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OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra, claims AGI era has begun
1+ week, 2+ day ago (882+ words) OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. The model succeeds GPT-5.6 Sol as the company's flagship AI system, and OpenAI calls it the most intelligent and aligned model it has built. President Greg Brockman told reporters on a press call,…...
Microsoft releases Windows 11 update that makes Bing and Store suggestions optional in Search
1+ week, 5+ day ago (353+ words) Microsoft is no stranger to self-promotion, and there have been multiple instances of Windows 11 being used as a vehicle to advertise or promote other products and services made by the company. The built-in search tool is an example, with many…...
Critical Rails RCE flaw exploited, patch leaves gap
1+ week, 6+ day ago (605+ words) Threat actors have begun actively exploiting a critical Ruby on Rails vulnerability capable of delivering full remote code execution on affected servers. VulnCheck, a security intelligence firm, reported the exploitation last week, roughly one month after Rails first issued patches…...
Microsoft's leaked Project Aion puts Copilot first
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1111+ words) Leaked internal documents and a video have revealed Project Aion, an experimental Microsoft operating system project that dates to 2024 or earlier and put Copilot at the center of the interface. The material shows a functional web-based prototype built around a…...
Linux Foundation submits OpenMDW license to OSI for review
2+ week, 6+ day ago (510+ words) OpenMDW addresses the problem by defining separate terms for a model's architecture, its training data, and its weights, then combining all three under one license agreement. That structure sets it apart from permissive software licenses such as MIT, BSD, and…...
How to fix EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION errors in Windows 11
2+ week, 6+ day ago (446+ words) Issues with various games have cropped up in Windows 11 since the release of a recent update for the operating system. Game developers and Microsoft have been looking into the problems, and the Windows maker recently said that it thought that…...
Visual Studio 2026 adds a thinking effort dial for Copilot
3+ week, 5+ day ago (304+ words) In a separate post on the Visual Studio blog, Microsoft described thinking effort as "a small knob with a big payoff," adding that it gives developers more control over how many credits a task consumes. The post also confirmed the…...