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Microsoft’s $13 Billion OpenAI Tie-Up Cleared by UK's Competition and Markets Authority
UK's Competition and Markets Authority said that the 2023 deal doesn’t qualify for a full investigation under merger rules. The decision, after around 14 months of scrutiny, removes one UK regulatory uncertainty for Microsoft, which faces a continued investigation into its cloud service offerings.
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Microsoft Testing a Free, Ad-Supported Version of Microsoft 365 Desktop Apps
Microsoft is testing an ad-supported free tier for the Microsoft 365 Copilot or Office apps. Typically, these apps are only accessible to those who purchase the Microsoft 365 subscription. However, some users are now seeing an option to opt for a free version that offers limited features and ads. Currently, the Redmond-based tech giant is only offe...
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Xbox Chief Phil Spencer Says He's No Longer Trying to Move Players on Other Platforms to Xbox
In a new wide-ranging interview, the Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer said he was not trying to move players on other platforms to Xbox anymore and instead focussing on building a business on the rival platforms.
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"Once In A Lifetime Opportunity": Amazon To Spend $100 Billion On AI, Cloud
Amazon on Thursday reported its fourth-quarter net income doubled to $20 billion, with net sales rising 10 percent to $187.8 billion.
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Alphabet Faces Scrutiny on AI Spending as Google Cloud Growth Slows
Alphabet faces new scrutiny on its capital expenditure after Chinese startup DeepSeek last month launched low-cost AI models that threaten to push the AI industry into a price war.
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Microsoft Surface Pro, Surface Laptop With Intel Core Ultra Series 2 Chipsets Launched: Price, Specifications
Microsoft Surface Pro and Surface Laptop were launched as the latest additions to the company’s Copilot+ PC lineup at the Surface event on Thursday. With its latest devices, the Redmond-based technology company aims to provide businesses and organisations with cloud compute scalability while maintaining the efficiency that is offered by local AI ...
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Microsoft Shares Slide as Cloud Forecast, AI Spending Disappoint
Despite beating quarterly overall sales estimates, investors want better results from the hundreds of billions of dollars that Wall Street heavyweights have been spending to build AI data centers and infuse their products with the emerging technology.
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Nvidia GeForce Now Update Adds Support for Apple Vision Pro, Meta Quest 3 and Pico 4 Ultra
Nvidia GeForce Now has been updated to support mixed reality headsets, allowing gamers to play popular titles via a browser on AR headsets such as the Apple Vision Pro, Meta Quest 3, Quest 3S, Pico 4 and Pico 4 Ultra. The app currently supports Sony and Microsoft controllers with these headsets.
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"Satya Definitely Does Have Money," Says Elon Musk, Nadella Responds
Satya Nadella assured Microsoft would invest $80 billion in building Azure, its cloud computing platform.
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Microsoft’s Nadella Pledges $3 Billion India AI Investment
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella pledged an investment of $3 billion (roughly Rs. 25,752 crore) in India that will span a period of two years. The company aims to expand its cloud computing and Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities in India.
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Microsoft To Invest $3 Billion In India For Cloud And AI Expansion: Satya Nadella
Microsoft will invest USD 3 billion (about Rs 25,700 crore) to expand its cloud computing and artificial intelligence capabilities in India, its chief executive officer Satya Nadella said on Tuesday.
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Microsoft Plans to Invest $80 Billion on AI-Enabled Data Centres in Fiscal 2025
Microsoft plans to invest approximately $80 billion in data centres in fiscal 2025, as part of the company's efforts to train AI models and deploy AI and cloud applications. Since OpenAI's ChatGPT launch in 2022, AI investment has surged, with companies integrating AI into their products and services across various sectors.
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Microsoft Releases AIOpsLab, an Open-Source Standardised AI Framework for AIOps Agents
Microsoft researchers released an open-source artificial intelligence (AI) framework for agents that operate in cloud environments. Dubbed AIOpsLab, it is a principled research framework that enables developers to build, test, compare, and improve AIOps agents. The framework is supported by Azure AI Agent Service. The AIOpsLab uses an intermediary ...
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Pushes for Xbox Games on All Devices
Microsoft seems to have pivoted to a multiplatform strategy for first-party Xbox games in 2024, with more and more exclusive titles launching on rival platforms. The company is uncoupling its content offerings from its hardware — a move highlighted by Microsoft’s “This is an Xbox” campaign in November. In a recent shareholders meeting, Micr...
