Devs can now tap Microsoft Edge to power AI web apps
Microsoft is launching new APIs for Edge, its web browser, to let developers incorporate AI functionality into web apps using models built into Edge.
Unveiled at Build 2025, the AI APIs mirror some of the functionality in Google Chrome, which also offers “built-in AI” that developers c
NLWeb is Microsoft’s project to bring more chatbots to web pages
As part of an effort to make building AI-powered chatbots on the web simpler, Microsoft is launching an open project called NLWeb.
Announced at Build 2025, NLWeb lets websites provide a “conversational interface” — i.e. a text field and a submission button — for their users with a
It’ll soon be free to publish apps to the Microsoft Store
Microsoft is getting rid of developer onboarding fees for the Microsoft Store on Windows, the digital distribution platform for its flagship operating system, the company announced Monday during its Build 2025 conference.
Starting June 2025, individual developers will be able to sign up and publis
Microsoft wants to tap AI to accelerate scientific discovery
Can AI speed up aspects of the scientific process? Microsoft appears to think so.
At the company’s Build 2025 conference on Monday, Microsoft announced Microsoft Discovery, a platform that taps agentic AI to “transform the [scientific] discovery process,” according to a press rel
AI dev tools for Windows get a fresh coat of paint
Microsoft wants to make it easier for developers to build AI-powered apps on Windows devices.
On Monday during its Build 2025 conference, Microsoft announced Windows AI Foundry, a rebranding and expansion of the Windows Copilot Runtime service the company launched last May. Microsoft describe
Bluesky takes on ‘Sports Twitter’ with NBA playoff feature
As the playoffs rage on, Bluesky announced that it is beta testing a new feature during the NBA playoffs.
While an NBA game is in progress, a red border with a “live” designation will appear around posts from the NBA’s account. When users click on the NBA’s profile picture,
Pharma giant Regeneron to buy 23andMe and its customers’ data for $256M
Pharmaceutical maker Regeneron announced Monday it will buy genetic testing company 23andMe for $256 million following a bankruptcy auction.
Regeneron said it will acquire 23andMe’s genomics service and its bank of 15 million customers’ personal and genetic data as part of the de
Nikola’s hydrogen trucks hit the auction block
Nikola’s hydrogen trucks are officially up for auction, one of the company’s last big steps in unloading all of its assets after filing for bankruptcy in February.
Auction house Gordon Brothers reached an agreement with Nikola in Delaware bankruptcy court to purchase the hydrogen truck
Deel wants Rippling to hand over any agreements involving paying the alleged spy
Deel has lobbed a new volley in the ongoing legal battle with rival HR tech startup Rippling. Deel filed a series of letters to the Irish court asking Rippling to hand over information.
In one letter, Deel wants unredacted versions of witness affidavits, including the famed one by former Rippling
Grok says it's 'skeptical' about Holocaust death toll, then blames 'programming error'
Grok, the AI-powered chatbot created by xAI and widely deployed across its new corporate sibling X, wasn't just obsessed with white genocide this week.
As first noted in Rolling Stone, Grok also answered a question on Thursday about the number of Jews killed by the Nazis in World War II by say
Heybike's Alpha step-through e-bike is an affordable, all-terrain dreamboat
I've tested a number of e-bikes in my time here at technewss. And I’ve never been so tempted to hang onto one as I have with Heybike's new Alpha.
This sturdy, fat-tire, all-terrain e-bike is worth the $1,699 price tag. The Alpha ticked a whole lot of my boxes, including ones I didn&
MIT disavows doctoral student paper on AI’s productivity benefits
MIT says that due to concerns about the “integrity” of a high-profile paper on how artificial intelligence affects research and innovation, the paper should be “withdrawn from public discourse.”
The paper in question, “Artificial Intelligence, Scientific Discovery, and Product Innovation
Laser-powered fusion experiment more than doubles its power output
The world's only net-positive fusion experiment has been steadily ramping up the amount of power it produces, technewss has learned.
In recent attempts, the team at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Ignition Facility (NIF) increased the yield of the experiment, first to 5.2 megajou
Epic Games asks judge to force Apple to approve Fortnite
Epic Games is escalating its efforts to pressure Apple to allow its game Fortnite into the App Store, with a new court filing asking Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers to require that Apple “accept any compliant version of Fortnite onto the U.S. storefront of the App Store.”
Epic and Apple have been