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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…
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Microsoft launches new AI Skills initiative to help people learn AI
New Delhi: Microsoft has launched a new AI Skills Initiative to help people and communities worldwide learn how to harness the power of artificial intelligence. The initiative will include new, free coursework…
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Microsoft fixes outage affecting Outlook web users
San Francisco: Microsoft has fixed a web access issue affecting Outlook users in North America. The company tweeted from its ‘@MSFT365Status’ account on Tuesday that “we’re investigating an Outlook for the web…
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Microsoft planned to develop separate version of Xbox Cloud Gaming
San Francisco: Tech giant Microsoft was planning to develop a separate version of Xbox Cloud Gaming (xCloud) that won’t be dependent on the premium Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription. On Thursday, at…
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Microsoft to build quantum supercomputers that can solve impactful problems
San Francisco: Microsoft has announced its roadmap for building its own quantum supercomputer that can solve impactful problems that even the most powerful supercomputers cannot. To build the quantum supercomputer, Microsoft said…
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Microsoft says early June outages were DDoS attacks
San Francisco: Microsoft has announced that distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks were the reason behind the services’ outages earlier this month. “Beginning in early June, Microsoft identified surges in traffic against some services…
