Microsoft Ends Cloud Services Tied to Israeli Mass Surveillance Microsoft has moved to cut ties with an Israeli military program accused of using its cloud platform Azure to store phone call data collected from Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. The decision followed a two-month internal probe triggered by a report in The Guardian. […]
Microsoft Confirms Xbox Ally Handheld Consoles, Launch Set for October 16 Microsoft has officially confirmed that its much-anticipated handheld gaming devices, the Asus ROG Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X, will launch on October 16, 2025. The announcement follows the initial reveal during the Xbox Games Showcase at Summer Game Fest earlier this year. The […]
“You are a war profiteer. Stop using AI for genocide,” Microsoft employee Ibtihal Aboussad said at the event in Redmond, Washington, while interrupting Suleyman, who was talking about the company’s artificial intelligence assistant product. Suleyman responded by saying: “I hear your protest, thank you.” The protesting employee was then escorted away. An investigation by The […]
“With investors highly tuned into how AI spend will represent real revenue for big tech, Apple’s results have provided…reassurance,” said Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets at Hargreaves Lansdown. Unlike its technology peers such as Microsoft who have poured billions into AI-related investments, Apple took a prudent approach, betting on AI as features meant […]
Azure results for the fiscal second quarter also fell below Wall Street expectations. Despite beating quarterly overall sales estimates, investors want better results from the hundreds of billions of dollars that Wall Street heavyweights have been spending to build AI data centers and infuse their products with the emerging technology. Chinese rivals have recently claimed […]
Currently available in the beta version of the Phone Link application, this feature aims to streamline the file-sharing experience for iPhone users who also utilize Windows PCs, addressing the historical challenges posed by compatibility issues. For those unfamiliar, Phone Link is a Microsoft application that allows users to connect their iOS or Android devices to […]
The conversation happened after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission asked Google about Microsoft’s business practices as part of a broader investigation, the report said, citing a person directly involved in the discussion. Tech companies that compete with Microsoft in renting out cloud servers, such as Google and Amazon, also want to host OpenAI’s models so […]
An OpenAI spokesperson confirmed Brockman’s return. Brockman has been working with CEO Sam Altman on creating a new role for him to focus on significant technical challenges, Bloomberg News said, which first reported on the development. He posted on X, “Longest vacation of my life complete. back to building @OpenAI.” Microsoft, Open AI to launch […]
The company is positioning autonomous agents – programs that need little human intervention unlike chatbots – as “apps for an AI-driven world” that can handle client queries, identify sales leads, and manage inventory. Other big technology companies such as Salesforce (CRM.N), which opens a new tab have also touted the potential of such agents, tools […]
AI models, especially those used for deep learning and large-scale data processing, require substantial computational power, leading to higher energy consumption. The computing requirements for AI have dictated that tech companies string together thousands of chips in clusters to achieve the necessary amount of data-crunching power, leading to a surge in the demand for these […]
