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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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."