Свежие новости и отзывы о Microsoft

Microsoft still doesn’t know — or want to share — how China-backed hackers stole a key that allowed them to stealthily break into dozens of email inboxes, including those belonging to several federal government agencies. In a blog post Friday, Microsoft said it was a matter of “ongoing investigation” how the hackers obtained a Microsoft […] Microsoft lost its keys, and the government got hacked by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch... →

Fabrice Canel is someone most of you who watch my videos know already, he has been with Microsoft for 26 years and is now the Principal Program Manager at Bing...... →

Соответствующее соглашение подписали Microsoft и Sony... →

Over the past two years, AI-powered image generators have become commodified, more or less, thanks to the widespread availability of — and decreasing technical barriers around — the tech. They’ve been deployed by practically every major tech player, including Google and Microsoft, as well as countless startups angling to nab a slice of the increasingly […] Meta claims its new art-generating model is best-in-class by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Microsoft Bing has this feature where you can see "people also ask" like results under search result snippets, I am not sure what Microsoft calls them, but they provide additional questions and answers related to the site and query.... →

Компания решилась на очередные изменения спустя 15 лет... →

Yesterday, Apple released the first public beta of macOS Sonoma — the next major update for macOS that will be available to everyone this fall. Following this update, Mac users will be able to use Apple’s password manager in third-party web browsers, such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Arc. You may not be aware […] Apple’s password manager is compatible with third-party browsers in latest macOS beta by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch... →

Chinese hackers exploited a flaw in Microsoft’s cloud email service to gain access to the email accounts of U.S. government employees, the technology giant has confirmed. The hacking group, tracked as Storm-0558, compromised approximately 25 email accounts, including government agencies, as well as related consumer accounts linked to individuals associated with these organizations, according to […] Chinese hackers raided US government email accounts by exploiting Microsoft cloud bug by Carly Page originally... →

Против сделки выступала Федеральная торговая комиссия США... →

Microsoft and Activision Blizzard earned a big win in court today, as a federal judge ruled that the Federal Trade Commission cannot block the $68.7 billion merger. The FTC sued Microsoft in December in an attempt to stop its acquisition of the gaming giant, which owns massive franchises like World of Warcraft and Call of […] Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard merger can’t be blocked by FTC, judge rules by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch... →

As email has becomes an increasingly clogged communication mechanism, businesses looking for more direct ways to communicate with their customers in a B2B context have been turning to Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord and other channels. But tracking those conversations and making sure they get directed to the right people is challenging for businesses. That’s where […] Pylon wants to make it easier to manage B2B conversations in Slack by Ron Miller 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... →

Bing Chat will be adding a feature to tell it not to search the web for an answer. Mikhail Parakhin, the CEO of Bing Search at Microsoft, said on Twitter, "#nosearch is coming" when asked if Bing Chat can exclude web search results from the answers.... →

Seven tech giants have informed the European Union that its rebooted antitrust regime — the Digital Markets Act (DMA) — will apply to them. The initial seven, the majority of whom are US-based giants, are: Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, ByteDance (TikTok), Meta (Facebook), Microsoft and Samsung. The DMA takes an ex ante approach to antitrust […] ‘GAFAM’ tech giants, ByteDance and Samsung expect to face EU’s rebooted antitrust regime by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch... →

Microsoft today announced a slew of new AI-powered shopping tools for its new Bing search engine and the Bing AI chatbot in the Edge sidebar. While a lot of the shopping features that Microsoft built into Edge over the years aren’t exactly fan favorites, this new set of tools actually looks useful. Microsoft will now, […] Microsoft brings new AI-powered shopping tools to Bing and Edge by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch... →

There’s still plenty of cash to go around in the generative AI space, apparently. As first reported by Forbes, Inflection AI, an AI startup aiming to create “personal AI for everyone,” has closed a $1.3 billion funding round led by Microsoft, Reid Hoffman, Bill Gates, Eric Schmidt and new investor Nvidia. A source familiar with […] Inflection lands $1.3B investment to build more ‘personal’ AI by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Bing, and other software companies, like Google, tend to roll out new features slowly. So they might roll out a new feature first to 1% of users, then 10%, then 50% and then eventually 100% of users. This rollout is done randomly to reduce bias, Microsoft Bing's Mikhail Parakhin said on Twitter.... →

OpenAI is expanding overseas. To London, specifically. Today, the Microsoft-backed AI startup announced that it plans to open an office in London, its first international outpost. When OpenAI’s London location opens its doors, it’ll focus on advancing “research and engineering capabilities” while balancing collaborating with “local communities and policymakers,” according to CEO Sam Altman. “We […] OpenAI brings the competition to DeepMind’s doorstep with new London office by Kyle Wiggers originally publish... →

Bing Chat is now rolling out a feature to infer the market's probability of future stock prices. Mikhail Parakhin from Microsoft Bing said this feature is starting to roll out and "this is not done by any free consumer tool yet, I think," he added.... →

A few months ago, Fabrice Canel from Microsoft Bing, told us and even showed us an example, of a new Sitemap Index Coverage Report within Bing Webmaster Tools. It seems some are now seeing this report live for some of their verified profiles within Bing Webmaster Tools.... →