#How Microsoft wins after the OpenAI shake-up

#How Microsoft wins after the OpenAI shake-up

Nearly one year after OpenAI launched the popular ChatGPT tool, company CEO and co-founder Sam Altman is heading to Microsoft after a surprise ousting. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced Monday that Altman, along with former OpenAI President and fellow co-founder Greg Brockman, will lead a generative artificial intelligence (AI) team at the tech giant. The…

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#Microsoft announces new security efforts following breach of US officials’ emails

#Microsoft announces new security efforts following breach of US officials’ emails

Microsoft laid out several steps it plans to take to strengthen security Thursday after Chinese hackers were able to gain access to U.S. officials’ email accounts through its system earlier this year. The “Secure Future Initiative” aims to utilize artificial intelligence (AI) to detect and counter cyberthreats, expand default security controls embedded in Microsoft products…

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# Microsoft’s Activision buy may see more metaverse in the office and crypto in gaming

# Microsoft’s Activision buy may see more metaverse in the office and crypto in gaming

More signs say the acquisition will boost metaverse applications in business than in gaming as CEO Nadella talks about productivity and metaverse enthusiast Kotick leaves Activision. A lot was said about the metaverse when the Microsoft deal to acquire Activision Blizzard was announced in January 2022. The attention mainly was on business communications, rather than…

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      United Kingdom regulator clears Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard

# United Kingdom regulator clears Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard

United Kingdom antitrust regulator Competition and Markets Authority has approved Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard after previously blocking the deal in April. In its original investigation, Competition and Markets Authority found Microsoft already held a strong position in relation to cloud gaming and blocked the deal. By selling Activision Blizzard’s cloud streaming rights to…

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#U.K. Regulator Finally Clears Microsoft to Complete B Activision Blizzard Deal

#U.K. Regulator Finally Clears Microsoft to Complete $69B Activision Blizzard Deal

Microsoft‘s planned, but protracted $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard can be completed after the U.K. competition regulator finally approved the deal on Friday. The software giant made the bid for the video game developer behind Call of Duty, Guitar Hero and Overwatch in January 2022, but the U.K.’s Competition Markets Authority (CMA) blocked the…

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