Microsoft can simulate your voice
All it needs is a three-second audio sample
Software King of the World Microsoft has announced a new text-to-speech AI model called VALL-E that can closely simulate a person’s voice when given a three-second audio sample.
Bing gets ChatGPT
Hope it will make Pennies from Heaven
Software King of the World Microsoft is to launch a version of Bing using the artificial intelligence behind ChatGPT.
Windows 11 is still not faster than Windows 10 on Intel
Only better at handling some workloads
When software King of the World Microsoft released Windows 11 it said that it would be faster than Windows 10 because it was optimised for more modern hardware, however, the latest figures show that they are still pretty much on par.
Sony complains that Microsoft’s ten-year pledge is smoke and mirrors
Nintendo gamers are not interested
Sony claims that Microsoft’s ten-year deal offered to Nintendo by Microsoft to bring the Call of Duty series to its consoles is smoke and mirrors.
Companies that fire IT staff are going to suffer in the long term
While those who hire them are going to do well
Dumb companies run by corporate geniuses who think they can save money by firing their IT staff to prop up their bottom lines are headed towards future doom.
Microsoft says that FTC is blocking its constitutional rights
Forming monopolies is the American way
Software king of the world Microsoft claims that its bid to buy Activision Blizzard is as much a constitutional right as owning guns.
France's privacy watchdog fines Microsoft €60 million for privacy violations
Take your nasty 'amburger eating cookies out of our sight
France's privacy watchdog has decided not to surrender to the software king of the world Microsoft and fined the outfit €60 million for dropping advertising cookies in users' computers without their explicit consent in violation of data protection laws in the European Union.
Microsoft might buy Netflix
Netflix and chilling blue screen of death
The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn claiming that Microsoft might be thinking of buying Netflix next year.
Gamers sue Microsoft over Activision Blizzard deal
...who just happen to be Playstation players
Microsoft has been sued by 10 playstation players over its proposed $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
Microsoft has another go at modernising Skype
Wants it to be more fun
Software King of the World Microsoft is having another crack at modernising its Skype messaging service.