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Meta, Microsoft, others join forces to tackle Google
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Meta, Microsoft, others join forces to tackle Google

Alex Omenye A group founded by Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and TomTom, and data from developers may be able to create their own maps to compete with Google Maps and Apple Maps. The Overture Maps Foundation is an organization that was established last year. The group just made available its first open map dataset. With the […]

Netflix restructures microsoft pact, lowers ad prices
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Netflix restructures microsoft pact, lowers ad prices

Netflix is making strategic moves in its advertising partnership with Microsoft for its lower-priced ad-supported subscription plan, as reported by the Wall Street Journal on Thursday. The streaming giant launched the $7-per-month plan with commercials last year in 12 markets, including the US, to attract more customers. Microsoft was chosen as its technology and sales […]

Africa to receive bulk of Bill Gates $200bn funds
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Bill Gates gains $759m as Microsoft shares soars

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates’ fortune increased by $759 million on Wednesday. According to Forbes, this 67-year-old billionaire giant has a net worth of $121.5 billion, placing him fifth on the global wealth list. Microsoft’s outstanding financial quarter, when the tech giant’s dominance was powered by the power of artificial intelligence, can be credited for the recent […]

Microsoft proposes relocation of Chinese staff over US-China tensions
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Microsoft to launch Bing Chat in Chrome, Safari, others

Microsoft announced on Monday that Bing Chat, their AI chatbot, will soon be available on non-Microsoft browsers like Google Chrome, and Apple Safari. The extension will open up access to Microsoft’s AI chatbot, which is similar to ChatGPT, to a wider range of people as it was previously restricted to Microsoft products like the Bing […]

Google implements new enhanced security features for users
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Google, Open AI others to watermark AI content for safety

The White House has accepted voluntary agreements from leading AI startups, including OpenAI, Alphabet, and Meta Platforms, to implement safety safeguards such as watermarking AI-generated content. Microsoft, together with Anthropic, Inflection, Amazon, and OpenAI, made a commitment to rigorously test systems before making them available as well as to share knowledge about ways to lower […]

UK regulator okays Microsoft’s acquisition of ‘call of duty’
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FTC withdraws merger-activision deal against Microsoft

The US Federal Trade Commission has withdrawn its case seeking to block Microsoft’s colossal $69 billion takeover of gaming giant Activision. The agency had been pursuing a two-pronged approach to halt the proposed acquisition, but its efforts hit roadblocks at every turn. Last week, the district court denied the FTC’s request for a preliminary injunction, […]

Microsoft launches Bing Chat Enterprise
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Microsoft launches Bing Chat Enterprise

Microsoft has launched Bing Chat Enterprise, a version of Bing Chat with business-focused data privacy and governance controls “We’ve heard from many corporate customers who are excited to empower their organizations with powerful new AI tools but are concerned that their companies’ data will not be protected,” Frank X. Shaw, Microsoft’s chief communications officer, wrote […]

Microsoft signs deal to keep Call of Duty on Playstation
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Microsoft signs deal to keep Call of Duty on Playstation

Microsoft has revealed that it and Sony have announced that it retains Call of Duty on PlayStation. The head of Xbox, Phil Spencer made the announcement on Sunday. In an effort to refute speculations that it may make Call of Duty an Xbox/PC exclusive after acquiring publisher Activision Blizzard, Microsoft already secured a similar agreement […]

Microsoft proposes relocation of Chinese staff over US-China tensions
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Microsoft discloses Chinese hackers exploited flaw in system

Microsoft has disclosed that Chinese hackers stole emails from clients including government agencies by exploiting a flaw in its system. The tech giant said that Chinese hackers were able to carry out their cyberespionage campaign because to “a validation error in Microsoft code” in a blog post that was published on Friday. The blog offered […]

Chinese hackers hack US Commerce chief's emails
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Chinese hackers hack US Commerce chief’s emails

Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Gina Raimondo, has become one of several high-ranking Americans whose emails were compromised earlier this year by hackers that Microsoft claims is located in China. In a meeting with Wang Yi on Thursday in Jakarta, Secretary of State Antony Blinken made it clear that any action that targets […]

US, China demand pushes oil prices beyond $83pb
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Why Microsoft claimed China hacked US government emails

Microsoft has reported that hackers based in China have gotten access to the email accounts of about 25 organizations, including governmental organizations. According to BBC, The software giant has not specified the locations of the government organizations. The secretary of commerce, Gina Raimondo, was reportedly one of those affected by the breach. According to a US Department […]

Amazon, Google, Apple, Meta, Microsoft meet EU over gatekeeper status
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Amazon, Google, Apple, Meta, Microsoft meet EU over gatekeeper status

Alex Omenye Alphabet’s Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft have alerted the European Commission that they qualify as gatekeepers, according to EU industry director Thierry Breton. Under the new EU IT regulations, companies with a market capitalization of 75 billion euros and more than 45 million monthly active users are regarded as gatekeepers offering a […]