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Internet Explorer 6 is dying. Microsoft makes cake and merchandise to celebrate

New Rising Media: "After a decade, usage of decade-old IE6 in the US has dropped below 1%. This is now what Microsoft wants: they really does want it to die, making cakes, t-shirts and mugs to celebrate it's final steps towards the grave.

The Redmond-based company made a website in March 2011 to countdown the last few percent of usage, called (rather appropriately) IE6 Countdown. Since then, usage has dropped to 7.7%, down 12% since the launch of the countdown. One statistic that isn't particularly clear though: is this to upgrade to the likes of IE8 or 9, or is a jump of ship to competitors' browsers?"

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Microsoft's Gaming Shake-up: 1900 Job Cuts, Senior Execs Exit Xbox and Blizzard

Microsoft is laying off more employees, a new round after they cut thousands last year. It seems like many big tech companies are doing the same.

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Apple's Bold Move to Train LLM on Trendsetting News

Amidst the AI frenzy of 2023, major players like Google, Microsoft, and Meta are in the spotlight, launching their own generative AI systems.

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Microsoft launches app for iPhone users to use iMessage on PC

Microsoft has made it easy for iPhone users to check their mobile updates on Windows-enabled computers.

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