Свежие новости и отзывы о Microsoft

Microsoft today released SQL Server 2022, the latest version of its database software, which originally launched more than 33 years ago. Microsoft describes this release as the “most Azure-enabled release of SQL Server yet” and with connections to Azure Synapse Link for enabling real-time analytics over the database, Azure Purview for data governance and disaster […] Microsoft’s SQL Server 2022 is all about Azure by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch... →

Roughly two years ago, Microsoft announced a partnership with OpenAI, the AI lab with which it has a close commercial relationship, to build what the tech giant called an “AI Supercomputer” running in the Azure cloud. Containing over 285,000 processor cores and 10,000 graphics cards, Microsoft claimed at the time that it was one of […] Microsoft and Nvidia team up to build new Azure-hosted AI supercomputer by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

With remote or hybrid work going nowhere any time soon, Microsoft today announced new social gaming functionality inside its Teams productivity and collaboration platform. Available to Teams Enterprise and Education subscribers only, the new “Games for Work” app allows colleagues to challenge each other to a game of Minesweeper, Wordament, Icebreaker, and even Solitaire, a […] Microsoft Teams now lets you challenge colleagues to a game of Minesweeper or Solitaire by Paul Sawers originally published on TechC... →

Компания выпускает стилизованные под свои продукты вещи пятый год подряд.... →

Компания выпускает стилизованные под свои продукты вещи пятый год подряд.... →

Descript, the audio and video editing platform founded in 2017 by former Groupon CEO Andrew Mason, has raised $50 million in a Series C round led by the OpenAI Startup Fund, a tranche through which OpenAI and its partners, including Microsoft, are investing in early-stage companies. Descript is the second startup to receive a cash […] AI-powered media editing app Descript lands fresh cash from OpenAI by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

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... →