Nature

Microsoft team creates ‘revolutionary’ data-storage system that lasts for millennia

Researchers use mini plasma explosions to encode the equivalent of two million books into a coaster-sized device. The method ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft 365 outage takes down admin center in North America

Microsoft is investigating an outage that blocks some administrators with business or enterprise subscriptions from accessing the Microsoft 365 admin center. While the company has yet to disclose ...
The New York Times

Microsoft Pledged to Save Water. In the A.I. Era, It Expects Water Use to Soar.

Driven by the artificial intelligence frenzy, Microsoft is internally projecting that water use at its data centers will more than double by 2030 from 2020, including in places that face shortages.
The Hill

DOJ to allow lawmakers access to unredacted Epstein files starting Monday

The Department of Justice (DOJ) said it will begin allowing lawmakers to review the unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files starting Monday in the wake of criticism that the administration has improperly ...

Microsoft Store Outlook add-in hijacked to steal 4,000 Microsoft accounts

The AgreeTo add-in for Outlook has been hijacked and turned into a phishing kit that stole more than 4,000 Microsoft account ...
Mashable

Epstein Files release: Microsoft permanently banned Jeffrey Epstein from Xbox Live

Jeffrey Epstein was banned from Xbox Live, according to email documents released by the DOJ. Credit: Yuriko Nakao/Getty Images Another new batch of Epstein files was released by the DOJ on Friday, and ...
TechCrunch

Satya Nadella insists people are using Microsoft’s Copilot AI a lot

Microsoft delivered a solid earnings report on Wednesday with $81.3 billion in revenue for the quarter (up 17%), net income profits of $38.3 billion (up 21%), and a record-breaking Microsoft cloud ...
Hosted on MSN

Worrying Microsoft Office security flaw patched - update now or risk hackers accessing your files

Microsoft issues emergency patch for Office zero-day CVE-2026-21509 Vulnerability allows attackers to bypass OLE mitigations and execute malware CISA adds flaw to KEV catalog; exploitation details ...
The Verge

Former Windows 8 boss recruited Epstein to help negotiate his messy Microsoft exit

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 ...
ZDNet

7 apps I use to lock down, encrypt, and store my private files - and most are free

File and folder security is crucial in this day and age. There are apps you can use to heighten the security of your files. These apps are free and available for desktop and mobile devices. The need ...

Once-hobbled Lumma Stealer is back with lures that are hard to resist

“LummaStealer is back at scale, despite a major 2025 law-enforcement takedown that disrupted thousands of its command-and-control domains,” researchers from security firm Bitdefender wrote. “The ...