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Activision Blizzard Games Set to Join Game Pass Following Microsoft Merger
October 10, 2023 – Microsoft’s acquisition of the publisher of “Call of Duty” and “World of Warcraft,” Activision Blizzard, for a whopping $69 billion was announced by the end of 2021. After nearly two years of anticipation, this deal is poised to be officially completed next week. It’s worth noting that Microsoft had initially stated…
Microsoft’s Breakthrough: Unveiling Athena, Their First AI Chip
October 7, 2023 – In a significant development, Microsoft is gearing up to unveil its first-ever AI-focused chip at its annual developer conference scheduled for next month. This initiative marks the culmination of years of effort and could potentially reduce Microsoft’s reliance on NVIDIA’s AI chips, which have been in high demand due to the…
Microsoft Nears Completion of $68.7 Billion Blizzard Acquisition
October 07, 2023 – In a surprising turn of events, Microsoft is on the verge of completing its acquisition of Blizzard for a staggering $68.7 billion. This monumental deal, which has been in the works for a grueling 20 months, is expected to finalize on October 13, 2023, pending the stance of the UK Competition…
Meta and Microsoft Join Forces to Power Meta AI with Bing Search
**September 28, 2023 -** In a groundbreaking revelation at the Meta Connect 2023 event held in New York today, Meta has unveiled a cutting-edge chatbot named “Meta AI.” What’s even more astonishing is the partnership announced between Meta and Microsoft, integrating Bing search into the Meta AI chatbot. Meta’s introduction of Meta AI marks a…
Microsoft Edge’s Bing Chat Testing: Introducing 3 New Plugins, Including Spotify
September 26, 2023 – Edge Browser’s Bing Chat Unveils Three New Plugins In a recent tweet, Windows enthusiast Leo Varela (@Leopeva64) shared exciting news about the latest developments in Microsoft’s Edge browser. The tech world is buzzing with anticipation as Bing Chat, the integrated chat feature in Edge, is set to introduce three new plugins….
Elevating AI Conversations: Microsoft’s Four New TTS Innovations
September 22, 2023 – Microsoft, in the light of the global surge in popularity of generative AI, is raising the bar for the naturalness and expressiveness of text-to-speech (TTS) systems used in user-AI interactions. Today, Microsoft unveiled four TTS voices: en-US-AndrewNeural, en-US-BrianNeural, en-US-EmmaNeural, and zh-CN-YunjieNeural, currently available in public preview across the Eastern United States,…
Individuals Can Now Harness Microsoft GitHub’s Copilot Chat AI Code Aid
September 21, 2023 – GitHub, the tech giant based in San Francisco, has unveiled a groundbreaking development in their arsenal. Earlier this year, in July, Microsoft’s GitHub introduced Copilot Chat for enterprise users, a remarkable AI-driven coding assistant. Today, GitHub announces an exciting expansion of this tool, making it accessible for individual developers in Visual…
Microsoft Ends Software Updates for First-Generation Surface Duo
September 13, 2023 – Microsoft has officially announced the end of software updates for the first-generation Surface Duo. This device made its debut back in September 2020 with an initial price tag of $1,399, or roughly 10,200 Chinese Yuan. At the time of its release, Microsoft committed to providing three years of Android updates, and…
Samsung’s Innovative Collaboration with Microsoft and OpenAI in AI Development
**September 12, 2023 -** In a recent development reported by the South Korean newspaper “Electronic Daily,” Samsung Electronics is embarking on an innovative venture in collaboration with Microsoft, utilizing Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI services to create an AI-powered chatbot tailored for internal use within the Samsung corporation. Samsung is actively engaged in what they term an…
Microsoft’s Phi-1.5: A Game-Changing 1.3 Billion-Parameter Language Model
September 12, 2023 – Microsoft Research Institute unveiled its latest innovation yesterday: the phi-1.5, a groundbreaking pre-trained language model boasting a staggering 1.3 billion parameters. This new model promises to excel in a wide range of applications, including QA (Question-Answer) systems, chatbots, and even code generation. Phi-1.5 draws its strength from a diverse range of…