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Microsoft's AI-powered Bing search engine crosses 100 mn active users

About 15 per cent of Chat sessions are people using Bing to generate new content demonstrating they are extending search to creativity, he said

HFCL teams up with Microsoft to roll out pvt 5G solutions for enterprises

Domestic telecom gear maker HFCL on Thursday said it has collaborated with Microsoft to roll out private 5G solutions for enterprises, as businesses eye the next generation technology to spur digital transformation. With the rapid rollout of 5G in India, enterprises are looking at the next generation technology to further their digital transformation, including the promise of Industry 4.0, HFCL said in a statement. "HFCL has collaborated with Microsoft to create converged private 5G solutions that harness new-age technologies of IoT (Internet of Things), cloud, edge computing, AI (Artificial Intelligence) and analytics to transform industry verticals that include manufacturing, retail and warehouse, mining, education, defence, railways, smart city," it said. HFCL is deploying one such private 5G-enabled Industry 4.0 solution as a pilot programme using Microsoft Azure public MEC (multi-access edge compute) and HFCL 5G Indoor Small Cell, at its optical fiber manufacturing plant in ...

Kids can launch a rocket to Moon like NASA Artemis team with Minecraft

The collaboration between NASA and Minecraft is part of an existing partnership between NASA's Office of STEM Engagement and Microsoft

Microsoft introduces its new 'Canary Channel' for Windows Insiders

"The new Canary Channel is going to be the place to preview platform changes that require longer-lead time before getting released to customers," the tech giant said in a blogpost on Monday

Tech giant Microsoft introduces AI-powered 'Dynamics 365 Copilot'

With Dynamics 365 Copilot, organisations can provide their workers with AI tools built for sales, service, marketing, operations and supply chain roles, the tech giant said in a blogpost on Monday

HCLTech to explore industrial-scale quantum applications for enterprises

HCLTech Q-Labs, which incubates early-stage research programs, is now a part of the Azure Quantum Network, the ecosystem of quantum innovators and pioneers

Microsoft's latest AI assistant takes on Oracle, Salesforce in applications

Microsoft is introducing an AI assistant-called Dynamics 365 Copilot - for applications that handle tasks such as sales, marketing and customer service

After ChatGPT, Microsoft working on AI model that takes images as cues

As the war over artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots heat up, Microsoft has unveiled Kosmos-1, a new AI model that can also respond to visual cues or images, apart from text prompts or messages

Microsoft owned OpenAI announces ChatGPT, Whisper APIs for developers

Microsoft-owned OpenAI has announced that it is now allowing third-party developers to integrate ChatGPT and Whisper into their apps and services with an application programming interface (API)

Microsoft-Activision deal: What's on the cards for gamers in India?

Despite global brouhaha over Microsoft's dominance, the merger may benefit gamers here

Bill Gates praises India's connectivity infrastructure, digital networks

Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates on Wednesday said India has "great" digital network and high levels of smartphone usage with "very good" connectivity and added this will be the cheapest 5G market. Under the G20 presidency of India, a session on 'Building resilient and inclusive economies- the Promise of Digital Public Infrastructure' was held on Wednesday in New Delhi. Microsoft co-founder Gates, who addressed the session, appreciated India's competitive private market, reliable and low-cost connectivity, and went on to say this will be the cheapest 5G market. India has great digital network and very high percentage of people using smartphones, he noted. Telecom and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw termed 2023 a landmark year, and said the digital technology has come of age. Artificial intelligence, 5G and quantum computing have matured to become mainstream technology. India has created unique framework for digital economy that focuses on making a difference in people's lives,

Windows 11 to get AI Bing search box, 'phone link for iOS': Microsoft

Tech giant Microsoft has announced new updates coming to Windows 11, including new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Bing, to the taskbar and phone link for iOS

Microsoft adds Bing AI to Windows Taskbar, introduces Phone Link for iPhone

Full availability of the new features are expected in the March 2023 monthly security update release for Windows 11 via Windows Update, announced Microsoft

Bill Gates visits RBI office in Mumbai, holds talks with Shaktikanta Das

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Tuesday visited the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) office in Mumbai, where he held wide-ranging discussions with Governor Shaktikanta Das.

Microsoft may soon roll out built-in VPN support in Edge for stable users

Edge's VPN "Edge Secure Network" uses Cloudflare to protect users' devices and sensitive data while they browse, but it will not be a replacement for their VPN, reports BleepingComputer

Microsoft introduces next-gen hybrid cloud platform 'Azure Operator Nexus'

It believes that modern network infrastructure will assist its telecommunications partners to improve and monetise their existing infrastructure while also lowering their overall cost of ownership

Microsoft conducts research on use of ChatGPT to instruct robots, drones

In order to test if people can use ChatGPT to instruct robots without knowing programming languages or understanding robotics systems, Microsoft has conducted research

Microsoft adding AI-powered Bing chatbot functionality to mobile, Skype

American tech giant Microsoft is now bringing the AI-based Bing chatbot to mobile and Skype two weeks after its original launch

Microsoft brings AI-powered chatbot to Bing app on iPhone, Android

Microsoft also announced AI-powered Bing for Skype on Wednesday. Users can add Microsoft's AI to group chats and ask it questions

Infosys collaborates with Microsoft to drive industry adoption of cloud

Indian IT services major Infosys on Thursday announced that it will expand collaboration with tech giant Microsoft to drive enterprise cloud transformation globally. According to a statement, the extended strategic collaboration between Infosys and Microsoft is expected to benefit enterprises by bringing them the best of Infosys Cobalt cloud offerings and Microsoft's cloud computing technologies, led by Azure, across the business value-chain. "The deepening of the collaboration will entail the onboarding of Infosys Cobalt solutions to Microsoft's industry clouds, to empower enterprises to build agile cloud-powered platforms and innovate at scale," the statement said. The joint capabilities across application modernisation, enterprise solutions, data analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI), digital workplace solutions, low-code, no-code power platforms and cybersecurity innovations will create a strong foundation for cloud-powered transformation.