Microsoft beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter revenue on Thursday, driven by gains from AI adoption across its cloud services and business software products. Revenue rose 17% to $61.9 billion in the quarter ended March, compared with analysts’ consensus estimate of $60.80 billion, according to LSEG data. Shares of the Redmond, Wash.-based company gained 5% after the bell. … Read more
A handful of American finance and tech tycoons are gearing up for multi-billion bids to buy TikTok after President Joe Biden signed an act which will force its Chinese owners to sell the app. The Wall Street and Silicon Valley figures are led by Steven Mnuchin, the former treasury secretary who has openly said he … Read more
Microsoft Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 11 24H2 update is expected to arrive with yet another hardware requirement. Centered around SSE4.2 or Streaming SIMD Extensions 4.2, a crucial component for modern processors, the new Windows 11 24H2 with build 26080 will only boot on CPUs that support the instruction set. This information comes from Bob Pony on … Read more
London: The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on Wednesday launched a preliminary probe into partnerships between tech giants over artificial intelligence (AI), like Microsoft and Mistral AI, and Amazon and Anthropic. The anti-trust regulator has asked interested third parties to give their views on whether these AI partnerships (including Microsoft’s hiring of former employees … Read more
Microsoft Microsoft has consistently put out a new version of its most popular Surface device, the Surface Pro, and this year we are seeing the Surface Pro 10, the follow-up to the Surface Pro 9 from 2023. This year’s Surface Pro 10 launch is a bit different. We’re seeing two models. One aimed at Microsoft’s … Read more
Skype Skype is an excellent option for video chats with your friends and family or conducting a videoconference call with your colleagues. However, Skype is not without its bugs, hiccups, and issues that can make getting face-to-face with someone seem like an ordeal. To make things easier on everyone, we’ve compiled a selection of the … Read more
Microsoft Windows 11 has been around for quite a while now. The operating system isn’t as new as when it first came out in 2021, but many people are still updating it for the first time from Windows 10. Yet whether you’re new to Windows 11 or have been using it since launch, there are … Read more
Microsoft Edge for iOS is reportedly developing new features, including “Circle to Copilot” and “Chat with image using Copilot.” Moreover, a recent server-side update for Microsoft Edge on iOS has enabled the “Notebook” feature within Copilot. This update also expands the character limit for notes to 18,000 characters. The next major update will also bring … Read more
Jeff Bodgam, a senior executive at Microsoft who spent around three decades in the company, found himself terminated from his position in February. The elimination of Jeff Bogdan from the position was the result of HR adopting the hub-and-spoke model for learning and development that he pitched A senior executive at Microsoft who spent around … Read more
Microsoft’s code-writing companion, Copilot, has been spotted in Windows Server 2022, but details about its current functionality are still scarce. After restarting tests for Copilot’s automatic launch at Windows 11 startup, the feature is seemingly being integrated into the Microsoft Edge browser for Windows machines. Windows Server 2022 is the latest to receive the addition, … Read more
