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The terms, valuation and timing of the funding round have not yet been finalised and could still change
UK to look at whether Microsoft-OpenAI deal harms competition
Microsoft UAE’s general manager shares how UAE organisations can embrace ‘sustainable’ possibilities presented by technology and tells us about the company’s participation at COP28
Altman’s sacking angered current and former employees and worried them over an upcoming $86bn share sale
Members include tech company executives, government officials from Spain to Saudi Arabia, and academics from countries such as the US, Russia and Japan
The deal was blocked in April by UK’s Competition and Markets Authority which said it could give Microsoft a stranglehold over the nascent cloud gaming market
The new offering, Oracle Database@Azure, will give customers direct access to Oracle database services running on OCI and deployed in Microsoft Azure data centres
This announcement marks the first significant outcome since G42 and Microsoft announced their intention to partner earlier this year, in April
The gaming and entertainment giant will now charge as much as $159.99 annually for the premium tier of the popular service
The French gamemaker will get the rights for all of Activision Blizzard’s console games released in the next 15 years
The partnership aligns Meta more closely with Microsoft, which has emerged as the clear leader in AI
The Tesla chief and owner of Twitter confirmed he intends to get involved in the AI race sparked by OpenAI’s intelligent chatbot
SME story: Darwinbox co-founder Chaitanya Peddi on HR tech and the firm’s partnership with Microsoft
HR tech firm Darwinbox and software giant Microsoft are collaborating to redefine the ‘future of work’
The aim is to provide services supported by this technology and employ it in serving customers and employees
Microsoft continues to commit heavily to education and skilling initiatives
The company’s current headcount is 260,000
Customers reported difficulties across multiple regions in accessing Microsoft 365 services, including email and videoconferencing tools
The layoffs come as the software giant said it’s seeing customers exercise caution, with some parts of the world in recession
Darwinbox, which has an office in DIFC, works with leading regional enterprises such as Noon.com, Masafi, Alef Education, Retailo, Mobily Infotech, Seepco, Eyewa, Shalina Healthcare and Foodics
ChatGPT has lit up the internet since launching at the end of November last year, gathering its first million users in less than a week
As an economic downturn looms, the average blue-chip company is expected to be in balance sheet repair mode
Hashish will help shape Cisco’s strategic CX direction, with a strong focus on leveraging technology to support digitisation, innovation and social inclusion
Microsoft’s property management solution minimises manual processes and human interference thereby ensuring enhanced service
The spinoff left Kyndryl with 90,000 employees and a large chunk of the legacy infrastructure services business that had been a drag on growth for IBM before the split
The bank is looking for fintechs, digital experience startups and emerging technology players operating to support its immersion into the virtual world
Apple is still retaining recruiters who are full-time employees and not all of its contractors were fired as part of the move
Commscope deploys its integrated CBRS network solution with Microsoft Azure private MEC to create agile factories and transform workforce efficiency
All major groups in the S&P 500 retreated with losses in megacaps like Tesla and Apple weighing heavily on trading
Yazbeck is the successor to Sayed Hashish, who served in the role since 2016
The digital platform uses technology from Azure, such as cloud-native space, including Azure Kubernetes Services