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How Microsoft’s Africa Development Centre went from a USD 100 million promise to closing its doors in Nairobi
Microsoft's Africa Development Centre promised USD 100m (about KES 13bn) and 500 engineers. Here's what it built in Nairobi and…
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Microsoft to let go of employees at its Africa Development Centre in Nairobi
Microsoft says proposed job cuts have hit its engineering team in Kenya. It hasn't said whether its Africa Development Centre…
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Microsoft is moving Copilot onto its own Maia chips, with multi-gigawatt deployments from 2027
Microsoft will run Copilot and other AI services mainly on its own Maia chips from 2027, led by Maia 300.
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Microsoft wants Windows PCs to build apps with local AI
Microsoft wants Windows PCs to build apps and perform tasks using local AI, with new hardware and staged Copilot upgrades.
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Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro lose security updates from 13th October
Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro lose security updates on 13th October. Enrolled Windows 10 PCs keep them until 2027.
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Microsoft pauses update after Office 2016 and 2019 lose activation or disappear
Microsoft paused KB5002907 after Office installations lost activation or disappeared. Affected users should reactivate or reinstall their purchased Office copies.
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Microsoft sets 7 October for a Windows and Surface event about local AI
Microsoft holds a Windows and Surface event on 7 October in San Francisco, with Nadella, Davuluri and Nvidia's Jensen Huang.
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Microsoft has named Angela Ng’ang’a its East Africa country lead
Microsoft has named Angela Ng'ang'a its East Africa country lead, a Nairobi-based regional role covering governments, enterprise customers and startups.
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Microsoft finally fixes my biggest Windows 11 gripe: Taskbar resizing is back!
For years, one of my absolute biggest pain points with Windows 11 has been the unresizable Taskbar. It was a…
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How Microsoft Research’s Tyger is Bringing Clearer MRI Scans to Uganda Through the Cloud
Microsoft Research's Tyger platform helps Ugandan and Spanish researchers turn noisy low-field MRI signals into clear, usable medical images.
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It Wasn’t Just the Grid. Microsoft Asked Kenya for a Cheque the Government Couldn’t Write.
Bloomberg reports Microsoft and G42 asked Kenya to guarantee annual capacity payments. The government couldn't, and the talks broke down.
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Kenya Stalls $1 Billion Microsoft–G42 Data Centre Plan as the Power Maths Catches Up
Kenya pauses the $1 billion Microsoft–G42 Olkaria data centre after President Ruto admitted the national grid cannot support it yet.
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Xbox Game Pass Just Got Cheaper. Here’s What You’re Giving Up.
Microsoft cuts Xbox Game Pass Ultimate to $22.99 and PC Game Pass to $13.99, removes day-one Call of Duty.
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MacBook Neo is doing exactly what I predicted, and Windows OEMs should be worried
Last week, I threw out what I knew would be a controversial take: the MacBook Neo wouldn’t just sell well,…
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Microsoft Edge on Android is getting Gemini Nano-powered Summarize and Rewrite features
For months, Google has been steadily integrating its Gemini Nano on-device AI model into the desktop version of Chrome, powering…
