Tag: Microsoft
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Microsoft Confirms 10-Year Deal with Nintendo for Call of Duty
Announcement made as Microsoft’s case is presented to EU regulators In a tweet this morning, Microsoft President Brad Smith announced that the tech giant has signed a “binding” 10-year legal agreement with Nintendo, bringing Call of Duty to the Nintendo platform with “full feature and content parity” with Xbox. This follows Microsoft’s commitment last year…
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PSA: Bing Chat Cannot Delete Your Chat History
Be careful what you ask for Bing Chat is a new feature that allows users to interact with Bing’s artificial intelligence (AI) in a conversational way. It is currently in beta to a select group of users while Microsoft irons out the initial kinks with the software and prepares it for prime time. Users on…
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Microsoft Unveils Next-Generation AI-Powered Bing Search and Edge Web Browser to Compete with Google
In a move designed to take on long-time rival Google, Microsoft has unveiled new versions of its Bing search engine and Edge web browser that leverage the latest artificial intelligence models developed by OpenAI. Speaking at an event at the company headquarters, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella proclaimed, “It’s a new day for search.” The “new…
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Microsoft and OpenAI Partnership: Surprise Event Announced
Microsoft has scheduled a major news event for tomorrow, February 7th, which is expected to bring some major announcements to the tech industry. The event, to be held at the company’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington, was first teased through mail invites last week and has now been officially confirmed. Starting at 10AM PT / 1PM…
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ChatGPT Could Soon Revolutionize Search with Microsoft Bing Integration
Microsoft’s Bing may become the first search engine powered by generative algorithms, thanks to ChatGPT, a recently launched AI tool from OpenAI. The integration between Bing and ChatGPT’s chatbot capabilities is rumoured to arrive in the coming weeks, with Microsoft employing OpenAI’s GPT-4 language model, which is a faster version of the GPT-3.x machine learning…
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New Xbox Game Pass Releases for January and Early February: Hi-Fi Rush, GoldenEye 007, Roboquest, Age of Empires II and More
Microsoft have finally announced the latest releases coming to Xbox Game Pass for the remainder of January and the beginning of February. Here’s a quick rundown of what to expect:
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Microsoft 365 Services Experience Widespread Outage: Company Investigates Networking Configuration Issue
On January 25th, a widespread Microsoft 365 outage left thousands of users around the world unable to access several of the company’s products. In the early morning hours, Microsoft announced that users were experiencing difficulties with services such as Microsoft Teams, Exchange Online, Outlook, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, Microsoft Graph, PowerBi, and the Microsoft…
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Microsoft and OpenAI Announce Extended Partnership with Multi-Billion Dollar Investment
Microsoft and OpenAI have announced an extended partnership, with Microsoft investing a significant sum into the research lab. This new investment follows previous investments made by Microsoft in 2019 and 2021. According to a statement released by OpenAI, the funds will be used to continue independent research and to develop AI that is increasingly safe,…
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343 Industries Assures Fans They Will Continue to Make Halo Games
343 Industries, the studio behind the Halo franchise, has released a statement assuring fans that the company will continue to produce Halo games despite recent staff layoffs and rumours that the studio was ceasing development. The official Halo Twitter account posted a message from studio head Pierre Hintze, which stated that 343 will continue to…
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Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition faces concerns from Google and Nvidia
According to Bloomberg News, Alphabet’s Google and Nvidia have raised concerns to the Federal Trade Commission about Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, which has added to the government’s case against the $69 billion deal. As the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) prepares to file a lawsuit in August to prevent the acquisition, Google and Nvidia have…