Meta, Google, and Microsoft Triple Down on AI Spending
While Microsoft didn’t offer a specific forecast for its AI capital expenditures for the next quarter or coming year, the company’s chief financial officer, Amy Hood, said that the…
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Microsoft cloud customers face widespread disruptions
MICROSOFT cloud customers experienced widespread service disruptions on Wednesday after the company said “inadvertent configuration change” affected its widely used Azure service. The bug,…
OpenAI finalizes restructure and revises Microsoft partnership
OpenAI said Tuesday it has reorganized its ownership structure and converted its business into a public benefit corporation and that two crucial regulators, the Delaware and California…
New AI lab focused on energy efficiency launched by Univers with Microsoft, AMD, NUS as partners
The resource and carbon management solution provider will bring in its AI and IoT solutions, and oversee the strategy, operations and delivery of all projects A new artificial intelligence…
Microsoft’s ‘Halo’ Coming to PlayStation in 2026 With ‘Modernized Remake’
Xbox’s prized “Halo” franchise is coming to PlayStation next year with a remake of “Halo: Combat Evolved.” Titled “Halo: Campaign Evolved,” the game is described as “a faithful yet…
Microsoft debuts Mico, Copilot’s AI alternative to Clippy
Clippy, the animated paper clip that annoyed Microsoft Office users nearly three decades ago, might have just been ahead of its time. Microsoft introduced a new artificial intelligence…
Microsoft wants us talking to Windows 11 with new AI features
Microsoft is trying to get people to talk to their computers, betting that voice and artificial intelligence software is powerful enough to make such interactions as effective as a…
Russia, China crank up AI-powered cyberattacks on the U.S., Microsoft warns
Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea have sharply increased their use of artificial intelligence to deceive people online and mount cyberattacks against the United States, according to new…
Microsoft Office’s icons just got curvy, colorful upgrades
Microsoft just redesigned all of its Office icons to embrace the AI era, and, according to the company, that means ditching solid shapes for all things “fluid and vibrant.” The 12 new…
Microsoft vies for scarce clean power in Asia chipmaking nations
Microsoft warned that it is competing for limited supplies of clean electricity in parts of East Asia, even as its window to achieve a key 2030 climate target narrows. In Taiwan, South…
Microsoft hikes prices on GamePass. But GameStop will stick with the old rate.
Last week, subscribers of Microsoft’s Game Pass were in an uproar over plans to hike the price from $19.99 per month to $29.99. One of the most surprising reactions, however, came not from…
Microsoft says AI can create “zero day” threats in biology
“The patch is incomplete, and the state of the art is changing. But this isn’t a one-and-done thing. It’s the start of even more testing,” says Adam Clore, director of technology R&D at…
Microsoft bets US$33 billion on neoclouds like Nebius to ease AI crunch: sources
Microsoft’s deal with neocloud company Nebius Group will provide computing power to internal teams creating large language models and a consumer AI assistant, according to people familiar…
Trump says Microsoft should fire its global affairs president Lisa Monaco
Tech firms have attempted to warm their ties with the US president during his second term in office US President Donald Trump said on Friday (Sep 26) that Microsoft should fire Lisa…
Trump demands Microsoft fire former Biden Justice Department official Lisa Monaco
President Trump on Friday demanded that Microsoft fire Lisa Monaco, who served as deputy attorney general during the Biden administration. Source link
Here’s Your Last Chance to Get the Xbox Series X/S Before Prices Go Up
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Starting on Friday, Oct. 3, all Xbox Series X/S…
Microsoft Raises Xbox Console Prices in U.S. for Second Time This Year
Microsoft‘s Xbox announced Friday it will again be raising the price of its gaming consoles in the United States, marking the second hike of 2025. As of Oct. 3, the recommended retail…
Microsoft pledges to invest US$30 billion in UK as Trump visits
Britain ranks among the top countries for private AI investments over the past decade Microsoft announced on Tuesday (Sep 16) a US$30 billion investment in the UK over four years, as US…
OpenAI to share 8% of its revenue with Microsoft, partners, The Information reports
OpenAI has projected that by the end of the decade it will be sharing about 8 per cent of its revenue with commercial partners, namely Microsoft, down from the current 20 per cent, The…
Microsoft, OpenAI reach non-binding deal to allow OpenAI to restructure
MICROSOFT and OpenAI said on Thursday they have signed a non-binding deal for new terms of their relationship that would allow OpenAI to move forward with its plan to restructure itself…
Microsoft to put more computing power behind in-house AI models
The world’s largest software maker has mostly relied on large language models from the ChatGPT maker to power its products Microsoft plans to expand its physical infrastructure to train…
Microsoft’s AI Chief Says Machine Consciousness Is an ‘Illusion’
Mustafa Suleyman says that designing AI systems to exceed human intelligence—and to mimic behavior that suggests consciousness—would be “dangerous and misguided.” Source link
Microsoft Fires Four Employees Over Protests Against Israel Ties
Microsoft has fired four employees following protests on its campuses over the company's business relationship with Israel. They were the latest examples of increasing activism within U.S.…
Microsoft, Rolls-Royce Power Systems push treated vegetable oils to green Singapore’s data centres
Microsoft and Rolls-Royce Power Systems are pushing for the adoption of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) as a sustainable backup fuel for data centres in Singapore and beyond, as the…