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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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OpenAI Says it Does Not Use Indian Media Groups' Content to Train ChatGPT, Court Filing Shows
OpenAI is seeking to stop Indian media groups from joining a copyright lawsuit against it. The company has denied that it uses content from Indian media to train ChatGPT. The filing relates to a lawsuit by Indian news agency ANI last year, which alleges that ChatGPT uses its published content without permission to help train its AI chatbot.
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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Has Reached Over 4 Million Players, Says Microsoft
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle has hit over four million players, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella confirmed Wednesday at the company's second quarter earnings call for FY 2025. The action-adventure title from developer MachineGames and publisher Bethesda released on PC and Xbox Series S/X in December 2024.
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Microsoft Unveils Open-Source MatterGen AI Model That Can Generate Inorganic Material Designs
Microsoft researchers unveiled a new artificial intelligence (AI) model last week that can design new inorganic materials with desired properties. Dubbed MatterGen, the open-source large language model (LLM) is currently available in the public domain. The researchers have also published a paper highlighting that the technology can be used to accel...
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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle PC System Requirements, Global Launch Timings Revealed
Bethesda has shared PC specifications for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, detailing Minimum, Recommended and Ultra system requirements. The publisher also revealed global release timings for the title and debuted a launch trailer.
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Black Ops 6 Had 'Biggest Ever' Launch Month for a Call of Duty Title, Says Activision
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 has generated the highest player engagement metrics for a Call of Duty title in the first month since launch, Activision said Monday. The publisher claimed Black Ops 6 was “the biggest Call of Duty ever”, with more players flocking to the game in the first 30 days from launch than any other game in the series.
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Microsoft Signs AI-Learning Deal With News Corp.’s HarperCollins
Microsoft reached a deal with News Corp.’s HarperCollins that will allow the software company to use nonfiction titles from the book publisher to train its Artificial Intelligence models, according to a person familiar with the matter. The company isn’t planning to use the content to generate new books without human authors, the person said.
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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Gameplay Deep Dive Details Combat, Exploration and Puzzles
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle received a gameplay deep dive Monday that detailed more of the game’s combat, exploration and puzzles. Publisher Bethesda also shed more light on the premise of the story that sees Indy join the chase for a priceless stolen relic.
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'Call of Duty' To Release Tomorrow As Microsoft Pushes For Gaming Supremacy
Microsoft bought the game's publisher Activision-Blizzard a year ago for $69 billion in the sector's biggest takeover.
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Iranian Hackers Looking At US Election Websites Ahead Of Polls: Microsoft
An Iranian hacking group is actively scouting US election-related websites and American media outlets as election day nears, according to a Microsoft blog published on Wednesday.
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Chinese-Controlled Bot Army Tries To Influence US Voters: Microsoft Report
An army of Chinese-controlled social media bots is attempting to influence voters in Alabama, Texas and Tennessee, while denigrating Florida Senator Marco Rubio, according to new research published on Wednesday by Microsoft.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 PC System Requirements, Pre-Load Time Revealed Ahead of Launch
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is set to arrive across PC, Xbox and PlayStation platforms on October 25. Ahead of the launch, publisher Activision has shared details about the PC version of the game, including system requirements, pre-loading times, file sizes and more.
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FIDO Alliance Seeks to Increase Passkeys Adoption With Draft Secure Credential Exchange Specifications
Passkeys could soon become easier to use across various platforms, thanks to new draft specifications published by the FIDO Alliance. Google, Apple, Microsoft, and password management apps like Dashlane and Bitwarden could allow users to export and import passkeys and passwords securely.
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Square Enix Wants to Release Final Fantasy 16 on Xbox After PC Port
Final Fantasy XVI released exclusively on the PS5 in 2023, and the game finally made it to PC last month. The action-RPG is still not available on Xbox, with no confirmed launch plans on Microsoft’s console. Now, publisher Square Enix has provided an update over Final Fantasy 16’s potential release on Xbox Series S/X.
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CrowdStrike Conducts External Review to Better Understand What Triggered the Global Outage
CrowdStrike, the US-based cybersecurity firm, caused a global outage on July 19 after an update resulted in Windows laptops and desktops crashing and getting stuck in the boot loop. After fixing the issue, the company published a post-incident report highlighting that its artificial intelligence (AI) system dubbed Falcon sensor caused an error. Now...
