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Where’s my database? - The question that broke the modern internet

AWS powers a huge chunk of the internet, which means when it fails, everything fails with it. A major outage hit the US-East-1 region and instantly took down services across entertainment, finance, ...
PC Magazine

Microsoft Says This Free App Speeds Up Your PC With One Click. Does It Work?

You can spend money on third-party PC optimization tools to improve performance, but Microsoft PC Manager claims to deliver the same benefits for free. I put it to the test. I've been testing PC and ...
Forbes

A Psychologist Shares An 8-Question Test That Reveals Your ‘Career DNA’ — Inspired By Personality Science

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This ...
TWCN Tech News

You must start Microsoft Access by double-clicking a Microsoft Access file

Are you among those who receive the frustrating error message “You must start Microsoft Access by double-clicking a Microsoft Access file” when trying to open the ...
InfoWorld

Microsoft touts scalability of its new PostgreSQL-compatible managed database

Third time’s the charm? Microsoft hopes the scalability of Azure HorizonDB, will lure new customers where its two existing PostgreSQL databases did not. Microsoft is previewing a third ...
SiliconANGLE

Microsoft updates database portfolio and adds open-source offerings

Microsoft Corp. today is introducing updates across its database portfolio as part of general availability announcements for Azure DocumentDB and SQL Server 2025. The software and cloud giant is also ...
TechCrunch

Microsoft’s $15.2B UAE investment turns Gulf State into test case for US AI diplomacy

Microsoft will invest $15.2 billion in the United Arab Emirates over the next four years, the company announced Monday at the first annual Abu Dhabi Global AI Summit. The investment will include the ...
PC Magazine

I Put Microsoft's AI Browser to the Test. Here's What Actually Works

From booking dinner to summarizing tabs, Copilot Mode in Edge shows promise—but it's far from perfect. I've been testing PC and mobile software for more than 20 years, focusing on photo and video ...
CNBC

Microsoft will test a Copilot AI feature that performs work on local files in Windows 11

Microsoft will bring its Copilot Actions feature that can perform certain tasks to its Windows 11 operating system, enabling work with locally stored files. It's coming first to people in the Windows ...
ZDNet

You can now try Microsoft's new in-house AI image generator model - here's how

Microsoft's new AI image model is available to test. It's in Bing Image Creator, Bing mobile app, and Bing search bar. You can test it against OpenAI's image models. Ever use Microsoft Copilot or Bing ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft 365 outage blocks access to Teams, Exchange Online

Microsoft is working to resolve an ongoing outage preventing users from accessing Microsoft 365 services, including Microsoft Teams, Exchange Online, and the admin center. While Redmond has yet to ...