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11.09 / 10:35

Digital Microsoft Google Fighting Apple AT&T Google's rivals get day in court as momentous US antitrust trial begins

Google's tactics have made it too tough to get people to use their search engine on a mobile phone, will be one of many rivals to the online search giant eyeing a once-in-a-generation antitrust trial set to begin Tuesday. The United States will argue Google didn't play by the rules in its efforts to dominate online search in a trial seen as a battle for the soul of the Internet.

11.09 / 08:43

UPS Digital Microsoft Telegram Platform Interface WhatsApp working on 'Third-party chats', feature will let users directly message Telegram contacts

WhatsApp is gearing up to introduce a new feature that promises to reshape the way users connect and communicate across different messaging platforms. According to The Verge, this new development was unveiled in a recent WhatsApp for Android beta update (version 2.23.19.8).

11.09 / 03:53

Facebook Reuters Microsoft Google Platform Apple Meta is developing a new, more powerful AI system

Meta Platforms is working on a new artificial-intelligence system intended to be as powerful as the most advanced model offered by OpenAI, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Facebook parent is aiming for its new AI model to be ready next year, the Journal said, adding it will be several times more powerful than its commercial version dubbed Llama 2.

10.09 / 05:15

UPS Digital Booking Microsoft Software PowerPoint software co-creator Dennis Austin dies at 76

Dennis Austin, who co-created the PowerPoint software almost 36 years ago which is still being used by millions, has passed away in the US. Austin, 76, died from lung cancer that metastasised to the brain, reports The Washington Post.

10.09 / 04:17

Citi Digital Microsoft Waters Aware Google Racing AI technology behind ChatGPT was built in Iowa - with a lot of water

ChatGPT can be hard to measure. But one thing Microsoft-backed OpenAI needed for its technology was plenty of water, pulled from the watershed of the Raccoon and Des Moines rivers in central Iowa to cool a powerful supercomputer as it helped teach its AI systems how to mimic human writing.

10.09 / 01:35

Amazon Microsoft Google Mobile Interface China leads the world in artificial intelligence; India tries catch-up

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates had called artificial intelligence (AI) only the second revolutionary tech advancement in his lifetime, the first being graphical user interface (GUI), the foundation upon which Windows was built.In a blog post in March, he called AI development similar to other tech inventions such as microprocessors, mobile phones and internet.

09.09 / 14:49

COST Citi Microsoft Waters Aware Google Racing Artificial intelligence technology behind ChatGPT was built in Iowa -- with a lot of water

As they race to capitalize on a craze for generative AI, leading tech developers including Microsoft, OpenAI and Google have acknowledged that growing demand for their AI tools carries hefty costs, from expensive semiconductors to an increase in water ...

09.09 / 13:59

Citi Digital Microsoft Waters Aware Google Racing Artificial intelligence technology behind ChatGPT was built in Iowa, with a lot of water

artificial intelligence product like ChatGPT can be hard to measure. But one thing Microsoft-backed OpenAI needed for its technology was plenty of water, pulled from the watershed of the Raccoon and Des Moines rivers in central Iowa to cool a powerful supercomputer as it helped teach its AI systems how to mimic human writing.

09.09 / 06:07

UPS FIVE Microsoft NASDAQ Platform Apple Reality is creeping in on the Nasdaq’s year long dream rally

tech stocks all year. Surging valuations and elevated interest rates doom them. Earnings forecasts are a fantasy.

08.09 / 17:25

Digital Microsoft Progressive Google Strategy country businesses Successive governments have taken Canada's economic security for granted, businesses say

It may seem on first blush that Canada has taken a number of steps to protect its businesses in the past few years, given it has restricted Chinese companies from investing in this country’s critical minerals sector and introduced cybersecurity bills to protect critical infrastructure.

08.09 / 13:31

Digital Microsoft Google CEO NVIDIA country TIME100 AI List: These Indians made a difference in the AI space

TIME Magazine on Friday released its first TIME100 AI list which recognises personalities who made notable contributions in the ever-growing field of artificial intelligence (AI). On the list, naturally, are obvious names like Sam Altman, cofounder and CEO of OpenAI, Nvidia top boss Jensen Huang, and X (formerly Twitter) boss Elon Musk who launched xAI in July.

