AI threatens Microsoft’s green plans
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Thursday, 16 May 2024 09:47

AI threatens Microsoft’s green plans


Carbon footprint increased by 30 per cent

Microsoft's ambitious goal to be carbon-negative by 2030 is threatened by its expanding AI operations, which have increased its carbon footprint by 30 per cent since 2020.

Microsoft loses Cortana case
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Tuesday, 14 May 2024 11:25

Microsoft loses Cortana case


Must pay €224.07 million to IPA Technologies

A jury in Delaware just decided that the software king of the world, Microsoft, must fork over €224.07 million to IPA Technologies over some beef over patents with its Cortana virtual assistant.

Microsoft building a mobile app store
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Friday, 10 May 2024 10:44

Microsoft building a mobile app store


Xbox related

Software king of the world, Microsoft, is planning to open a mobile app store to give Apple and Google a run for their money.

Microsoft makes changes to task manager
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Wednesday, 08 May 2024 09:43

Microsoft makes changes to task manager


RAM gets a rethink

Software King of the World Microsoft is shaking things up in the Task Manager world.

Microsoft is close to setting up its own commercial AI
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Vole wants to be free of Google and OpenAI

Software King of the World Microsoft, stirring up the AI pot with a whopping investment of more than €9.29 into OpenAI, is cooking up its own secret sauce: a spanking new AI model that's beefy enough to throw down the gauntlet to big dogs like Google, Anthropic, and even OpenAI.

EU snuffles but might ignore Vole’s EU deal
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It's not an acquisition

EU watchdogs might be prepared to let the software King of the World, Microsoft, get away with its €12.15 billion investment in OpenAI.

Microsoft and Quantinuum's quantum leap
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Thursday, 04 April 2024 12:23

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
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Wednesday, 03 April 2024 10:34

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
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Wednesday, 27 March 2024 11:30

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
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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.