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Microsoft will invest $2.2 billion in cloud and AI services in Malaysia

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says the company will invest $2.2 billion over the next four years in new cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure in Malaysia.

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Microsoft will invest $1.7 billion in AI and cloud infrastructure in Indonesia

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How major US stock indexes fared Friday, 4/26/2024

Alphabet and Microsoft led the U.S. stock market to its first winning week in the last four and its biggest weekly gain since November. The S&P 500 rose 1% Friday.

Microsoft quarterly profit rises 20% as tech giant pushes to get customers using AI products

Microsoft has reported that its profit rose 20% for the January-March quarter as it tries to position itself as a leader in applying artificial intelligence technology to make workplaces more productive.

Microsoft and Amazon face scrutiny from UK competition watchdog over recent AI deals

British competition regulators say they’ll scrutinize recent artificial intelligence deals by Microsoft and Amazon over concerns that the moves could thwart competition in the AI industry.

Microsoft invests $1.5 billion in AI firm G42, overseen by UAE’s national security adviser

Microsoft is investing $1.5 billion in a technology firm based in the United Arab Emirates and overseen by the country’s powerful national security adviser.

Taiwan Semi, Spirit Airlines rise; Paramount Global, Occidental Petroleum fall, Monday, 4/8/2024

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Monday: Taiwan Semi, Spirit Airlines rise; Paramount Global, Occidental Petroleum fall

Tech companies want to build artificial general intelligence. But who decides when AGI is attained?

There’s a race underway to build artificial general intelligence, a futuristic vision of machines that are broadly as smart as humans or at least can do many things as well as people can.

NYC’s AI chatbot was caught telling businesses to break the law. The city isn’t taking it down

An artificial intelligence-powered chatbot meant to help small business owners in New York City has come under fire for dispensing bizarre advice that misstates local policies and advises companies to violate the law.

Scathing federal report rips Microsoft for shoddy security, insincerity in response to Chinese hack

A Biden administration-appointed review board has issued a scathing indictment of Microsoft corporate security and transparency.

Microsoft splits Teams from Office after antitrust scrutiny

Microsoft will stop packaging its Teams videoconferencing app with its Office software after the practice attracted antitrust scrutiny.

Justice Department sues Apple, alleging it illegally monopolized the smartphone market

The Justice Department on Thursday announced a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Apple, accusing the tech giant of engineering an illegal monopoly in smartphones that boxes out competitors, stifles innovation and keeps prices artificially high.

Microsoft hires influential AI figure Mustafa Suleyman to head up consumer AI business

Microsoft has hired Mustafa Suleyman to head up its consumer artificial intelligence business, adding to its ranks an influential figure to cement its position at the forefront of the booming AI industry.

Microsoft says it hasn’t been able to shake Russian state hackers

Microsoft says it is still trying to evict the elite Russian government hackers who broke into the email of senior company executives in November and have since been trying to breach customer networks with stolen access data.

Microsoft engineer sounds alarm on AI image-generator to US officials and company’s board

A Microsoft engineer is sounding an alarm about offensive and harmful imagery he says is too easily made by the company’s artificial intelligence image-generator tool.

Europe’s Digital Markets Act is forcing tech giants to make changes. Here’s what that will look like

Europeans scrolling their phones and computers this week will get new choices for default browsers and search engines, where to download iPhone apps and how their personal online data is used.

How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday, 3/5/2024

Big Tech stocks pulled Wall Street down to its worst day in three weeks. The S&P 500 fell 1% Tuesday, its second straight drop after closing last week at an all-time high.

Elon Musk sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, claiming betrayal of its goal to benefit humanity

Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman over what he says is a betrayal of the ChatGPT maker’s founding aims of benefiting humanity rather than pursuing profits.

How major US stock indexes fared Thursday, 2/29/2024

Wall Street closed out its fourth winning month in a row with more record highs. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% Thursday, beating the all-time high it set last week.

Electronic Arts cutting about 5% of workforce with layoffs ongoing in gaming and tech sector

Electronic Arts is cutting about 5% of its workforce, or approximately 670 employees, as layoffs in the technology and gaming sector continue after a surge of hiring in recent years.

Humanoid robot-maker Figure partners with OpenAI and gets backing from tech giants

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is looking to fuse its artificial intelligence systems into the bodies of humanoid robots as part of a new deal with robotics startup Figure.

Sony to cut about 900 jobs in its PlayStation unit as layoffs in technology, gaming sector continue

Sony will cut about 900 jobs in its PlayStation division, or about 8% of its global workforce, becoming the latest company in the technology and gaming sector to announce layoffs.

Microsoft’s new deal with France’s Mistral AI is under scrutiny from the European Union

The European Union is looking into Microsoft’s partnership with French startup Mistral AI. It’s part of a broader review of the booming generative artificial intelligence sector to see if it raises any competition concerns.

Microsoft inks deal with France’s Mistral AI, an OpenAI rival that has its own chatbot

Microsoft announced an artificial intelligence partnership Monday with the French startup Mistral AI that could lessen the software giant’s reliance on ChatGPT-maker OpenAI for supplying the next wave of chatbots and other generative AI products.

Microsoft is making 4 exclusive Xbox video games available to rival consoles

Several exclusive Xbox games will be soon making their way to rival consoles. That’s according an announcement Thursday by the video gaming brand and its parent company, Microsoft.

German chancellor welcomes Microsoft’s $3.5 billion AI investment in Germany

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has welcomed an announcement by Microsoft that it would invest almost 3.3 billion euros, or about $3.5 billion, in Germany over the next two years to massively expand its data center capacities for applications in the field of artificial intelligence and cloud computing.

How major US stock indexes fared Monday, 2/12/2024

Wall Street held steady around record high levels following its latest weekly gain. The S&P 500 slipped 0.1%, weighed down by losses in tech stocks including Microsoft and Apple.

How major US stock indexes fared Friday, 2/9/2024

Wall Street closed out its latest winning week with another milestone, the S&P 500’s first close above 5,000.

Wall Street waltzes past its latest milestone as S&P 500 closes above 5,000

Wall Street set its latest record after the S&P 500 rose 0.6% to close above the 5,000 level for the first time.

Google rebrands its AI services as Gemini, launches new app and subscription service

Google has introduced a free artificial intelligence app that will implant the technology on smartphones.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella caps a decade of change and tremendous growth

Satya Nadella marks his tenth year as Microsoft CEO on Sunday, capping a decade of stunning growth as he pivoted the slow-moving software giant into a laser focus on cloud computing and artificial intelligence.

How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday, 1/31/2024

Wall Street fell to its worst loss since September after Big Tech stocks got burned by the downside of high expectations and the Federal Reserve indicated cuts to interest rates likely aren’t imminent.