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Former Windows chief shared confidential Microsoft emails with Epstein — as leaders scrambled to contain the Surface RT disaster

Steven Sinofsky sought advice from Jeffrey Epstein in newly released Epstein files, revealing that the former Windows head shared confidential emails with him.

Windows Central
Google boss says trillion-dollar AI investment boom has 'elements of irrationality'

In an exclusive BBC interview, Sundar Pichai hailed artificial intelligence as an "extraordinary moment" but said no company would be immune if bubble burst.

BBC News
We created a searchable database with all 20,000 files from Epstein’s Estate

Easily find every mention of Trump, Clinton, blackmail, and potential sex crimes in the thousands of private messages between Epstein and his close associates.

COURIER
Microsoft now lets employees raise concerns anonymously

Microsoft has told employees that they can now raise issues anonymously without facing retaliation. It was announced by Microsoft President Brad Smith internally.

Neowin
Real TikTokers are pretending to be Veo 3 AI creations for fun, attention

From music videos to “Are you a prompt?” stunts, “real” videos are presenting as AI.

Ars Technica

📰🤖 "Meta's still violating GDPR rules with latest plan to train AI on EU user data, says noyb"

The Register on our cease-and-desist letter to Meta 👇

https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/14/metas_still_violating_gdpr_rules/

Meta's still violating GDPR rules with latest plan to train AI on EU user data, says noyb

: 'Legitimate interest' won't wash, says privacy outfit, as Zuck's org claims activists want to 'delay AI innovation'

The Register

@leo @jeffjarvis

All that Data the Brokers grab - well it's now come to the logical conclusion...in a very bad way.

..“I was pretty horrified to hear we use stolen data in our system. In addition to being attained illegally, it seems like that could create really perverse incentives for more data to be leaked and stolen,” they wrote. “What if data was stolen from Flock? Should that then become standard data in everyone else’s system?”...

https://www.404media.co/license-plate-reader-company-flock-is-building-a-massive-people-lookup-tool-leak-shows/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter

License Plate Reader Company Flock Is Building a Massive People Lookup Tool, Leak Shows

Flock, which has license plate readers (LPRs) all around the country, wants police to be able to “jump from LPR to person,” according to leaked audio obtained by 404 Media.

404 Media
Microsoft quietly extends Windows 10 support for M365 apps like Teams, Outlook, OneDrive

In a major move, today Neowin noticed that Microsoft has quietly added years to support for Microsoft 365 apps on Windows 10.

Neowin
Microsoft suggests fresh Windows 11 25H2 code breaks almost entire OS

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 11 25H2 testing has revealed a bug that breaks many major functionalities in the OS.

Neowin
Michael Waltz to make Greenlanders feel like ‘real Americans’ by pushing classified intelligence through their letterboxes

National Security Advisor Michael Waltz is to use his visit to Greenland to make the local residents feel like real Americans by freely sharing entirely inappropriate classified military intelligen…

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