Tech/AI Microsoft to invest $80b in AI data centres this year Yomna Yasser Jan 5, 2025 0 Microsoft Corp. is ramping up its infrastructure investments, as it announced plans to spend $80 billion this…
Tech/AI Microsoft to build $3.3b data centre in Wisconsin Nada Ali May 8, 2024 0 US President Joe Biden is set to visit the political battleground state of Wisconsin on Wednesday, where he will…
Tech/AI Microsoft plans to build data centre in Thailand Nada Ali May 1, 2024 0 Tech giant Microsoft announced plans to open its first regional data centre in Thailand, aiming to significantly…
Banks SoftBank explores investment in France’s Mistral AI Nada Ali Mar 14, 2024 0 SoftBank Group Corp. is considering investing in Mistral AI, a leading artificial intelligence start-up in Europe.
Money Sony plans financial unit IPO in ‘25 Aya Anwar Feb 14, 2024 0 Sony Group Corp. announced that it will list its financial arm in October 2025, setting the stage for a significant…
Featured Humans still cost-effective than AI – study Sama Mousa Jan 22, 2024 0 Human beings are still more cost-effective than artificial intelligence in the majority of jobs, Bloomberg reported…
Africa News Vodafone signs $1.5 bln deal with Microsoft Nada Ali Jan 16, 2024 0 Vodafone group signed a new 10-year strategic partnership worth $1.5 billion with Microsoft to offer scaled digital…
Featured Microsoft overthrows Apple as global market cap leader Sama Mousa Jan 15, 2024 0 Microsoft Corp. has overthrown Apple Inc. as the global market capitalisation leader, with its focus on generative…
Featured Microsoft upgrades PC keyboard to include AI Copilot key Sama Mousa Jan 4, 2024 0 Microsoft Corp. upgraded its Windows keyboard to include AI Copilot key to activate the service, Bloomberg reported…
Tech news Microsoft finishes $69 bln deal to acquire Call of Duty maker Nada Ali Oct 15, 2023 0 Microsoft has completed its $69bn deal to acquire Activision Blizzard, the maker of video games including Call of…
Tech/AI Apple announces new Vision Pro headset Sama Mousa Jun 6, 2023 0 Apple Inc. announced on Monday its mixed-reality headset, the Vision Pro, during the company’s WWDC developer…
Tech news Alphabet market value reaches $1.5 tln in one year Sama Mousa May 18, 2023 0 Alphabet, parent company for Google has reached a market value of $1.5 trillion for the first time in a year, CNBC…
Tech news Elon Musk plans AI startup competing with OpenAI Sama Mousa Apr 16, 2023 0 Twitter and Tesla owner, Elon Musk, is planning to launch an artificial intelligence (AI) startup, according to the…
News Israeli spyware used to hack across 10 countries – Microsoft Sama Mousa Apr 12, 2023 0 A Microsoft research has showed on Tuesday that an Israeli firm’s hacking tools have used against journalists,…
International News Microsoft lays off entire AI ethics team Nada Ali Apr 2, 2023 0 Microsoft waved its entire ethics and society team within the artificial intelligence organisation as part of…
Money Saudi Aramco signs MoU with Samsung to localise 5G tech Sama Mousa Mar 27, 2023 0 Saudi Energy company Aramco signed on Tuesday an agreement with Korean tech giant Samsung to localise 5G technology…
Stocks Wall Street records worst day of 2023 so far Sama Mousa Feb 22, 2023 0 Wall Street has marked the worst performance with its main benchmarks of this year so far on Tuesday, as investors…
Tech news Microsoft says to drop lawsuit after U.S. government revised data request rules Yomna Yasser Oct 24, 2017 0 Microsoft Corp said Monday it will drop a lawsuit against the U.S. government after the Department of Justice (DOJ)…
Tech news Microsoft plans to cut ‘thousands’ of jobs, majority of them outside US:… Yomna Yasser Jul 6, 2017 0 Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) is planning to cut "thousands" of jobs, with a majority of them outside the United States,…
Tech news Microsoft wins $927 million Pentagon contract: statement Ghada Ismail Dec 21, 2016 0 Microsoft Corp has been awarded a $927 million contract to provide technical support to the Defense Information…
Tech news Microsoft says Russia-linked hackers exploiting Windows flaw Ghada Ismail Nov 2, 2016 0 Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday that a hacking group previously linked to the Russian government and U.S. political…
