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Bill Gates continues to 'backstage' manage Microsoft despite official departure, as Satya Nadella relies on his advice for Microsoft's transformative AI initiative
NOT SO GATED Despite seemingly exiting Microsoft, Bill Gates still plays a major role in the firm's decision making process.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says "Security underpins every layer of the tech stack and it's our No. 1 priority. We are doubling down on this very important work" amid rising concerns over 'cascade of security failures'
BIG ON SECURITY Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella confirmed to analysts that the company will heighten its focus on cybersecurity during the earnings call.
With the help of AI and Copilot, Microsoft Bing has seen an increase of over 40M daily active users compared to the previous year
BIG BING Microsoft Bing has surpassed over 140 million daily active users.
Microsoft recommends upgrading to its new 'lightning fast' Teams app — If you want actual support, new features, and important security updates
END OF SUPPORT Microsoft is slated to cut support for its classic Teams client on July 1, 2024, in favor of its new Teams app, which boasts better performance speeds and consumes 50% less memory.
"It's a blatant abuse of the legacy of one of the greatest hip-hop artists of all time. The estate would never have given its approval": A 'flagrant violation' and AI feature Tupac Shakur in a "Taylor Made Freestyle" track 28 years after his demise
MORE LIKE TAILOR MADE Drake risks legal action from Tupac Shakur's estate for featuring an AI-generated verse by the deceased rapper in a diss track.
Microsoft might not realize its iPhone moment with AI if regulators continue to reign down on its parade
MORE SCRUTINY UK-based Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a preliminary investigation on Microsoft's investments, partnerships, and advances in the AI landscape.
Apple's new outperforming GPT-4 LLM will reportedly run on-device like Copilot on future AI PCs, but OpenAI's Sam Altman admitted it's virtually 'impossible' to train ChatGPT-like tools without copyrighted content
AI APPLE BEAT Apple's new LLM will spot incredible performance speeds while reserving the user's privacy.
OpenAI's Sam Altman invests $20 million in a green energy startup, but will it satisfy ChatGPT's power-hungry demands?
GREEN ENERGY OpenAI's CEO has partnered with several other investors and injected approximately $20 million into Exowatt. The investment is an indication AI is here for the long haul.
Coca-Cola sips on a $1.1 billion of Microsoft's cloud and AI brew, amid 'anti-competitive' probe by antitrust regulators
CLOUD COMPUTE Coca-Cola will use Microsoft's AI and Azure OpenAI services to improve productivity and its business strategy.
An ex-Microsoft OS engineer almost got fired for adding ZIP file support to Windows 30 years ago, but the company has never updated it🫠
ZIP FILE 🤫 Microsoft veteran Dave W. Plummer recently recounted how he added ZIP file support to Windows 30 years ago, and how it almost cost him his job at the tech giant.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says "OpenAI wouldn’t have existed but for our early support," amid claims of the hot startup turning into its "closed-source de facto subsidiary"
It's complicated Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella recently shared the crucial impact of the company's early investment and partnership in OpenAI's existence today.
Microsoft wants to bolster the manufacturing process of future Surface devices with AI and machine learning
SURFACE AI Microsoft plans to enhance the manufacturing process of Surface devices with AI and machine learning.
Why pay for Microsoft's exorbitantly priced subscription for Windows 10 when you can get a threefold cheaper upgrade for Windows 11?
Windows 11 Windows 11 Pro and Home are heavily discounted at Woot for a limited period. It might be time to upgrade from Windows 10.
Microsoft was recently hit by a 'Mike-rosoft' catastrophe — here's everything that transpired with insider emails and Copilot AI
Mikerosoft Microsoft's VP for Bing, Michael Schechter, woke up to a slew of unread emails only to find out someone had mistakenly added every Mike/Michael at Microsoft to a discussion alias.
Is the US government lenient on Microsoft's "cascade of security failures" because of an overreliance on its systems?
TOO BIG?! Microsoft's security systems have fallen victim to numerous threats, but the US government often remains quiet.
Microsoft eludes EU antitrust merger probe over its multi-billion dollar investment in OpenAI amid claims it's turned into 'a glorified IT department for the hot startup'
EU PROBE The EU won't probe Microsoft after establishing its multi-billion investment in OpenAI isn't an acquisition.
"We've shifted the responsibility of extracting relevant context for software engineering tasks from developers to the AI agents": Microsoft's AI-based framework turns developers to overnight 'mere supervisors'
END OF THE ROAD Generative AI claims more jobs, rendering well-versed professionals into supervisors.
The AI landscape evolves from a dedicated Copilot AI key to Logitech's new wireless mouse equipped with a ChatGPT-powered prompt button
ai mice Logitech unveiled Logi AI Prompt Builder, a new way to access OpenAI's ChatGPT using a dedicated mouse button. The tool lets you rephrase and summarize selected text,
Microsoft's OneNote experience is natively available on the Apple Vision Pro with support for Copilot and 2FA to follow
take note Microsoft ships OneNote to Apple's Vision Pro.
GUNNAR's limited-edition Fallout Vault 33 glasses are selling out, but you can still find them before they're gone
COOL AND SLEEK 😎😎 GUNNAR is debuting new and stylish glasses heavily inspired by Fallout.
Microsoft veteran designer Ralf Groene retires from the Surface department after 17 years of service
ALL THE BEST Ralf Groene retires from Microsoft as Corporate Vice President of Design, Windows, and Devices.
Microsoft and OpenAI bet $100 billion to free themselves from the shackles and overreliance on the world's most profitable semiconductor chip brand for AI chips
NVIDIA FREE Microsoft and OpenAI want to become self-sufficient and satisfy their own computational needs.
Elon Musk jokingly says AI could potentially win the US Presidential election in 2032 while at the "Oscars of Science" ceremony
AI FOR PRESIDENT Elon Musk says there's no AI capable of telling the absolute truth, while listing truthfulness and curiosity among the key factors that should be considered during training.
YouTuber nostalgically ports 'thousands of apps' from Microsoft's Graveyard to Windows 95
BLAST FROM THE PAST In a 51-minute-long video, YouTuber MattKC documents how he ported "thousands of apps" back to Windows 95. He embarked upon the process by backporting the .NET Framework to Windows 95.
