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The US chipmaker Intel has announced that it will produce high-end semiconductors for Microsoft in an effort to compete with TSMC and Samsung in the global supply of the next generation of silicon used in artificial intelligence. Encouraged by geopolitical concerns in Washington on the
Later this week, Microsoft will release a suite of its Microsoft 365 apps for Apple’s Vision Pro headset. On February 2, the same day that Apple’s new headset goes on sale in stores, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Loop, and Microsoft Teams will all
AppCAT, an Azure Migrate tool from Microsoft, was released with the goal of helping customers move their on-premises.NET apps to the Azure cloud. Since its launch on January 3, the Azure Migrate application and code assessment tool for.NET, or AppCAT for short, has allowed users
Github, the AI-powered platform owned by Microsoft, has opened up its chatbot Copilot Chat to all regular users. The announcement was posted by the platform on its blog. The cost of the chatbot for individual users is $10 per month. According to Github, businesses and
Upstate, Windows Mixed Reality is on its way to a farm. An official list of Windows features that are no longer supported by Microsoft indicates that the platform is closing. This includes the standard Windows Mixed Reality software, the companion Steam VR app, and the
Though the year is almost over, there is still plenty of time for more AI news to be released. The image generator DALL-E 3 and OpenAI’s most recent model, GPT-4 Turbo, are two of the enhancements that Microsoft recently revealed will be integrated with its
In a recent update, Microsoft has shed light on its roadmap for the anticipated web-based Outlook for Windows, poised to replace the Mail and Calendar apps on both Windows 11 and Windows 10. The new all-in-one client is nearing completion and offers users the option
Phil Spencer, CEO of Xbox, emailed Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood in November 2020 to ask for permission to approach Sega Sammy to acquire its gaming studios. In an email seen by The Verge, he wrote about the Japanese company, “We believe
Today, Microsoft’s Bing GPT-4 chatbot is available to everyone without a waitlist. You can now access the open preview version powered by GPT-4 by signing in to the new Bing or Edge using your Microsoft account. Additionally, Microsoft is significantly upgrading Bing Chat with numerous
The Xbox Home UI has been reworked by Microsoft to make it easier to access key parts of the Xbox dashboard and better accommodate background images. Last month, the software giant halted a test of an upcoming Xbox Home UI to rework it, and the