Aiming to attract more AI investment to the country, India is hosting a four-day AI Impact Summit this week that will be attended by executives from major AI and Big Tech labs, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Nvidia, Microsoft, Google and Cloudflare, as well as heads of state. Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anthropic … Read more
February 14, 1995: Apple Computer Expands Lawsuit Against San Francisco Canyon Company Developer to Microsoft and Intel The lawsuit concerns allegedly stolen Apple code used to enhance Microsoft Video for Windows technology. The lawsuit comes to a head as Apple threatens a multi-billion dollar lawsuit against Microsoft. Meanwhile, Microsoft CEO Bill Gates threatens to cancel … Read more
Microsoft has patched security vulnerabilities in Windows and Office that the company says are being actively exploited by hackers to break into people’s computers. These are one-click attacks, meaning a hacker can plant malware or gain access to a victim’s computer with minimal user interaction. At least two flaws can be exploited by tricking someone … Read more
Microsoft has fixed a critical vulnerability affecting Markdown files in Notepad. In Tuesday’s patch notes, Microsoft says a bad actor could perform a remote code execution attack by tricking users into “clicking on a malicious link inside a Markdown file opened in Notepad,” as it previously reported. Registry. Clicking on the link “launches unauthenticated protocols,” … Read more
February 11, 2010: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is getting up to speed with the iPad excitement and his take on Apple’s tablet. His look? Apple’s upcoming device is kind of meh. “There’s nothing on the iPad that I look at and think, ‘I wish Microsoft had done that,’” Gates tells one interviewer. Bill Gates rejects … Read more
The AI industry’s pursuit of licensed content has been a messy affair, fraught with lawsuits and allegations of copyright infringement. Now that tech companies are looking for legally safe sources of AI training data, Amazon is reportedly considering launching a marketplace where publishers could license their content directly to AI companies. The Information reported on … Read more
Carbon removal company Terradot is acquiring competitor Eion, the two companies announced today. Sales have largely been driven by large investors, such as sovereign wealth funds, who want to work with companies that can handle large orders. Eion was simply too small, Eion CEO Anastasia Pavlovic Hans told The Wall Street Journal. Both companies spread … Read more
February 4, 2008: Apple CEO Steve Jobs is reportedly considering buying the search engine Yahoo. Apple is one of several companies interested following reports that Microsoft offered $44.6 billion for the Web portal last week. In the end, nothing came of it, but Apple’s interest is later confirmed in Jobs’ authorized biography. Is Apple buying … Read more
Last year, Microsoft confirmed that it was working on a next-generation Xbox console in collaboration with AMD. Now AMD is hinting that the next Xbox console, which will use AMD’s own chips, could launch in 2027. “Development of Microsoft’s next-generation Xbox, featuring AMD’s semi-custom SoC, is progressing well to support a 2027 launch,” AMD CEO … Read more