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Microsoft Forecasts Slower Cloud Business Growth in Second Quarter
Microsoft has forecast an increase in spending on AI this quarter and warned of slower growth in its cloud business Azure, even as the company beat Wall Street's estimates for first-quarter revenue and profit.. The Redmond company has signalled that big AI investments were not enough to keep pace with capacity constraints at its data centres.
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Microsoft, OpenAI Plan $100 Billion Data Centre With 'Stargate' AI Supercomputer: Report
Microsoft and ChatGPT maker OpenAI are planning to build a data center worth over $100 billion, equipped with an AI supercomputer called "Stargate" that could arrive in 2028, according to a report. The Redmond company is likely to finance the project, which is expected to be more than 100 times more expensive than some of the biggest data centers i...
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What Happened In Pakistan's Disputed Election And What's Next
Pakistan went to the polls last week in an election that many thought would be a formality.
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Elon Musk Threatens Lawsuit After Microsoft Removes Twitter From Ad Platform
Elon Musk on Wednesday threatened that the microblogging platform would sue Microsoft for conducting training for its technology illegally using Twitter data. The Redmond company previously announced that it its Digital Marketing Center's social media management tool would drop support for Twitter from April 25.
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Russian Hackers Preparing to Launch New Wave of Cyberattacks Against Ukraine: Microsoft Report
Microsoft on Wednesday warned that Russian hackers could be preparing a renewed wave of cyberattacks against Ukraine, including a "ransomware-style" threat that could target the organisations associated with the country's supply lines. The Redmond company said it discovered that Sandworm, a sophisticated Russian hacking team, was testing “additio...
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Microsoft Limits Revamped Bing Chatbot to 5 Questions per Session, Says Long Sessions Confuse Chat Model
Microsoft said on Friday that chats on the new Bing search engine would be limited to five questions per session and users will not be able to ask it more than 50 questions in a day. The Redmond firm's decision to limit use of the chatbot comes after reports of potentially dangerous answers from the new Bing search engine.
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Internet Explorer to Be Permanently Deactivated on Windows 10 via Microsoft Edge Update on February 14
Internet Explorer 11 will finally be permanently disabled on February 14 and Microsoft's outdated browser will be killed by the Redmond company via a software update to its current generation Microsoft Edge browser on Windows 10.
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Microsoft Headquarters House World's Quietest Room, Here's What You'll Hear
The room, known as the anechoic chamber, was registered as the "world's quietest place" in Guinness World Records in 2015.
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Microsoft Says Q4 2022 Sales Slowed, Profits Slumped as Cloud Computing Revenue Sees Growth
Microsoft on Tuesday announced its earnings for Q4 2022, revealing that sales slowed and profits slumped in the last quarter of the year. Overall sales rose just two percent in the October-to-December period, the slowest rise in six years, according to the Redmond company.
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Microsoft to Cut 5 Percent of Workforce Affecting Thousands of Employees: Report
Microsoft will cut five percent of its workforce on Wednesday, according to a report. The Redmond company could cut as many as 11,000 employees, in human resources and engineering divisions and follow job cuts at Amazon and Meta amid slowing demand and a worsening economic outlook.
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Microsoft Activision Deal: Firm Said to Offer EU Concessions Soon to Secure Early Clearance
Microsoft is said to offer EU regulators with antitrust remedies soon, as part of the company's efforts to avoid formal objections to its $69 billion bid (roughly Rs. 56,350 crore) to acquire Activision Blizzard. The Redmond company's remedy is said to consist mainly of a 10-year licensing deal to PlayStation owner Sony, ahead of the scheduled Apri...
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Liverpool Beat Southampton To Take Title Race To Final Day
Jurgen Klopp rated Liverpool's chances of winning the Premier League as "not likely but possible" after the under-strength quadruple chasers took the title race to the final day of the season with a 2-1 win against Southampton on Tuesday
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Microsoft Surface Duo to Get Android 11 Before End of Year, Company Reportedly Confirms
Microsoft announced a new Surface Duo 2 this week that would ship with Android 11. The Redmond company has now reportedly committed to releasing the OS update for the original devices this year.
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Microsoft Office 2021 Release Date Set for October 5, to Come Alongside Windows 11
Microsoft Office 2021 release date is set for October 5, the Redmond company has announced. Microsoft has also made its Office Long Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) generally available for Windows and macOS users. The release date of Office 2021 is the same as Windows 11.
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Microsoft’s Next Surface Hardware Launch Event on September 22, Surface Duo 2 Phone, New Laptops Expected
Microsoft has announced that it is hosting a Surface hardware event on September 22. The virtual event could be when the Redmond, Washington-based tech giant launches the Surface Duo 2 smartphone as well as successors to the Surface Book 3 and Surface Pro 7.