Tech news Microsoft shares higher again as cloud focus pays off Ghada Ismail Oct 22, 2016 0 Microsoft Corp said sales of its flagship cloud product doubled through its first quarter, propelling earnings…
Tech news Microsoft offers wide range of cloud services from UK datacenters Ghada Ismail Sep 7, 2016 0 Microsoft Corp is introducing a complete set of cloud services from data centers in Britain, its second biggest…
Tech news Microsoft gets support in gag order lawsuit from U.S. companies Ghada Ismail Sep 3, 2016 0 Technology, media, pharmaceutical and other companies, along with major corporate lobbying groups, filed legal…
Tech news Microsoft decides to sell MSN China to XiChuang Technology Yomna Yasser Aug 31, 2016 0 Three months after saying it would shutter its MSN China web portal, Microsoft Corp. said it has decided instead to…
Tech news France orders Microsoft to stop tracking users Ghada Ismail Jul 21, 2016 0 The French data protection authority on Wednesday ordered Microsoft Corp to stop collecting excessive data on users…
Tech news Cloud business pushes up Microsoft’s quarterly revenue, shares rise Ghada Ismail Jul 20, 2016 0 Sharp growth in its commercial cloud computing business helped lift Microsoft Corp's quarterly revenue above Wall…
Tech news Microsoft: Goal for Windows 10 will not be met Ghada Ismail Jul 16, 2016 0 Microsoft Corp. won't hit its target of one billion Windows 10 devices in use by June 2018, the company said…
Tech news Monsanto, Microsoft to invest in agricultural technology in Brazil Ghada Ismail Jul 5, 2016 0 U.S. biotech company Monsanto Co and Microsoft Corp announced on Monday a partnership to invest in agricultural…
Tech news Microsoft opposes U.S. labor board ruling on contract worker rights Ghada Ismail Jun 16, 2016 0 Microsoft Corp has asked a federal court to throw out a ruling by a U.S. labor board extending the responsibility…
Tech news Microsoft to launch slimmer Xbox; Sony’s VR headset to hit U.S. in October Ghada Ismail Jun 14, 2016 0 Microsoft Corp unveiled 'Project Scorpio', a new Xbox console that will support ultra-high resolution gaming and…
Tech news Microsoft sells patents to China’s Xiaomi, builds ‘long-term partnership’ Ghada Ismail Jun 1, 2016 0 Software maker Microsoft Corp is selling about 1,500 of its patents to Chinese device maker Xiaomi, a rare…
Tech news Microsoft dismissing 1,850 smartphone workers Ghada Ismail May 25, 2016 0 Microsoft Corp., struggling to restart its mobile strategy after multiple misfires, early on Wednesday morning…
Tech news Microsoft is no longer involved in mobile phone design and manufacturing Ghada Ismail May 25, 2016 0 Microsoft Corp will stop designing and manufacturing mobile phones, Finland's Helsingin Sanomat newspaper reported…
Tech news Microsoft to take stern measures against content promoting extremist acts Ghada Ismail May 21, 2016 0 With the world growing more concerned about attacks by militant groups on civilians, Microsoft Corp on Friday…
Tech news Microsoft, Google agree to dismiss lawsuits against each other Ghada Ismail Apr 23, 2016 0 Microsoft Corp and Alphabet Inc's Google have reached a deal to withdraw all the regulatory complaints against each…
Tech news Microsoft: Game is over for Xbox 360 Yomna Yasser Apr 20, 2016 0 Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) announced Wednesday it would stop production of its popular Xbox 360 video game console,…
Tech news Microsoft executives meet private equity over Yahoo deal Ghada Ismail Mar 27, 2016 0 Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) executives are in early talks with potential Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) investors about…
Tech news Microsoft to warn email users of suspected hacking by governments – Reuters Yomna Yasser Dec 31, 2015 0 Microsoft Corp said Wednesday it would begin warning users of its consumer services including Outlook.com email…
Tech news 3 U.S. tech companies exceed $400 billion market cap Yomna Yasser Oct 24, 2015 0 Following strong share-price gains for Alphabet Inc. GOOGL, +5.61% and Microsoft Corp. stock's MSFT, +10.08% best…