at Marks & Spencer and the Co-op, and has prompted fresh reminders for people to be extra-vigilant...

Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source: The Guardian Technology favicon The Guardian Technology

iPhone 17 Air leak shows how light this ultra-thin would be

Apple's rumored ultra-thin iPhone keeps leaking, and now we have an idea of how much it weighs.

Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source: Mashable favicon Mashable

Bankrupt DNA testing firm 23andMe to be purchased for $256m

Drugmaker Regeneron Pharmaceuticals’ capture of genetic testing firm in bankruptcy auction raises privacy concernsThe drugmaker Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has agreed to buy the genetic testing firm 23andMe Holding for $256m through a bankruptcy auction, the companies announced on Monday.Regeneron said it will comply with 23andMe’s privacy policies and applicable laws with respect to the use of customer data and that it...

Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source: The Guardian Technology favicon The Guardian Technology

Binance's Former Russia Head, Blum Co-Founder Arrested in Connection to Fraud Case

Smerkis worked for Binance from 2022 for just under two years.

Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source: CoinDesk favicon CoinDesk

Deals: Best Buy Memorial Day sale, Pixel 9/Pro/Fold $300 off, Google Nest Thermostat (4th Gen), and more

Both Amazon and Best Buy have now launched Memorial Day sales and we have plenty of notable deals to scope out this morning. Firstly, the Google Mother’s Day pricing on the unlocked Pixel 9/Pro and 9 Pro Fold are back at up to $300 off alongside the $150 deal price on Pixel Watch 2 and the latest Google Nest Thermostat (4th Gen) down at $240 (open-box units are up to $98 off). Next we have $80 off Galaxy Watch 7 models...

Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source: 9to5Google favicon 9to5Google

RVTools Official Site Hacked to Deliver Bumblebee Malware via Trojanized Installer

The official site for RVTools has been hacked to serve a compromised installer for the popular VMware environment reporting utility. "Robware.net and RVTools.com are currently offline. We are working expeditiously to restore service and appreciate your patience," the company said in a statement posted on its website. "Robware.net and RVTools.com are the only authorized and supported websites for

Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source: The Hacker News favicon The Hacker News

Six weeks on, Amazon Alexa+ shows few signs of public adoption

In February, Amazon confirmed the long-running rumors that it would be releasing a new Alexa assistant with integrated generative AI capabilities. The company promised it would be able to order groceries and takeouts, book table reservations, and perform complex, multi-step tasks.Read Entire Article

Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source: TechSpot favicon TechSpot

Deals: Best Buy Memorial Day sale, iPad mini 7 $100 off, AirPods Max up to $130 off, Magic Mouse, more

The Amazon and Best Buy Memorial Day sales are now live well ahead of the holiday weekend and with them, a host of notable price drops on Apple gear and accessories. Firstly, Amazon has brought back the all-time low pricing on all three iPad mini 7 storage configurations starting from $399 shipped, and we also now have the most affordable 13-inch M4 iPad Pro at up to $280 off. Apple’s latest AirPods Max colors have now...

Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source: 9to5Mac favicon 9to5Mac