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betanews.com > article > microsoft-project-aion-copilot-os-leak

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…...

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betanews.com > article > visual-studio-2026-18-9-copilot-thinking-effort

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…...

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betanews.com > article > openai-private-safety-processing

OpenAI unveils privacy tool to counter Anthropic's ZDR gap

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (421+ words) GPT-5.6 Sol, OpenAI's flagship model, reached general availability on July 9, 2026, after a limited preview that began June 26, 2026, alongside the Terra and Luna tiers. It keeps its Zero Data Retention eligibility under the new preview, and OpenAI said the rollout targets…...

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betanews.com > article > youtube-view-counts-are-about-to-rise-dramatically-because-of-this-change

YouTube view counts are about to rise dramatically because of this change

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (365+ words) You will probably notice in the coming weeks that YouTube video view counts jump up – possibly quite significantly. This is not – necessarily – because of a sudden increase in viewing, but a change that Google is introducing. The company has announced…...

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betanews.com > article > openai-gpt-6-astra-agi-era

OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra, claims AGI era has begun

1+ week, 3+ 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,…...

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betanews.com > article > google-expands-its-youtube-stations-experiments-to-include-more-content

Google expands its YouTube Stations experiments to include more content

3+ week, 4+ hour ago   (359+ words) Google is no stranger to running experiments across its various platforms and services, and YouTube. One of its recent trials is Stations which works in a similar way to streaming TV, offering round-the-clock curated videos content. The experiment appears to…...

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betanews.com > article > microsoft-confirms-massive-global-github-outage

Microsoft confirms massive global GitHub outage

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (418+ words) Microsoft has detailed its work to fight back against a huge GitHub outage experienced worldwide. Starting at 13:40 UTC today, Microsoft started off by reporting that “we are investigating reports of impacted performance for some GitHub services”. Over the course of…...

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betanews.com > article > best-free-windows-software

Best Free Windows Software: 23 Apps Worth Installing

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1639+ words) Many free apps handle everyday jobs well, and several can be used long-term without a trial limit or losing the features you actually need. Here are the 23 free Windows apps covered in this guide, along with what each one does…...

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betanews.com > article > linux-foundation-openmdw-osi-license

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…...

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betanews.com > article > google-now-lets-you-specific-the-sources-you-prefer-to-receive-news-and-results-from

Google now lets you specific the sources you prefer to receive news and results from

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (415+ words) Google is launching a new button that publishers and news sources can add to their websites. The Preferred Sources button lets visitors to a site let Google know that this is a site they know and trust, and that it…...

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