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11.07 / 16:15

Microsoft Activision UK antitrust regulator ready to consider revisions to Microsoft's Activision purchase

Microsoft's planned acquisition of videogame maker Activision Blizzard in light of a U.S. court ruling which said the deal could go ahead.

11.07 / 15:49

Microsoft NASDAQ CEO Microsoft announces more job cuts after January layoffs

Simpler Trading VP of Options Danielle Shay tells ‘Making Money with Charles Payne’ that Microsoft has a strong impact on the S&P and the NASDAQ and argues that it can ‘carry stocks higher.’

11.07 / 15:35

Microsoft Deal Activision US judge rules Microsoft deal to buy Activision can go forward

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A U.S. judge ruled on Tuesday that Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) may go forward with its planned acquisition of blockbuster videogame maker Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI), turning aside antitrust enforcers' request for a preliminary injunction to temporarily stop the $69 billion deal.

11.07 / 15:35

Citi Microsoft Software NVIDIA Intel AMD AI Chip Wars: Is AMD Ready to Challenge Nvidia's Market Dominance?

Nvidia(NASDAQ:NVDA) first-quarter earnings report completely changed Wall Street’s perception of the ongoing generative AI revolution. The chipmaker offered a monstrous guidance that topped analyst expectations by over 50%.

11.07 / 15:29

UPS BLOCK Microsoft Mobile Tencent Sony US court Activision Microsoft wins US court nod to buy Activision in FTC loss

Microsoft Corp. won a court’s okay to move forward with its $69 billion deal to buy Activision Blizzard Inc., defeating an effort by the US Federal Trade Commission to block the largest ever gaming deal. The decision by Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley in San Francisco means Microsoft can seek to close its merger with Activision ahead of a July 18 deadline everywhere except for the UK, which vetoed the deal in May.

11.07 / 14:43

Amazon Microsoft NASDAQ Apple Tesla NVIDIA Nasdaq 100 to undergo special rebalance to address overconcentration of 'magnificent seven'

Currently, Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia, Tesla, Alphabet, Meta Platforms and Amazon, which are described as the “magnificent seven”, account for more than half of the index’s weight when combined.

11.07 / 14:11

COST UPS Microsoft Software Enterprise Salesforce to raise prices of some cloud products from August

Salesforce will raise prices for some of its cloud and marketing tools by an average 9% from August, the maker of software for customer relations management said, sending its shares up nearly 4% in early trading on Tuesday. Its first price hike in seven years comes at a time when Salesforce and several other technology companies are increasing their spending to include generative artificial intelligence (AI) to their products and services.

11.07 / 14:11

Facebook UPS Digital Microsoft Platform Apple Meta Platforms EU looks to take lead in metaverse world, avoid Big Tech dominance

European Commission on Tuesday set out a plan in a bid to take the lead in the metaverse — shared virtual worlds accessible through the internet — and to prevent Big Tech dominating a nascent sphere that could boost economic growth. The EU initiative comes as Facebook owner Meta Platforms, Microsoft and Apple work on metaverse products or services, prompting fears that the companies may get an unfair advantage over smaller rivals.

11.07 / 14:07

Amazon Microsoft companies Meta Returns fundsmith Tech companies drive Fundsmith's H1 returns following Amazon sale

Terry Smith (pictured) is the CEO of Fundsmith and manager of the Fundsmith Equity fund

11.07 / 14:05

business Blockchain Microsoft Marketplace Cloud Services Axelar partners with Microsoft for hybrid blockchain solutions

On July 11, cross-chain protocol Axelar and tech giant Microsoft announced a partnership to bridge public and private blockchains. The collaboration will see Axelar joining Microsoft’s Azure marketplace, becoming the first cross-chain protocol listed on the developer’s online store.

11.07 / 10:45

Ethereum Twitter Target Digital Microsoft CAT phishing attack crypto phishing Crypto Phishing Attack: Gutter Cat Gang Twitter Account Compromised, NFTs Worth $750K Stolen

The crypto industry has seen yet another hacking attack that resulted in a theft of a massive amount of money.

