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Amazon Paused Rollout of Microsoft Office for a Year After Hacks
Amazon paused the rollout after Microsoft discovered a Russia-linked hacker group had gained access to some of its employees’ email accounts. After conducting its own analysis of the software, Amazon asked for changes to guard against unauthorised access and create a more detailed accounting of user activity in the apps
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Google Said to Have Asked FTC to Break Up Microsoft's Cloud Deal With OpenAI
Google has asked the US government to break up Microsoft's exclusive agreement to host OpenAI's technology on its cloud servers. The conversation reportedly happened after the US Federal Trade Commission asked Google about Microsoft's business practices as part of a broader investigation.
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Amazon AGI SF Lab Focused on Developing New Capabilities of AI Agents Established
Amazon announced setting up a new artificial intelligence (AI) laboratory on Monday. Dubbed Amazon AGI SF Lab, the new research lab will be based in San Francisco and focus on developing AI agents with real-world applications. The Seattle-based tech recently hired several top executives from the startup Adept AI Labs and will be seeding the new div...
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Amazon Announces New Slate Of AI Models To Rival Meta, Google, Microsoft
The announcements mark Amazon's biggest step toward combating a reputation that it had been caught flat-footed in developing AI applications as competitors sped ahead
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone Coming to Xbox Cloud Gaming in October
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will be playable with Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta) for Game Pass Ultimate members at launch, Microsoft announced Monday. In addition to Black Ops 6, last year’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Activision’s Battle Royale title, Call of Duty: Warzone, will also get Cloud Gaming support on the same day.
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Nvidia's Forecast Dampens AI Enthusiasm in Other Tech Stocks
Nvidia dropped almost seven percent and lost $200 billion (roughly Rs.16,77,898 crore) in stock market value after it forecast third-quarter gross margins that could miss market estimates and revenue that was largely in line. A handful of other AI-related companies shed around $100 billion (roughly Rs. 8,38,948 crore) in combined value.
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Amazon Set To Join Big Tech's Spending Surge As AI Race Heats Up
As a result of the spending increase, Amazon's gross profit margin growth is expected to have slowed to 1.3% in the April-June quarter, compared with 2.6% in the previous quarter and an average of 2.7% over the past two years.
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Apple to Adopt Voluntary AI Safeguards Established by White House
Apple has agreed to a set of voluntary safeguards for artificial intelligence crafted by US President Joe Biden's administration, joining firms like OpenAI, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft and others in committing to test their AI systems for any discriminatory tendencies, security flaws or national security risks.
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Xbox Cloud Gaming Now Available on Amazon Fire TV Stick With the Xbox App
Xbox Cloud Gaming is now available on the Amazon Fire TV Stick courtesy of the new Xbox app. Starting this month, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers can take advantage of the platform’s cloud gaming services to play their favourite Xbox titles on the Amazon Fire TV Stick, without requiring a dedicated Xbox console.
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"Non-Negotiable": Woman Got Offers From Google, Microsoft With These 2 Resume Hacks
Ms Pandey wanted to try her hand at working at other FAANG businesses after five years at Amazon, so in 2021, she applied to Microsoft and Google.
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Microsoft Techie's Tips For Job Seekers Amid IIT-Bombay Placement Struggles: ''Be Ready To Adapt''
Admitting that the economy is tough and the number of aspirational jobs in India is limited, he asked engineering students to be ready to adapt.
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Microsoft Announces End of Support for Android apps on Windows 11 in 2025
Microsoft has made the surprising decision to end support for Windows Subsytem for Android (WSA), a virtual machine that allowed it to bring Android apps to Windows 11 through the Amazon Appstore marketplace. The tech giant first gained the official support for the mobile apps through a deal with Amazon in 2021, and ever since then it has regularly...
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Nvidia Market Cap Threatens Google Parent Alphabet After Overtaking Amazon
Nvidia came close to overtaking Google parent Alphabet on Tuesday as Wall Street's third most valuable company. The chipmaker overtook Amazon for the first time in two decades, with a higher market capitalisation than the US e-commerce giant. Nvidia has benefitted the most amid an ongoing race among technology companies to build AI into their produ...
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Layoffs in 2024: Google, Microsoft, UPS, More Fire Over 30K Employees in January; Coming Months Can Be Worse
Wipro became the latest to join the ongoing layoffs by tech companies after reports claimed the company would let go of 1,000 employees. It will join the ranks of Google, Microsoft, Amazon, UPS, PayPal, SAP, Twitch, Discord, Swiggy, Flipkart, and other organisations that have already reduced headcounts by hundreds. The total jobs lost in one month ...
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US Antitrust Body Wants OpenAI, Microsoft, Amazon To Share Partnership Info
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday it had ordered OpenAI, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon and Anthropic to provide information on recent investments and partnerships involving generative AI companies and cloud service providers.
