Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and other major companies accept the White House's AI safety measures.

Companies that are at the forefront of developing artificial intelligence technology, like Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and others, have agreed to follow a set of AI protections negotiated by President Joe Biden's administration.

The White House announced on Friday that it had o...

Call of Duty will continue to be available on PlayStation

Microsoft announced that tech titans Microsoft and Sony have achieved an agreement to continue releasing the popular "Call of Duty" video games on the Playstation game console.

In January of 2022, Microsoft, owner of the rival Xbox console, made moves to acquire game studio Ac...

According to Bill Gates, A.I. could destroy Google Search and Amazon as we know them.

Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, believes that the future leader in artificial intelligence will likely have developed a digital agent that can perform specific tasks for individuals.

The technology will be so advanced that it may significantly alter user behaviour. "Whoever wi...

Protecting society from malicious artificial intelligence

With the use of artificial intelligence, Microsoft launched its chatbot Tay to the public in 2016 and retrained it depending on user interactions. Soon after the release, online trolls started a concerted data-poisoning attack that exploited Tay's learning algorithms, retraining it to tweet o...

Open-AI releases GPT-4, a more advanced AI model than ChatGPT.

Tuesday, the startup OpenAI announced that it is starting to release a powerful artificial intelligence model called GPT-4. This sets the stage for more human-like technology to be made and more competition between its backer Microsoft Corp MSFT.O and Alphabet Inc's GOOGL.O Google. OpenAI, wh...

The outage that affected Microsoft services like Outlook, Teams, and 365 has ended.

Microsoft has apparently resolved the issue, as all services are now available again. Down detector reports that a number of Microsoft services, including Teams, Outlook, Microsoft 365, OneDrive for Business, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Graph, and Azure, are experiencing outage. The Micro...

Merger between Microsoft and Activision: Gamers file suit to block the agreement

Ten gamers are taking Microsoft to court to prevent the company's takeover of Activision Blizzard, the producer of the popular video game Call of Duty. The lawsuit filed in a US federal court alleges that the Xbox system maker's $69bn (£56bn) proposal to acquire its rival will "...

Microsoft plans to use satellite technology to offer the internet to millions in Africa.

In an effort to close the "digital gap" between the developed and developing worlds, Microsoft has revealed that 10 million individuals, half of whom live in Africa, will gain access to the internet via satellite.

The tech giant announced its satellite project would begin imme...

Due to data protection concerns, Germany has abandoned Microsoft's virus tracking program in favour of Google's and Apple's.

The German government has abandoned a German-led alternative that had been criticized for privacy issues in favor of adopting a coronavirus tracing app that uses technology funded by Google and Apple.

According to Jens Spahn, Germany's Minister of Health, and Helge Braun, Chancellor...

HTX’s Partnership with Microsoft to build a sovereign cloud in Singapore

A strategic agreement has been signed by Microsoft with HTX (Home Team Science and Technology Agency) for the development of a sovereign cloud in Singapore along with an acceleration in the digitization and innovation capabilities.

Along with addressing the “emerging technology ne...

BTS wins top honor at AMAs, becomes first Asian act to win

South Korean supergroup BTS, is now the first Asian act to win artist of the year at the American Music Awards. The band received the award during the 2021 AMAs which were broadcasted live from Los Angeles in Microsoft Theater on November 21.

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Microsoft announces Mesh for Microsoft Teams with 3D avatars

Microsoft Teams is now going to receive 3D virtual avatars and environments on the platform. This will be a part of the tech giants move to enter into the metaverse. Mesh for Microsoft Teams is allowing people present at different locations to share their holographic experiences and collaborate u...

Microsoft's Windows 11 is now available in India for download

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• Windows 11 is available for download in India
• New models of HP and Asus will have pre-installed Windows 11

Windows 11 is now officially available for download in India. The new Windows operating system will come preloaded ...

MOST POWERFUL CLIMATE-CHANGE AND WEATHER FORECASTING SUPERCOMPUTER TO BE BUILT IN UK

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• The most powerful climate change and weather forecasting supercomputer in the world is going to be built in United Kingdom
• The companies Microsoft and Met Office have teamed up for building the most powerful computer in the world

NCSC URGES ORGANIZATIONS TO INSTALL PATCH OF MICROSOFT SERVERS IN UK

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• The National Cyber Security Centre or NCSC of United Kingdom has urged the organizations to install the vulnerable Microsoft Exchange servers
• Around 7,000 to 8,000 servers had been affected by the flaw

The National Cyber ...

MICROSOFT LAUNCHES AZURE STACK HCI IN INDIA

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• Microsoft has launched Azure Stack HCI in India.
• With new launch, Microsoft intends to empower organizations with advanced hybrid cloud capabilities.

Microsoft has launched the general availability of Azure Stack HCI which...

US' 10 BIG CORPORATES CUT-DOWN THEIR POLITICAL DONATIONS BY 90% IN JANUARY

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• As per the latest Election Commission filing of top American corporates like Walmart Inc, Microsoft Corp, Comcast Inc, and AT&T, they have cut-down their donations to federal candidates by over 90 percent

• According to the latest report, the 10 comp...

MICROSOFT’S BING READY TO TAKE STAGE IN AUSTRALIA IF GOOGLE PULLS OUT

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• Microsoft will make enhancements to its internet searcher Bing as Google pulls its inquiry item from Australia, and would be a willing member in the news media code, the organization has said

Microsoft's leader, Brad Smith, deliv...

MICROSOFT ADDS DRAG AND DROP SUPPORT FOR MOVING FILES FROM OUTLOOK TO TEAMS

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• This feature was first requested on the Microsoft forum back in the year 2016 and is now available, and allows users to transfer files from Outlook to Teams with ease

• Replying on the 2016 thread, a Microsoft Teams administrator confirmed that users are...

TOP SEVEN TECH COMPANIES ADDED VALUE WORTH $3.4 TRILLION IN 2020

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• Tesla founder Elon Musk made it to the list of top three richest people on the planet by adding over $120 billion in net worth

• Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Facebook, Tesla and Nvidia added a total $3.4 trillion together in market cap in the year...