Свежие новости и отзывы о Microsoft

Did you know you can quickly access Bing Chat by going to chat.bing.com? I didn't know that until Mikhail Parakhin from Microsoft mentioned it on Twitter.... →

Microsoft’s proposed $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard has received a mixed response from regulators around the world, but the Federal Trade Commission may be its biggest critic. The agency has reportedly applied for an injunction to prevent the deal going ahead before its own official judgment on the situation later this year. Microsoft announced its […] FTC reportedly seeks injunction to stop Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch... →

Paris-based startup Pigment has raised a Series C round of $88 million — the investment was led by Iconiq Growth. Pigment wants to take on Microsoft Excel and offer a business planning platform that works better than products from enterprise software behemoths, such as Oracle or SAP. It’s a new take on a critical product for […] Pigment secures $88 million for its business planning tool that will make you forget about Excel by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch... →

OpenAI is still not training GPT-5, the likely successor to the current generation GPT-4, months after the Microsoft-backed startup pledged to not work on it “for some time” after many industry executives and academics expressed concerns about the fast-rate of advancements by Sam Altman’s large language models. “We have a lot of work to do […] OpenAI still not training GPT-5, says Sam Altman by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →

Microsoft Bing Search is testing showing fewer options in the search bar menu below the search box. We saw this with Bing Image search before and now we are seeing this with Bing web search.... →

Microsoft has temporarily disabled the share feature in Bing Chat where you can share your chats with friends over email, social, etc. Mikhail Parakhin, the CEO of Bing said on Twitter when asked about the share button not showing up yesterday, "There were some issues with it, temporarily disabled, coming back soon."... →

Microsoft will pay $20 million to settle charges brought by the Federal Trade Commission accusing the tech giant of illegally collecting the personal information of children without their parents’ consent — and in some cases retaining it “for years.” The federal consumer watchdog said Microsoft violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the federal […] Microsoft to pay $20M settlement for illegally collecting children’s personal data by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch... →

Security researchers have linked a new wave of mass-hacks targeting a popular file transfer tool to the notorious Clop ransomware gang, as the first victims of the attacks begin to come forward. It was revealed last week that hackers are exploiting a newly discovered vulnerability in MOVEit Transfer, a file-transfer tool widely used by enterprises […] Microsoft says Clop ransomware gang is behind MOVEit mass-hacks, as first victims come forward by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch... →

Look. We’re all interested in one. I know it, you know it, Apple certainly knows it. Much as AI was Google’s primary focus at I/O and … I don’t know — Windows 11, I guess — was Microsoft’s centerpiece at Build, we’re all going into and leaving WWDC 2023 with one thing in mind: XR. […] Apple WWDC 2023: Headset rumors, iOS 17 and everything else to expect by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

Last year’s techwide reckoning continues. In 2023, layoffs have yet again cost tens of thousands of tech workers their jobs; this time, the workforce reductions have been driven by the biggest names in tech like Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Yahoo, Meta and Zoom. Startups, too, have announced cuts across all sectors, from crypto to enterprise SaaS.  […] A comprehensive list of 2023 tech layoffs by Alyssa Stringer originally published on TechCrunch... →

Microsoft will bring Bing Chat to all browsers and not force you to use Microsoft Edge to use Bing Chat, in the near future. When exactly, we are not sure, but Bing's CEO, Mikhail Parakhin, has been saying that on Twitter for numerous weeks now.... →

Look. We’re all interested in one. I know it, you know it, Apple certainly knows it. Much as AI was Google’s primary focus at I/O and…I don’t know — Windows 11, I guess — was Microsoft’s centerpiece at Build, we’re all going into and leaving WWDC 2023 with one thing in mind: XR. The company’s […] Apple WWDC 2023: Headset rumors, iOS 17 and everything else to expect by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

Designer, Microsoft’s AI-powered art-generating tool, is coming to the free version of Teams. Starting today in preview on Windows 11, Microsoft Teams users can tap Designer, a Canva-like app, to generate designs for presentations, posters, digital postcards and more to share on social media and other channels. Designer accepts text prompts or uploaded images, and […] Microsoft’s AI-powered Designer tool comes to Teams by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Fabrice Canel from Microsoft Bing posted a tease on Twitter of the heavily anticipated upgrade to Bing Webmaster Tools. We are expecting Bing Chat reporting, so we can see impressions and clicks directly from Bing Chat to our sites, like Bing shows us from Bing Search.... →

Mikhail Parakhin, the current CEO of Bing at Microsoft and former CTO at Yandex said that Google Bard uses a "much smaller model" than Bing Chat. This came after someone complimented Bard for its speed over Bing Chat.... →

Look. We’re all interested in one. I know it, you know it, Apple certainly knows it. Much as AI was Google’s primary focus at I/O and…I don’t know — Windows 11, I guess — was Microsoft’s centerpiece at Build, we’re all going into and leaving WWDC 2023 with one thing in mind: XR. The company’s […] Apple WWDC 2023 is next week — here’s what we expect by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

The other day, I reported that Microsoft was sending invites to relaunch and expand Microsoft pubCenter, Microsoft's AdSense alternative. So I signed up and was given access the other day and I wanted to share some screenshots of the screens.... →

Microsoft might be looking to expand its Google AdSense alternative, Microsoft pubCenter to more publishers. I believe Microsoft pubCenter might try signing up smaller publishers.... →

Microsoft is rolling out allowing "unauthenticated" access to Bing Chat. This means, if you are using Microsoft Edge and you are not signed into your Microsoft account, you may be able to try out Bing, in a limited way.... →

A couple of months ago we reported that Microsoft may share revenues with publishers that help it create content for Bing Chat. It was under he Microsoft Start Partner program. Well, for the first time, I am seeing a Microsoft Start partner label in the Bing Chat results.... →