Credit: DepositphotosMicrosoft Corp. is adding AI models from Elon Musk's xAI, including Grok 3, to its Azure AI marketplace, expanding its cloud offerings. The move comes as major cloud providers like Microsoft, Amazon, and Google compete to host cutting-edge AI tools.Azure users now have access to over 1,900 AI model variants, including those from...
Credit: PixabayCan AI accelerate certain aspects of the scientific process? Microsoft seems to believe so.During the company’s Build 2025 conference on Monday, Microsoft introduced Microsoft Discovery, a platform that leverages agentic AI to "revolutionize the [scientific] discovery process," as stated in a press release shared with TechCrunch. Microsoft Discovery is described as "extensible" and...
Credit: PixabayOn Tuesday, Microsoft announced it was streamlining management and leveraging new technology, amid reports of thousands of employee layoffs.The AI-driven tech giant did not reveal the exact number of job cuts, but U.S. media reports estimate around 6,000 positions, roughly 3% of its global staff.According to a filing with Washington state's labor agency,...
Image Credits:Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket / Getty ImagesMicrosoft is rolling out a “deep research” AI tool within Microsoft 365 Copilot, its AI-powered chatbot app. Recently, several deep research agents have emerged across AI chatbots, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, and xAI’s Grok. These tools rely on reasoning AI models, which can analyze problems and verify...
Image Credits:JASON REDMOND / AFP / Getty ImagesMicrosoft is launching a research initiative to assess how specific training data influences the text, images, and other media generated by AI models.A recently resurfaced job listing from December reveals the company is seeking a research intern for the project, which aims to demonstrate that AI models...
Microsoft researchers claim to have created the first "topological qubits," storing information in an exotic state of matter—potentially marking a major breakthrough in quantum computing.Alongside this announcement, they published a peer-reviewed paper in Nature and outlined a roadmap for further development. Their Majorana 1 processor is designed to house up to a million qubits,...
Microsoft says its new chip represents a major breakthrough on the path towards real-world quantum computingMicrosoftMicrosoft claims a significant advancement in quantum computing with the Majorana 1, its first quantum chip and the first to utilize topological qubits.The compact processor features eight qubits at its core, constructed from a novel material class known as...
Credit: CanvasThis week, Apple is officially releasing its Apple TV, Apple Music, and Apple Devices apps for Windows. These apps were first introduced in a preview version last year, but now Apple has removed the preview label after collaborating with Microsoft to launch them.The three apps, along with a revamped iCloud for Windows app,...
(Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)SOPA IMAGES/LIGHTROCKET VIA GETTY IMAGESAccording to online exchanges by developers testing the AI creation, Microsoft's fledgling Bing chatbot can go off the rails at times, denying obvious facts and chiding users.On Wednesday, a Reddit forum dedicated to the AI-powered version of Bing search engine was full...
Microsoft announced the Windows 11 SEMicrosoft announced the Windows 11 SE, which will only be accessible to schools and students. This brand new edition Windows 11 will be available on cheap laptops, considering Microsoft's very own Surface Laptop SE, Acer Travel Mate B3 and Dell Latitude 3120.The apps for the Windows 11 SE will...
