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- Technology
Microsoft’s largest layoff in years hits Xbox, sales, other divisions
New York: Technology Writer Microsoft is firing thousands of workers, its second mass layoff in months and its largest in more than two years. The tech giant began sending out layoff notices…
- Middle East
Egyptian engineer resigns from Microsoft to protest firm’s role in Gaza crisis
Maryam Shalaby, an Egyptian software engineer based in Cairo, has resigned from US technology giant Microsoft, accusing the company of complicity in what she described as “Israel’s genocide in the Gaza Strip”.…
- Middle East
AI provided to Israel military didn’t target civilians in Gaza: Microsoft
Washington: Microsoft acknowledged Thursday that it sold advanced artificial intelligence and cloud computing services to the Israeli military during the war in Gaza and aided in efforts to locate and rescue Israeli…
- Technology
Meta launches AI app, Zuckerberg chats with Microsoft CEO at developer conference
California: Working to differentiate itself in the crowded field of artificial intelligence, Meta Platforms has launched a standalone AI app — with a social media component — to compete with OpenAI’s ChatGPT.…
- World
2 Microsoft workers fired for protesting against company’s ties with Israeli Army
Microsoft has terminated two workers who protested against the company’s alleged ties to the Israeli military during an event marking its 50th anniversary. Ibtihal Aboussad was dismissed on Monday, April 7, for…
- World
After protest, Microsoft engineer slams company’s ties with Israel
After interrupting Microsoft’s 50th-anniversary event in protest of the company’s AI involvement in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Gaza, software engineer Ibtihal Aboussad sent a mass email to employees across several…
- Middle East
Microsoft employees protest at 50th anniversary party over Israel contract
Washington: A pro-Palestinian protest by Microsoft employees interrupted the company’s 50th anniversary celebration Friday, the latest backlash over the tech industry’s work to supply artificial intelligence technology to the Israeli military. The…
- Hyderabad
New Microsoft office inaugurated in Hyderabad’s Gachibowli
Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday, February 13 inaugurated the new office of Microsoft in Hyderabad’s Gachibowli, estimated to create approximately 4,800 new jobs. Additionally, Microsoft will also provide…
- Business
Bill Gates explores making of his internal operating system in new memoir
Washington: As he prepares to turn 70 later this year, Microsoft founder Bill Gates’ new memoir explores how his childhood quirks, upbringing, friendships and experiences coalesced into shaping his internal operating system.…
- World
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella calls himself product of India-US bond
Seattle: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said he is the “product of the bond” that exists between India and the US, as top government officials and American lawmakers lauded the Indian community’s contribution…
- Technology
Microsoft partners govt’s India AI Mission to skill 5 lakh people by 2026
New Delhi: Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella here on Wednesday announced several AI partnerships in the country, which includes an MoU with the government’s ‘India AI Mission’ to skill 5 lakh…
- Technology
LG Electronics’ operating profit drops in Q4
Seoul: LG Electronics, South Korea’s leading home appliance maker, on Wednesday estimated its fourth-quarter operating profit decreased more than 53 percent from a year earlier due to global economic uncertainties. Operating profit…
- India
PM Modi meets Microsoft CEO Nadella
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed happiness at Microsoft’s ambitious expansion and investment plans in India following his meeting with the company’s chairman and CEO Satya Nadella. In a…
- Technology
Google ‘strongly disagrees’ with US DoJ’s lawsuit, files remedies proposal
Washington: Criticising the US Department of Justice (DoJ) lawsuit and its “overbroad proposal”, Google on Monday said that before it appeals in court, the company has filed its own remedies proposal, based…
- Technology
Lawsuit against OpenAI: Musk names Microsoft as defendant
San Francisco: The US government efficiency czar Elon Musk, in his lawsuit against Sam Altman-run OpenAI for abandoning its non-profit stance, has now named new defendants including Microsoft, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman,…
