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  1. GPT-5 Moment: Wins, Backlash, and the Persona Tradeoff

    OpenAI’s GPT‑5 is not a simple story of triumph or collapse; it is a complex product moment where measurable technical gains collided with human expectations, sparking both applause from analysts and a loud user backlash that left the company revising defaults and restoring legacy options...
  2. Seemingly Conscious AI (SCAI): The Psychosis Risk and How to Mitigate It

    Microsoft’s top AI executive has issued a stark, unusual warning: the near‑term danger from advanced generative systems may not be that machines become conscious, but that humans will believe they are — and that belief could reshape law, ethics, mental health and everyday product design faster...
  3. GPT-5 Backlash: UX, Tone, and the Loss of Model Choice

    OpenAI’s GPT-5 launch promised a single, smarter, faster AI to replace the patchwork of GPT-4 variants — and instead it produced one of the most visible user revolts in recent AI product history, forcing a rapid rollback, feature tweaks, and an urgent debate about what people actually want from...
  4. Taskbar Companion: Microsoft's AI entry point for Windows 11

    Microsoft appears to be testing a new AI layer for Windows 11’s taskbar: references to a “Taskbar Companion” and “agentic companions” have been found in recent preview and server builds, suggesting Microsoft is experimenting with making the taskbar an entry point for proactive, context-aware AI...
  5. FreePower's AI-Driven Innovation Revolutionizes Wireless Charging Industry

    FreePower, formerly known as Aira, has emerged as a trailblazer in the wireless charging industry, seamlessly integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into its operations to drive data-driven decisions and foster innovation. This strategic adoption of AI has not only streamlined their internal...
  6. Building Trust by Design: How Favour Adeniyi Shapes Secure Growth in Enterprise Tech

    Where growth happens, trust must follow. In the enterprise technology landscape, this idea has become more than advice; it’s a survival strategy. As organizations race to the cloud and digital transformation reshapes every industry, the relationship between security and user experience now forms...
  7. Inside Microsoft’s Hidden Start Menu Concepts: Evolution, Innovation, and User-Centric Design

    For decades, the Start Menu has anchored the Windows user experience, acting as the gateway to applications, system functions, and a distinctly "Windows" sense of productivity. Yet, for every billion clicks on the familiar grid of tiles or the new wave of search-powered lists, there’s another...
  8. Here’s how Microsoft’s device partners are investing in our planet

    Every year in the month of April, we celebrate Earth Day. Living in the Pacific Northwest, as the snow begins to melt and the landscape brightens, I reflect on what a privilege it is to live in such a beautiful place. The theme for this year’s global Earth Day is “Invest in Our Planet,” and I...
  9. ASUS reveals lineup of Windows 11 laptops, OLED displays and more aimed at content creators

    ASUS continues to empower creative professionals with an expansive selection of laptops, PCs and OLED displays, including the ProArt Studiobook 16/Pro 16 OLED, the Vivobook Pro 14X, Vivobook Pro 16X and Zenbook 14X OLED. At its Create the Uncreated launch event, the company revealed all these...
  10. VIDEO Japanese 3D artist shares his perspectives and process using technology to turn ideas into designs

    Ryogo Toyoda is now a successful 3D illustrator based in Tokyo, but he began with more traditional influences. Drawing comics and picture books since he was in kindergarten, he gradually added the manga style to his creations in elementary school. Growing up in Japan, video games and anime would...
  11. Here’s how Burton Snowboards is creating products for riders around the globe

    Link Removed Chris working through the design process on a Surface Studio. Burton has been synonymous with the sport of snowboarding for decades. Since the company’s founding, Snowboarding has grown and evolved, even becoming an Olympic sport in 1998. Burton has been a key piece of the sport’s...
  12. New Surface devices perfect fit for engineers with Siemens NX Certification

    We’ve seen great momentum across a range of industries and use cases for Surface devices – especially from engineers, who are some of the most creative people in the world. They are often responsible for designing some of today’s most complex and sophisticated products – from trains and planes...
  13. Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated,

    For all of us who feel only the deepest love and affection for the way computers have enhanced our lives, read on. At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated, 'If Ford had kept up with technology like the...
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    Windows Vista Obsessed with Green Leaves?

    Wherever I look around to get info about Windows Vista, all I see is a (seemingly) paddy field desktop with a crop of green plants? Is there some agrarian push to the product for remote rural markets?