If you’ve been having problems with Microsoft Teams, Azure or Outlook today then you’re not the only one, as cloud users across the world lost access. Countries affected included the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. Microsoft says that it has mostly recovered from a “networking outage” and it should be business as usual though.

The recent trend of retrenchments in the tech industry has continued with Microsoft being the latest to lay off its workers. Specifically, around 10,000 employees were laid off by the tech giant.

While Microsoft recently announced that it would integrate OpenAI into all of its Office and Windows products, the first to get it looks to be its Azure OpenAI Service. Available starting this week, it will allow businesses to integrate OpenAI tools like DALL-E and soon ChatGPT for their cloud apps.

Practically identical to its predecessor, the only changes are internal, with all the Surface Laptop 5 models now being powered by the 12th Gen Alder Lake Intel processors. It's slightly more expensive too, with a starting price of RM5299 for the 13.5-inch variant. And all the way up to RM9985 for the most specced out 15-inch variant. So, is this the perfect laptop for your needs and field of work? Well, let's find out together, shall we?

After being wrong twice with their dual-screen Surface Duo and Surface Duo 2 devices, it looks like Microsoft could be going for a foldable display with their Surface Duo 3. Coming in from reliable “sources”, the new Surface Duo 3 is expected to look like last year’s vivo X Fold.

Microsoft recently announced their new VALL-E AI text to speech synthesizer that can simulate or mimic a voice using just a 3-second audio sample. Considering how cybercriminals and cheaters are using new AI tech so quickly, my kneejerk reaction to this was a resounding “BUT WHY!?” (cue Jackie Chan meme) but thankfully this might not be the case... yet.

Microsoft has officially announced the end of Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 today. As of 10 January 2023, Microsoft will stop supplying security updates for these older operating systems.

A senior product manager at Microsoft may have inadvertently revealed a new feature on the Notepad app on Windows 11 after accidentally sharing it on Twitter. The tweet, which showed the Notepad app having tabs has since been deleted, but not before netizens managed to take notice of the post.

Microsoft will acquire Activision Blizzard, and it has offered a 10-year deal to Nintendo for Call of Duty. On the other hand, it's not that peaceful with Sony due to the issues mentioned in previous reports. Microsoft has also offered a similar deal to the Japanese company, but now it's discovered that an additional term might persuade Sony to sign.

Microsoft has announced that a January 2023 update to the Microsoft Authenticator iOS app will remove the companion app from watchOS. Moreover, the company will also discontinue support for the app on Apple Watch starting next month.