11.07 / 09:51

UPS FIVE Digital Microsoft PwC KPMG releases its custom ChatGPT tool to clients

After answering tens of thousands of questions for KPMG staffers, the consultancy’s custom ChatGPT tool is now available for clients to build their own chatbots, powered by OpenAI’s generative artificial intelligence.

11.07 / 03:27

Amazon Microsoft NASDAQ Apple Tesla NVIDIA fall Nasdaq 100 Rebalance: Apple, Microsoft, other heavyweight stocks fall ahead of index’s special rebalance

market capitalization at $2.967 trillion, while shares of Alphabet and Amazon dropped over 2%. Microsoft and Tesla share prices fell more than 1% each. In a move to address “overconcentration of index", Nasdaq said it would carry out a “Special Rebalance of the index by redistributing the weights".

11.07 / 03:07

Amazon Microsoft NASDAQ Apple Tesla Market heavyweights dip ahead of Nasdaq 100 rebalance

Apple, Microsoft and other heavyweight companies dipped on Monday after Nasdaq Inc said it would rebalance its Nasdaq 100 index to address the benchmark's «overconcentration.» Apple dropped 1.1%, leaving its market capitalization at $2.967 trillion. It closed above the $3 trillion threshold for the first time on June 30.

11.07 / 02:29

Reuters Microsoft NASDAQ Apple NIFTY Indian Gift Nifty, Asian markets in the green amid gains on Wall Street: Check out key global cues for Indian stock market

US Federal Reserve to increase interest rates by 25 basis points this month. Meanwhile, several Fed officials said additional interest rate hikes are needed to bring down inflation that is still too high, but the end to the US central bank's current monetary policy tightening cycle is getting close, Reuters reported. Also Read: Buy or sell: Vaishali Parekh recommends three stocks to buy today — 11th July In Japan, Nikkei 225 gained 0.6% and the Topix rose 0.3%.

10.07 / 18:55

UPS FIVE Microsoft Apple NVIDIA Technology, the new heartthrob of market rallies

artificial intelligence (AI), is driving the rally on Wall Street as the US economy heads into recession. The S&P 500 would be lower than at the beginning of the year without stocks like Apple, Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft and Nvidia climbing in the range of a third to more than double. Technology stocks have advanced nearly 40% in six months, the fastest pace in two decades.

10.07 / 18:27

MET Microsoft CEO Action Senators US senators to get classified White House AI briefing Tuesday

By David Shepardson

10.07 / 02:05

Facebook Booking Microsoft Action Simulation Copyright lawsuits Comedian Sarah Silverman, 2 authors file copyright infringement lawsuits against Meta, OpenAI

OpenAI, accusing them of using their content without permission to train artificial intelligence language models. The class action lawsuits were filed in the federal court of San Francisco on Friday. Silverman, Kadrey, and Golden claim that Facebook's parent company Meta and ChatGPT maker OpenAI, which is supported by Microsoft Corp, utilized copyrighted material from their books to train chatbots.

09.07 / 23:55

Facebook Booking Microsoft Platform Action Copyright Sarah Silverman sues Meta, OpenAI for copyright infringement

By Jack Queen

09.07 / 20:39

Twitter Amazon Microsoft Simulation Want to use Threads on Windows 11? Here’s how you can install Meta’s Twitter-rival on PC

Meta recently launched its Twitter rival Threads and it has amassed great support from the users. Needless to say, it became the fastest app to cross 1 million users surpassing OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT. However, as we know, Threads doesn’t have web support yet.

09.07 / 04:13

Microsoft Align ‘Disempowerment of humanity’: Paytm founder concerned over ‘superintelligent AI’

ChatGPT creator, OpenAI's statement which says that it does not have a solution for steering or controlling a potentially superintelligent AI, and preventing it from going rogue. In a tweet, Sharma said, “In less than 7 years we have a system that may lead to the disempowerment of humanity => even human extinction.

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