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Microsoft’s Cloud Revenue Slowed, But Should Investors Worry?

Investor sentiment was tempered by concerns over the growth rate of Microsoft's Intelligent Cloud division, which includes Azure.

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Microsoft 365 went down after a cyberattack — but don't worry, it's not another CrowdStrike-esque outage

DDoS cyberattack took down a number of Azure services, as well as Microsoft 365, but it's back up now.

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Microsoft: Yesterday's Azure and 365 server outage was caused by a DDoS attack ... at least at first

Microsoft had a large-scale server outage yesterday, impacting services powered by Azure. Today, Microsoft acknowledged that the outage was caused by a DDoS event, coupled with a faulty preventative measure.

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Microsoft and Lumen partner up to meet the ever-growing demands of AI

Microsoft and Lumen announced a partnership that will expand the networking capacity of Microsoft's datacenters. Those datacenters have an ever-growing demand driven by AI.

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As the world wakes up to a "digital pandemic", Microsoft suggests turning it off and on again 15 times

The world came to a standstill this morning as many services reliant on Azure servers were affected by an outage. Microsoft's solution? A classic. Turn it off and on again.

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OpenAI may not be available in China — but Microsoft Azure China might offer an unexpected loophole

Although OpenAI has pulled out of the Chinese market, Microsoft continues to offer OpenAI’s models through its cloud.

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Microsoft Azure China offers Chinese businesses a loophole to OpenAI’s departure

In the midst of OpenAI cracking down on developers accessing its AI models through VPNs and other forms of obfuscation, Microsoft's Azure China continues to give businesses a legitimate means to use GPT-4.

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You can rent a 448-core super server from AWS for far less than you think — 8-socket Intel-based Sapphire Rapids Xeon have no competitors from AMD for now

Liftr Insights spotted an AWS cloud instance with 896 vCPUs likely powered by 8-socket Intel-based Sapphire Rapids Xeon processor.

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Is Apple or Microsoft Winning the AI Race?

Investors are excited by Apple's new AI strategy. But should they be? Google and Samsung have already launched 'AI smartphones,' and Microsoft has launched AI PCs. AI in both tech devices will be a game changer over the next decade. Meanwhile, Apple seems late to the party and is in…

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Apple Intelligence may be reason why OpenAI wants Microsoft to work with archrival Oracle — Azure may be feeling the pinch as iOS 18 AI-focus means far more GPUs are required

Oracle, Microsoft and OpenAI are joining forces to meet the expected demand from Apple Intelligence.

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Microsoft warns Azure Tags could be targeted by hackers

Companies should better understand how Azure Tags work, Microsoft warns.

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Microsoft's big AI ambitions helped it become the world's most valuable company but at the expense of its Azure team, according to a leaked email memo

Microsoft reportedly laid off its Azure team to pave the way for its AI advances and efforts.

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Security researcher says Azure Tags are security threat — but Microsoft disagrees

"All Azure customers are at risk," researchers say, but Microsoft says that isn't the case.

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Microsoft Azure AI can now create a digital copy of your voice to answer phone calls

Microsoft's Azure AI Speech can replicate your voice, creating a digital copy you can use within apps. Truecaller is one of the first apps to take advantage of the feature.

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Microsoft’s new tiny language model can read images — here’s what you can use it for

Microsoft continues its run of lightweight AI models designed for more specific tasks with Phi-3-vision which reads images.

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Microsoft brings its lightweight Phi-3 model and OpenAI's 'magical' GPT-4o to Azure AI to help devs build transformational experiences

Microsoft says GPT-4o and Phi-3 in Azure will help developers build "transformational" AI experiences, further stating "there’s never been a more exciting time to be a developer."

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Microsoft Teams catches up with Slack, infuses AI, and FINALLY adds custom emoji support

Microsoft announced a lengthy list of new and upcoming features for Teams. Among the highlights is the ability to get AI-generated recaps from transcribed meetings.

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Microsoft will soon start enforcing Azure MFA logins

In just over a month, Microsoft Azure admins will have to set up MFA and protect their accounts.

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OpenAI just announced GPT-4o, but developers can already try it out through Microsoft Azure

OpenAI announced its new flagship model GPT-4o this week. Now, developers can integrate it with their applications through preview support on Azure AI.

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2 Top Tech Stocks Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Just Bought

Republican House Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene recently invested in these two tech giants. Should you consider picking up shares, too?

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2 Tech Stocks Set to Ride Microsoft's Azure Coattails

As Microsoft’s Azure continues to dominate the cloud computing landscape, here are two tech stocks that are well-positioned to ride Azure’s momentum.

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Microsoft wants to bolster the manufacturing process of future Surface devices with AI and machine learning

Microsoft highlights how its Surface and Azure team used Azure's high-performance computing technology to revolutionize the product design process for manufacturing Surface products while simultaneously saving time and money.

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When Microsoft ruled reality: Spatial computing before the Apple Vision Pro

Before the Apple Vision Pro it was Microsoft's HoloLens that tried to make spatial computing a reality.

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Insiders Worry Microsoft's AI Future Hitched To OpenAI's Wagon

Microsoft's AI team focus on OpenAI partnership has caused internal friction and departures. Microsoft, on the other hand, is optimistic about customer impact.

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MAXHUB to Build Advanced AI Solutions with Microsoft Azure Cloud

The move helps meet the surging needs for scalable cloud computing and storage.

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