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Microsoft Forecasts Slower Cloud Business Growth in Second Quarter
Microsoft has forecast an increase in spending on AI this quarter and warned of slower growth in its cloud business Azure, even as the company beat Wall Street's estimates for first-quarter revenue and profit.. The Redmond company has signalled that big AI investments were not enough to keep pace with capacity constraints at its data centres.
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Microsoft, OpenAI Plan $100 Billion Data Centre With 'Stargate' AI Supercomputer: Report
Microsoft and ChatGPT maker OpenAI are planning to build a data center worth over $100 billion, equipped with an AI supercomputer called "Stargate" that could arrive in 2028, according to a report. The Redmond company is likely to finance the project, which is expected to be more than 100 times more expensive than some of the biggest data centers i...
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What Happened In Pakistan's Disputed Election And What's Next
Pakistan went to the polls last week in an election that many thought would be a formality.
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Elon Musk Threatens Lawsuit After Microsoft Removes Twitter From Ad Platform
Elon Musk on Wednesday threatened that the microblogging platform would sue Microsoft for conducting training for its technology illegally using Twitter data. The Redmond company previously announced that it its Digital Marketing Center's social media management tool would drop support for Twitter from April 25.
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Russian Hackers Preparing to Launch New Wave of Cyberattacks Against Ukraine: Microsoft Report
Microsoft on Wednesday warned that Russian hackers could be preparing a renewed wave of cyberattacks against Ukraine, including a "ransomware-style" threat that could target the organisations associated with the country's supply lines. The Redmond company said it discovered that Sandworm, a sophisticated Russian hacking team, was testing “additio...
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Microsoft Limits Revamped Bing Chatbot to 5 Questions per Session, Says Long Sessions Confuse Chat Model
Microsoft said on Friday that chats on the new Bing search engine would be limited to five questions per session and users will not be able to ask it more than 50 questions in a day. The Redmond firm's decision to limit use of the chatbot comes after reports of potentially dangerous answers from the new Bing search engine.
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Internet Explorer to Be Permanently Deactivated on Windows 10 via Microsoft Edge Update on February 14
Internet Explorer 11 will finally be permanently disabled on February 14 and Microsoft's outdated browser will be killed by the Redmond company via a software update to its current generation Microsoft Edge browser on Windows 10.
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Microsoft Headquarters House World's Quietest Room, Here's What You'll Hear
The room, known as the anechoic chamber, was registered as the "world's quietest place" in Guinness World Records in 2015.
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Microsoft Says Q4 2022 Sales Slowed, Profits Slumped as Cloud Computing Revenue Sees Growth
Microsoft on Tuesday announced its earnings for Q4 2022, revealing that sales slowed and profits slumped in the last quarter of the year. Overall sales rose just two percent in the October-to-December period, the slowest rise in six years, according to the Redmond company.
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Microsoft to Cut 5 Percent of Workforce Affecting Thousands of Employees: Report
Microsoft will cut five percent of its workforce on Wednesday, according to a report. The Redmond company could cut as many as 11,000 employees, in human resources and engineering divisions and follow job cuts at Amazon and Meta amid slowing demand and a worsening economic outlook.
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Microsoft Activision Deal: Firm Said to Offer EU Concessions Soon to Secure Early Clearance
Microsoft is said to offer EU regulators with antitrust remedies soon, as part of the company's efforts to avoid formal objections to its $69 billion bid (roughly Rs. 56,350 crore) to acquire Activision Blizzard. The Redmond company's remedy is said to consist mainly of a 10-year licensing deal to PlayStation owner Sony, ahead of the scheduled Apri...
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Liverpool Beat Southampton To Take Title Race To Final Day
Jurgen Klopp rated Liverpool's chances of winning the Premier League as "not likely but possible" after the under-strength quadruple chasers took the title race to the final day of the season with a 2-1 win against Southampton on Tuesday
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Microsoft Surface Duo to Get Android 11 Before End of Year, Company Reportedly Confirms
Microsoft announced a new Surface Duo 2 this week that would ship with Android 11. The Redmond company has now reportedly committed to releasing the OS update for the original devices this year.
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Microsoft Office 2021 Release Date Set for October 5, to Come Alongside Windows 11
Microsoft Office 2021 release date is set for October 5, the Redmond company has announced. Microsoft has also made its Office Long Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) generally available for Windows and macOS users. The release date of Office 2021 is the same as Windows 11.
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Microsoft’s Next Surface Hardware Launch Event on September 22, Surface Duo 2 Phone, New Laptops Expected
Microsoft has announced that it is hosting a Surface hardware event on September 22. The virtual event could be when the Redmond, Washington-based tech giant launches the Surface Duo 2 smartphone as well as successors to the Surface Book 3 and Surface Pro 7.
