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Alphabet posts $69.7 billion in revenues, beats analysts' estimates

Microsoft sees AI reshaping search; rosy earnings spark rally in tech stocks

Top 25 tech firms' valuation grows $2.4 trillion in 2023, shows report

Meta, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google (FAAMG) stocks contribute more than 60 per cent of the tech stocks with $7.7 trillion

Where the next targets lie after UK blocks Microsoft's Activision takeover

The regulator typically choses to take about a dozen big mergers a year for an in-depth investigation. Here follows a list of the major deals on the watchdog's plate

'Demand signal is very high with generative AI', says Anant Maheshwari

'I have been part of the Nasscom executive council (EC) since 2017'

Microsoft reports $53 bn in sales up 7%, net income up amid AI push

Microsoft Cloud reported revenue of $28.5 billion, up 22 per cent year-over-year, said the company

Microsoft reports 9% boost in profits, revenue, as it expands AI use

Microsoft on Tuesday reported a 9% increase in profit for the January-March quarter, as growth in cloud computing sales helped bolster its plans to expand its use of artificial intelligence. The company reported quarterly profit of $18.3 billion, or $2.45 per share, beating Wall Street expectations for earnings of $2.24 a share. The software maker posted revenue of $52.9 billion in the period, its third fiscal quarter, up 7% from the same period a year ago. Analysts polled by FactSet expected Microsoft to post revenue of $51.02 billion for the quarter. The quarter marked an ambitious push by Microsoft to capitalise on its investments in artificial intelligence and partnership with San Francisco-based startup OpenAI with the February release of a new AI chatbot feature on its search engine Bing.

Windows 11 Beta expands 'live captions' to support 5 more languages

Microsoft has introduced a new feature called "Gallery" in File Explorer for users to access their photo collection easily in Windows 11

Microsoft to name hackers after 'weather' events in new naming taxonomy

Nation-state hackers will be given names based on a specific family of weather conditions, which will reveal where the groups are operating from, according to the company

Dell launches Inspiron 24-inch All-In-One desktop: Know price, specs & more

The Inspiron AIO desktop will be available for purchase at Dell exclusive stores (DES) and select large format retail from April 24 at a starting price of Rs 56,490

Tesla chief Elon Musk threatens to sue Microsoft for using data 'illegally'

Earlier, Microsoft announced that its Digital Marketing Centre platform will 'no longer support Twitter' from April 25

Microsoft looks to buy $50 mn Foxconn parcel in Wisconsin for data centre

Microsoft has agreed to buy a $50 million parcel of land in southeastern Wisconsin meant for Foxconn after the world's largest electronics manufacturer failed to fulfil grandiose promises to build a massive facility that would employ thousands of workers. Microsoft plans to build a $1 billion data centre on the 315-acre parcel in Mount Pleasant, a village of about 27,000 people in Racine County about 30 miles (50 kilometers) south of Milwaukee. It's unclear how many people the centre might employ; Microsoft officials had no immediate comment when reached via email Wednesday. The village already is home to a Foxconn Technology Group manufacturing facility. The Taiwan-based company is best known for making Apple iPhones. The company announced plans in 2017 to build a $10 billion facility in Mount Pleasant that would employ 13,000 people. Wisconsin's governor at the time, Republican Scott Walker, and then-President Donald Trump praised the decision, with Trump boasting the plant would

Microsoft may bring its own AI chips to compete with Nvidia's: Report

Microsoft has announced the addition of AI-powered Bing capabilities to the SwiftKey app (a third-party keyboard) on iOS and Android

Microsoft adds 'Detach from Edge' option for improved multitasking in Edge

According to GeekerMag, the Edge Sidebar is a built-in panel on the right side of the browser that houses a variety of features, shortcuts, and websites for quick access

Google may lose search on Samsung devices to Microsoft Bing: Report

Google is working on several projects to update and renew its search services to avoid losing ground

Microsoft introduces new feature 'Gallery' to File Explorer in Windows

The feature is currently rolled out to a few testers and is not available to all Insiders on the Dev Channel as the tech giant plans to monitor feedback before rolling it out to everyone

What led to mass layoffs in tech sector globally and who was affected?

According to a report over 150,000 people have been affected by tech layoffs in 2022 alone, whereas, 68,500 new cuts were seen in January 2023 alone

Microsoft adds AI-powered Bing to SwiftKey keyboard app for Android, iPhone

Microsoft also announced the new versions of its existing integrations across Bing, Skype, Microsoft Start, and Microsoft Edge apps. Below are the details

Microsoft launches PC Game Pass service in 40 new countries: Details here

PC Game Pass is now officially available in countries across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East, including Croatia, Iceland, Libya, Qatar, and Ukraine

Microsoft fined $3 mn for selling software to sanctioned Russian firms

According to an enforcement notice from OFAC, Microsoft, Microsoft Ireland, and Microsoft Russia failed to oversee who was buying the company's software and services through third-party partners

India among top 3 markets for AI-powered Bing preview: Microsoft official

India has emerged as one of the top three markets for Microsoft's new Bing preview, which has ChatGPT incorporated into it, and is its biggest image creator market, a senior company official has said, asserting that the search engine is much better than its rival Google. Powered by ChatGPT, Microsoft launched the new Bing preview on February 7. ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI and launched in November 2022. "Search has changed and will change. It's not going away. Just like when television came into existence, radio didn't go away, but TV got a lot more excitement. Same will happen here. The new capabilities of AI of chat of answers are now increasingly exciting because they're helping answer questions that search didn't do. And with Bing, we are completely unique in that leadership today, Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president and consumer chief marketing officer of Microsoft told PTI. Microsoft, under its Indian-American CEO Satya Nadella, has a ...