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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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Microsoft’s $13 Billion OpenAI Tie-Up Cleared by UK's Competition and Markets Authority
UK's Competition and Markets Authority said that the 2023 deal doesn’t qualify for a full investigation under merger rules. The decision, after around 14 months of scrutiny, removes one UK regulatory uncertainty for Microsoft, which faces a continued investigation into its cloud service offerings.
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Microsoft Testing a Free, Ad-Supported Version of Microsoft 365 Desktop Apps
Microsoft is testing an ad-supported free tier for the Microsoft 365 Copilot or Office apps. Typically, these apps are only accessible to those who purchase the Microsoft 365 subscription. However, some users are now seeing an option to opt for a free version that offers limited features and ads. Currently, the Redmond-based tech giant is only offe...
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Xbox Chief Phil Spencer Says He's No Longer Trying to Move Players on Other Platforms to Xbox
In a new wide-ranging interview, the Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer said he was not trying to move players on other platforms to Xbox anymore and instead focussing on building a business on the rival platforms.
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"Once In A Lifetime Opportunity": Amazon To Spend $100 Billion On AI, Cloud
Amazon on Thursday reported its fourth-quarter net income doubled to $20 billion, with net sales rising 10 percent to $187.8 billion.
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Alphabet Faces Scrutiny on AI Spending as Google Cloud Growth Slows
Alphabet faces new scrutiny on its capital expenditure after Chinese startup DeepSeek last month launched low-cost AI models that threaten to push the AI industry into a price war.
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Microsoft Surface Pro, Surface Laptop With Intel Core Ultra Series 2 Chipsets Launched: Price, Specifications
Microsoft Surface Pro and Surface Laptop were launched as the latest additions to the company’s Copilot+ PC lineup at the Surface event on Thursday. With its latest devices, the Redmond-based technology company aims to provide businesses and organisations with cloud compute scalability while maintaining the efficiency that is offered by local AI ...
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Microsoft Shares Slide as Cloud Forecast, AI Spending Disappoint
Despite beating quarterly overall sales estimates, investors want better results from the hundreds of billions of dollars that Wall Street heavyweights have been spending to build AI data centers and infuse their products with the emerging technology.
-
Nvidia GeForce Now Update Adds Support for Apple Vision Pro, Meta Quest 3 and Pico 4 Ultra
Nvidia GeForce Now has been updated to support mixed reality headsets, allowing gamers to play popular titles via a browser on AR headsets such as the Apple Vision Pro, Meta Quest 3, Quest 3S, Pico 4 and Pico 4 Ultra. The app currently supports Sony and Microsoft controllers with these headsets.
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"Satya Definitely Does Have Money," Says Elon Musk, Nadella Responds
Satya Nadella assured Microsoft would invest $80 billion in building Azure, its cloud computing platform.
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Microsoft’s Nadella Pledges $3 Billion India AI Investment
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella pledged an investment of $3 billion (roughly Rs. 25,752 crore) in India that will span a period of two years. The company aims to expand its cloud computing and Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities in India.
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Microsoft To Invest $3 Billion In India For Cloud And AI Expansion: Satya Nadella
Microsoft will invest USD 3 billion (about Rs 25,700 crore) to expand its cloud computing and artificial intelligence capabilities in India, its chief executive officer Satya Nadella said on Tuesday.
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Microsoft Plans to Invest $80 Billion on AI-Enabled Data Centres in Fiscal 2025
Microsoft plans to invest approximately $80 billion in data centres in fiscal 2025, as part of the company's efforts to train AI models and deploy AI and cloud applications. Since OpenAI's ChatGPT launch in 2022, AI investment has surged, with companies integrating AI into their products and services across various sectors.
-
Microsoft Releases AIOpsLab, an Open-Source Standardised AI Framework for AIOps Agents
Microsoft researchers released an open-source artificial intelligence (AI) framework for agents that operate in cloud environments. Dubbed AIOpsLab, it is a principled research framework that enables developers to build, test, compare, and improve AIOps agents. The framework is supported by Azure AI Agent Service. The AIOpsLab uses an intermediary ...
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Pushes for Xbox Games on All Devices
Microsoft seems to have pivoted to a multiplatform strategy for first-party Xbox games in 2024, with more and more exclusive titles launching on rival platforms. The company is uncoupling its content offerings from its hardware — a move highlighted by Microsoft’s “This is an Xbox” campaign in November. In a recent shareholders meeting, Micr...
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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.
