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Microsoft Azure Services Restored After Global Outage: What Caused the Issue, How It Was Resolved
Microsoft on Thursday announced that its Azure services have been restored to almost normality across affected regions. The cloud computing platform was reported to be experiencing a major global outage on Wednesday, affecting not only Microsoft-owned platforms like Microsoft 365, Minecraft, Outlook, and Xbox Live, but also Alaska Airlines, Starbuc...
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Microsoft Reaches $4 Trillion Valuation After Solid Results
Strong results from Microsoft and Meta Platforms late on Thursday also fueled gains in Amazon and sent chipmaker Nvidia to a record high, with the four heavyweight AI players gaining over half a trillion dollars in market value.
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Microsoft Releases Magentic-UI, an Open-Source Agentic Web Interface That Can Perform Tasks on the Web
Microsoft released an agentic web interface on Monday that can perform complex tasks on the web. Announced at the company’s Build 2025 conference, the new tool is named Magentic-UI, and the company is pitching it as a “human-centred web agent.” The Redmond-based tech giant claims that, unlike other computer use agents, this one collaborates w...
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Microsoft Hosts Developer Conference as Focus Grows on AI Profits
Microsoft has already spent $64 billion (roughly Rs. 5,46,718 crore) this year, much of it on data centers needed for AI-based services such as Copilot used in its popular Microsoft 365 applications. But there are signs that Microsoft is reworking its relationship with OpenAI and seeking to become a neutral arms dealer in the AI race.
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From IBM To OpenAI: 50 Years Of Winning (And Failed) Strategies At Microsoft
Microsoft celebrates its 50th anniversary. This article was written using Microsoft Word on a computer running Microsoft Windows. It is likely to be published on platforms hosted by Microsoft Azure, including LinkedIn, a Microsoft subsidiary.
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"Satya Definitely Does Have Money," Says Elon Musk, Nadella Responds
Satya Nadella assured Microsoft would invest $80 billion in building Azure, its cloud computing platform.
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Microsoft Partners With OpenAI's French Rival Mistral to Make Its AI Models Available on Azure
Microsoft will make French startup Mistral AI's artificial intelligence models available through its Azure cloud computing platform under a new partnership, the companies said on Monday.
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Microsoft Ignite 2023: Maia, Cobalt AI Chips to Power Copilot and Azure Services Announced
Microsoft unveiled two new custom-designed computing chips called Maia and Cobalt that will bring key AI technologies in-house, to keep costs down. The company said that it doesn't plan to sell Maia and Cobalt. Instead, Microsoft will use the new chips to power its AI software offerings and parts of Its Azure cloud service.
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Microsoft Launches New Computing Service, Aims to Help Speed Up R&D
Microsoft on Wednesday introduced a new computing service aimed at helping chemical companies speed up the research and development of new materials. Azure Quantum Elements, as the service is called, relies on computing power to help chemical companies simulate huge numbers of possible combinations of atoms. The point is to use computers to explore...
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Google Filed Complaint Against Microsoft for Dominant Cloud Services Position: Report
Alphabet's Google formally filed a complaint to the US Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday saying Microsoft used its dominant position in enterprise software to push customers towards its cloud services, The Information reported on Wednesday. Microsoft used the licensing terms in its Office 365 productivity software to lock customers into separate ...
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EU Antitrust Regulators Quiz Microsoft’s Rivals on Request for Customer Data
EU antitrust regulators are asking Microsoft's rivals what kind of customer data they are required to provide to the US tech giant as part of their Azure cloud contracts, six months after a trade group complained about its cloud computing practices. The European Commission asked recipients for a list of contractual clauses requiring these companies...
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Nvidia, Microsoft Working to Build Massive AI Computer Which Will Operate on Azure Cloud
The US chip designer and computing firm Nvidia on Wednesday said it is teaming up with Microsoft to build a “massive” computer to handle intense artificial intelligence computing work in the cloud. The AI computer will operate on Microsoft’s Azure cloud, using tens of thousands of graphics processing units (GPUs), Nvidia’s most powerful H1...
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Ofcom to Investigate Competition in Cloud Computing, Internet Messaging, Smart Devices: Details
Ofcom, or the Office of Communications, has announced that it will examine digital markets in the UK as part of the regulator's next step in scrutinising Big Tech firms in the areas of cloud computing, internet messaging, and smart devices. The watchdog will investigate Amazon’s AWS, Microsoft’s Azure, Alphabet’s Google Cloud, as well as What...
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Microsoft Expects Double-Digit Growth for This Year as Demand for Cloud Computing Services Rise
Microsoft forecast double-digit revenue growth for this year, driven by demand for cloud computing services, as its shares jumped about four percent.
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Microsoft Rolls Out New Tech to Connect Its Cloud to Rivals
Microsoft announced a new round of technologies aimed at making its cloud computing services work in data centres it does not own — including the cloud data centres of its rivals.
