Microsoft Search

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  Microsoft’s Copilot Checkout Will Let Users Search, Purchase Products Without Leaving the Chat Window

  Microsoft, on Thursday, introduced Copilot Checkout, a new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered shopping experience for its chatbot that allows users to make purchases right from the chat window. With this release, the Redmond-based tech giant has joined OpenAI, Google, and Perplexity in the rising trend of AI shopping tools. While the tech giant i...

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  Broke And On A Visa Deadline: How An Indian Techie Cracked A Microsoft Job

  An Indian immigrant shares how referrals, resume tailoring, and persistence helped him overcome visa pressure and job rejections to build a successful career at Microsoft.

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  Anthropic Connects Claude With Microsoft 365 Platforms, Can Pull Information From Outlook and Teams

  Anthropic has announced that Claude can now connect with Microsoft 365 apps, including Teams, Outlook, and OneDrive. Using its Model Context Protocol (MCP), the AI can pull data from emails, chats, and files to provide context-aware answers and summaries. Available to Team and Enterprise users, the integration also enables unified enterprise search...

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  Microsoft Begins Testing Semantic File Search in Copilot+ PCs, Introduces New Copilot Home Experience

  Microsoft has started testing the semantic file search feature in Windows 11 with a larger user base. On Wednesday, the Redmond-based tech giant announced that two new artificial intelligence (AI) features are now available to all Insiders using Copilot+ PCs. The feature, powered by Copilot, allows users to search for certain files and images using...

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  How to Improve Battery Life on Windows 11 by Disabling This Feature: A Step-by-Step Guide

  Windows 11 has been criticised for poor battery life, despite various upgrades over Windows 11. While common fixes like lowering screen brightness and changing power plans exist, there’s a simpler way to improve your laptop's battery performance. Here's how you can adjust a few key Windows 11 settings to significantly extend your battery life on ...

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  Probe Agency ED Raids Fake Call Centres In Delhi Duping US Citizens

  The Enforcement Directorate has conducted searches in Delhi as part of a money laundering probe against a "fake" call centre which allegedly duped US citizens by pitching sale of "pirated" software, official sources said Friday.

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  Probe Agency Busts International Tech Support Scam Operating From Chandigarh

  The Chandigarh Zonal Office-I of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has unearthed a major international tech support scam following overnight search operations on multiple illegal call centres across the Chandigarh Tricity region.

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  UK May Compel Google to Change Search Rankings, Offer Alternatives

  UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is proposing to designate Alphabet-owned Google with "strategic market status", it said on Tuesday, giving it more power to intervene in search services to increase innovation and economic growth. The CMA aims to use its expanded power to rein in the power of tech giants such as Google, Apple, Meta and M...

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  Microsoft Windows Users in Europe Can Now Uninstall Microsoft Store, Disable Microsoft Edge Default Prompts

  Microsoft is rolling out noteworthy updates to Windows 10 and 11 for users in Europe, to comply with the EU's Digital Markets Act. The update disables prompts to set Microsoft Edge as the default browser and even lets users uninstall the Microsoft Store app, while still receiving application updates.

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  Anthropic’s Claude AI Chatbot Gets Voice Mode Feature, Offers Real-Time Two-Way Conversations

  Anthropic is finally adding Voice Mode capability to its Claude chatbot. On Tuesday, the artificial intelligence (AI) firm announced the rollout of the real-time two-way voice conversation feature, which will be available in Claude’s mobile apps. Similar to its recently released web search feature, the company is late to the voice mode party, wit...