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What do the calls for Google to sell Chrome mean for the company, users?
The Justice Department formally submitted a proposal to break up Google, calling for it to sell the Chrome web browser. Lawyers argue that the tech giant has too much power in the online search ...Top stories - CBS News - November 21 -
Meta loses ground to Bluesky as users abandon Elon Musk’s X
Social media giant’s Threads app makes changes as smaller competitor to X surgesBusiness - Financial Times - November 23 -
Instagram's Threads gets 35 million new users this month
Nearly 35 million new users have flocked to Instagram's Threads this month as the Meta platform seeks to capture users leaving X and keep an edge over emerging platform Bluesky. The growth rate for ...Politics - The Hill - 4 days ago -
Hulu Promo Codes and Discounts: 90% Off for Select Users
Select customers can get a Hulu plan for $0.99 per month for 12 months, just by signing up. Get more details on this and other great deals below.Tech - Wired - 3 days ago -
Reddit targets international users for ad growth, teases bolstered search feature
Reddit is ramping up efforts to attract more users outside of the U.S., with countries like India and Brazil in focus, a top company executive told CNBC.Business - CNBC - 3 days ago -
US regulator says AI scanner 'deceived' users after BBC story
In a proposed settlement, Evolv Technology will be banned from making certain claims about its products.Top stories - BBC News - 3 days ago -
Microsoft's stock has worst day in two years after disappointing forecast
Microsoft's stock fell more than 6% on Thursday after guidance fell short of analysts' estimates.Business - CNBC - October 31 -
Analysts tout an 'underappreciated growth driver' at Microsoft that can benefit from AI
RBC analysts cheered Microsoft stock on Tuesday. But, this time it's for more than just the company's cloud computing business and AI ambitions.Business - CNBC - November 5 -
China is catching up with the West on tech, Microsoft president says
According to Microsoft's web page about its presence in China, the company has operated there since 1992.Business - CNBC - November 13 -
Microsoft brings AI to the farm and factory floor, partnering with industry giants
Microsoft collaborates with Siemens, Bayer, and Rockwell Automation to launch industry-specific AI models designed to boost efficiency in manufacturing, agriculture, and finance through tailored AI ...Tech - VentureBeat - November 13 -
How Microsoft’s next-gen BitNet architecture is turbocharging LLM efficiency
A smart combination of quantization and sparsity allows BitNet LLMs to become even faster and more compute/memory efficientTech - VentureBeat - November 14 -
Microsoft's PC-Only Games Are An "Anomaly," Says Phil Spencer
Between World of Warcraft: The War Within , Ara: History Untold , and the early-access release of Towerborne , Microsoft has an unusually prominent slate of PC-only games this fall. Of those ...Tech - GameSpot - November 15 -
Elon Musk adds Microsoft to lawsuit against ChatGPT-maker OpenAI
Mr Musk, a co-founder of the company, is accusing it and the tech giant of operating a monopoly.Top stories - BBC News - November 15 -
Tencent challenges Amazon and Microsoft's cloud dominance by tapping into its WeChat ecosystem
Tencent Cloud is increasingly leveraging the WeChat ecosystem to set itself apart from competitors, CEO Dowson Tong said.Business - CNBC - November 18 -
Phil Spencer Is Bullish On Microsoft/Disney Partnership For Indiana Jones And Blade
Despite prominent Disney-owned Marvel heroes like Spider-Man and Wolverine having long-term deals on Sony's PlayStation 5, Xbox has deals for a few Disney properties of its own including ...Tech - GameSpot - November 18 -
Microsoft pitches AI 'agents' that can perform tasks on their own at Ignite 2024
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told customers at a conference in Chicago on Tuesday that the company is teaching a new set of artificial intelligence tools how to “act on our behalf across our work ...Tech - ABC News - November 19 -
Microsoft’s new AI agents support 1,800 models (and counting)
New Copilot capabilities allow users to build customized autonomous AI agents, pull from out-of-the-box options and deploy without coding.Tech - VentureBeat - November 19 -
Microsoft brings transactional databases to Fabric to boost AI agents
