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Musk seeks up to US$134 billion damages from OpenAI, Microsoft
ELON Musk wants OpenAI and Microsoft to pay him damages in the range of US$79 billion to US$134 billion over his claims that the…
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From Amazon to Microsoft, AI is driving thousands of job cuts worldwide
Global banks alone will let go of as many as 200,000 employees in the next three to five years The global march of artificial intelligence…
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Microsoft unveils US$23 billion in new AI investments with big focus on India
Microsoft on Tuesday (Dec 9) unveiled about US$23 billion in new artificial intelligence investments, with the bulk earmarked for India as…
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Microsoft “aggressively” looking at South-east Asian clean energy projects amid data centre boom
The tech giant will also “take a very close look” at Singapore’s latest call to build new data centres Microsoft is looking into…
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Microsoft to lift productivity suite prices for businesses, governments
The company says that the changes reflect more than 1,100 new features added across Microsoft 365 Microsoft will increase prices for its…
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Wall Street opens lower as investors assess data, Microsoft falls
Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Wednesday (Dec 3), as investors assessed data pointing to a weak jobs market, while Microsoft…
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Amazon, Microsoft back effort to restrict Nvidia’s exports to China: WSJ
AMAZON is joining Microsoft in backing legislation to further curb chipmaker Nvidia’s ability to export chips to China, the Wall Street…
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Microsoft to invest US$10 billion in Portugal AI data hub
The company is building the hub with Start Campus, a Portuguese developer, and British startup Nscale Microsoft will spend US$10 billion…
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Microsoft signs US$9.7 billion AI cloud deal with Australia’s IREN to secure Nvidia systems
Once fully implemented, the deal is expected to generate about US$1.94 billion a year for IREN Microsoft has signed an approximately…
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US: Wall Street indexes fall as Meta, Microsoft drag, along with Fed rate concerns
WALL Street’s three major indexes lost ground on Thursday with the Nasdaq Composite and the S&P 500 leading losses as Meta and Microsoft…
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Microsoft wants us talking to Windows 11 with new AI features
Microsoft is trying to get people to talk to their computers, betting that voice and artificial intelligence software is powerful enough…
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Trump says Microsoft should fire its global affairs president Lisa Monaco
Tech firms have attempted to warm their ties with the US president during his second term in office US President Donald Trump said on…
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OpenAI to share 8% of its revenue with Microsoft, partners, The Information reports
OpenAI has projected that by the end of the decade it will be sharing about 8 per cent of its revenue with commercial partners, namely…
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Microsoft, OpenAI reach non-binding deal to allow OpenAI to restructure
MICROSOFT and OpenAI said on Thursday they have signed a non-binding deal for new terms of their relationship that would allow OpenAI to…
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Microsoft to put more computing power behind in-house AI models
The world’s largest software maker has mostly relied on large language models from the ChatGPT maker to power its products Microsoft plans…
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Microsoft signs Nebius cloud deal worth up to US$19.4 billion
The Redmond, Washington-based company is focused on building new data centres and equipping them with expensive servers and networking…
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Microsoft, Rolls-Royce Power Systems push treated vegetable oils to green Singapore’s data centres
Microsoft and Rolls-Royce Power Systems are pushing for the adoption of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) as a sustainable backup fuel for…
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Microsoft curbs early access for Chinese firms to notifications about cybersecurity flaws
Microsoft has curtailed Chinese companies’ access to advance notifications about cybersecurity vulnerabilities in its technology after…
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Microsoft investigates Israeli military’s use of Azure cloud storage
Microsoft is investigating how Israel’s military surveillance agency, Unit 8200, is using its Azure cloud storage platform, amid concerns…
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Microsoft says some SharePoint server hackers now using ransomware
A cyber-espionage campaign centred on vulnerable versions of Microsoft’s server software now involves the deployment of ransomware,…
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Tally of Microsoft victims surges to 400 as hackers capitalise on SharePoint flaw
The number of companies and organisations compromised by a security vulnerability in Microsoft’s SharePoint servers is increasing rapidly,…
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Microsoft alerts businesses, governments to server software attack
Microsoft has issued an alert about “active attacks” on server software used by government agencies and businesses to share documents…
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Microsoft to stop using engineers in China for tech support of US military, Hegseth orders review
Microsoft on Friday said it will stop using China-based engineers to provide technical assistance to the US military after a report in…
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Microsoft begins deep job cuts across Xbox division
Microsoft’s gaming division began informing employees of job cuts on Wednesday (Jul 2) morning, part of a broader culling at the software…