Satya Nadella argues that Microsoft's AI bet is paying off as Copilot usage nearly triples
Let's rename everything "Copilot"
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Microsoft built a 750W AI chip to challenge Nvidia's dominance, claims 3x performance gains over Amazon
The Maia 200 AI accelerator packs 140 billion transistors on a 3nm process
Microsoft's new gaming anti-cheat could ping your PC to the cloud every time you boot
Call of Duty also uses Virtualization-based security, Secure Boot, and TPM
Windows 11 now nags you to renew your Microsoft 365 subscription
Redmond continues to push its productivity suite
Protesters occupied Microsoft president Brad Smith's office over Israel contract row
Some were Microsoft employees
Windows Server users have a new tool to convert VMware virtual machines to Hyper-V instances
While preparing for a cloud-only future, on-premise setups can live on in virtualized form
Microsoft's Azure revenue tops $75 billion as AI demand accelerates
AWS leads the global cloud infrastructure market, but Azure's growth rate continues to impress
Microsoft brings hot patching to Windows Server, reboot-free updates
Greedy patching: Hot patching is a way to quickly install security updates without requiring an OS reboot. Microsoft has offered the feature for years through its Azure cloud platform, but it's soon coming to non-cloud versions of Windows Server. It won't be free, but Microsoft's target audience is enterprise customers.
Microsoft considered shutting down Xbox before major game developer acquisitions
Redmond's gaming division was underperforming, and still is in cloud subscription metrics
Microsoft faces FTC scrutiny over alleged antitrust practices in federal cybersecurity deals
Using free trials to lock government and military into expensive subscriptions?
In brief: The US Federal Trade Commission has spent weeks investigating Microsoft's cybersecurity deals with the federal government. Although the case's fate under the incoming Trump administration remains uncertain, the Commission continues to pursue it, illuminating the tech giant's alleged strategy of locking government customers into its products to block competition.
Hacked TP-Link routers at center of massive botnet used to attack Azure customers
The network is probably still operational and likely acquiring new infrastructure
Microsoft details its first AI SoC: Maia 100 promises affordable AI acceleration
Maia likely won't beat Nvidia's H100 in a race, but cheaper can't hurt sales
Google's $512M sweetener for Europe firms failed to derail deal with Microsoft
The EU cloud group said no thanks
Microsoft left a server containing employee credentials exposed to the internet for a month
Admins waited 28 days before securing the server with a password
Windows is now an iPhone app, letting you stream a PC in the cloud
New cloud app bundles Azure, Windows 365, Dev Box, and remote desktop access
Microsoft is now making its own Arm processors for AI and cloud workloads
Reducing reliance on Nvidia and other outside processors for key growth driver
Microsoft exposed 38 terabytes of sensitive data while working on AI model
Basic cloud security practices were lacking
Facepalm: Training generative AI models requires coordination and cooperation among many developers, and additional security checks should be in place. Microsoft is clearly lacking in this regard, as the corporation has put vast amounts of data at risk for years.
Microsoft criticized for security practices, the Azure platform is "worse than you think"
Redmond behaves in a "grossly irresponsible" way when dealing with dangerous vulnerabilities
Microsoft Q3 2023 revenues rise 7%, but Windows and Xbox sales are down yet again
Azure and other cloud services were the saving grace
UK regulator warns of Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure cloud dominance
A further investigation into potential antitrust law violations would be nice
GM plans to develop an Azure-powered in-car AI assistant
Chatbot could provide instructional information and schedule car appointments
Forward-looking: The ability to receive assistance from a talking car has been a popular fantasy since Knight Rider aired on TV. Modern artificial intelligence models like OpenAI might bring car manufacturers and tech companies closer than ever to that dream.
ChatGPT was made possible thanks to tens of thousands of Nvidia GPUs, which Microsoft is now upgrading
Microsoft used hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Nvidia A100 GPUs and is now upgrading to H100s
Cloud division saves Microsoft from weak Xbox and Windows performance
Microsoft is betting big on AI
Azure OpenAI and ChatGPT services are now available to enterprise customers
Microsoft's commitment to democratizing AI with chatbot capabilities