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Tech giant Microsoft is developing its own AI models, which may be offered to developers, according to the report by The Information. Microsoft’s GitHub unit has already introduced models from Anthropic and Google as alternatives to OpenAI’s GPT-4o ...

Recent changes to US H-1B visa policies have raised concerns among Indian IT professionals seeking to work in the US. However, the impact may not be as severe as expected due to two main factors: a shortage of skilled American workers in technical f...

Microsoft, which operates some 300 data centres globally and is investing about $80 billion more in them by the end of June, has a goal to become carbon negative by 2030.

The company has begun testing out models from xAI, Meta and DeepSeek as potential OpenAI replacements in Copilot, according to the report.

Chinese technology companies, driven by advancements from the AI firm DeepSeek, are outperforming their US counterparts. Investment in China's '7 Titans' has surged, while the US 'Magnificent Seven' stocks have declined. Government support and AI in...

Microsoft has already spent 20.4 billion rand to set up South Africa's first enterprise-grade data centres in Johannesburg and Cape Town. The country has become a major hub for data centres to handle the high computational demands of AI as companies...

US stock market surged as the Dow Jones, S&P 500, and Nasdaq rallied on March 6, 2025, following Donald Trump’s tariff relief decision. Major indexes posted strong gains, with tech and auto stocks leading the charge. Microsoft, NVIDIA, and GM saw sh...

Microsoft has a number of ongoing contracts with CoreWeave that provide it with computing capacity from data centres, a partnership which is worth billions of dollars, the newspaper said.

The Southeast Asian nation is home to a large semiconductor industry, including top US multinationals such as Intel and GlobalFoundries, and is one of the top exporters of chips to the United States.

Nvidia-backed CoreWeave is preparing for its IPO filing with an estimated valuation of $35 billion. The firm relies heavily on two customers for 77% of its revenues. Microsoft accounts for 62% of this. CoreWeave aims to address material weaknesses i...

Britain's competition authority said on Wednesday that Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI Inc does not qualify for investigation under the merger provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002.

The move reflects changing user preferences and competition from other platforms. Skype’s technology, designed for desktops, struggled in the era of smartphones and cloud-based competitors, such as WhatsApp and Zoom.

Microsoft Outlook Global Outage: Tens of thousands of Microsoft users faced major disruptions on Saturday as Outlook, Teams, and other 365 services went down. Reports spiked in major U.S. cities, with users venting their frustration online. Microsof...

Microsoft will shut down Skype soon, following years of falling usage due to competition from apps such as WhatsApp and Zoom. Microsoft will instead focus on Teams, a collaboration platform widely utilized in the business sector. Ex-Skype staff will...

Founded in 2003, Skype's cheap audio and video calls quickly disrupted the landline industry in the early 2000s and made the company a household name boasting hundreds of millions of users at its peak. But the platform has struggled to keep up with ...

Tighter US restrictions on the exports of advanced artificial intelligence chips, such as those made by leader Nvidia, to Beijing have hurt the ability of American chipmakers and Big Tech to service one of the largest markets for semiconductors, acc...

Europe has no direct equivalent to either Nvidia, whose chips power a lot of existing AI capability, or Microsoft, but shares in companies that are exposed to datacentres endured a second day of selling. Microsoft has said its AI and cloud capacity ...

Microsoft is testing a free, ad-supported version of its Office suite for Windows users, offering access to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. However, there are significant limitations such as the absence of advanced features and local file storage. This...

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella warns Nvidia of potential risks due to an oversupply of AI resources. By 2027-2028, Microsoft plans to lease computing power instead of building more, potentially driving down prices. An AI market slowdown and the trend o...