You Can Now Install—and Update—Microsoft Store Apps Using the Command Line

By typing simple, text-based commands into Windows' PowerShell, you can quickly install apps directly from the Microsoft Store—all without the typical ads or clutter.
WEAU

Microsoft 365 System Down, Affecting North American Users

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - UPDATE: Microsoft is actively rebalancing traffic across all affected infrastructure to restore the system to a fully balanced state. The company has already restored the ...
The Verge

Claude Code is suddenly everywhere inside Microsoft

Microsoft sells GitHub Copilot to its customers, but it increasingly favors Claude Code internally. Microsoft sells GitHub Copilot to its customers, but it increasingly favors Claude Code internally.
USA Today

Microsoft says outage impacting thousands of 365 users is 'resolved'

An outage impacting Microsoft 365 users is "resolved" after thousands of users reported issues for several hours Thursday, Jan. 22. A few hundred are still reporting issues on Friday, Jan. 23.
Mashable

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New Atlas

Microsoft Office’s lowest price ever: $34.97 while codes last

TL;DR:Microsoft Office 2021 is on sale for $34.97 until codes sell out (MSRP $219.99). Fewer than 75 are left in stock. If you’ve been waiting for the perfect moment to ditch subscriptions and keep ...
CNN

Microsoft has a plan to stop AI data centers from hiking up your electricity bill

Microsoft says it will ask to pay higher electricity bills in areas where it’s building data centers, in an effort to prevent electricity prices for local residents from rising in those areas. The ...
Forbes

Microsoft Updates Windows To Stop You Using Chrome—Here’s The Problem

Major surprise in Microsoft Vs Google stakes. Microsoft has started 2026 with a surprise for users. Chrome downloads are being hit by the Windows maker’s latest update. But that’s not the surprise. It ...
Seeking Alpha

Midcontinent Independent System Operator teams up with Microsoft to modernize grid system

Midcontinent Independent System Operator, or MISO, is collaborating with Microsoft (MSFT) for grid modernization. The partnership will combine MISO's operational expertise with Microsoft Azure and ...
TechCrunch

Microsoft’s Nadella wants us to stop thinking of AI as ‘slop’

A couple of weeks after Merriam-Webster named “slop” as its word of the year, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella weighed in on what to expect from AI in 2026. In his classic, intellectual style, Nadella ...
Futurism

Microsoft CEO Begs Users to Stop Calling It “Slop”

In mid-December 2025, the editors of Merriam-Webster’s dictionary chose “slop” as their word of the year. Their definition: “digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by ...
PC Gamer

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says it's time to stop talking about AI 'slop' and start talking about a 'theory of the mind that accounts for humans being equipped with these new ...

Platforms Open-source game engine Godot is drowning in 'AI slop' code contributions: 'I don't know how long we can keep it up' AI Unity boss who once called out the 'idiocy' of the metaverse now says ...