A.I. Culture & Policy News OpenAI faces mass resignations amidst leadership crisis The fallout of Sam Altman’s surprising ouster from OpenAI continues to spread.… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 21, 20233 minute read
A.I. Business News Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, OpenAI co-founders, join Microsoft to lead new AI team In a move being termed by many in the industry as somewhat… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalNovember 20, 20232 minute read
A.I. Global News Bing Chat and Bing Chat Enterprise undergo a rebrand to Copilot Microsoft is bidding farewell to Bing Chat and ushering in Copilot as… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 16, 20233 minute read
Culture & Policy Global Microsoft News Microsoft launches a new tool to create highly realistic talking avatar videos with text input At its annual Ignite conference this year, tech behemoth Microsoft has now… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 16, 20233 minute read
Business News Microsoft clocks $56.5Bn in revenue in Q1 FY24, Intelligent Cloud revenue up by 19% The recently-ended quarter has seen a strong performance from tech titan Microsoft,… Soumyadeep SarkarOctober 26, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy Global News U.S. IRS drops $28.9 billion tax bombshell on Microsoft It seems that Microsoft is in hot waters with the Internal Revenue… Soumyadeep SarkarOctober 12, 20232 minute read
Internet News Security Record DDoS attack hits 398Mn requests per second, mitigated by AWS, Google, Microsoft, and others In a staggering turn of events, the cybersecurity world has been shaken… Soumyadeep SarkarOctober 11, 20233 minute read
Global News UK competition watchdog probes AWS, Google, Microsoft, alleged anti-competitive practices in focus The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in the UK has initiated a… Soumyadeep SarkarOctober 5, 20233 minute read
Business News Microsoft proposed selling Bing to Apple in 2020, deal never materialised Google has, for a long time, had a dominance in the search… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 29, 20232 minute read
A.I. Apps News Microsoft is bringing Copilot in an ‘early form’ to Windows 11 via an update on Sept. 26 Copilot, Microsoft’s ambitious AI tool that clubs with several of Microsoft’s software… Staff@The Tech PortalSeptember 22, 20232 minute read
Business Culture & Policy Global News Microsoft restructures Activision deal, to sell Activision cloud gaming rights to Ubisoft as it looks for UK approval In a massive change, Microsoft has restructured the proposed deal to acquire… Soumyadeep SarkarAugust 22, 20233 minute read
Gaming Microsoft News Microsoft to pull the plug on Xbox 360 Store and marketplace on July 29 next year In what would certainly mark the end of an era for the… Soumyadeep SarkarAugust 17, 20233 minute read
A.I. Internet News Microsoft’s Bing Chat to expand to third-party browsers soon Microsoft’s Bing Chat is set to expand its reach to third-party browsers… Soumyadeep SarkarAugust 7, 20232 minute read
Business News Microsoft’s revenue for Q4 FY23 shows modest rise amid AI costs, stock takes a hit Microsoft’s recent push into the AI sector had done wonders for its… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 27, 20233 minute read
A.I. Culture & Policy Global News OpenAI, Microsoft, others make voluntary AI safety commitments, pledge to watermark AI content With an ever-increasing confluence around A.I., potential misuse and serious harm are… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 22, 20233 minute read
A.I. Enterprise Internet News Microsoft rolls out Bing Chat Enterprise in preview, announces pricing for 365 Copilot Soon after it announced an expansion of its partnership with Meta to… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 19, 20233 minute read
Internet Microsoft News Security Chinese hackers exploit Microsoft cloud vulnerability, US govt. email accounts compromised In a significant data breach, Chinese state-linked hackers accessed nearly 25 email… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 13, 20232 minute read
Business Gaming Global News Microsoft gets crucial US court win against FTC for its Activision-Blizzard acquisition Microsoft’s efforts to seal its blockbuster deal to acquire Activision Blizzard just… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 11, 20233 minute read
Global News Startups Inflection AI gets $1.3Bn from Microsoft, Nvidia to expand work on its ‘Inflection-1’ AI model The number and size of investments in startups may have waned in… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 30, 20233 minute read
Culture & Policy Gaming Global News FTC moves to block the $69Bn Microsoft-Activision deal, files injunction and temporary restraining order Microsoft’s anticipation on completing its acquisition of gaming giant Activision Blizzard, doesn’t… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 13, 20233 minute read
Enterprise News Microsoft brings support for AI-driven ‘Designer’, communities to Teams The realm of AI has witnessed remarkable progress in recent months, with… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 2, 20233 minute read
