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Microsoft At Risk Of EU Antitrust Charge Over Teams Bundling With...
Unfair advantage says EU regulator, as Microsoft faces antitrust charge for bundling its Teams video app with Office suite
Biden Administration To Ban US Sales Of Kaspersky Software –...
Complete ban. United States close to announcing ban of all sales of Kaspersky Lab's antivirus software in America
Microsoft Xbox Marketing Chief Leaves For Roblox
Microsoft loses Xbox marketing chief amidst executive changes in company's gaming division, broader layoffs and spending weakness
FTC Sues Adobe Over Hidden Fees, Termination ‘Resistance’
US regulator sues Photoshop maker Adobe over large, hidden termination fees, intentionally difficult cancellation process
Adobe Shares Jump On AI Success
Adobe shares post biggest gains in more than four years after it reports user take-up of generative AI tools
Microsoft President Grilled By US Lawmakers After China, Russia Hacks
Microsoft's Brad Smith answer questions from US lawmakers about hacks of US governmental systems by China, Russia
Alphabet Names Anat Ashkenazi As CFO
Anat Ashkenazi swaps CFO role in pharmaceutical industry to join Alphabet, replacing outgoing CFO Ruth Porat
Mike Lynch Defends Himself At HP-Autonomy Trial In US
British founder of Autonomy defends himself in San Francisco federal courthouse against criminal fraud charges
Microsoft Offering Relocation Out Of China For AI, Cloud Engineers
Hundreds of AI and cloud engineers are being offered relocation out of China by Microsoft, amid growing geopolitical tensions
Google Staff Question Layoffs After Record Earnings
Staff at Google question CEO Sundar Pichai over 'significant decline' in workforce morale amid ongoing job cuts, despite strong financials
Microsoft Announces Big Investments In Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand
Microsoft's AI investments continue in south east Asia, after investments in Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, as well as Thailand
Anthropic Launches Enterprise-Focused Claude, Plus iPhone App
Two updates to Anthropic's AI chatbot Claude sees arrival of a new business-focused plan, as well as an iOS app
Microsoft, OpenAI Sued By More Newspaper Publishers
Eight newspaper publishers in the US allege Microsoft and OpenAI used their millions of their articles to train AI models
Microsoft Beats Expectations Thanks To AI Investments
Customer adoption of AI services embedded in cloud services continues to deliver results for Microsoft, pushing shares higher
Oracle Plans To Relocate HQ To Nashville
After relocating from California to Texas in 2020, Oracle's Larry Ellison now reveals plan to move HQ to Nashville, Tennessee
Google Fires More Staff Over Israel Protest
Another 20 staff have been fired by Google over Israel protest and their “completely unacceptable behaviour”
Oracle To Invest More Than $8 Billion In Cloud, AI In Japan
Oracle's huge AI, Cloud investment in Japan will meet growing local demand and address digital sovereignty requirements
Alphabet Mulls Offer For Marketing Software Firm HubSpot
Amidst antitrust scrutiny, Alphabet reportedly plans on making an offer for HubSpot to bolster CRM and cloud position
OpenAI Drops Sign Up Need To Access ChatGPT
AI pioneer to give users the ability to start using ChatGPT instantly, after dropping requirement for sign up
Apple To Bring RCS To iPhones Autumn 2024, Says Google
Finally on the way? Google webpage briefly indicates that Apple will bring RCS to the iPhone by Autumn this year
Microsoft Unbundles Teams From Office Suite
Redmond's collaboration tool Teams is decoupled from Office Suite, under new licensing terms announced on Monday
China Bans Intel, AMD Chips, Windows OS From Government Computers
Beijing reportedly begins blocking the use of Intel and AMD chips in government computers, and sidelines Microsoft's Windows OS
Google To Pause Gemini AI’s Image Generation Of People
Image generation of historical people by Gemini (aka Bard) AI model is to be halted, amid inaccuracy criticisms
SEC Chairman Calls For AI Caution, Cites Financial Stability Risk
Gary Gensler urges companies to be cautious over rushing onboard the AI hype train and points out its risk for fraud and financial stability
Apple, Microsoft Win Exemption From EU Gatekeeper Designation
Apple's iMessage and Microsoft Bing win exemption that would subjected those services to Europe's tough DMA rules
Hewlett-Packard Tells Court It Lost $4 Billion From Autonomy...
HP tells London court that it is seeking $4 billion in damages from former Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch and ex-CFO Sushovan Hussain
Google Rebrands Bard AI Chatbot As Gemini
Bard becomes Gemini, as Google rebrands chatbot and launches monthly subscription for access to more powerful AI system
Microsoft Profit Rises 33 Percent Thanks To AI, Cloud
Strong AI adoption and cloud helps Microsoft deliver another strong quarterly performance, amid $3 trillion valuation
Microsoft Axes 1,900 Staff After Activision Acquisition
Microsoft adds to job gloom after axing 9 percent of its gaming division, after closing the Activision Blizzard acquisition