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Steve Ballmer Is Now Richer Than Bill Gates, A First For Microsoft Employees

July 2, 2024 admin

Steve Ballmer passed Bill Gates on Monday to become the sixth-richest person in the world, the first time the former chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp. has been wealthier than the company’s co-founder. The move came as Microsoft shares rose to a fresh record, bringing their total gain this year to 21%. The company, through…

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Microsoft Tells Clients Russian Hackers Viewed Emails: Report

June 27, 2024 admin

The company had said in January, too, that a Russian hackers had hacked into its corporate systems. Washington: Microsoft Corp is informing some of its customers that a Russian state-sponsored hacking group breached its internal systems and accessed their emails, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing a company spokesperson. The technology giant is also providing…

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Nvidia becomes world’s most valuable company

June 18, 2024 admin

A smartphone with a displayed NVIDIA logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken March 6, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Nvidia edged ahead of other tech companies on June 18 to become the world’s most valuable publicly traded company in the latest sign of the might of artificial intelligence. The chip…

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Microsoft Unveils ‘Copilot Plus’ PC With In-Built AI Tools

May 20, 2024 admin

Google also announced it was adding AI answers to its search engine (Representational) Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella unveiled a new category of PC on Monday that features generative artificial intelligence tools built directly into Windows, the company’s world leading operating system. The tech giant estimates that more than 50 million “AI PCs” will be sold…

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“Can’t Become CEO In America If You Aren’t Indian”: US Envoy’s Big Praise

April 28, 2024 admin

The Indiaspora AI Summit was also attended by Rajya Sabha MP Satnam Singh Sandhu. New Delhi: US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti recently claimed that in modern times, one cannot become a CEO in America unless they are of Indian descent. Mr Garcetti’s humorous quip came at the 2024 Indiaspora AI Summit at Stanford University…

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U.S. sets up board to advise on safe, secure use of AI

April 27, 2024 admin

The chief executives of OpenAI, Microsoft and Google are among the high-profile members of a new federal board created to advise the U.S. government on the “safe and secure” development of artificial intelligence. The new advisory board will help authorities combat AI-related disruptions that may “impact national or economic security, public health, or safety,” the…

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Europe’s Digital Markets Act is forcing tech giants to make changes. Here’s what that will look like

March 7, 2024 admin

Europeans scrolling their phones and computers this week will get new choices for default browsers and search engines, where to download iPhone apps and how their personal online data is used. They’re a part of changes required under the Digital Markets Act, a set of European Union regulations that six tech companies classed as “gatekeepers”…

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‘Call Of Duty’ Maker Activision To Be Bought By Microsoft For $69 Billion

October 13, 2023 admin

This deal clears the way for the biggest deal in gaming history. The UK competition watchdog has cleared Microsoft’s $69 billion deal to buy ‘Call of Duty’ developer Activision Blizzard. According to the BBC, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said that Microsoft – the maker of the Xbox gaming console – could go ahead…

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Microsoft Was Willing To Drop Bing Name To Secure Apple Search Deal

October 3, 2023 admin

Microsoft had even offered to sell Bing to Apple around 2020, Bloomberg News reported last week. Microsoft Corp. was willing to hide its search engine’s “Bing” brand on Apple Inc. devices in order to secure an agreement with the iPhone maker and unseat Google, Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella testified Monday. Taking the stand at…

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What Apple’s ‘Mother Nature’ campaign does and doesn’t address | Explained

October 1, 2023 admin

In the colosseum of corporate accomplishments, Apple, through its viral ‘Mother Nature’ campaign, has bestowed upon itself the mantle of an environmental steward – a green titan etched into the public consciousness. Such audacious reinventions are hardly novel for Apple, a company that, for more than three decades, has sculpted its identity as a trailblazer….

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