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The company’s CEO is going to testify in the trial
Google CEO Sundar Pichai testified against the US government’s antitrust case against Google, saying, “I don’t think we’ve ever done anything wrong.” He added, “It’s our job to make sure that users have a place to go to on the internet.” Sundar Pichai further said, “The search engines that Microsoft and I have competed against…
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Phil Spencer wrote a full memo about the new leadership changes
Microsoft has appointed Yusuf Capossela, who has served as Senior VP of Marketing since 2015, as Head of Product Marketing for Microsoft CoPilot. In his memo to employees, Microsoft President Nadella wrote, “Yusuf will serve as the champion of our end-user experiences and build on his work launching several of our AI-powered services to lead…
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The deal was approved by UK regulators
Microsoft is in talks with other gaming companies to add more games to the Xbox Game Pass, which was launched earlier this year. Microsoft has also decided to remove ‘Call of Duty’ from its cloud gaming services in the European Economic Area (EEA). The game will not be appearing on the Xbox Game Pass this…
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The deal was approved by UK regulators
Microsoft has acquired the assets of Activision Blizzard for $6.3 billion in cash and stock. As per the terms of the deal, Microsoft has agreed to let consumers in the European Union (EU) stream current and future Activision Blizzard PC and console games via any cloud game streaming services of their choice. Activision CEO Bobby…
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How search queries can be changed to get to your wallet
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has said he initially thought Microsoft was an attractive business because of its Windows and Office functions. “I used to think of Windows and Office as attractive businesses until I saw search,” he added. He further said, “Bing didn’t have to win the market to be a big business…It already turns…
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Microsoft will be bringing its unified Copilot to Windows, Edge, and everywhere else
Microsoft has unveiled’Copilot’, which will use context and intelligence to help users improve their privacy and security on their PC. The feature will be available in Windows 11, Microsoft 365, and in our web browser with Edge and Bing. Microsoft said Copilot is a handshake between you and technology and can happen when you need…
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The new Surface Laptop Studio 2 and Laptop Go 3 will be available for pre-order
Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled the latest versions of its Surface laptop series, including the ‘Surface Go’, which is set to be released on October 3. It said that the Surface Go 4 will be priced at $579 and will come with a 13.3-inch full HD display and up to 256GB of SSD storage. The laptops…
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A leaked memo says that Microsoft will have an announcement on its artificial intelligence for Windows at a special event
Microsoft CEO Pavan Davuluri, during the company’s event on Tuesday, announced that the company’s Surface team has been split into three teams, called Surface, Silicon and Devices, now under Pavan Davuluri. While the team behind the Surface will report to him, it will be led by Shilpa Ranganathan, Head of Windows Product Management, and Jeff…
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There is a software pricing change that is in the video game industry
Video game engine Unity’s new pricing model, which it had said will require subscription-based games to pay a “modest” fee, will be rolled out tomorrow. The fee will be 4% of the revenue for customers making more than $1 million and installations that count toward the threshold will not be retroactive. Earlier, Unity had said…
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The new controller from Microsoft is inspired by things like Stadia, Steam and Sony
Microsoft is reportedly working on its own wireless Xbox One controller that can be used on PCs and mobiles. The controllers will be compatible with the Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck, and Windows PCs, according to reports. Microsoft is reportedly planning to launch its controllers in 2024 and has been working on the idea for some…
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What to expect at the Surface and artificial intelligence event from Microsoft
Microsoft on Monday said that it will launch AI-powered web services for Windows and Surface devices under its new Experiences team led by Mikhail Parakhin. It also said that three new Surface devices are expected from Microsoft, but they are expected to feature features powered by artificial intelligence. Earlier this year, Panos Panay resigned as…
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Tech leaders are in the Senate to discuss the regulation of artificial intelligence
AI Insight Forum held by the US Senate’s Majority Leader Chuck Schumer was attended by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, X’s Elon Musk, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Nvidia President Jensen Huang. The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Artificial Intelligence before the forum. Schumer said the government needs a federal…
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A series of failures lead to a break out of Microsoft’s government emails
