A Microsoft employee is calling the boss of an artificial intelligence company a war profiter
Microsoft has been designated a ‘priority boycott target’ by the boycott campaign over its ties with the Israeli government, a report said. The report added that Microsoft uses its cloud platform Azure to compile information gathered through mass surveillance. “I wasn’t informed…that Microsoft would sell my work to the Israeli military and government, with the purpose of spying on and murdering journalists,” a Microsoft employee said.
I have covered Microsoft for 25 years
Microsoft, which launched the world’s first commercial operating system with Windows 95 in October 1995, was founded by Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer in Seattle on October 24, 1966. It was later acquired by Oracle for $3 billion by Microsoft in 1994. It has since released over 200 versions of its operating system, including Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8 and Windows Azure.
50 years ago, Microsoft was founded
Microsoft was founded in 1975, and IBM supplied software for the company’s first PC in 1980. “When Microsoft launched, it was in universities and…big companies locked in…air conditioning rooms, with multimillion-dollar computers, and they used digital technology,” Bloomberg cited Microsoft founder Melinda Gates as saying. Microsoft was also developing a variety of productivity apps throughout the 1980s.
There is evidence that Openai’s models helped train China
Microsoft and OpenAI are investigating whether Chinese rival DeepSeek used OpenAI’s framework to integrate its models into their own, The Wall Street Journal reported. It said DeepSeek believes that large amounts of data were dumped through its developer accounts, which it believes are affiliated with DeepSeek. Microsoft and OpenAI are investigating if DeepSeek’s technology was integrated into their own.
Microsoft raises prices when it bundles Office features into Microsoft 365
Microsoft’s Copilot is planning to launch its AI-powered Assistant in Office 365 by the end of the year. The company will make it available on subscription plans starting from $99 (around 8,100) for existing subscribers and from $149 (around 10,000) for new subscribers. The Assistant will be integrated with Microsoft’s Office apps likeWord, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook.
Copilot was resuscitated by Microsoft with free chat and agents
Microsoft has announced that it will raise the prices of Microsoft 365 Personal and Family by $3 per month in the US to allow for Office features to all subscribers. “We are raising the prices of Microsoft 365 Personal and Family for the first time in 12 years,” General Manager Oystryk said. The new plans will be available for a year.
October will be the last month for Microsoft to offer support for Windows 10 Office apps
Microsoft has said that when the support for Office apps ends in October this year, “the applications will continue to function as before” and there could be “performance and reliability issues over time.” This comes after Microsoft said at CES that refreshing an old Windows 10PC will be more important than buying a new TV or phone this year.
As of this April, you will be able to install SteamOS on other handhelds
Lenovo has announced that its Legion Go S handheld will ship with Microsoft’s Windows 10 operating system this month, four months ahead of the SteamOS versions. The 16-inch Legion Go S device ditches the Nintendo Switch-like detachablegamepads and kickstand for a lighter and more traditional design. It will have a 1.6-pound weight and will be available in white or black colours.
Donald Trump’s win will affect Big Tech
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said US President-elect Donald Trump met him and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to congratulate them on their victory. “I know we all have similar goals for our countries,” he added. Trump had said in a video that he planned to “toughen up” Apple’s encryption policy, adding, “Apple is one of the world’s most valuable people.”
The games will be sold directly in the app
Microsoft announced on Tuesday that users in the US will be able to purchase Xbox games directly from theXbox App on Android starting November. “Players will be able to immediately stream a game to their device…once a full game library on Xbox Cloud gaming is complete, they will be able to purchase an Xbox game on Android,” it added.