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Microsoft Azure Services Restored After Global Outage: What Caused the Issue, How It Was Resolved
Microsoft on Thursday announced that its Azure services have been restored to almost normality across affected regions. The cloud computing platform was reported to be experiencing a major global outage on Wednesday, affecting not only Microsoft-owned platforms like Microsoft 365, Minecraft, Outlook, and Xbox Live, but also Alaska Airlines, Starbuc...
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Microsoft Reaches $4 Trillion Valuation After Solid Results
Strong results from Microsoft and Meta Platforms late on Thursday also fueled gains in Amazon and sent chipmaker Nvidia to a record high, with the four heavyweight AI players gaining over half a trillion dollars in market value.
-
Microsoft Releases Magentic-UI, an Open-Source Agentic Web Interface That Can Perform Tasks on the Web
Microsoft released an agentic web interface on Monday that can perform complex tasks on the web. Announced at the company’s Build 2025 conference, the new tool is named Magentic-UI, and the company is pitching it as a “human-centred web agent.” The Redmond-based tech giant claims that, unlike other computer use agents, this one collaborates w...
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Microsoft Hosts Developer Conference as Focus Grows on AI Profits
Microsoft has already spent $64 billion (roughly Rs. 5,46,718 crore) this year, much of it on data centers needed for AI-based services such as Copilot used in its popular Microsoft 365 applications. But there are signs that Microsoft is reworking its relationship with OpenAI and seeking to become a neutral arms dealer in the AI race.
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From IBM To OpenAI: 50 Years Of Winning (And Failed) Strategies At Microsoft
Microsoft celebrates its 50th anniversary. This article was written using Microsoft Word on a computer running Microsoft Windows. It is likely to be published on platforms hosted by Microsoft Azure, including LinkedIn, a Microsoft subsidiary.
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"Satya Definitely Does Have Money," Says Elon Musk, Nadella Responds
Satya Nadella assured Microsoft would invest $80 billion in building Azure, its cloud computing platform.
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Microsoft Partners With OpenAI's French Rival Mistral to Make Its AI Models Available on Azure
Microsoft will make French startup Mistral AI's artificial intelligence models available through its Azure cloud computing platform under a new partnership, the companies said on Monday.
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Microsoft Ignite 2023: Maia, Cobalt AI Chips to Power Copilot and Azure Services Announced
Microsoft unveiled two new custom-designed computing chips called Maia and Cobalt that will bring key AI technologies in-house, to keep costs down. The company said that it doesn't plan to sell Maia and Cobalt. Instead, Microsoft will use the new chips to power its AI software offerings and parts of Its Azure cloud service.
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Microsoft Launches New Computing Service, Aims to Help Speed Up R&D
Microsoft on Wednesday introduced a new computing service aimed at helping chemical companies speed up the research and development of new materials. Azure Quantum Elements, as the service is called, relies on computing power to help chemical companies simulate huge numbers of possible combinations of atoms. The point is to use computers to explore...
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Google Filed Complaint Against Microsoft for Dominant Cloud Services Position: Report
Alphabet's Google formally filed a complaint to the US Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday saying Microsoft used its dominant position in enterprise software to push customers towards its cloud services, The Information reported on Wednesday. Microsoft used the licensing terms in its Office 365 productivity software to lock customers into separate ...
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EU Antitrust Regulators Quiz Microsoft’s Rivals on Request for Customer Data
EU antitrust regulators are asking Microsoft's rivals what kind of customer data they are required to provide to the US tech giant as part of their Azure cloud contracts, six months after a trade group complained about its cloud computing practices. The European Commission asked recipients for a list of contractual clauses requiring these companies...
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Nvidia, Microsoft Working to Build Massive AI Computer Which Will Operate on Azure Cloud
The US chip designer and computing firm Nvidia on Wednesday said it is teaming up with Microsoft to build a “massive” computer to handle intense artificial intelligence computing work in the cloud. The AI computer will operate on Microsoft’s Azure cloud, using tens of thousands of graphics processing units (GPUs), Nvidia’s most powerful H1...
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Ofcom to Investigate Competition in Cloud Computing, Internet Messaging, Smart Devices: Details
Ofcom, or the Office of Communications, has announced that it will examine digital markets in the UK as part of the regulator's next step in scrutinising Big Tech firms in the areas of cloud computing, internet messaging, and smart devices. The watchdog will investigate Amazon’s AWS, Microsoft’s Azure, Alphabet’s Google Cloud, as well as What...
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Microsoft Expects Double-Digit Growth for This Year as Demand for Cloud Computing Services Rise
Microsoft forecast double-digit revenue growth for this year, driven by demand for cloud computing services, as its shares jumped about four percent.
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Microsoft Rolls Out New Tech to Connect Its Cloud to Rivals
Microsoft announced a new round of technologies aimed at making its cloud computing services work in data centres it does not own — including the cloud data centres of its rivals.
