Vice President JD Vance announced that Microsoft and several other tech firms can no longer participate in a program to provide legal residency to skilled foreign workers.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The Trump administration is suspending Microsoft, Adobe, and several other technology companies from a program that helps skilled foreign workers obtain permanent residency in the United States, accusing the companies of fraud

An international visa program has for years allowed US tech companies to hire highly skilled workers from abroad.

There has been no company in the United States, unfortunately, that has abused this system more than Microsoft, Vice President JD Vance said on Thursday.

Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling cited "multiple active federal investigations" around the two companies' involvement in the program Thursday.

Seven companies have been accused of fraud regarding the H-1B worker visas.

Microsofts Surface Laptop Ultra combines Nvidia RTX Spark hardware, up to 128GB of RAM, and professional software support, while lacking high-speed Nvidia connectivity.

It is essentially an AI workstation powered by the same NVIDIA RTX Spark SoC, just in a desktop form factor, and at an eye-watering price of US$5,999 (~RM24,546). Thats about US$2,000 more expensive than […] The post The Microsoft Surface RTX Spark Dev Box Is NVIDIAs Answer To AMDs Ryzen AI Halo appeared first on Lowyat.NET .

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Microsoft just debuted its own take on MagSafe, which also functions as a regular USB-C port.

The Oppo Find X10 and Oppo Find X10 Pro Max are launching globally on October 21, but they might cost even more than the latest iPhones.

Microsoft has launched the Surface Laptop Ultra, calling it the most powerful Surface device ever.

Microsoft promises 'substantial improvements in performance and memory usage' as it fixes Windows 11 search but some critics are still unhappy.

Get Microsoft Windows 11 Pro for $7.97 through Oct

Announced at Computex earlier this year, the Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra is finally available for pre-order

Microsoft is giving Windows Search a major overhaul, turning the familiar Taskbar feature into more than just a way to find apps, files, and settings

The first wave of laptops powered by the NVIDIA RTX Spark has launched, with Microsoft leading the charge

Awal pagi tadi Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra dilancarkan dengan satu ciri baharu yang tidak pernah digunakan sebelum ini iaitu kabel pengecas USB-C bermagnet

Selain Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra dengan cip NVIDIA RXT Spark, Microsoft Surface RTX Spark Dev Box juga dilancarkan sebagai sebuah PC desktop untuk pembangun kecerdasan buatan (AI) lokal

Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra akhirnya dilancarkan secara rasmi hari ini selepas diumumkan di Computex pada Jun lalu

The 140W, magnetic USB-C port matters way more than you think.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 8 Microsoft is pushing a hybrid intelligence future with a new Surface Ultra la...

Pre-orders are live on Nvidia RTX Spark laptops, including the Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra and devices from HP, Lenovo, Asus, and Dell.

But don't worry, it's totally safe because the agents and models will (probably) be running locally

The new device shows Microsoft remains committed to making its own PCs even though it's not one of the top device makers.

Honestly, a bit like an oversized Lego brick.

Poverty-spec model starts at $2,599 with 24 GB of RAM and 512GB of storage with 128 GB models topping $5,899

It ships in November, if you can afford it.

Earlier today, Microsoft officially announced and launched the Surface Laptop Ultra RTX Spark. The laptop is a first on two fronts for the creator of the Windows OS: its officially the first brand to launch an NVIDIA RTX Spark laptop, beating Asus and MSI to the punch, while also being the first Surface Laptop to […] The post Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra RTX Spark Gets 15 October Launch Date appeared first on Lowyat.NET .

At a press event today, Microsoft unveiled the new Surface Laptop Ultra featuring an NVIDIA RTX Spark platform with a Blackwell-based GPU capable of up to one petaflop of AI compute

Yes, it's just a premium laptop

When you pack in 24GB of RAM into a base laptop build and spend $2,600 on it, you shouldn't want to upgrade any time soon.

Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra is now available for pre-order

Microsoft's Copilot search redesign arrives this fall.

Microsoft is finally sharing details about its first builder-class PC.

The company highlighted agentic AI features for Windows as well as the Surface Laptop Ultra.

Say goodbye to .msix and .msixbundle files in your email (unless your admin whitelists them).

