Microsoft to host education-technology event on November 9
New Delhi: American tech-giant Microsoft will be hosting an event focused on education technology”>technology, next week. According to The Verge, the company plans to discuss ‘new and existing technology”>technology from Microsoft Education’ on November 9 at 12 PM ET. Microsoft described the event as: “Join us at 9 a.m. PT on Tuesday, Nov. 9, as […]
Microsoft’s 2021 Surface event: The 7 biggest announcements
Washington: Microsoft wrapped up its Surface event on Wednesday and announced a lot of new devices, including a new flagship laptop. As per The Verge, the event was packed with news — including the redesigned Surface Pro 8, a camera-equipped Surface Duo 2, and even a new flagship laptop that puts a hinge behind the […]
Windows 11 getting revamped snipping tool, calculator, mail apps
Washington: Tech giant Microsoft is rolling out updates to the snipping tool, calculator and mail apps to match the new design changes in its Windows 11. As per The Verge, the updates are rolling out to Windows 11 users in the Insider Preview program. Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel will soon be able to […]
Microsoft’s new software that detects deepfakes launched ahead of US vote
San Francisco: Microsoft has unveiled software that can help spot “deepfake” photos or videos, adding to the list of programs designed to fight the hard-to-detect images ahead of the US presidential election. The Video Authenticator software analyses an image or each frame of a video, looking for evidence of manipulation that could even be invisible […]
Walmart joins Microsoft in bid to buy TikTok
San Francisco: US retail giant Walmart said Thursday it had teamed with Microsoft in a bid to buy Chinese-owned short-form video app TikTok. “We are confident that a Walmart and Microsoft partnership would meet both the expectations of US TikTok users while satisfying the concerns of US government regulators,” the retailer told AFP. It may […]
Trump wants a big cut from TikTok US’ sale for the treasury
Washington: President Donald Trump has demanded that the US treasury get a substantial chunk of the TikTok sale proceeds, as he set a September 15 as the deadline for the popular Chinese short video app to be out of business in the country unless it is bought by an American company. Trump was speaking to […]
Microsoft in talks to buy TikTok’s US business, say reports
New York: Amid reports that President Donald Trump will order China’s ByteDance to sell its hit video app TikTok’s US operations because of national-security concerns, Microsoft has emerged as a leading buyer. “We are looking at TikTok,” Trump told reporters Friday at the White House. “We may be banning TikTok.” Reports by Bloomberg News and […]
Microsoft joins Amazon, IBM to pause face scans for police, but they’re small players
Microsoft has become the third big tech company this week to say it won’t sell its facial recognition software to police, following similar moves by Amazon and IBM. Microsoft’s president and chief counsel, Brad Smith, announced the decision and called on Congress to regulate the technology during a Washington Post video event on Thursday. “We’ve […]
The first modern pandemic will define this era, says Microsoft founder Bill Gates
WASHINGTON: The COVID-19 pandemic, the first modern pandemic, will define this era and no one who lives through this will ever forget it, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has stressed. It is impossible to overstate the pain that people are feeling now and will continue to feel for years to come, he said, adding that the […]