Microsoft’s quarterly sales up 16% to $65.6 billion as investors ask if AI spending worth it

Microsoft’s quarterly sales up 16% to .6 billion as investors ask if AI spending worth it

Microsoft on Wednesday reported its quarterly sales grew 16 per cent to US$65.6 billion as the company sought to assure investors its huge spending on artificial intelligence is paying off. The company has spent billions of dollars to expand its global network of data centres and other physical infrastructure required to develop AI technology that … Read more

Microsoft Copilot: how to use this powerful AI assistant

Microsoft Copilot: how to use this powerful AI assistant

Microsoft In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant is a powerful tool designed to streamline and enhance your professional productivity. Whether you’re new to AI or a seasoned pro, this guide will help you through the essentials of Copilot, from understanding what it is and how to sign up, to … Read more

Copilot Wave 2: Here are all the new AI features to try out

Copilot Wave 2: Here are all the new AI features to try out

Microsoft Microsoft has announced an update to Copilot, the company’s all-in-one AI assistant. “Wave 2,” as Microsoft calls it, is a series of updates that gives Copilot more capabilities within popular Office applications, Copilot agents for businesses, and even a new feature called Copilot Pages. Let’s start with Pages first. Microsoft calls it a “dynamic, … Read more

Lenovo launches new batch of AI-capable PCs powered by Intel, AMD and Qualcomm processors

Lenovo launches new batch of AI-capable PCs powered by Intel, AMD and Qualcomm processors

Lenovo Group, the world’s largest personal computer (PC) vendor by unit sales, has introduced a new range of devices powered by artificial intelligence (AI) for the enterprise and consumer market segments amid a much-anticipated refresh cycle in its industry. With dual headquarters in Beijing and Morrisville, North Carolina, in the United States, Lenovo on Thursday … Read more

Microsoft: AI is no replacement for human expertise

Microsoft: AI is no replacement for human expertise

Microsoft Microsoft has updated the terms of service going into effect at the end of September and is clarifying that its Copilot AI services should not be used as a replacement for advice from actual humans. AI-based agents are popping up across industries as chatbots are increasingly used for customer service calls, health and wellness … Read more

Copilot driving GitHub’s growth, annual revenue run rate at $2 billion: Nadella

Copilot driving GitHub’s growth, annual revenue run rate at  billion: Nadella

San Francisco: Artificial intelligence (AI) assistant Copilot accounted for over 40 per cent of GitHub’s revenue growth this year as the annual revenue run rate of the open-sourced developer platform has reached $2 billion, according to Satya Nadella, Microsoft Chairman and CEO. During the company’s quarterly earnings call, where it posted $245 billion in revenue … Read more

There’s one gaping hole in the Snapdragon X app ecosystem

There’s one gaping hole in the Snapdragon X app ecosystem

The transition to supporting Windows on Arm has been a huge success this year. Despite previous failed attempts, Microsoft really put its muscle behind getting developers on board this year in support of Copilot+ PCs — and the result has felt like nothing short of a miracle. Today, you can pick up one of these … Read more

No, Intel’s Lunar Lake CPUs aren’t being delayed

No, Intel’s Lunar Lake CPUs aren’t being delayed

Intel Intel’s hotly-anticipated Lunar Lake CPUs look like they’re suffering a delay, at least according to a report from DigiTimes. The outlet, which covers semiconductor news, says that shipments of the chips are arriving in September and that they were originally planned for June. Intel says otherwise, however. When Intel first announced Lunar Lake, it … Read more