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Your Microsoft Weekly Recap + Educators are fighting back against ChatGPT fraud + TWIRL #102

Issue #248

Author

Steven Parker
January 29, 2023

I hope you had a great week, meanwhile here's a recap of our most recent news, as well as the Microsoft Weekly, we hope you take a look! Have a good one! Cheers, Steve.

Stanford introduces DetectGPT to help educators fight back against ChatGPT generated papers

DetectGPT is the latest tool on the frontlines to combat ChatGPT and other machine-generated text. If the tool works as advertised, educators will finally have something in their arsenal.

Microsoft Weekly: Declining revenues, new Windows 11 issues, and Edge updates

Our latest edition of Microsoft Weekly unpacks news about Microsoft's declining revenues in consumer categories, some Windows 11 updates, bugs, and fixes, and a bunch of app enhancements.

Specs Appeal: Here is how 2023 MacBook Pros compare with the previous models

Here is how Apple's latest generation of MacBook Pro laptops compares with its predecessor. This Specs Appeal article will help you pinpoint the difference between M1 and M2-based MacBook Pros.

Software updates

TWIRL 102: SpaceX to launch the Amazonas Nexus satellite and anti-reflective Starlink sats

This week, SpaceX is set to carry out two launches and the Russian space agency will carry one out too. In this week's recap, we got footage of the Mitsubishi H-IIA rocket launching a satellite.

Apple cuts trade-in values for older iPhone models, but an increase for MacBook

Apple has increased its trade-in value for some older MacBook models by up to $40, while decreasing it for older iPhone models by up to $80. Apple Watch is also getting a cut in its trade-in value.

Google engineer says workers cried at meetings as the company laid off 12,000 employees

Two engineers at Google revealed insights on the after-effects of the lay-offs on the existing staff at the company. They shared that losing 12,000 employees has been overwhelming for many.

From the Forums

Weekend PC Game Deals: City builder festivals, survival bundles, and more

This weekend's PC game deals include a bundle for survival fans, a double giveaway of interesting indies from the Epic Games Store, a free event for a dual protagonist action game, and more.

Steam is testing a discovery hub for personalized DLC recommendations

Valve is looking to get more players' eyes on the DLC available for the games they like. The latest Steam Labs experiment presents addon content you may want to get for your favorite games.

This week's deals

Unpublished deals

Prevent Microsoft Edge from making desktop shortcuts with every update

Recently, every time the Microsoft Edge browser updates, on all channels, it also creates a new shortcut on the desktop even if one already exists. Here's how you can stop that behavior.

Scientists at Salesforce develop proteins with AI that can eat trash

Salesforce has developed their own AI that can create millions of proteins in a flash that can be used in all sorts of different types of applications from medicine to... eating trash?