Microsoft News
|
Earlier in the week Microsoft removed a database of more than ten million faces. The database was used to test and train facial recognition algorithms. The database was known as MS Celeb.
|
|
Because of the recent US trade ban, Huawei has lost almost all of its large US partners including Google, Corning, and ARM creating a crisis for the company. However, some major partners are laying low among the largest is Microsoft.
|
|
Microsoft has taken the unusual step to issue a second advisory note in the same month, calling on users of Windows to urgently update their operating systems in order to avoid a new “wormable” vulnerability.
|
|
Quantum computing has become open source following Microsoft's decision to expand its Q# programming language. This move was announced at Microsoft's annual Build Developer conference.
|
|
By AFP
San Francisco -
Longtime video game console rivals Microsoft and Sony on Thursday announced an alliance to improve their platforms for streaming entertainment from the internet cloud.
|
|
After a jump in its stock price earlier today, Microsoft became the third US company to pass a market cap of $1 trillion. However, it may have happened only briefly as the stock price jumped after it showed strong earnings for the third fiscal quarter.
|
|
On Monday, Microsoft announced they would nearly double their internal carbon fee to $15 per metric ton on all carbon emissions, meaning the company will charge itself more for its emissions from operations, buildings, and data centers.
|
|
By AFP
Bejing -
Microsoft has been collaborating with researchers linked to a Chinese military-backed university on artificial intelligence, elevating concerns that US firms are contributing to China's high-tech surveillance and censorship apparatus.
|
|
Microsoft has just begun to roll out an update for Windows 7 that will also inform users about the end of support on January 14th, 2020.
|
|
Microsoft announced Monday that it's teamed up with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of Washington to create the Northwest Quantum Nexus, to promote quantum computing.
|
|
The latest Microsoft Windows operating system Windows 10 is now running on 800 million devices globally the company has announced.
|
|
Microsoft and Facebook’s jointly-owned transatlantic undersea cable has broken another another record in relation to data transfer speeds. A speed of 26.2 Terabits per second was achieved.
|
|
This week, Microsoft, Accenture and Avanade announced the formation of the Accenture Microsoft Business Group. The new team will provide over 45,000 professionals, in what is the largest group of Microsoft solution experts in the world.
|
|
Boston -
As electric, autonomous vehicles continue to advance the causes of errors are being addressed. One area that has led to some test-drive accidents are ‘blond spots’ with autonomous technology. A new solution aims to overcome this.
|
|
Microsoft has placed the blame of the supply of computer chips for then reason why there has been a drop in Windows revenue. At the same time, the technology giant reports a rise in cloud computing based revenue.
|
|
By AFP
Bejing -
Microsoft's Bing search engine was inaccessible in China on Thursday, with social media users fearing it could be the latest foreign website to be blocked by censors.Attempts to open cn.bing.
|
|
Microsoft is building a service that intends to be the "Netflix for games."
The service is currently named " Project xCloud," and its goal is to stream high-end video games to any device.
|
|
Redmond -
The Kroger Company and Microsoft Corp announced on Tuesday a collaboration to test an upgraded digital shelf technology that the Cincinnati-based supermarket chain says could speed up shopping for its customers.
|
|
Sydney -
The mega-hype surrounding artificial intelligence includes geopolitical, social, economic and many other factors. It's starting to look, however, like artificial intelligence will spring more than a few unexpected surprises on the world, and soon.
|
|
Did you hear the one about the technology company that developed an artificial intelligence platform to assess laughter and judge comedy?
|
|
Microsoft have surprised keen followers of technology and the stock market with a big rise in value — by over fifty percent — in the last year. Behind this success is the company’s CEO Satya Nadella.
|
|
Building on Microsoft's recent rise in valuation as a company and reflecting the tech firm's attempts at diversification, Microsoft has won a major military technology contract with the U.S. Army but the move is controversial with its employees.
|
|
A year ago Microsoft was worth just 50 percent of Apple, based on share price. Today the two companies are worth roughly the same, signalling an impressive growth curve from Microsoft. How did this happen?
|
|
A startup company that specializes in artificial intelligence solutions has received backing from some major players in the tech wold, receiving support from Microsoft, Intel and Amazon.
|
|
By AFP
San Francisco -
Paul Allen, who founded Microsoft with Bill Gates in the 1970s and later went on to become an investor, philanthropist and sports team owner, died Monday after his latest battle with cancer at age 65.
|
|
By AFP
San Francisco -
Billionaire Paul Allen, who founded US software giant Microsoft with Bill Gates in the 1970s, died Monday after his latest battle with cancer. He was 65."My brother was a remarkable individual on every level.
|
|
For those wishing to set up webpages but find the idea of writing code challenging, Microsoft are working on a solution - just draw the page and let an AI system create it for you.
|
|
Microsoft has taken the unusual step of requiring its U.S. located suppliers and vendors to offer paid paternity leave. The requirement affects companies employing 50 or more employees
|
|
Microsoft's has developed a new framework could help policymakers better understand cybersecurity. The set of tools and associated research paper draw upon many years of expertise collected by the technology giant.
|
|
Seattle -
Starbucks appears to be jumping on the bitcoin bandwagon and could give bitcoin a needed boost as its price is dropping of late. A new digital platform will allow customers to use bitcoin and other cryptocoins at Starbucks.
|
apis-396956 apis-396544 apis-396454 apis-396075 apis-395255 apis-393674 apis-393074 apis-392668 apis-390951 apis-390764 apis-389952 apis-389315 apis-387482 apis-387149 apis-387141 apis-386508 apis-385950 apis-385324 apis-384941 apis-384039 apis-383305 apis-382814 apis-382729 apis-380658 apis-379257 apis-379251 apis-375166 apis-375153 apis-373538 apis-372952
Microsoft Image
Windows 10 Creators Update - new gaming features will improve performance and social sharing Microsoft
The controversial "Install updates from more than one place" Windows 10 setting
Xbox One Creators Update Insider Preview 23-01-2017 Microsoft
Ethan Jackson, a Microsoft researcher who is leading Project Premonition. Microsoft/Brian Smale
HP ProBook x360 11 Education Edition HP / Microsoft
Microsoft's committing another $50m to AI for Earth, considerably raising its initial $2m investment. Microsoft
Microsoft Teams Microsoft
Microsoft Edge blocked Flash content override prompt Microsoft
Tab preview in Microsoft Edge Microsoft
Microsoft's Xbox One is getting a substantial update later this year, including digital assistant Cortana Microsoft
HP's AI virtual agent Microsoft/HP
The Care N Grow app Microsoft
Xbox Game DVR on Windows 10 Microsoft
Xbox One Holiday Update Microsoft
Anthony Salcito, Vice President, Worldwide Education at Microsoft (right) congratulates Richard Appiah Akoto, a teacher from Ghana at Education Exchange in Singapore Microsoft
Screenshots of closing video from Microsoft's October 2015 live event Microsoft October 2015 Live Event
Learning tech trends at the Microsoft, Fifth Avenue, NYC, store. © Digital Journal
Microsoft Surface Ergonomic Keyboard Microsoft
|
|