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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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OpenAI Says it Does Not Use Indian Media Groups' Content to Train ChatGPT, Court Filing Shows
OpenAI is seeking to stop Indian media groups from joining a copyright lawsuit against it. The company has denied that it uses content from Indian media to train ChatGPT. The filing relates to a lawsuit by Indian news agency ANI last year, which alleges that ChatGPT uses its published content without permission to help train its AI chatbot.
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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Has Reached Over 4 Million Players, Says Microsoft
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle has hit over four million players, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella confirmed Wednesday at the company's second quarter earnings call for FY 2025. The action-adventure title from developer MachineGames and publisher Bethesda released on PC and Xbox Series S/X in December 2024.
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Microsoft Unveils Open-Source MatterGen AI Model That Can Generate Inorganic Material Designs
Microsoft researchers unveiled a new artificial intelligence (AI) model last week that can design new inorganic materials with desired properties. Dubbed MatterGen, the open-source large language model (LLM) is currently available in the public domain. The researchers have also published a paper highlighting that the technology can be used to accel...
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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle PC System Requirements, Global Launch Timings Revealed
Bethesda has shared PC specifications for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, detailing Minimum, Recommended and Ultra system requirements. The publisher also revealed global release timings for the title and debuted a launch trailer.
-
Black Ops 6 Had 'Biggest Ever' Launch Month for a Call of Duty Title, Says Activision
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 has generated the highest player engagement metrics for a Call of Duty title in the first month since launch, Activision said Monday. The publisher claimed Black Ops 6 was “the biggest Call of Duty ever”, with more players flocking to the game in the first 30 days from launch than any other game in the series.
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Microsoft Signs AI-Learning Deal With News Corp.’s HarperCollins
Microsoft reached a deal with News Corp.’s HarperCollins that will allow the software company to use nonfiction titles from the book publisher to train its Artificial Intelligence models, according to a person familiar with the matter. The company isn’t planning to use the content to generate new books without human authors, the person said.
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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Gameplay Deep Dive Details Combat, Exploration and Puzzles
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle received a gameplay deep dive Monday that detailed more of the game’s combat, exploration and puzzles. Publisher Bethesda also shed more light on the premise of the story that sees Indy join the chase for a priceless stolen relic.
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'Call of Duty' To Release Tomorrow As Microsoft Pushes For Gaming Supremacy
Microsoft bought the game's publisher Activision-Blizzard a year ago for $69 billion in the sector's biggest takeover.
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Iranian Hackers Looking At US Election Websites Ahead Of Polls: Microsoft
An Iranian hacking group is actively scouting US election-related websites and American media outlets as election day nears, according to a Microsoft blog published on Wednesday.
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Chinese-Controlled Bot Army Tries To Influence US Voters: Microsoft Report
An army of Chinese-controlled social media bots is attempting to influence voters in Alabama, Texas and Tennessee, while denigrating Florida Senator Marco Rubio, according to new research published on Wednesday by Microsoft.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 PC System Requirements, Pre-Load Time Revealed Ahead of Launch
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is set to arrive across PC, Xbox and PlayStation platforms on October 25. Ahead of the launch, publisher Activision has shared details about the PC version of the game, including system requirements, pre-loading times, file sizes and more.
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FIDO Alliance Seeks to Increase Passkeys Adoption With Draft Secure Credential Exchange Specifications
Passkeys could soon become easier to use across various platforms, thanks to new draft specifications published by the FIDO Alliance. Google, Apple, Microsoft, and password management apps like Dashlane and Bitwarden could allow users to export and import passkeys and passwords securely.
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Square Enix Wants to Release Final Fantasy 16 on Xbox After PC Port
Final Fantasy XVI released exclusively on the PS5 in 2023, and the game finally made it to PC last month. The action-RPG is still not available on Xbox, with no confirmed launch plans on Microsoft’s console. Now, publisher Square Enix has provided an update over Final Fantasy 16’s potential release on Xbox Series S/X.
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CrowdStrike Conducts External Review to Better Understand What Triggered the Global Outage
CrowdStrike, the US-based cybersecurity firm, caused a global outage on July 19 after an update resulted in Windows laptops and desktops crashing and getting stuck in the boot loop. After fixing the issue, the company published a post-incident report highlighting that its artificial intelligence (AI) system dubbed Falcon sensor caused an error. Now...