At its Ignite 2024 conference today, Microsoft announced a major step toward breaking down data silos separating transactional databases and analytical tools. The tech giant revealed that Azure ...Tech - VentureBeat - November 19 -
Microsoft quietly assembles the largest AI agent ecosystem—and no one else is close
ANALYSIS: Microsoft has quietly built the largest enterprise AI agent ecosystem, with over 100,000 organizations creating or editing AI agents through its Copilot Studio since launch – a ...Tech - VentureBeat - November 19 -
Microsoft supercharges Fabric with new data tools to accelerate enterprise AI workflows
At Ignite, Microsoft shared several new enhancements for Fabric, setting up the platform as the unified data layer for next-gen AI apps.Tech - VentureBeat - November 19 -
Microsoft debuts custom chips to boost data center security and power efficiency
At the Ignite developer conference today, Microsoft unveiled two new chips designed for its data center infrastructure: the Azure Integrated HSM and the Azure Boost DPU.Tech - VentureBeat - November 19 -
Microsoft launches Azure AI Foundry with agent orchestration, management tools
Microsoft's new developer tools lets users build orchestration frameworks and evaluate AI models and agents.Tech - VentureBeat - November 19 -
The graph database arms race: How Microsoft and rivals are revolutionizing cybersecurity
The fast-rising pace of attacks is driving a graph database arms race across leading cybersecurity providers.Tech - VentureBeat - November 20 -
Microsoft at 50: An AI Giant. A Kinder Culture. And Still Hellbent on Domination
When Satya Nadella took over as CEO, the company was lumbering and uncool. He cleaned up a toxic culture, crafted the deal of the decade, and put Microsoft back on top.Tech - Wired - November 21 -
Microsoft’s AI agents: 4 insights that could reshape the enterprise landscape
We dive into the most significant takeaways from Microsoft Ignite, and Microsoft's emerging leadership in the area of AI agents.Tech - VentureBeat - November 22 -
Microsoft urges Trump to ‘push harder’ against Russia and China hacks
Big Tech group’s president calls on new US administration to take tougher approach on state-sponsored cyber attacksWorld - Financial Times - November 22 -
Microsoft is finally testing its Recall photographic memory search feature. It's not perfect
Microsoft on Friday finally started letting people test Recall, a so-called photographic memory search feature for the latest Copilot+ PCs. It's not perfect.Business - CNBC - November 23 -
Microsoft’s 10 new AI agents strengthen its enterprise automation lead
In a three-part video series with generative AI developer and expert Sam Witteveen, I explore what Microsoft's announcements about AI agents mean for enterprises, why Microsoft is pulling ahead as ...Tech - VentureBeat - 6 days ago -
Microsoft Wants Edge To Be Your Gaming Browser With Edge Game Assist
Whether you're pulling up information about optimizing a build in Diablo 4, looking for a walkthrough for Rise of the Golden Idol, or can't figure out how to nail a combo in Street Fighter 6, the ...Tech - GameSpot - 5 days ago -
Microsoft 365 working to address potential Outlook and Teams outage
If you're a Microsoft 365 user, this Monday may have been a little more frustrating for you than usual.Top stories - NBC News - 4 days ago -
AI that clicks for you: Microsoft’s research points to the future of GUI automation
Microsoft research reveals how AI agents are transforming computer interaction through GUI control, with major tech companies racing to deploy LLM-powered automation tools worth $68.9 billion by 2028.Tech - VentureBeat - 14 hours ago -
Microsoft’s 10 new AI agents strengthen its enterprise automation lead
In a three-part video series with generative AI developer and expert Sam Witteveen, I explore what Microsoft's announcements about AI agents mean for enterprises, why Microsoft is pulling ahead as ...Tech - VentureBeat - 6 days ago -
South Korea fines Meta $15 million for illegally collecting information on Facebook users
South Korea’s privacy watchdog has fined Meta 21.6 billion won for illegally collecting Facebook users’ sensitive personal information, including data about their political views and sexual ...Tech - ABC News - November 5 -
Flaw in Right-Wing ‘Election Integrity’ App Exposes Voter-Suppression Plan and User Data
A bug that WIRED discovered in True the Vote’s VoteAlert app revealed user information—and an election worker who wrote about carrying out an illegal voter-suppression scheme.Tech - Wired - November 5