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In this edition of On The Pulse:
Microsoft have messed up big time (again!)
How bees have halted the construction of an AI data centre — we’re not kidding!
Use these calendar features to save time messing around in Outlook
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Microsoft is steaming ahead with its plan to phase out Windows Mail, with support ending December 31st. You can technically use the app beyond the 31st, but it won’t be able to send or receive email.
Microsoft have messed up — again! A seemingly routine security update turned out to be a full operating system upgrade for Windows Server 2022 users; a sysadmin’s worst nightmare.
🧐 Interesting
Following months of troubling AI news, including last week’s comments from Perplexity AI’s CEO, we’re all on edge where AI is concerned. This week, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says there’s “no question” that you’ll have to work alongside AI “colleagues” in the future. On the flip side of the coin, we’ve got AI safety advocates telling CEOs like Huang to slow down.
“You’ve got mail!” The voice of this iconic AOL greeting, Elwood Edwards, died at 74 this week; a day before his 75th birthday. The story behind Edwards’ iconic sound bites is fascinating and well worth a read.
An unlikely spanner in the works for Meta’s planned nuclear-powered AI data centre: bees! A rare, endangered species of bees was discovered on the land earmarked for the project.