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Microsoft employees protest at 50th anniversary party over Israel contract

A pro-Palestinian protest by Microsoft employees interrupted the company's 50th anniversary celebration Friday, the latest backlash over the tech industry's work to supply artificial intelligence technology to the Israeli military. The protest began as Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman was presenting product updates and a long-term vision for the company's AI assistant product, Copilot, to an audience that included Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and former CEO Steve Ballmer. Mustafa, shame on you, shouted Microsoft employee Ibtihal Aboussad as she walked toward the stage and Suleyman paused his speech. You claim that you care about using AI for good but Microsoft sells AI weapons to the Israeli military. Fifty-thousand people have died and Microsoft powers this genocide in our region. Thank you for your protest, I hear you, Suleyman said. Aboussad continued, shouting that Suleyman and all of Microsoft had blood on their hands. She also threw onto the stage a keffiyeh scarf, which h

Copilot does not shy away from roasting 3 Microsoft CEOs: Watch it here

Copilot, while roasting Steve Ballmer in a lighthearted conversation, said: "Even robots need a coffee break after your pep talks"

Microsoft brings Copilot Plus features to eligible AMD, Intel-powered PCs

Exclusive Copilot Plus features like Live Captions, Cocreator, Restyle Image and Image Creator are rolling out to PCs powered by select AMD and Intel chips

Now, Copilot on PC can send texts, manage alarms on linked Android phones

Few advanced features such as the option for remotely starting map navigation on the phone are supported only on select Samsung devices

Samsung Galaxy Book 5 series launched with Galaxy AI features: Details here

All three Galaxy Book 5 series models are now available for pre-booking in India, while sales start March 20

ASUS Zenbook A14 and VivoBook 16 join Qualcomm-powered AI laptops portfolio

Qualcomm unveiled its Snapdragon X platform in India last month, highlighting its potential to make AI PCs more accessible

Microsoft enhances Copilot+ PCs with distilled Deepseek R1 models: Details

Distilled Deepseek R1 models will be available through Azure AI Foundry, Microsoft's platform that allows developers to build, manage, and deploy AI applications

Samsung Galaxy Book 5 series AI laptops available for pre-reserve in India

Powered by Intel's Lunar Lake processors, the Galaxy Book 5 series consists of three models: Galaxy Book 5 360, Galaxy Book 5 Pro, and Galaxy Book 5 Pro 360

Microsoft brings Copilot AI-powered web search mode to Bing: How it works

Google is reportedly developing a similar "AI Mode" for its Search platform, which is expected to launch in the near future

Despite plans to invest $80 bn, Microsoft admits that AI is making us dumb

The study, carried out in conjunction with researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, surveyed 319 knowledge workers about how they used AI

Qualcomm to launch Snapdragon X platform in India for affordable AI PCs

The Snapdragon X chip features an 8-core Oryon CPU and a 45 TOPS (trillion operations per second) capable NPU to support Microsoft's Copilot+ PC platform

Tech wrap Feb 3: OpenAI Deep Research, Copilot in Paint, Vivo V50 launch

OpenAI launches new Deep Research AI agent. Microsoft Paint gets Copilot button. Vivo V50 launch. Apple iCloud-based service. Samsung's tri-fold Galaxy G Fold. Apple upcoming launches

Microsoft Paint gets Copilot button to streamline AI image editing: Details

The new dedicated Copilot button in the toolbar opens a dropdown menu listing all the available AI-powered editing tools such as Cocreator on Copilot Plus PCs

Tech wrap Jan 31: Apple Intelligence in India, Copilot AI, Forza Horizon 5

Apple Intelligence launching in India. Microsoft Copilot integrates OpenAI's o1 model, Forza Horizon 5 coming to PS5. Google Gemini 2,0 Flash. Intel-powered Surface Laptop 7, Surface Pro 11. iOS 18.4

Microsoft launches Intel-powered Surface Pro 11, Laptop 7 for businesses

The new Intel Core Ultra (series 2) powered Microsoft Surface Pro 11 and Surface Laptop 7 support Microsoft's Copilot Plus PC platform

Microsoft brings OpenAI's o1 model to Copilot for free-tier users: Details

Copilot AI chatbot is getting OpenAI's o1 reasoning model-powered Think Deeper feature for reasoning through more complex queries, make suggestions, draw comparisons between two options

Tech wrap Jan 20: Instagram update, Microsoft's AI Windows Search, JioCoin

Instagram extends reels duration to three minutes. Microsoft brings AI Windows Search to Copilot+ PCs. Reliance Jio debuts blockchain-powered JioCoin. Android 16 release schedule revealed

Microsoft brings AI-powered Windows Search to Copilot+ PCs: What is it

Microsoft said that the new AI-powered Search feature runs entirely on-device, utilising the Neural Processing Unit (NPU) built into Copilot Plus PCs

Powering AI dreams: Microsoft bets $80 billion on data centre revolution

To strengthen its AI infrastructure and expand its data centre footprint, Microsoft has already committed significant financial resources

Microsoft expands its 365 Copilot AI models to reduce reliance on OpenAI

Launched in March 2023, Microsoft's 365 Copilot gained popularity for incorporating the OpenAI GPT-4 model. The company is also employing other AI models for its products and experiences