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Mind your language: How transcription tools can help you at work

Apps and services are now more accurate and error free thanks to artificial intelligence technologies

Apple used Bing offer as 'bargaining chip' with Google: Microsoft

Parakhin, who joined Microsoft in 2019 from Russian search engine Yandex NV, said Microsoft met with Apple as recently as 2021 to discuss a potential switch to Bing, but didn't make any progress

Windows 11: Microsoft rolls out September update packed with AI features

The September update to Windows 11 brings AI-powered Copilot, modern iterations of Microsoft apps such as Paint, and more

Infosys partners with Microsoft to accelerate adoption of GenAI

Both companies will enable enterprises to take an AI-first approach and help improve operational efficiencies, drive revenue growth, and enable business transformation

Microsoft narrowing market cap gap with Apple for world's largest stock

The Redmond, Washington-based company's shares have outperformed the iPhone maker's this month, bringing its market value closer to Apple

Microsoft Surface and AI event on Sept 21: Where to watch, what to expect

At the event, Microsoft is expected to launch new devices in its Surface laptops line and introduce new AI-powered tools for Windows operating system

Microsoft facing formal European Union complaint over Teams Video App

The European Commission is preparing a statement of objections to send to the company, which could come in the next few months, the people said

Microsoft's chief product exec behind Surface devices to step down

Amazon is set to hire Microsoft's departing product chief Panos Panay, Bloomberg News reported

Tech leaders discuss artificial intelligence policy in senate meeting

The meeting, which was organised by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer included personalities with diverging views on how to write the rules for AI

Will protect customers of AI products from copyright lawsuits: Microsoft

The company in June announced a program to help customers ensure the AI programs they run on Microsoft platforms meet global laws and regulations

Microsoft Xbox chief Spencer 'confident' on closing Activision deal

In July, Activision agreed to give Microsoft until Oct. 18 to resolve the remaining regulatory issues and close the transaction, which would be the biggest video-game deal of all time

EU targets Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft in digital crackdown

The European Union on Wednesday targeted Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet, Facebook owner Meta and TikTok parent ByteDance under new digital rules aimed at reining in the market power of online companies. The six companies were classed as online "gatekeepers" that must face the highest level of scrutiny under the 27-nation bloc's Digital Markets Act. The act amounts to a list of do's and don'ts that seeks to prevent tech giants from cornering new digital markets, with the threat of whopping fines or even the possibility of a company breakup. It's part of a sweeping update to the EU's digital rulebook that's starting to take force this year, and comes weeks after a companion package of rules aimed at keeping internet users safe, the Digital Services Act, started kicking in. It's "time to turn the tables and ensure that no online platform behaves as if it was too big to care,' European Commissioner Thierry Breton, who's in charge of the bloc's digital policy, said ahe

Microsoft, Apple want Bing, iMessage off the EU's gatekeepers list: Details

Both Microsoft and Apple argue that their services are not large enough to justify the subjection to the European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA)

Microsoft expands UAE's G42 partnership to include cloud, AI tools

"With data privacy, security, and compliance as our core priorities, we have a unique opportunity to help organizations responsibly innovate," Microsoft Chief Commercial Officer Judson Althoff said

Microsoft to stop packaging Teams and Office software in Europe

Microsoft will stop packaging its Teams videoconferencing app with its Office software in Europe in an effort to head off antitrust penalties by regulators. The tech giant also said Thursday that it would take steps to make it easier for competing products to work alongside its software. The announcement comes a month after the European Union's executive Commission, the 27-nation bloc's top competition enforcer, opened a formal investigation over concerns that bundling Teams with Office gives the company an unfair edge over competitors. The investigation was triggered by a complaint filed in 2020 by Slack Technologies, maker of popular workplace messaging software. Slack, owned by business software maker Salesforce, alleged that Microsoft was abusing its market dominance to eliminate competition in violation of EU laws by illegally combining Teams with its Office suite, which includes Word, Excel and Outlook. "Today we are announcing proactive changes that we hope will start to

As Europe cracks down on Big Tech, here are things that will change

Starting Friday, Europeans will see their online life change. People in the 27-nation European Union can alter some of what shows up when they search, scroll and share on the biggest social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram and Facebook and other tech giants like Google and Amazon. That's because Big Tech companies, most headquartered in the U.S., are now subject to a pioneering new set of EU digital regulations. The Digital Services Act aims to protect European users when it comes to privacy, transparency and removal of harmful or illegal content. Here are five things that will change when you sign on: YOU CAN TURN OFF AI-RECOMMENDED VIDEOS Automated recommendation systems decide, based on people's profiles, what they see in their feeds. Those can be switched off. Meta, owner of Facebook and Instagram, said users can opt out of its artificial intelligence ranking and recommendation systems that determine which Instagram Reels, Facebook Stories and search results to show. ..

India needs to export talents skilled in AI: Microsoft Vice Chair

Microsoft President and Vice Chairman Brad Smith on Thursday said India needs to export talents skilled in artificial intelligence. While speaking at a US-India Strategic Partnership Forum event, Smith said the health of democracies is at stake and there is a need to find new ways to sustain economic growth. "The future of India in many ways will involve not just bringing talent to the countries but bringing more talents with a background in AI," Smith said. He said there is a need to develop responsible AI which fundamentally serves the principle that matters to humanity like security, privacy, and inclusion. Smith said the role of AI is to enhance productivity in a smarter way and there is a need to develop it through partnerships between educators and entrepreneurs, among countries like India and US. "There is no doubt, you can go anywhere in the world and if you find a talented company, I bet you will find a talented person who grew up in India. When you go to the United State

Tech giants powering deepfake AI algorithms used in porn industry: Report

During the recent AI boom, the creation of nonconsensual pornographic deepfakes has surged, with the number of videos increasing ninefold since 2019

MediaTek chip with Meta's Llama 2 for on-device generative AI coming soon

MediaTek said it expects Llama 2-based AI applications to become available for smartphones powered by its system-on-chip, which is scheduled to hit the market by the end of the year

Microsoft revamps deal for video game maker Activision Blizzard for UK

Microsoft revamped its bid to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard on Tuesday to appease British competition regulators, who are the last major hurdle to closing one of the biggest deals in tech history. The Competition and Markets Authority said it has opened a new preliminary investigation into the updated transaction with a deadline for a decision due on October 18. Xbox maker Microsoft has been on a quest to acquire Activision, maker of the popular Call of Duty game franchise since announcing the USD 69 billion deal in January 2022. The blockbuster deal has secured approvals from antitrust authorities covering 40 countries, including the European Union. But it has been held up in Britain, where authorities moved to block it earlier this year over worries about competition being stifled in the emerging cloud gaming market, where players can avoid buying pricey consoles and stream games to their tablets or phones. Under the restructured deal, Microsoft will sell the cloud ..