[ad_1] Microsoft saved more than $500 million in its call centers alone last year by using artificial intelligence, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. The tech giant last week announced plans to lay off nearly 4% of its workforce as it looks to rein in costs amid hefty investments in AI infrastructure. In May, the company […]
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[ad_1] Microsoft’s next-generation Maia AI chip is facing a delay of at least six months, pushing its mass production to 2026 from 2025, The Information reported on Friday, citing three people involved in the effort. When the chip, code-named Braga, goes into production, it is expected to fall well short of the performance of Nvidia’s […]
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[ad_1] Microsoft is prepared to abandon its high-stakes negotiations with OpenAI over the future of its alliance, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. The tech giant has considered pausing discussions with the ChatGPT maker if the two sides remain unable to agree on critical issues such as the size of Microsoft’s future stake in OpenAI, […]
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[ad_1] Qwant has asked France’s antitrust regulator to take action against Microsoft for allegedly driving down the quality of the French search engine’s results via Microsoft’s Bing platform, people with direct knowledge of the matter said. Qwant, which has historically relied on Microsoft’s Bing platform, wants the regulator to take interim action against the U.S. […]
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[ad_1] On Friday, April 4, tech giant Microsoft turned 50. As part of the celebrations, the company’s leaders and employees came together at the headquarters in Redmond, Washington, to reminisce about the glory days of the world’s famous software company. Bill Gates, the billionaire co-founder of the company, took to his Instagram account to share […]
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[ad_1] Earlier this year, Microsoft said it would acquire Activision Blizzard – the gaming giant responsible for bringing us the Call of Duty series. Since then, there has been speculation if Microsoft will make COD exclusive to Xbox. Recently, Microsoft’s head of gaming and Xbox Phil Spencer commented on the matter during the WSJ Tech […]
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[ad_1] Microsoft Corp is stocking up on Chinese video game content to emulate Sony Group Corp’s success with “Genshin Impact”, sources said, solidifying China’s transition from a land only of players to a hub of blockbuster developers. The U.S. software giant and Japan’s vanguard of technology have for some years been offering big money to […]
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[ad_1] US soldiers using Microsoft Corp.’s new goggles in their latest field test suffered “mission-affecting physical impairments” including headaches, eyestrain and nausea, according to a summary of the exercise compiled by the Pentagon’s testing office. More than 80% of those who experienced discomfort had symptoms after less than three hours using the customized version of […]
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[ad_1] Microsoft Corp.’s planned $69 billion purchase of computer games developer Activision Blizzard Inc. faces an in-depth probe in the UK after regulators said the deal could hamper competition. The Competition and Markets Authority said it decided to kickstart a longer review after Microsoft turned down the chance to offer remedies to address its concerns. […]
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[ad_1] Windows 8.1 was one of my favourite editions of the popular operating system, especially since it provided a perfect balance between the older, signature Windows interface and the tiled UI Microsoft was going for back then. Windows 8.1 provided a stable experience after the mess that was Windows 8. However, now that Windows 10 […]
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