Microsoft's $68.7 billion Activision buy has been killed by UK regulators

Demonstrating a complete lack of understanding of the entire gaming market, UK's Competition and Markets Authority has officially declared that Microsoft buying Activision/Blizzard will result in reduced competition and won't be allowed.

Mike Wuerthele 3 years ago 10

Samsung considering Microsoft's AI-powered Bing as default search engine over Google

As a result of Microsoft's recent success with artificial intelligence, Samsung is now thinking about replacing Google as the default search engine on its devices.

Andrew Orr 3 years ago 13

Updated SwiftKey keyboard update gives access to Microsoft's new Bing AI inside any app

With the addition of new smarts, users can access AI tools inside Microsoft's SwiftKey keyboard that work in nearly any app to chat and search for information.

Andrew Orr 3 years ago 6

Publishers demand to be paid for AI using their work

ChatGPT, Bard, and all AI tools are trained on existing work, and quote that work without the originators being paid or cited in most cases — and publishers say this can't continue.

William Gallagher 3 years ago 20

Microsoft's iPhone App Store plan is limited threat to Apple, for now

Morgan Stanley analysts say that a potential Microsoft iPhone app store would initially have only a small impact on Apple if it ever launches — but it's a potentially strong competitor in the longer term.

William Gallagher 3 years ago 8

Microsoft & OpenAI add AI image creation tool to Bing

After integrating ChatGPT into Bing, Microsoft is adding a tool to it, that creates images from words using an advanced version of OpenAI's DALL-E model.

Andrew Orr 3 years ago 1

Microsoft's app store for iPhone could arrive as soon as 2024

Microsoft's gaming chief has his eye on the iPhone, and has said that the company is planning its own store to bring Xbox games to Apple hardware outside of the App Store once EU rules come into force

Malcolm Owen 3 years ago 9

Clippy evolved: New 'Microsoft 365 Copilot' uses AI for text creation

Microsoft is bringing more AI into its products by releasing Microsoft 365 Copilot for Word, Excel, and other apps to write text and manage emails.

Andrew Orr 3 years ago 9

OneDrive 14.2 review: Professional cloud storage for large files

Selecting iCloud over Microsoft OneDrive may seem like a no-brainer for Apple users, but it might not be that simple.

Catherine Cargill 3 years ago 6

After 5 years of nothing, Humane 'startup' is now shifting to AI

Founded in 2018 by ex-Apple executives, the mysterious Humane company has announced $100 million in new funding plus a shift into AI — and still has no product to announce.

William Gallagher 3 years ago 16

Microsoft makes Outlook for Mac free

Microsoft has recently decided to make its Outlook email app free for Mac users in the App Store and will add new features.

Andrew Orr 3 years ago 36

Microsoft is bringing iMessage to Windows with the Phone Link app

Microsoft's upcoming Phone Link app will let Apple users access iMessage on Windows, as well as notifications.

Andrew Orr 3 years ago 6

Bing mobile app brings ChatGPT searches to iPhone app

Microsoft is continuing its experiments with and evolution of the ChatGPT chatbot, with it moving over to the Bing mobile apps on iOS and Android now.

Amber Neely 3 years ago 2

Bing's ChatGPT experiment is deeply flawed, and is the future of search

Microsoft's addition of a ChatGPT interface to Bing could revolutionize search at some point, but given the nonsense it can spew now, it looks like it will take years before it becomes actually useful.

Malcolm Owen 3 years ago 29

ChatGPT Bing trial expands to more users, iOS version on the way

Microsoft is allowing more people to test out its ChatGPT-powered update to Bing, with the software giant also working on an iOS version that could arrive within weeks.

Malcolm Owen 3 years ago 1

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