Свежие новости и отзывы о Microsoft

Here are some cute features spotted in both Microsoft Bing and Google Search around products. Bing is testing showing "trending for you" or "top picks for you." Google is testing showing "also nearby" in the product listings as well.... →

Microsoft is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the venerable Flight Simulator series today with the launch of the aptly named Microsoft Flight Simulator 40th Anniversary update. As the company had teased before, this update to the sim will introduce helicopters and gliders, as well as a few classic aircraft. Gliders and helicopters aren’t new to […] Microsoft brings helicopters, gliders and the Spruce Goose to its Flight Simulator by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch... →

Microsoft is testing the AI chat bot feature at the top of the Bing Search results. We have seen the let's chat feature from Bing for a while now but not at the top, featured snippet area.... →

Last year, OpenAI announced the OpenAI Startup Fund, a tranche through which it and its partners, including Microsoft, are investing in early-stage AI companies tackling major problems. Mum’s been the word since on which companies have received infusions from the Fund. But today, the OpenAI Startup Fund revealed that it led a $23.5 million investment […] OpenAI leads $23.5M round in Mem, an AI-powered note-taking app by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

When people think about the cloud computing industry, three names come to mind — Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure. And yet, smaller cloud companies are still doing well. OVHcloud, a French company that has been around since 1999, is one of them. Of course, cloud computing wasn’t even a thing in 1999. […] How OVHcloud’s Octave Klaba is building a different cloud computing company by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch... →

Last year, OpenAI announced the OpenAI Startup Fund, a tranche through which it and its partners, including Microsoft, are investing in early-stage AI companies tackling major problems. Mum’s been the word since on which companies have received infusions from the Fund. But today, the OpenAI Startup Fund revealed that it led a $23.5 million investment […] OpenAI leads $23.5M round in Mem, an AI-powered note-taking app by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Сама компания  компания сообщила о сокращении операций в стране, в частности из интернет-магазинов пропала подписка на офисный пакет Microsoft 365..... →

Microsoft тестирует рекламу в меню «Пуск» Windows 11... →

Это не первая попытка внедрить рекламу в свои продукты... →

The $68.7 billion gaming mega-merger between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard is facing in-depth competition scrutiny in the European Union. EU regulators had been taking a preliminary look at the proposed deal, after the transaction was notified to the bloc’s regulators at the end of September. But today the Commission confirmed it will open a deeper […] Microsoft’s $68.7BN play for Activision heads for in-depth EU antitrust probe too by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch... →

Microsoft Bing seems to be testing animated ads in the Bing image search interface. The ads look like an interactive banner ad of some sort, based on your query.... →

Apple, Microsoft и Amazon вновь возглавили рейтинг... →

It seems that every internet company and their dog have at least one venture capital (VC) arm under their wing, with the likes of Google Ventures (now GV), Microsoft Ventures (now M12), Salesforce Ventures, Twilio Ventures, and Zoom Ventures all serving their corporate namesakes potential cash cows via hundreds of equity investments. Today, it’s Mozilla’s […] Mozilla launches $35M venture capital fund for early-stage ‘responsible’ startups by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Microsoft has backed Wemade, a popular video game developer that has made aggressive bets on blockchain in recent years, the latest sign of tech giants’ showing growing interest in web3. South Korea’s Wemade said in a press release that it has raised $46 million in a funding round from Microsoft, Shinhan Asset Management and Kiwoom […] Microsoft backs web3 game developer Wemade by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →

Microsoft Advertising announced a few upgrades to the Google Ads Performance Max import tool before the holiday season. Most of it is around importing Performance Max campings that use a Merchant Center but not all.... →

It’s been four years to the day since Microsoft closed its acquisition of GitHub, which at the time was mostly a code repository. Today’s GitHub looks quite a bit different, now that it added CI/CD tools with GitHub Actions and Codespaces as an online editor and compute platform, as well as various security tools and […] Four years after being acquired by Microsoft, GitHub keeps doing its thing by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch... →

Valence Security, a company securing business app infrastructure, today announced that it raised $25 million in a Series A round led by M12, Microsoft’s corporate venture arm, with participation from YL Ventures, Porsche Ventures, Akamai Technologies, Alumni Ventures and former Symantec CEO Michael Fey. The new capital brings the company’s total raised to $32 million, […] Valence Security raises fresh capital to secure the SaaS app supply chain by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Both Google (Alphabet) and Microsoft (Bing) have announced earnings last night and both companies are down over 5% in pre-marketing trading after the news. Google's ad revenue was up only 4.2%, while Microsoft's search ad revenue, mostly from Bing, seemed to be up way more, at 16% - year over year.... →

Microsoft Bing is showing the search box in the bottom right corner, when you scroll down the search results page and your browser window is wide enough to fit it. Otherwise, Bing will show a floating magnifying glass to click on and activate your search box.... →

Blizzard has a lot going on. The company’s leadership is a toxic trash heap nightmare (hi Bobby Kotick!) and it’s only partially cleaned house. Its failure to deliver on the lofty promises of the Overwatch League makes the game’s scene, both competitive and casual, even less of a sure thing. And Microsoft is currently in […] Overwatch 2 Review: Can you teach an old game new tricks? by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch... →