Microsoft has revealed that the cryptographic key that allowed a Chinese group to access 25 organisations, including multiple US government agencies, through its Outlook system was mistakenly generated in an automatically generated ‘crash dump’ of sensitive data. The system made a debugging snapshot of a process that had crashed, it didn’t strip as it should’ve,…
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Microsoft is attempting to sell off the cloud gaming rights to a French company
The EU has said that it is carefully assessing whether the developments in the UK require another notification to the EU regarding Microsoft-Ubisoft deal. The deal allows Ubisoft to offer its games to cloud gaming services that don’t run on Windows. The deal was cleared by the European Commission earlier this year, and another notification…
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Emails show that Microsoft was considering acquiring both Bungie and sega
In an email, Xbox Game Pass CEO Phil Spencer stated Microsoft “believed that Sega had built a well-balanced portfolio of games with…global appeal”, which would help it accelerate Game Pass. It added they also believed that IO Interactive was on “final watchlist” in 2021, alongside mobile companies including Thunderful and Playrix. Microsoft will spend $2…
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Microsoft is losing its cloud gaming dreams
UK’s Competition and Markets Authority said Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard “could change the future of the cloud gaming market”, leading to reduced innovation and less choice for consumers over time. Microsoft had said that its acquisition wouldn’t lead to games like Call of Duty being available only on its hardware. However, the CMA said…
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The U.K. blocks the Microsoft deal to acquire a giant video game company
The UK’s competition regulator on Wednesday blocked Microsoft’s $69-billion purchase of video game maker Activision Blizzard over fears it would stifle competition in the fast-growing cloud gaming market. In its final report, the Competition and Markets Authority said that “the only effective remedy” to the substantial loss of competition was to prohibit the deal. The…
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Some call it a mirage and others refer to it as AGI
Microsoft researchers in a paper said that the GPT-4 model, which they claim has the potential to be an artificial general intelligence (AI), has “a long way to go” before it can be useful in real-life situations. They said GPT-4’s capability to make decisions without any background knowledge is not as strong as other AI…
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You get a free verified LinkedIn Badge to prove you work there
Microsoft has announced that LinkedIn will be adding several new verification features to its platform as a part of the ‘Verified ID’ feature. The third feature will allow users to confirm their name and current employer through the Microsoft Entra Verified ID credential. “This is just the beginning,” said Joy Chik, President of Identity and…
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Tech doyens call for a stop in sudden alarm
A letter signed by over 50 people has called for a “time for Independence” in Artificial Intelligence (AI). The letter, addressed to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, said AI systems should be deemed public and verifiable, adding that a pause in development should be “public and verifiable”. It also called for an independent review of new…
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Microsoft is trying to boost Bing, so they beat the other internet search engines
Microsoft will go into Bing Sydney and make changes and make it safer after the transcripts of these weird and spooky conversations are published. It wouldn’t have happened if Microsoft had never let this out in the form of this test version of Bing. “Microsoft will go into Bing Sydney and make some changes and…
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Bard, a public demo for Google’s artificial intelligence product, had an incorrect response
Microsoft has said it’s looking at ways to rein in Bing AI chatbot after a number of users highlighted examples of concerning responses, including threatening remarks and troubling fantasies. The company added that most users will not encounter these kinds of answers because they only come after extended prompting. It is also weighing the need…
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The biggest Flaw of the ChatGPt is its most charming trick
Microsoft on Thursday said that it is working on ways to rein in its Bing artificial intelligence program after a number of users said it had made some disturbing comments this week. “Most users will not encounter these kinds of answers because they only come after extended prompted,” it added. It further said that it…
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Ahead of an EU hearing, Microsoft signs a binding deal with Nintendo
Microsoft has signed a deal with Nintendo to bring ‘Call of Duty’ to the latter’s consoles, Brad Smith, Microsoft’s Vice-Chair and President, said. “We continue to believe that this deal will expand competition and create more opportunities for gamers and game developers,” Smith added. Earlier, Microsoft was sued by the US Federal Trade Commission over…
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Meet Bard, the Answer to the question of ChatGPT
The Bard AI chatbot launched by Google and Microsoft has been tested with over 50 million people. The chatbot was developed by Google’s Timnit Gebru and Margaret Mitchell, who were fired by the company in 2019 after they issued a draft research paper arguing for caution with Text Generation technology. Google said it’ll continue to…
