Microsoft has inked a landmark energy agreement with Constellation Energy to power its datacenters by reviving a unit of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania.
- By John K. Waters
- 09/23/2024
In preview since November 2023, Microsoft's Windows App solution is now generally available for Web browsers, as well as Windows, macOS, iOS and iPadOS devices.
Recognizing the immense infrastructure demands of today's AI technologies, Microsoft is throwing its support behind a new multibillion-dollar datacenter investment fund.
Microsoft recently met with executives from some of its biggest security partners, including beleaguered CrowdStrike, to discuss ways to protect their mutual customers from another disaster.
The next updates to Microsoft 365 Copilot will include expanded AI capabilities in individual apps, the ability to create autonomous agents, and a new AI-powered collaboration workspace.
Carolina Dybeck Happe, most recently the senior vice president and chief financial officer at General Electric, has been appointed Microsoft's chief operating officer (COO).
A U.S. government agency is proposing a new rule that would require AI and cloud vendors to provide regular reports about the safety and capability of their products.
Microsoft's latest security patch update addresses 79 vulnerabilities, including four that are already being actively exploited in the wild.
A year after it was first unveiled, the Oracle Database@Azure infrastructure-as-a-service offering from Oracle and Microsoft is getting significant new capabilities.
California appears to be on the verge of setting a national precedent for AI regulation.
- By John K. Waters
- 09/09/2024
Microsoft has launched Prompt Shields, a new security feature now generally available, aimed at safeguarding applications powered by Foundation Models (large language models) for its Azure OpenAI Service.
Microsoft last week disclosed a sophisticated cyber campaign by a North Korean threat actor exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the Chromium browser.
Microsoft has announced upcoming end of life for two of its key products, Exchange Server 2016 and Dynamics 365 Project Service Automation (PSA), in 2025.
ChatGPT creator OpenAI, Microsoft, Gartner and other tech companies are giving their support for a proposed California bill that would require tech companies to label content generated by AI in the form of a digital "watermark."
- By John K. Waters
- 08/27/2024
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) has released new guidance on securing systems that leverage Large Language Models (LLMs) to address business challenges.
Microsoft's Recall AI feature, which has been on a bumpy road with public sentiment since it was announced at this year's Build conference in May, is back and with a new release window of October.
Microsoft announced that its Phi-3.5-Mini-Instruct model, the latest update to its Phi-3 model family, is now available.
Microsoft has announced that the unified Teams app is now available for Windows 11, Windows 10 and macOS users.
Sway AI announced on Monday that it has integrated its flagship low-code/no-code (LCNC) AI platform with Microsoft Azure, allowing Azure customers to build and deploy secure AI and machine learning (ML) applications directly within the Azure ecosystem.
- By John K. Waters
- 08/20/2024
Microsoft Loop, the company's online collaborative platform in Microsoft 365, is getting a number of notable new features and an overall redesign.