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Microsoft allows users to customise Copilot key on Windows 11 beta

A new beta version of Windows 11 features the customisation updates, available for testers starting today

Microsoft launches new unified app to connect to Windows across platforms

The new Windows app is limited to only Microsoft work and school accounts as it is mainly intended for current users of Remote Desktop clients for Windows and other operating systems to transition to

Microsoft prez warns of possible meddling in final 48 hours of US elections

Foreign actors already have been spreading manipulated videos and false posts to sow discord around the US presidential election

Blackrock, Microsoft join hands to raise $30 billion for AI investments

The infrastructure investments - including energy projects - will be mostly in the US, with a portion of the funds to be deployed in US partner countries, the companies said in a statement

Microsoft plans new $60 billion buyback, raises quarterly dividend 10%

The software company said late Monday that shareholders as of Nov. 21 will receive a quarterly dividend of 83 cents a share, compared with the current 75 cents

Ms signs office AI deal with Vodafone, adds features to Excel, Outlook

Microsoft has been infusing its product line with AI technology from partner OpenAI and is touting the new features as a second wave of business-oriented Copilots, AI tools

Microsoft India buys another land in Pune for Rs 453 cr: Square Yards

Technology giant Microsoft Corporation (India) has bought around 16 acres of land in Pune from Viva Highways for Rs 453 crore, according to property consultant Square Yards. In a statement on Friday, Square Yards said the recent land deal in Pune, registered in September 2024, involved the purchase of 66,450 square metres (approximately 16.4 acres) from Viva Highways Limited. "The transaction, which registered under its Indian arm Microsoft Corporation (India) Pvt Ltd incurred a stamp duty of Rs 27.18 crore along with a registration fee of Rs 30,000," the consultant said, adding that the total consideration paid was Rs 453 crore. Earlier this week, Square Yards said that Microsoft had bought 16.4 acres of land in Pune for Rs 520 crore. "As per the registration document reviewed by Square Yards, Microsoft's Indian arm, Microsoft Corporation (India) Pvt Ltd, acquired 66,414.5 square meters (around 16.4 acres) of prime land in Pune's Hinjewadi. The transaction, registered in August 20

Microsoft names former GE CFO Dybeck as operations chief amid AI push

The appointment comes at a time when Microsoft is aggressively pursuing the lead in the cloud services market and trying to close the gap with Amazon's Amazon Web Services

Microsoft to cut 650 jobs from its Xbox unit in third layoff this year

Xbox employees had been bracing for further reductions after Microsoft cut 1,900 jobs, many from Activision units and studios, in January

Cloud-based productivity software suite recovering after outage: Microsoft

Microsoft's Azure cloud platform had said on X it was probing customer reports of a potential issue connecting Microsoft's services from AT&T networks

Cloud-based productivity software suite recovering after outage: Microsoft

Microsoft's Azure cloud platform had said on X it was probing customer reports of a potential issue connecting Microsoft's services from AT&T networks

Microsoft 365 services down for thousands of users, shows Downdetector

There were more than 20,000 incidents of people reporting issues with Microsoft 365, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources

Microsoft acquires 16.4-acre land parcel for Rs 520 crore in Pune

The information technology conglomerate recently acquired a 16.4-acre land parcel for Rs 520 crore in Pune's Hinjewadi

Microsoft acquires Rs 520 cr land in Pune for data centre expansion plans

Microsoft recently acquired a 25-acre plot in Pimpri-Chinchwad for Rs 328 crore and 48 acres of land in Hyderabad for Rs 267 crore

Xbox Game Pass Standard plan for console now available in India: What's new

The Xbox Game Pass Standard plan replaces the Xbox Game Pass for Console plan and introduces support for online console multiplayer

Microsoft backed G42 to build India's largest supercomputer with 8 exaflop

Microsoft and Mubadala-backed G42 will build India's largest supercomputer with eight exaflops, which can perform millions of trillion floating-point operations per second, a senior company official said on Tuesday. G42 India CEO Manu Jain told PTI that the company also unveiled a beta version of Hindi language large language model -- an artificial intelligence engine, with which users can converse in Hindi, English and Hinglish (mix of Hindi and English) language. He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had visited Abu Dhabi earlier this year and a memorandum of understanding on digital infrastructure was signed between India and the UAE. "We are the chosen implementation partner to execute this MoU. The MoU had spoken about three things - setting up a very large 2 gigawatt data centre in India. This can double the existing capacity of data centres in India. The second is building one of India's largest supercomputers up to 8 exaflops which we (G42) are building with Cerebras, an

UK's CMA clears Microsoft's staff hiring, partnership with Inflection AI

The CMA said that even before being bought, Inflection had a small portion of UK visits for chatbots and AI tools and, unlike its rivals, couldn't significantly grow or maintain its chatbot users

Microsoft plans to sign MoU with Karnataka for AI skilling: Minister Patil

Large and Medium Industries Minister MB Patil announced on Tuesday that Microsoft plans to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Karnataka government to enhance skills in generative AI and other emerging technologies, an official statement said.The announcement followed a meeting between the minister and a Microsoft delegation led by Puneet Chandok, President of Microsoft India and South Asia, who discussed the company's upcoming initiatives.To establish Karnataka as one of India's most AI-driven states, Microsoft intends to bring in solution experts to explore how AI can be integrated into investor support processes within the Department of Commerce & Industries, the minister explained.The discussions also included Microsoft's participation in the upcoming Global Investor Meet, with a focus on collaboration with Invest Karnataka to showcase Microsoft's innovations during the event, scheduled to take place from February 12-14, 2025. Microsoft also plans to have ...

Tech wrap Sep 03: HP Victus laptops, Apple iPhones, Microsoft Recall, more

HP Victus Special Edition laptops launched with NVIDIA GPUs. Apple might discontinue iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max. Recall on Copilot+ PCs can not be uninstalled

Recall feature on Copilot+ PCs can not be uninstalled, Microsoft confirms

The AI-powered Recall feature for Windows on Arm would likely be opt-in, however, will not let users completely remove it from their PCs