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Amazon Paused Rollout of Microsoft Office for a Year After Hacks
Amazon paused the rollout after Microsoft discovered a Russia-linked hacker group had gained access to some of its employees’ email accounts. After conducting its own analysis of the software, Amazon asked for changes to guard against unauthorised access and create a more detailed accounting of user activity in the apps
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Google Said to Have Asked FTC to Break Up Microsoft's Cloud Deal With OpenAI
Google has asked the US government to break up Microsoft's exclusive agreement to host OpenAI's technology on its cloud servers. The conversation reportedly happened after the US Federal Trade Commission asked Google about Microsoft's business practices as part of a broader investigation.
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Amazon AGI SF Lab Focused on Developing New Capabilities of AI Agents Established
Amazon announced setting up a new artificial intelligence (AI) laboratory on Monday. Dubbed Amazon AGI SF Lab, the new research lab will be based in San Francisco and focus on developing AI agents with real-world applications. The Seattle-based tech recently hired several top executives from the startup Adept AI Labs and will be seeding the new div...
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Amazon Announces New Slate Of AI Models To Rival Meta, Google, Microsoft
The announcements mark Amazon's biggest step toward combating a reputation that it had been caught flat-footed in developing AI applications as competitors sped ahead
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone Coming to Xbox Cloud Gaming in October
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will be playable with Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta) for Game Pass Ultimate members at launch, Microsoft announced Monday. In addition to Black Ops 6, last year’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Activision’s Battle Royale title, Call of Duty: Warzone, will also get Cloud Gaming support on the same day.
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Nvidia's Forecast Dampens AI Enthusiasm in Other Tech Stocks
Nvidia dropped almost seven percent and lost $200 billion (roughly Rs.16,77,898 crore) in stock market value after it forecast third-quarter gross margins that could miss market estimates and revenue that was largely in line. A handful of other AI-related companies shed around $100 billion (roughly Rs. 8,38,948 crore) in combined value.
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Amazon Set To Join Big Tech's Spending Surge As AI Race Heats Up
As a result of the spending increase, Amazon's gross profit margin growth is expected to have slowed to 1.3% in the April-June quarter, compared with 2.6% in the previous quarter and an average of 2.7% over the past two years.
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Apple to Adopt Voluntary AI Safeguards Established by White House
Apple has agreed to a set of voluntary safeguards for artificial intelligence crafted by US President Joe Biden's administration, joining firms like OpenAI, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft and others in committing to test their AI systems for any discriminatory tendencies, security flaws or national security risks.
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Xbox Cloud Gaming Now Available on Amazon Fire TV Stick With the Xbox App
Xbox Cloud Gaming is now available on the Amazon Fire TV Stick courtesy of the new Xbox app. Starting this month, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers can take advantage of the platform’s cloud gaming services to play their favourite Xbox titles on the Amazon Fire TV Stick, without requiring a dedicated Xbox console.
-
"Non-Negotiable": Woman Got Offers From Google, Microsoft With These 2 Resume Hacks
Ms Pandey wanted to try her hand at working at other FAANG businesses after five years at Amazon, so in 2021, she applied to Microsoft and Google.
-
Microsoft Techie's Tips For Job Seekers Amid IIT-Bombay Placement Struggles: ''Be Ready To Adapt''
Admitting that the economy is tough and the number of aspirational jobs in India is limited, he asked engineering students to be ready to adapt.
-
Microsoft Announces End of Support for Android apps on Windows 11 in 2025
Microsoft has made the surprising decision to end support for Windows Subsytem for Android (WSA), a virtual machine that allowed it to bring Android apps to Windows 11 through the Amazon Appstore marketplace. The tech giant first gained the official support for the mobile apps through a deal with Amazon in 2021, and ever since then it has regularly...
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Nvidia Market Cap Threatens Google Parent Alphabet After Overtaking Amazon
Nvidia came close to overtaking Google parent Alphabet on Tuesday as Wall Street's third most valuable company. The chipmaker overtook Amazon for the first time in two decades, with a higher market capitalisation than the US e-commerce giant. Nvidia has benefitted the most amid an ongoing race among technology companies to build AI into their produ...
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Layoffs in 2024: Google, Microsoft, UPS, More Fire Over 30K Employees in January; Coming Months Can Be Worse
Wipro became the latest to join the ongoing layoffs by tech companies after reports claimed the company would let go of 1,000 employees. It will join the ranks of Google, Microsoft, Amazon, UPS, PayPal, SAP, Twitch, Discord, Swiggy, Flipkart, and other organisations that have already reduced headcounts by hundreds. The total jobs lost in one month ...
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US Antitrust Body Wants OpenAI, Microsoft, Amazon To Share Partnership Info
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday it had ordered OpenAI, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon and Anthropic to provide information on recent investments and partnerships involving generative AI companies and cloud service providers.
