WH: Big Tech Firms agree to AI safeguard rules
Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and other companies that are leading the development of artificial intelligence technology have agreed to meet a set of AI safeguards brokered by President Joe Biden’s…
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Microsoft’s 365 email platform down for users
Microsoft Corp’s (MSFT.O) product suite that includes Word and Excel was down for thousands of users on Monday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. “We’re investigating an issue with accessing…
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Big Tech rally props up Wall Street stock market
Microsoft MSFT +7.47% cloud unit may have been the standout performer in its quarterly earnings but Wall Street is becoming increasingly enthusiastic about its AI growth opportunity. The tech giant…
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UK: Microsoft’s Activision $68.7B deal hurts gamers
Britain placed another hurdle in the way of Microsoft’s (MSFT.O) $68.7-billion mega purchase of “Call of Duty” maker Activision Blizzard (ATVI.O), saying it could harm gamers by weakening the rivalry…
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Big tech job cuts keep coming; Dell to trim headcount
In just the past month there have been nearly 50,000 job cuts across the technology sector. Large and small tech companies went on a hiring spree in over the past…
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Microsoft: Iran behind Charlie Hebdo hack-leak op
Microsoft security researchers say that a state-backed Iranian cyber unit hacks-and-leaks campaign that was designed to provoke fear with the claimed pilfering of a big Charlie Hebdo’s subscriber database. A…
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Microsoft lays off 10,000, around 5% of its workforce
Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) on Wednesday said it would eliminate 10,000 jobs and take a $1.2-billion charge, as its cloud-computing customers reassess their spending and the company braces for potential recession.…
Read MoreMicrosoft video game workers’ first US labor union
Workers at Microsoft’s ZeniMax Studios have voted to form the tech giant’s first labor union in the US. Microsoft agreed to recognize the group after a “super majority” of workers…
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Microsoft strikes 10-year deal with Nintendo
Nintendo fans hoping that the ultra-popular Call of Duty series would eventually come to the Switch got an unexpected boost last night. That’s when Microsoft’s Xbox chief Phil Spencer announced…
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