AI takes its toll on Big Tech
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Monday, 12 February 2024 10:41

AI takes its toll on Big Tech


Tech giants axe 34,000 jobs

Major tech firms such as Microsoft, Alphabet, PayPal, and eBay have sacked 34,000 workers since the start of 2024 to focus on artificial intelligence (AI), the Financial Times revealed.

Microsoft boss turns company around in 10 years
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It is worth ten times more

While we might miss the shy and retired former Microsoft CEO Steve [there’s a kind of hush] Ballmer, his replacement has undoubtedly done a lot better with the company.

Microsoft’s AI obsession
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Friday, 02 February 2024 10:06

Microsoft’s AI obsession


We will use it everywhere

Software King of the World and supreme Vole Satya Nadella has confirmed that his outfit is obsessed with using AI as much as possible.

Microsoft and OpenAI knew about DALL-E 3 problems
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Pair allowed pervs to make fake porn of Taylor Swift: claim

A Microsoft AI boss says he found holes in OpenAI's DALL-E 3 image maker in early December that let users make violent and dirty images and that the company stopped him from telling the public.

Microsoft's mini-me
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Thursday, 25 January 2024 09:45

Microsoft's mini-me


Tech whizzes shrink Windows 11 to the size of a biscuit

NTDEV has made a version of Microsoft's bulky OS that's just 100MB to 20 times smaller.

Vodafone signs AI deal with Microsoft
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Wednesday, 17 January 2024 10:09

Vodafone signs AI deal with Microsoft


Phone giant teams up with Microsoft for AI and cloud

Vodafone has signed a 10-year deal with Microsoft to use the tech monster's artificial intelligence and cloud technology.

Apple crumbles as Microsoft rises
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Monday, 08 January 2024 09:33

Apple crumbles as Microsoft rises


Can’t complain, must not grumble

The Tame Apple Press are terrified as arch-enemy Microsoft overtakes its favourite company as the world’s most valuable.

Microsoft jacks AI under the bonnet of new laptops
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Ready in 2024

Microsoft is gearing up to launch its new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop lines, which it claims will be its first true next-gen AI PCs.

TomTom teams up with Microsoft
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Wednesday, 20 December 2023 11:27

TomTom teams up with Microsoft


AI for cars

Digital mapping specialist TomTom has partnered with tech giant Microsoft to create an artificial intelligence (AI)--powered conversational assistant for vehicles.

Microsoft releases Phi-2 small language model
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Better than a Llama

Microsoft Research has announced the release of its Phi-2 small language model (SML), a text-to-text AI programme that is "small enough to run on a laptop or mobile device."