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Esri’s announced integration of Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service into ArcGIS is a deliberate step to fold large-scale, conversational AI and Microsoft’s Foundry Models into mainstream geospatial workflows — and it will reshape how analysts, planners, and decision-makers interact with maps, spatial data, and location intelligence. Background Esri’s July 14, 2025 announcement describes a collaboration to embed Azure OpenAI via Microsoft’s Foundry Models into ArcGIS, bringing natural language...

Microsoft has pushed back the rollout of a controversial Microsoft Teams feature that automatically sets a user's "work location" when their device joins a mapped office Wi‑Fi network — the company now says the feature will begin broad rollout in early March 2026 and complete by mid‑March 2026, a further delay from prior December/January targets. Background / Overview Microsoft’s new capability is part of the Microsoft Places and Teams presence ecosystem and is designed to automate a...

TechPowerUp and Chieftec have named the winners of their Winter 2024 “Mega Giveaway,” handing out six headline prizesizes across cases, AIO coolers and power supplies to readers in the European Union—marking another collaboration between an established PC hardware brand and a major enthusiast publication to raise awareness of Chieftec’s push into the DIY gaming market. Background TechPowerUp and Chieftec launched a high-profile giveaway in late 2024 aimed at EU readers, featuring a compact...