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LinkedIn lays off 688 workers
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LinkedIn lays off 688 workers

Microsoft’s LinkedIn announced on Monday that it would lay off 668 workers from its engineering, talent, and finance teams in the second round of job layoffs this year. The job losses, which affect more than 3% of the 20,000-person workforce, are in addition to the tens of thousands of jobs lost in the IT sector […]

UK regulator okays Microsoft’s acquisition of ‘call of duty’
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UK regulator okays Microsoft’s acquisition of ‘call of duty’

The British antitrust regulator on Friday approved Microsoft’s acquisition of “Call of Duty” creator Activision Blizzard after the reworked agreement resolved its initial concerns. Activision and Ubisoft Entertainment reached a streaming rights deal in August, and Microsoft last month gave remedies to make sure the deal’s conditions could be enforced by the regulator, allaying some […]

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Microsoft to support 10 million African SMEs by 2025

Microsoft Corporation has declared its commitment to assist 10 million small and medium-sized businesses in Africa by the year 2025. According to The Times, Microsoft Africa President Lillian Barnard announced a five-year strategic relationship with Flutterwave during a press presentation in Lagos. According to Barnard, Microsoft’s approach entails providing SMEs with crucial tools, crucial infrastructure, […]

Antitrust case: Microsoft CEO refutes Google's claims on default settings
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Antitrust case: Microsoft CEO refutes Google’s claims on default settings

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella called rival Google’s claim that it is simple to modify defaults on computers and devices “bogus.” In a historic antitrust trial against its parent company Alphabet, Nadella made this claim while giving testimony. Nadella testified at the trial, which was the first significant antitrust lawsuit the U.S. Department of Justice had […]

Microsoft partners Snapchat to insert ads in AI chatbot
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Microsoft partners Snapchat to insert ads in AI chatbot

Microsoft has joined forces with Snapchat as a new advertising partner for the adverts that are being inserted into My AI, an AI chatbot that was first made available to all Snapchat users earlier this year. Snap’s Sponsored Links, which are powered by Microsoft Advertising’s Ads for Chat API, connect users with pertinent partners related […]

Thailand hopeful of investments from Big Tech
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Thailand hopeful of investments from Big Tech

The prime minister of Thailand, Srettha Thavisin, stated on Sunday that the company anticipated investments from Tesla, Google, and Microsoft totaling at least $5 billion. He however did not specify if the $5 billion was anticipated to be a combined investment or funded separately by each company. “Tesla would be looking into an EV manufacturing […]

Microsoft proposes relocation of Chinese staff over US-China tensions
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Microsoft unveils AI for Windows 11, surface devices

Microsoft on Thursday unveiled a “unified” artificial intelligence for its Windows 11, and four new Surface devices as well. The new AI tool, dubbed Copilot, is compatible with the Microsoft 365 software package, Bing, Edge, and other web and productivity products from the business. The most recent updates to Windows 11 will be released on […]

Yusuf Mehdi to take over operations in Microsoft
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Yusuf Mehdi to take over operations in Microsoft

Microsoft’s Yusuf Mehdi, who leads its consumer marketing initiatives is set to take over the company’s Surface and Windows operations with the external PC makers and retail partners as product leader Panos Panay steps down. According to Bloomberg, Panay is being hired by Amazon to lead the division in charge of the company’s Alexa and […]

Microsoft AI researchers expose 38TB internal data
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Microsoft AI researchers expose 38TB internal data

Microsoft AI researchers unintentionally exposed tens of terabytes of secret keys and passwords while publishing a storage bucket of open-source training data on GitHub. According to research that cloud security startup Wiz shared with TechCrunch, as part of its ongoing investigation into the unintentional disclosure of cloud-hosted data, the company found a GitHub repository that […]

Microsoft announced Monday that it will eliminate developer onboarding fees for the Microsoft Store on Windows
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Microsoft updates Edge on Windows 7, 8

Microsoft has released updates for Windows 7,8 and 8.1 despite the fact it stopped supporting Edge on those platforms in January 2023. Edge 109 was the last version of the browser that was compatible with Windows 7, 8, and 8.1. Even so, Microsoft is willing to issue crucial patches and infrequent security updates, as the […]