Ahead of the big Windows and Surface event on Wednesday, HP may have accidentally leaked some big laptop prices.

Microsoft has reportedly secured exclusive cloud-streaming rights for Grand Theft Auto VI, meaning Xbox Cloud Gaming will be the only service able to stream the game at launch

More details on the Surface Laptop Ultra and NVIDIA RTX Spark are coming, but what else?

Email and calendars move in-house in 2027, with European open source tools to follow

Get Microsoft Visio Professional 2024 for Windows for $49.97 through Oct

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Google has contracted for 3,590 megawatts of power from Constellation Energy on the largest US power grid, with new nuclear energy accounting for about a quarter of that supply, the companies said on Tuesday

Redmond explains how VMs die, but not when you can expect that to happen

LibreOffice merupakan salah satu perisian pejabat yang membolehkan pengguna membangunkan sejumlah dokumen, dan beroperasi sebagai alternatif kepada Microsoft Office

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: VMware customers face multiple obstacles as they rethink their virtualization strategy to reduce dependence on VMware

It appears that Microsoft has greatly improved Windows 11 performance with the 26H2 update.

We thought Microsoft was preparing a wild laptop

You didn't really want to be sending around .msix and .msixbundle files, did you?

Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 and 2019 affected, but Microsoft released a fix.

Moved messages linger and throw errors when clicked, leaving Windows Desktop Search as the workaround

Microsoft and Meta are spending billions every year on Claude, but want to switch and prioritize internal AI instead.

Get Microsoft Office Home & Business 2021 for Mac for $79.97 through Oct

Big Tech firms are destroying the environment in a quest for further AI gains, critics claim.

CNBCs Jim Cramer said Nvidia, Microsoft and Meta are helping push stocks to records even as surging Treasury yields pressure much of the broader market.

A 16-year-old set one login field to "admin," and an estimated 17.3 trillion Microsoft rows became accessible.

After succeeding Steve Ballmer in 2014, Satya Nadella turned Microsoft into a cloud giant

Microsoft's X account was used to promote a meme coin scam, and possibly even to distribute malware.

Gamers complain of a 'disaster' of an update for Windows 11 and Microsoft doesn't have a solution yet.

Get seven apps with this Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 for Windows license.

Microsoft Office for Mac comes with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more with no monthly fees.

Politico EU reports: The European Commission has rolled out an alternative to Microsoft Teams but officials using it aren't impressed, with one describing the tool as "absolute shit." The Commission introduced Element Pro over the summer as a "sovereign back-up to Teams," according to an internal staff memo seen by POLITICO

Phoronix reports: Steam on Linux use in March hit an all-time high of around 5.33% marketshare

Scientists left structures up to 100 meters under the surface

Get things done more efficiently with this Microsoft Project Professional 2024 lifetime license for Windows.

The EU executive branch implemented a non-US-made backup to Teams

Longtime Slashdot submitter theodp writes: GeekWire reports that the University of Washington has moved its Global Innovation Exchange {GIX) program to Microsoft's campus in a rent-free deal (UW News release)

The European Commission has rolled out Element Pro as a self-hosted "sovereign back-up" to Microsoft Teams and the reviews aren't great

Apple is working on a fix for Exchange access in its Mac apps as Microsoft retires the connection they rely on

We'll definitely hear about the NVIDIA RTX Spark-powered Surface Laptop Ultra, but what else?

Former LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky has decided not to lead the change on Microsoft 365 shortly after being appointed the role.

Has Microsoft pushed through changes to help with RAM usage in the 26H2 update?

Swiss glaciers lost 5.5% of their ice volume in the first eight months of 2026, bringing total losses since 2021 to 19.4%

Your meeting room no longer has to pick a side.

fjo3 shares a report from The Guardian: Communities across California are rushing to prepare for the imminent arrival of the so-called "Kelvin wave," a massive underwater band of warm water threatening to inundate swaths of the vast North American shoreline

The vivo X Fold6 is now globally available, so let's unbox it

Ryan Roslansky is leaving Microsoft and LinkedIn after nearly 18 years, triggering another leadership shuffle across Office and Teams