Microsoft’s Latest Copilot Update Could Help Small Businesses Boost Sales. Here’s How It Works

Microsoft is starting the new year with a big bet on AI-powered shopping. The $3.5 trillion technology giant just rolled out ...
InfoWorld

Visual Studio Code adds support for agent skills

An experimental feature in VS Code 1.108, Agent Skills are folders of instructions, scripts, and resources that GitHub ...
TravelPulse

Report Finds ICE is Using TSA Passenger Lists to Find and Deport People

Under the Trump Administration and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s leadership, the TSA has been sending the passenger lists of future flights to U.S. Immigration and Customs ...
BGR

Microsoft Discontinued One Of Its Only Useful Smartphone Apps After Only 4 Years

Just a few months after Microsoft announced it would discontinue Publisher, one of its oldest Office applications, the company revealed it will stop supporting its Microsoft Lists mobile app. The tech ...
The New York Times

Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort

The Transportation Security Administration is flagging passengers for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to identify and detain travelers subject to deportation orders. The Transportation Security ...
NPR

Head Start centers told to avoid 'disability,' 'women' and more in funding requests

Some Head Start early childhood programs are being told by the federal government to remove a list of nearly 200 words and phrases from their funding applications or they could be denied. That's ...
9to5google

Spotify’s clever ‘Prompted Playlists’ use AI to give you more control

One of the most useful parts of any music streaming service is finding new songs via discovery, and that often comes in the form of playlists. Spotify, with the help of AI, is now launching a new ...
ExtremeTech

Microsoft Scales Back AI Goals Because Almost Nobody Is Using Copilot

Microsoft has cut its sales targets for its agentic AI software after struggling to find buyers interested in using it. In some cases, targets have been slashed by up to 50%, suggesting Microsoft ...