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Microsoft Poised For Strong Q4 Earnings As AI Growth Takes Center Stage

Analysts expect EPS of $2.55 and revenue of $55.47B, with AI monetization seen as key driver of future growth.

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Activision Blizzard Reports Strong Q2 Results Amid Microsoft Deal

Analysts maintain ratings and price targets as merger extension terms are revealed.

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FTC loses appeal bid to block Microsoft-Activision deal

A U.S. appeals court denied a Federal Trade Commission bid to pause Microsoft Corp.’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc. Friday, clearing a path for the companies to close the largest gaming deal ever in the U.S.

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FTC appeals court ruling on Microsoft-Activision deal

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission asked a California judge to temporarily block Microsoft Corp. from closing its $69 billion takeover of Activision Blizzard Inc. while the agency appeals her ruling greenlighting the deal.

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China-based hackers breached Western European government email accounts, Microsoft says

A China-based hacking group has broken into email accounts linked to government agencies in Western Europe, Microsoft Corp. said this week

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US to curb China access to cloud services like Amazon, WSJ says

WASHINGTON — The U.S. is preparing to curtail Chinese companies’ access to cloud-computing services including those provided by Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp., The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the situation.

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Billionaires and bureaucrats mobilize China for AI race with US

China’s tech sector has a new obsession: competing with U.S. titans like Google and Microsoft Corp. in the breakneck global artificial intelligence race.

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Microsoft’s lineup of exclusive games draws fire from deal foes

U.S. officials suing to stop Microsoft Corp.’s $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard Inc. argue the software giant’s recent acquisition history suggests it’s motivated to rope off blockbuster video games from competitors.

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Here's what PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan thinks of Starfield's Xbox exclusivity

Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan says that Starfield being an Xbox exclusive is not anticompetitive.

Windows Central

Microsoft paid $117 million for Hellblade developer Ninja Theory to join Xbox

We now know exactly how much Microsoft paid to acquire Ninja Theory, developer of the upcoming Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2.

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Amazon’s AWS Invests $100 Million To Build Generative AI Center

Amazon is pushing ahead with a well-thought-out strategy for AI, focusing on helping businesses use generative AI with a $100M

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Microsoft, Activision CEOs to defend $69 billion deal in fight with FTC

Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella and Activision Blizzard Inc. CEO Bobby Kotick will be in court this week to try to persuade a federal judge in California to reject the Federal Trade Commission’s effort to block their $69 billion deal.

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Bill Gates Overtaken By Larry Ellison In Billionaire Race Amid AI Boom

The surge in artificial intelligence (AI) has not only propelled Oracle Corp

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Silicon Valley’s Salary Showdown: Unveiling How Much Top Talent At Apple, Microsoft And Google Get Paid

Apple Inc, Microsoft Corp and Alphabet Inc offer some of the highest salaries in Silicon Valley

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Microsoft AI chatbot will let users post images

NEW YORK: Microsoft Corp is getting rid of the waiting list to try its new AI-based Bing search and chat, and adding features like the ability to request and post images in an effort to sustain its momentum in the market.

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Pope Francis, Ronaldo Lose Twitter Verified Blue Status, Others Keep It

Twitter on Thursday began removing legacy blue checkmarks from user profiles, with famous people including Pope Francis, Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates and Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo losing their verified status. Under Elon Musk's ownership, Twitter has changed how it hands out the coveted blue checkmarks, previously given to…

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Amazon joins generative AI race, targets tech at cloud customers

Amazon.com Inc. is joining Microsoft Corp. and Google in the generative artificial intelligence race, announcing technology aimed at its cloud customers as well as a marketplace for AI tools from other companies.

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Israeli spyware used to hack across 10 countries, Microsoft and watchdog say

An Israeli firm's hacking tools have been used against journalists, opposition figures and advocacy organizations across at least 10 countries - including people in North America and Europe - according to new research published Tuesday by Microsoft Corp and the internet watchdog Citizen Lab.

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Microsoft Introduces AI-Powered Cybersecurity Assistant

Microsoft Corp on Tuesday launched a tool to help cybersecurity professionals identify breaches, threat signals and better analyze data, using OpenAI's latest GPT-4 generative artificial intelligence model. The tool, named “Security Copilot”, is a simple prompt box that will help security analysts with tasks like summarizing incidents, analyzing vulnerabilities and…

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Twitter source code leak turns into hunt for the perpetrator

Twitter is trying to hunt down the person who leaked proprietary source code that was published online until last week.

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Microsoft’s GitHub to add OpenAI chat functions to coding tool

Microsoft Corp.’s GitHub unit created one of the first widely deployed programs using OpenAI’s language-generation tools — an app called Copilot that helped software developers write computer code. Now GitHub is adding a chat and voice feature that will let programmers ask how to accomplish certain coding tasks.

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Microsoft to bring OpenAI’s chatbot technology to the office

Microsoft Corp.’s effort to overhaul its entire lineup with OpenAI technology has spread to one of the company’s oldest and best-known products: its Office apps.

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Pentagon and Microsoft are investigating leak of military emails

WASHINGTON — The Defense Department and Microsoft Corp. are investigating an error that exposed at least a terabyte of military emails including personal information and conversations between officials, people familiar with the matter said, an episode that highlighted the security risk of moving sensitive Pentagon data to the cloud.

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Microsoft in showdown with EU to save $69 billion deal

Microsoft Corp. headed into a showdown with European Union antitrust watchdogs by insisting its $69 billion takeover of Activision Blizzard Inc. will “bring more competition” for gamers but pledging to show willingness to address antitrust concerns.

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Microsoft sees no activision deal without Call of Duty

Microsoft Corp. made it clear on Tuesday that there will be no $69 billion deal to buy Activision Blizzard Inc. unless it comes with the blockbuster title Call of Duty.

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