- Thai ministers meet CA on BIMSTEC sidelines
- ‘Evidence of conspiracy to thwart July-August trial found’
- Kagiso Rabada leaves Gujarat Titans squad for personal reasons
- Gold price declines after hitting all-time high on Trump tariffs
- India says 'examining the implications' of US tariffs
- Russia, Cuba, North Korea escape Trump's tariff
- Over 100,000 child deaths, 63,000 stillbirths annually in Bangladesh
- Trump's tariffs dull the dollar's safe-haven sheen
- BIMSTEC Secretary General calls on Touhid
- CA joins official dinner of BIMSTEC
- Real Madrid got $154M from UEFA to top prize money table last season
- Rejuvenated IPL match-winner Siraj praised for 'fire in his belly'
- Top Russian official in Washington for talks on improving ties
- Strict action to be taken to stop extortion in hills: Home Advisor
- China arrests 3 Filipinos on charge of spying
- Strong earthquake strikes eastern Indonesia
- Anti-discrimination Movement’s former coordinator Tanifa killed in road accident
- Bangladesh move up in FIFA rankings after draw against India
- Touhid for result-oriented BIMSTEC FTA
- Farooki explains ‘independence 2.0’
Bill Gates reminisces about a 50-year-old computer code that transformed technology
Despite the passage of time, Gates still cherishes the groundbreaking code he printed on a teletype machinea piece of work that, though rudimentary compared to modern artificial intelligence, played a crucial role in launching Microsoft in April 1975. The company, headquartered in Redmond,...
Judge greenlights newspaper copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft
A federal judge has ruled that The New York Times and other newspapers can proceed with a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft seeking to end the practice of using their stories to train artificial intelligence chatbots. U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein of New York on Wednesday...
Microsoft developing AI reasoning models to rival OpenAI
Microsoft has been working on creating its own artificial intelligence reasoning models to rival OpenAI and may offer them for sale to developers, The Information reported on Friday, citing a person involved in this initiative. The Redmond, Washington-based company, a major backer of OpenAI, has...
Google removes 'state' label from Canadian sites amid backlash
Google is removing the state designation from Canadian government buildings and provincial parks following widespread complaints from Canadians. The company confirmed Monday that it had received hundreds of reports over the weekend regarding the mislabeling, which came under scrutiny amid recent...
Skype to shut down on May 5, Microsoft shifts to Teams
Skype will make its final call on May 5 as Microsoft retires the iconic two-decade-old service that revolutionized global communication. The move to shut down Skype will allow Microsoft to concentrate on its own Teams platform, streamlining its communication services, the tech giant announced on...
Ban on under-16s using social media is smart thing
Tech giant Microsofts co-founder Bill Gates said that it is probably smart to ban all under-16s from social media, reports Independent. Amid widespread concern about the impact of social media, Australias parliament voted last month to ban all under-16s from such technology platforms, marking...
Microsoft lays off underperforming employees with no severance pay, healthcare
Tech giant Microsoft has started performance-based job cuts. The termination letters say benefits for the employees will stop immediately. Former employees said they wont receive severance. The letters also indicate that if these employees reapply to Microsoft in the future, their previous...
Microsoft and Meta CEOs defend heavy AI spending after DeepSeek breakthrough
Days after Chinese upstart DeepSeek revealed a breakthrough in cheap AI computing that shook the U.S. technology industry, the chief executives of Microsoft and Meta defended massive spending that they said was key to staying competitive in the new field. DeepSeeks quick progress has stirred...
Microsoft is one of the companies eyeing TikTok: Trump
President Donald Trump said that Microsoft is among the U.S. companies showing interest in acquiring TikTok to prevent a potential ban on the app, which could take effect in April, reports UNB. When asked by reporters, Trump confirmed Microsofts involvement in discussions for TikToks ownership...
Microsoft’s LinkedIn faces lawsuit over alleged misuse of customer data for AI training
LinkedIn is facing legal action from Premium customers who allege the professional networking platform disclosed their private messages to third parties without consent to train generative artificial intelligence models. The proposed class action, filed late Tuesday on behalf of millions of...
Microsoft launches Copilot Chat for businesses
Microsofton Wednesday rolled out a chat service allowing businesses to use on-demand AI agents for routine tasks, betting on the pay-as-you-go model to drive up the adoption of the technology. The free service, Copilot Chat, which uses OpenAIs GPT-4, lets users create AI agents using natural...
Microsoft eyes spending $80bn on AI this fiscal year
Microsoft President Brad Smith on Friday said the company is on track to pump about $80 billion into artificial intelligence (AI) this fiscal year. Smith contended AI is poised to transform all aspects of life, and it is imperative that the United States be the global leader when it comes to the...