07.09 / 19:03

business Microsoft Tencent WeChat OpenAI Tencent unveils ChatGPT rival in China amid continuing US AI chip ban

Chinese technology corporation Tencent unveiled its “Hunyuan” artificial intelligence (AI) system, a multimodal large language model (LLM) similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, at the Global Digital Ecosystem Summit in Shenzhen on Sept. 7.

07.09 / 17:39

Microsoft CEO Dreams Celebrity stage country SBI MF buys 8% in Nazara for ₹410 crore

₹410 crore, which follows the 4 September ₹100 crore surprise investment by Nikhil and Nithin Kamath, the founders of India’s largest brokerage Zerodha Broking Ltd. Nazara Tech, which has staged a stellar rally this year and gained over 39% in the last three months, said the firm will issue 5.74 million fresh shares on preferential basis to three MF schemes of SBI Mutual Fund at ₹714 apiece. SBI MF had around ₹7.6 trillion in average assets under management for the June quarter as the country’s largest fund manager.

07.09 / 16:57

Digital Microsoft Software Enterprise Copyright Customers Microsoft to defend customers on AI copyright challenges

Microsoft will pay legal damages on behalf of customers using its artificial intelligence (AI) products if they are sued for copyright infringement for the output generated by such systems, the company said on Thursday. Microsoft will assume responsibility for the potential legal risks arising out of any claims raised by third parties so long as the company's customers use «the guardrails and content filters» built into its products, the company said. It offers functionality meant to reduce the likelihood that the AI returns infringing content.

07.09 / 15:09

Provident Microsoft Tesla Discover Inside Wealthy Russian with Kremlin ties gets 9 years in prison for hacking and insider trading scheme

A federal judge in Boston has sentenced a wealthy Russian businessman with ties to the Kremlin to nine years in prison for his role in a nearly $100 million insider trading scheme that relied on stolen company earnings information hacked through U.S. c...

07.09 / 14:05

Facebook Twitter Microsoft Platform show social China suspected of using AI on social media to sway US voters, Microsoft says

(Reuters) -Microsoft researchers said on Thursday they found what they believe is a network of fake, Chinese-controlled social media accounts seeking to influence U.S. voters by using artificial intelligence.

07.09 / 13:53

Facebook Digital Microsoft Platform show social China may be behind social media accounts seeking to sway US voters, Microsoft says

Microsoft researchers said on Thursday they found what they believe is a network of fake, Chinese-controlled social media accounts seeking to influence US voters by using artificial intelligence. A Chinese embassy spokesperson in Washington said that accusations of China using AI to create fake social media accounts were «full of prejudice and malicious speculation» and that China advocates for the safe use of AI.

07.09 / 13:17

Amazon Microsoft Google Apple AAPL GenAI will push Microsoft, Google, and Amazon's market cap above Apple - Needham

Needham & Company analysts highlighted the transformative potential of generative AI in reshaping the competitive landscape for large global companies.

07.09 / 12:31

COST UPS Microsoft Occidental rock Microsoft Will Use Carbon-Absorbing Rocks to Meet Climate Goals

Most of the world’s efforts to remove carbon from the atmosphere use giant, vacuum-like devices that suck in air and isolate the carbon. Microsoft is funding a new approach that uses crushed-up limestone to achieve the same result. The tech company said Thursday it agreed to buy credits from startup Heirloom Carbon for the removal of up to 315,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide over 10 years.

07.09 / 12:04

Digital Amazon Microsoft Google Platform Apple Browser European Commission EU targets Apple, Amazon, Meta and other Big Tech in next phase of digital crackdown

The European Union is targeting six Big Tech companies including Amazon, Apple and Microsoft under new digital rules aimed at reining in the market power of online companies

07.09 / 00:21

Ethereum Provident Target BLOCK Microsoft Software Government Websites Hacked by MetaMask Scammers to Target Crypto Investors

Multiple government-owned websites are being leveraged by crypto scammers to con visitors with fake redirection links related to the popular crypto wallet, MetaMask.

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