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Microsoft announces 3rd round of layoffs as tech sector continues to bleed

Number of job cuts in tech sector has crossed 100,000 with major companies like Google and Toshiba also handing out pink slips

Microsoft to pay $14 mn to settle discrimination allegations: Report

Microsoft Corp. has agreed to pay $14.4 million to settle allegations that the global software giant retaliated and discriminated against employees who took protected leave, including parental and disability, the California Civil Rights Department announced Wednesday. The proposed settlement stems from a multi-year investigation by the California agency and the consent decree is subject to approval in state court in Santa Clara County, where the Redmond, Washington-based company has an office. The state agency, which launched its investigation in 2020, alleged that employees who took leave from work due to pregnancy or disability, or to bond with a new baby or care for a sick family member, received lower bonuses and unfavorable performance reviews. Those factors, in turn, harmed employee eligibility for merit pay increases and promotions and the practice disproportionately impacted women and people with disabilities, the department said. In a statement, civil rights department ...

Amazon partners with Microsoft to bring Xbox cloud gaming to Fire TV sticks

Apart from Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription, Fire TV Stick 4K users will need a compatible Bluetooth gaming controller to playing games on their TVs using the cloud gaming service from Microsoft

Gujarat govt signs MoUs with IBM, Microsoft to enhance AI capabilities

The Gujarat government on Saturday signed memorandums of understanding with software giants IBM and Microsoft, and the National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) for promoting the use of Artificial Intelligence technologies in the state. The MoUs were signed in the presence of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, a government release said. IBM and the Department of Science and Technology, Government of Gujarat, entered into an MoU to establish and promote an AI Cluster to foster innovation and collaboration among financial institutions at Gujarat International Finance Tec (GIFT) City, it said. Microsoft and the Department of Science and Technology signed an MoU to establish an Artificial Intelligence Center of Excellence in GIFT City. The AI Center will focus on key technologies such as machine learning, cognitive services and bot services. The department also signed another MoU with NASSCOM to enhance AI capabilities in the state. Prime Minister Narendra Modi ha

Microsoft's $13 billion investment into OpenAI faces extra EU scrutiny

Margrethe Vestager, the bloc's antitrust chief, announced Friday that the EU has ruled out an investigation under the EU's merger rules into the deal

Microsoft informs its customers that Russian hackers spied on emails

The Russian government has never responded to the Microsoft hacking allegations

CIR sues OpenAI, Microsoft for 'exploitative' copyright infringement

The Center for Investigative Reporting said Thursday it has sued ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its closest business partner, Microsoft, marking a new front in the legal battle between news publications fighting against unauthorized use of their content on artificial intelligence platforms. The nonprofit, which produces Mother Jones and Reveal, said that OpenAI used its content without permission and without offering compensation, violating copyrights on the organization's journalism. The lawsuit, filed in a New York federal court, focuses on how AI-generated summaries of articles threaten publishers a move CIR called exploitative. "It's immensely dangerous, Monika Bauerlein, the nonprofit's CEO, told The Associated Press. Our existence relies on users finding our work valuable and deciding to support it." Bauerlein said that when people can no longer develop that relationship with our work, when they no longer encounter Mother Jones or Reveal, then their relationship is with the AI ...

Microsoft hit with EU antitrust charge for linking Teams app with MS Office

Two decades after Microsoft's last EU fine, the EU competition watchdog's latest action was triggered by a 2020 complaint from rival workspace messaging app Slack

OpenAI to block tools access to developers in China from July: Report

The Microsoft Corp-backed startup sent memos about the impending move to developers in several locales, according to screenshots posted on social media

Soon, Android users could check calls and texts in Start menu on Windows 11

The updated Phone Link is rolling out to select users enrolled on Windows Insider with Android compatibility. iOS compatibility to arrive at a later date

Nvidia loses title of world's most valued company; stock declines 2%

Nvidia, Microsoft and Apple are in a three-horse race to be the world's most valuable company

Why does the rise of Nvidia and AI remind people of the dot-com boom?

Chipmaker Nvidia surpassed Microsoft to become the world's most valuable company amid the AI boom. Are there parallels with the dot-com boom and bust?

Nvidia becomes world's most valuable company as AI rally steams ahead

Shares rose as much as 3.4% to about $3.3 trillion on Tuesday, catapulting it over Microsoft Corp. and Apple Inc

AI in India gets a boost as Microsoft, Amazon invest billions in data infra

Microsoft has pledged $3.7 bn to build data centres in Telangana, while Amazon plans to invest $12.7 bn in Cloud infrastructure in India

New Microsoft update enables direct file sharing from Windows 11 to Android

The feature will include Android in the share menu of Windows and files can be shared directly. It is available for Windows 11 insiders and it is not clear when it will be available to all

Google, Microsoft want nuclear power but doesn't see role as investor

Building reactors, especially plants using new technologies, comes with high costs and high risk, according to Briana Kobor, head of energy market innovation at Alphabet Inc.'s Google

Ready to put billions into nuclear power project in Wyoming: Bill Gates

TerraPower LLC, a startup founded by Gates, broke ground for construction of its first commercial reactor last week in Wyoming, where a coal plant is shutting down, he said

Microsoft to invest $7.16 bn in new data centres in northeastern Spain

Aragon's regional government said the U.S. tech giant had applied for a construction permit to build data centres at a site outside city of Zaragoza, confirming a report by local newspaper El Heraldo

Apple with AI beats Microsoft to become world's most valuable company

The tech giant has trailed rivals such as Microsoft and Google-owner Alphabet in the red-hot field of AI, a reason why its shares underperformed this year compared to its peers

Microsoft President Smith to testify before House panel on security lapses

China-linked hackers stole 60,000 US State Department emails last year by breaking into the tech giant's systems, while a Russian group spied on Microsoft's senior staff emails earlier this year