Microsoft and Quantinuum's quantum leap
The cat in the PC case is both dead and alive
Microsoft and Quantinuum have won significantly in the battle against quantum error correction. Using Quantinuum's ion-trap hardware and Microsoft's fresh-off-the-press qubit visualisation system, the team ran a whopping 14,000 experiments without the cat upsetting anything.
Microsoft warns about AI election trolls
Fakes deep and shallow will hijack votes
Top Vole Clint Watts of Microsoft's Threat Analysis Center has issued a stark warning: Trolls are harnessing the power of AI to manipulate votes, posing a significant threat to democratic processes.
Microsoft’s management musical chairs
When the music stops the Voles will all sit down
Software king of the world Microsoft is playing musical chairs with its top brass after Panos Panay's shock jump to Amazon.
Apple shares hit rock bottom as investors lose faith
Mimicking Microsoft under Steve Ballmer
Apple's share price has fallen for the last few weeks. Today, it hit a low for the year, closing at €156.86.
Microsoft tried to flog Bing to Apple but got snubbed
It probably wished it had bought it now
Microsoft offered to sell its Bing search engine to Apple in 2018, Google claimed in a court paper this month.
Google blasts Microsoft's cloud 'monopoly'
It is getting in the way of our cloud monopoly
Google Cloud has slammed Microsoft's cloud computing tactics, saying its rival is after a monopoly that would hurt new technologies like generative AI.
Intel wants to make AMD chips at IFS
For Nvidia, Qualcomm, and Google as well
During the IFS Direct Connect 2024 event, Intel's CEO, Pat Gelsinger, answered a couple of questions from the members of the press, including a rather peculiar one from Tom's Hardware hack, Paul Alcorn, where Intel CEO expressed hope that customers for Intel Foundry Services will include Nvidia, Qualcomm, Google, and even AMD.
Microsoft tinkers with Windows for AMD AI
Preparing Task Manager for the AI onslaught
Software King of the World, Microsoft seems to be gearing up for the inevitable rise of hardware-accelerated local AI tools and is tinkering with Windows software to play nice with AMD’s AI chips.
Microsoft makes Windows 11 a bigger nightmare for old PCs
Fear the reaper
The software King of the World, Microsoft, has made running Windows 11 on an old PC even harder.
Microsoft vows to keep building Xboxes
Ignore the rumours, Vole wants to reach another level
Microsoft has promised its staff that it has no plans to stop making consoles, amid growing speculation about the future of Xbox, its exclusives, and its status as a hardware maker.