Свежие новости и отзывы о Microsoft

Peter Lee, the corporate vice president of Microsoft Research, Microsoft’s research and development wing, today apologized for the behavior of Tay, the artificial intelligence-powered chatbot the company unveiled earlier this week and soon thereafter took offline. “We are deeply sorry for the unintended offensive and hurtful tweets from Tay, which do not represent who we […]... →

Microsoft today announced the release of new Windows 10 preview builds for PCs and mobile devices for people in the fast ring of the Windows Insider Program. Unlike the build released on March 17 that brought extensibility to Microsoft’s Edge browser, this preview build doesn’t have any big new features — instead there are a […]... →

Microsoft today announced that it has started to ship out its large Surface Hub touch-friendly displays to business customers. The displays are available in 55- and 84-inch models, for $6,999 and $19,999, respectively. Microsoft first announced the device in January 2015 and since then has talked up its potential here and there, and in August […]... →

If you’re in the market for a giant 84-inch 4K touchscreen computer (and have about $22,000 set aside for that), today is a good day. After numerous delays, Microsoft today started shipping its Surface Hub to business customers. Surface Hub comes in both the giant 84-inch version and a smaller 55-inch HD edition for a relatively affordable $8,999. You’ll still need a stand for… Read More... →

Over 30 million Americans have used an online dating service or mobile dating app, according to Pew Research Center. Yet Black online users face apparent bias: Data collected from 25 million OkCupid accounts demonstrated that when users rated their matches they penalized Black men and women. Bae :: Before Anyone Else, a mobile dating app created by Jordan Kunzika, Brian Gerrard and Justin… Read More... →

(By Vishal Sridhar and Rishika Sadam, Reuters) – Microsoft Corp executives are in talks with equity firms considering bids for Yahoo Inc! saying that Microsoft might be willing to offer “significant financing” for their efforts, tech news site Recode reported on Thursday. However, Microsoft has not made commitments so far to investors, and any discussions […]... →

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It was a busy week filled with tall things Apple, GCP NEXT, and Y Combinator Winter Demo Day. Next week we’ll have coverage of Microsoft Build, Tesla’s unveiling, and more. Until then, here are the top stories of the week. Read More... →

Microsoft проведет бесплатные вебинары для молодых инновационных компаний о том, как с ней сотрудничать. На них эксперты компании Microsoft расскажут молодым ИТ-предпринимателям о возможностях акселерации, а также продемонстрируют яркие примеры совместного продвижения стартапов на рынок.... →

История в картинках о том, каким образом чатбота-подростка заставили поддерживать Гитлера и призывать к расовой войне... →

Xbox Live Gold subscribers on Xbox One are about to get four highly regarded hits in April. Microsoft announced its lineup for Games With Gold in April, which you will get access to if you subscribe to the Xbox Live Gold subscription for $60 per year or $10 a month. The company has taken to […]... →

Компания отключила чат-бота из-за расистских высказываний... →

Microsoft today announced that in the next few weeks it will roll out a preview of its Skype universal Windows app to people participating in the Windows Insider program. The current Skype app will still work on PCs running Windows 10, but Microsoft will be gradually bringing the existing app and the new one together. […]... →

Microsoft today launched a preview of the next version of Skype for Windows 10. This preview, which is now rolling out to Windows Insiders, is the first full Universal Windows Platform (UWP) version of Skype. The new version was written from scratch and features a redesigned user interface, though the functionality is mostly the same as in previous versions (and a few features are still… Read More... →

Microsoft’s newly launched A.I.-powered bot called Tay, which was responding to tweets and chats on GroupMe and Kik, has already been shut down due to concerns with its inability to recognize when it was making offensive or racist statements. Of course, the bot wasn’t coded to be racist, but it “learns” from those it interacts with. And naturally, given that this is… Read More... →

Mesosphere, the container-centric company that aims to help enterprises better utilize their data centers with the help of its Data Center Operating System (DCOS), today announced that it has raised a $73.5 million Series C funding round. The round was led by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and also includes previous investors Andreessen Horowitz, Khosla Ventures, and Fuel Capital, as well… Read More... →

Доступ к общению с искусственным интеллектом Tay был закрыт менее чем через сутки после запуска... →

Mesosphere, a startup that sells a “data center operating system” drawing on open-source tools such as Apache Mesos, today announced a $73.5 million funding round. Hewlett Packard Enterprise led the round, with participation from Microsoft, according to a statement. In addition to the new funding, Mesosphere is announcing the 1.0 release of the Marathon open-source software […]... →

Юлия Кожевникова из Tranio.com рассказывает о том, как устроена стартап-экосистема Дублина – города, который в в последние годы все активнее привлекает внимание международного венчурного сообщаства.  Когда заходит речь о европейских стартап-столицах, то в первую очередь принято говорить о крупнейших экосистемах — Лондоне и Берлине, а такие города, как Дублин, зачастую незаслуженно остаются в стороне, и в результате бизнес-сообществу о них известно не так много. Меж тем, согласно исследованию European Digita... →

Investor, entrepreneur, billionaire and Bill Gates’ other half in the founding of Microsoft Paul Allen has announced a $100 million investment in the Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, a fund focusing on the future of biotech research. Allen, who is worth about $15.3 billion, announced the investment today at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. The purpose of this… Read More... →