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Meta is not done with the metaverse after it unveiled a new AI model designed to control the behaviour of digital agents in virtual experiences.
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Microsoft has revealed plans to extend its global data centre footprint to Perth, Western Australia, with an Azure Extended Zone set to launch by mid-2025.
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In the latest twist in Elon Musk’s existential legal battle with OpenAI, lawyers for the Tesla billionaire have filed an injunction aimed at preventing OpenAI and backer Microsoft from engaging in “anticompetitive conduct.”
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What does it truly mean to be a leader? Influencer, thought leader, and leading expert: Tags like these are applied throughout the tech industry, and beyond, almost like stickers, with businesses looking to wheel out what they perceive to be one of their true stars to showcase to the public.
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Microsoft has unveiled its first in-house developed DPU, or data processing unit, to equip its cloud servers with an extra performance boost.
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Microsoft and Kyndryl have joined forces to enable the adoption of enterprise-grade generative artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for businesses on the Microsoft Cloud.
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft have noted their opposition to a plan to refer the UK cloud market for investigation into anti-competitive behaviour.
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Meta will partner with Microsoft to give businesses the opportunity to develop their own use cases
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Microsoft has won its court case against the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), potentially clearing the way to acquire Activision in a deal worth US$68.7 billion.
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Microsoft has reacted furiously to the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) blocking its US$68.7 billion deal to buy gaming firm Activision.
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Siemens and Microsoft will use artificial intelligence (AI) to boost innovation and efficiency across the design, engineering, manufacturing and operational lifecycle of products.
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Microsoft has signed a yet another 10-year deal, this time with EE to deliver cloud gaming services to a greater range of users.
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The UK telecoms regulator is to refer the cloud business, particularly Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft, to the markets regulator.
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e& has entered into a partnership with Microsoft to integrate the Azure OpenAI’s GPT into its internal operations and processes.
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Messaging company Twilio has appointed Microsoft’s Charlie Bell to its board of directors.
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NTT Ltd (NTT) confirms the launch of its Managed Detection and Response (MDR) security service giving companies improved cyber resilience.
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Liquid Intelligent Technologies and Microsoft’s Airband Initiative have pledged to bring connectivity to 20 million underserved people in Africa by 2025.
