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Microsoft may kill Xbox Live Gold subscription
San Francisco: Microsoft will reportedly sunset its Xbox Live Gold subscription, which enables multiplayer gaming, provides game discounts and much more. Games with Gold will also likely go away “after first appearing…
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Microsoft, Sony sign agreement to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation
San Francisco: Microsoft and Sony have signed a “binding agreement” to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation following the acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer tweeted on Sunday, “We…
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Xbox introduces voice reporting feature
San Francisco: Microsoft-owned gaming console brand Xbox has introduced a new voice reporting feature, which gives players the option to capture and report inappropriate in-game voice chats. “Starting this week, we are…
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GitHub announces public beta of passwordless authentication
New Delhi: Microsoft-owned open-source software platform GitHub on Thursday announced the public beta of passwordless authentication on its official website, allowing users to upgrade from security keys to passkeys. To use passkeys…
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Microsoft testing AI hub for Windows 11 app store
San Francisco: Tech giant Microsoft is rolling out the ‘Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25905’ to the Insiders in the Canary Channel, which includes an AI Hub for the app store, and…
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Chinese hackers accessed US govt emails by exploiting bug: Microsoft
San Francisco: Microsoft has revealed that Chinese hackers have exploited a flaw in its cloud email service to gain access to email accounts affecting approximately 25 organisations including government agencies as well…
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Microsoft, KPMG expands partnership to reshape professional services via AI
London: Microsoft and the global consulting firm KPMG have announced a significant expansion of their global relationship, which will reshape professional services in a number of business-critical areas such as workforce modernisation,…
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Microsoft turns to UK after win in US over $68.7 bn Activision Blizzard acquisition
San Francisco: After securing a big win in a US court against the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over its $68.7 billion acquisition of gaming giant Activision Blizzard, Microsoft said it has agreed…
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Microsoft lays off 276 employees in new job cut round
San Francisco: Microsoft has laid off 276 employees, mostly in customer service, support and sales teams, in a new job cut round. The fresh job cuts “go beyond the 10,000 global layoffs…
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Global public cloud revenue crosses $500 bn, Microsoft leads
New Delhi: Led by Microsoft, global revenue for the public cloud services market reached $545.8 billion last year, an increase of 22.9 per cent over 2021, according to a new report. Top…
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OpenAI building new team to steer, control ‘Superintelligent’ AI systems
San Francisco: Microsoft-owned OpenAI has said that it is assembling a team of top machine learning researchers and engineers to steer and control “Superintelligent” artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The concept of superintelligence…
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Microsoft thinks Sony may launch PS5 Slim this year
San Francisco: Tech giant Microsoft has said that Sony is expected to release a PlayStation 5 (PS5) Slim model later this year at $399.99. As a part of the Federal Trade Commission…
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Microsoft rolls out AI-powered Windows Copilot preview to Insiders
San Francisco: Microsoft has announced that an early preview of its AI-powered Windows Copilot personal assistant is now available to Windows 11 Dev Channel Insiders. During this year’s Build conference, Microsoft announced…
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OpenAI sued for stealing data from public to train ChatGPT
San Francisco: Sam Altman-run OpenAI has been sued in a class-action lawsuit in the US for allegedly stealing data from the public to train its AI chatbot ChatGPT. The lawsuit, filed in…
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Microsoft announces AI-powered shopping tools in Bing, Edge
San Francisco: Tech giant Microsoft has announced new artificial intelligence (AI)-based shopping tools in Bing and Edge, that will help users to shop and save “with confidence.” The new tools help users…