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06:16 26.03.2016

Uber recruiting engineers by randomly sending a coding game to play during rides

Microsoft engineer Joshua Debner was taking an Uber in Seattle to meet a friend when the new notification popped up on the screen. Uber wanted to play a game called Code on the Road. Uber confirmed to Business Insider that it’s found a new way to lure engineers to work for the fast-growing startup by […]... →

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00:46 26.03.2016

Microsoft apologizes for hijacked chatbot Tay’s ‘wildly inappropriate’ tweets

The colossal and highly public failure of Microsoft’s Twitter-based chatbot Tay earlier this week raised many questions: How could this happen? Who is responsible for it? And is it true that Hitler did nothing wrong? After a day of silence (and presumably of penance), the company has undertaken to answer at least some of these questions. Read More... →

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23:30 25.03.2016

Game developers weigh in on the openness of Microsoft’s Windows 10 platform

Tim Sweeney, one of the best-known technical experts in the game industry and the CEO of Gears of War creator Epic Games, kicked off a big debate over the openness of Windows earlier this month when he wrote an opinion piece that warned about Microsoft’s moves with Windows 10 to close off its Windows app store […]... →

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23:06 25.03.2016

Microsoft exec apologizes for Tay chatbot’s racist tweets, says users ‘exploited a vulnerability’

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 […]... →

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20:40 25.03.2016

Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview for PCs and mobile with many bug fixes

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 […]... →

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20:00 25.03.2016

Microsoft starts shipping its Surface Hub displays to businesses

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 […]... →

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19:54 25.03.2016

After numerous delays, Microsoft finally starts shipping its $22K Surface Hub

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... →

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18:04 25.03.2016

Student Founder Turns Down Microsoft And Google To Build Bae, An App For Black Singles

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... →

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17:35 25.03.2016

Microsoft told potential Yahoo bidders it might back bids

(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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16:15 25.03.2016

Microsoft заинтересовал бизнес Yahoo

Корпорация готова профинансировать сделку через третьих лиц... →

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14:29 25.03.2016

13 TechCrunch stories you don’t want to miss this week

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... →

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13:53 25.03.2016

Microsoft проведет 3 вебинара о том, как с ней сотрудничать

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.... →

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13:29 25.03.2016

СМИ выяснили, как искусственный интеллект Microsoft научили расизму

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

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22:10 24.03.2016

Xbox Live’s Games With Gold for April impresses with Sunset Overdrive, Dead Space

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 […]... →

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18:40 24.03.2016

Twitter научил плохому искусственный интеллект Microsoft

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

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18:00 24.03.2016

Skype will launch its universal Windows app preview in the coming weeks

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. […]... →

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18:00 24.03.2016

Microsoft launches first preview of Skype for the Universal Windows Platform

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... →

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17:16 24.03.2016

Microsoft silences its new A.I. bot Tay, after Twitter users teach it racism

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... →

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16:00 24.03.2016

Mesosphere raises $73.5M Series C led by HPE, with Microsoft as strategic investor

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... →

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15:04 24.03.2016

Чатбот от Microsoft научился ненавидеть евреев и соглашаться с Гитлером

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

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