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Elon Musk sues OpenAI alleging breach of founding agreement

The lawsuit could hold far reaching implications for Microsoft’s use of GPT-4 and other upcoming models in its products.

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Download: UEM vendor comparison chart 2024

Unified endpoint management (UEM) platforms now dominate the enterprise mobility space. Our chart lets you quickly compare features and functions from eight top vendors.

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Enterprise mobility 2024: Welcome, genAI

Many of the buzziest IT trends — low-code automation, digital employee experience, and yes, even generative AI — are making their way into the major mobility management platforms. Here’s what to look for in 2024 and beyond.

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Google calls Microsoft’s cloud practices in the EU anti-competitive

Microsoft has refuted Google’s claims and said that it has worked with independent cloud providers in the EU to change its licensing terms to address their concerns.

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Windows 11 Insider Previews: What’s in the latest build?

Get the latest info on new preview builds of Windows 11 as they roll out to Windows Insiders. Now updated for Build 22635.3212 for the Beta Channel, released on Feb. 26, 2024.

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Microsoft, OpenAI move to fend off genAI-aided hackers — for now

But the fast-evolving technology is already being used to supercharge more tried-and-true attack methods like spear phishing and social engineering.

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Microsoft to offer more AI options on Azure with Mistral AI partnership

The addition of Mistral to Azure could bring more options to customers. For Microsoft, this could be a strategic move to beat the competition in the AI space. 

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Microsoft plans €2B investment in AI and cloud infrastructure in Spain

Microsoft’s European charm offensive continues, with a collaboration with the Spanish Government to strengthen cybersecurity and implement AI in the Spanish administration.

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Microsoft Copilot Pro review: Office joins the genAI revolution

Microsoft’s Copilot Pro brings the generative AI chatbot to Office for everyone. But is it worth the monthly subscription fee?

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Microsoft fixes two zero-days with Patch Tuesday release

Microsoft pushed out 73 updates in February's Patch Tuesday release, including fixes for two actively exploited zero-day flaws in Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Exchange.

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Microsoft and the Taylor Swift genAI deepfake problem

The faked images of singer Taylor Swift that showed up online are likely just the beginning of a coming swarm of deepfakes. Don’t look to Microsoft to do much about the problem.

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Google throws down the gauntlet with Gemini — its multimodal genAI engine

Google has introduced the market's first native multimodal generative AI model capable of ingesting and providing content based on text, audio, images, and video.

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5 dark mode upgrades for your Windows 10 or 11 PC

Microsoft is slowly making dark mode better on Windows, but these tips will give your dark mode a big upgrade today.

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What a future without browser cookies looks like

As Google and others plan to eliminate third-party search and website trackers, other ways of identifying users and discovering their habits will replace them.

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Generative AI boosts cloud revenue for Microsoft, Google

While the rise of generative AI has bolstered Microsoft’s revenue from its Azure and SaaS offerings, it also helped Google grow cloud revenue to the point it’s now 10% of Alphabet’s revenue.

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Russia hacks Microsoft: It’s worse than you think

This time, hackers attacked corporate execs, not customers. That might finally push the US government to focus on long-ignored security concerns.

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How Satya Nadella navigated Microsoft to $3 trillion market value

Here’s how Satya Nadella steered a stagnating Microsoft from a $381 billion valuation in 2014 to a $3 trillion valuation.

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Microsoft Bing, Edge may be exempted from EU’s Digital Market Act: Report

The search engine and the web browser, just like Apple’s iMessage service, could be exempted as they are not dominant enough in their segments.

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