Microsoft's Azure Linux gets 470-plus security fixes in one almighty patching session
A mountain of CVEs, a certificate cleanup, and yet more work for Microsoft's patching teams
A mountain of CVEs, a certificate cleanup, and yet more work for Microsoft's patching teams
Tech Futures Tumble As Alphabet Plunges, Small Caps Rise Ahead Of PCE, ECB US futures are lower, with Nasdaq contracts sliding as Alphabet's ugly search miss revived the "is AI capex paying off" debate , while Microsoft's Azure beat and...
Microsoft's reported voluntary exit offer covering 60,000 employees has brought old office lifestyle videos back into focus. Xbox isn't the only Microsoft division looking to massively reduce worker headcounts. Covered by 5 outlets: 2...
Microsoft’s recent workforce moves come amid strong financial growth and rising investments in AI infrastructure
Microsoft's reported voluntary exit offer covering 60,000 employees has brought old office lifestyle videos back into focus. Here's why they are going viral.
Microsoft is offering voluntary exit to employees.
John Healey has announced a £100 payment for millions of households to help with energy bills this winter in his autumn Budget. The chancellor said around 20 million households in council tax bands A to D will get the payments into...
<p>The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has confirmed it will prioritise strategic demand and strategically align datacentre <a...
The company’s free cash flow stayed positive in the last quarter even as it spent $45.2 billion on capital expenses like data centers and offered to pay workers to leave. Only one of the four AI hyperscalers reported positive free cash...
CNBC’s Steve Liesman reports on how a massive chunk of GDP growth in the U.S. is coming from the supercharged AI buildout but recent developments may put that growth in question.
Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, and SpaceX each reported increased capex for Q3, with no signs of slowing down for 2027 amid the AI buildout.
Only one of the four AI hyperscalers reported positive free cash flow in this round of earnings.
The Federal Reserve held rates steady at 3.75% to 4% in a 10-2 vote, with Governor Lisa Cook dissenting for the first time and Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack joining her in favor of a hike. Fed Chair Kevin...
As Microsoft pours billions into artificial intelligence, the company has offered buyouts to about 60,000 employees. The work force was already on edge.
Microsoft's AI patent application could rewrite words in live broadcasts and alter speakers' lip movements, raising chilling questions about privacy, censorship and trust.
Known leaker HXL posted the slide on X on Tuesday. Titled "Windows is the home for hybrid intelligence," it lines PCs up along a memory scale that runs from 8GB to beyond 128GB. Chip names only appear underneath, almost like footnotes.
Customers are sweating assets amid tight budgets, yet that doesn't stop an exec from Redmond getting creative with the sales pitch
After years of talk, Big Tech is finally facing consequences for visa abuse.
Microsoft's 'serious surgery' of Windows 11 to make it suck less for 8GB PCs is only just beginning.
Canadian regions stop turning back the clocks, Microsoft wishes it could
Flash the cash, flush the cache
Microsoft detailed Clustered Geometry and a companion feature called Partitioned TLAS on its DirectX developer blog this week, describing the pair as the biggest change to DirectX Raytracing since the API arrived in 2018.
Microsoft offered buyouts to 60,000 employees but expects few to leave. Insiders explain the strategy and why workers are worried.
These 10 AI blunders, from Microsoft's Tay to Air Canada's chatbot ruling, show how machine learning systems fail in public and what followed
To anyone listening closely to what Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has been saying over the past couple of years, this week felt like the clearest sign yet that AI is about to fundamentally change the size of Microsoft's workforce....
Microsoft outpaced its peers in PERM certifications in the past couple of years, but that doesn't tell the full story of Big Tech's foreign worker hiring.
TL;DR: Get a lifetime license to Microsoft Visio Professional 2024 for Windows for $49.97 (reg. $579.99) through November 1 and build diagrams on your PC with no subscription. Diagramming software on a subscription keeps billing you for...
Missing DMARC or wobbly SPF means your mail may be treated as suspicious
Sysinternals just went cross-platform.
Anthropic unveiled an AI-infused Excel competitor ahead of its IPO in a jittery stock market
1996 gave us two incredible gifts. The first was me. The second, arguably more impactful on the course of human civilisation, was the Microsoft SideWinder Game Pad 1.0.
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Protesters are demanding a pause in data center construction in Europe. Separate actions also take place outside fence and across Europe in backlash against impact of AI boom Activists have stormed the site of a Microsoft datacentre...
Protesters slammed AI after breaking into a Microsoft data centre site in Amsterdam on Friday (6 November), hanging anti-AI banners and spray-painting graffiti. The incident occurred during a demonstration against...
Dutch authorities later detained between 150 and 200 people
More than 100 activists occupied Microsoft AI data centre construction site in Amsterdam on Nov 6 as part of a two-day campaign spanning 16 countries. Protesters have raised concerns over electricity and water consumption.
Democrats are also calling for tighter regulation of AI data centres, a concern shared across Europe. In Amsterdam, several hundred activists occupied the site of a planned Microsoft data centre as part of a two-day...
Microsoft buyout offer: Microsoft has offered voluntary buyouts to around 60,000 employees, leaving workers to weigh the payout against the uncertainty of staying or finding another job. Employment attorney Craig Levey shares what...
Microsoft offered buyouts to around 60,000 employees. Employment law attorney Craig Levey shares the three steps employees should take if offered one.
Microsoft's AI diagnostic system identified 83% of complex medical cases in a study, more than doubling the 36% accuracy of generalist doctors. Covered by 3 outlets: 1 are centre, 1 lean right, 1 are not rated.
Should artificial intelligence systems be given rights? One of the leading thinkers on the fast-evolving technology weighed in.
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman said developers should only build AI models that "are not conscious and not deserving of rights."
Microsoft's AI diagnostic system identified 83% of complex medical cases in a study, more than doubling the 36% accuracy of generalist doctors.
A Microsoft employee’s work-focused ‘day in my life’ video sparked debate online, contrasting with clips showcasing office perks. While some welcomed the portrayal, others questioned its authenticity and pointed to his earlier videos...
Microsoft briefly surpassed Nvidia in market value after Nvidia shares fell sharply amid reports concerning CEO Jensen Huang, chip shipments to China and an independent board investigation. Covered by 5 outlets: 5 are centre.
Nvidia's espionage scandal continues to unravel.
Microsoft briefly surpassed Nvidia in market value after Nvidia shares fell sharply amid reports concerning CEO Jensen Huang, chip shipments to China and an independent board investigation.
Microsoft overtakes Nvidia as ndmost valuable firm amid Jensen Huang probe
Microsoft overtook Nvidia as the world's most valuable company on Tuesday, as the chip giant's shares fell on uncertainty over the outlook for AI and an investigation into whether
Revenue up, operating profit up, 30 million paid Copilot seats locked in, 88 DCs added, $43.8 billion returned to shareholders