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Clare Barclay is the new chief executive at Microsoft UK. She will oversee the British Government's Industrial Strategy. Barclay is to chair the Industrial Strategy Advisory Council. This council will advise the government, in…

AMD's CEO believes that the chipmaker has closed the performance gap between Nvidia and its market-leading artificial Intelligence processors. The company unveiled new products aimed at a market valued at hundreds of billions. The…

The cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike tried to give a $10 UberEats gift voucher as a thank you for the workers who helped fix the recent global outage, but Uber flagged it as a possible fraud. CrowdStrike has confirmed that the $10 voucher…

Insurers estimate that the global outage caused by CrowdStrike’s faulty update would cost US Fortune 500 companies $5,4bn. The cybersecurity firm has pledged to take steps to prevent this from happening again. The projected financial…

Microsoft and Apple resigned from their board observers seats at OpenAI to quell global regulators' concern over the close relationship between big tech companies and a few powerful AI start ups. Microsoft, less than nine months after…

Microsoft announced an improved artificial intelligence-powered personal assistant that supports the work of all departments within a company without requiring direct commands. The tech giant is stepping up its competition with Google in…

Microsoft wants laptop users so familiar with its artificial-intelligence chatbot, that it remembers everything they do on their computer and helps them figure out what to do next. Software giant announced an updated version of Copilot…

Apple's new iPads feature what the company calls "an insanely powerful chip for AI", a sign of its growing focus on artificial-intelligence services. Just months after introducing the M3 chip with new Macs, the company announced the "M4"…

Microsoft's cloud services sales surpassed analysts' expectations, as the demand for this high-profile technology is challenging the company's ability to keep up. The Seattle-based company, which is a bellwether of the rapidly growing AI…

The London office of a tech giant has set up a division for artificial intelligence Microsoft will open a new artificial-intelligence (AI) hub for London, one year after the company's former president stated that his confidence to invest…

Microsoft has hired Mustafa Suleyman to lead a new consumer-facing AI unit. Suleyman is the co-founder and CEO of Google's DeepMind, as well as the chief executive officer of Inflection. Microsoft announced Tuesday that Suleyman will be…

Microsoft has signed a deal to expand its presence in the rapidly growing artificial intelligence industry beyond OpenAI. Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president, announced a “multi-year partnership” with Paris-based Mistral Monday to help the…

The companies have announced that Intel, a US chip manufacturer, will produce high-end semiconductors exclusively for Microsoft. Intel is competing with TSMC, Samsung and other suppliers to provide the next generation silicon for artificial…

The New York Times is the first major US news organization to sue OpenAI over its artificial intelligence chatbots. The tech companies are accused of taking a "free ride" on millions articles in order to create the revolutionary technology.…

The software giant paid the money in the past 15 months as part of a "bilateral contract". Microsoft paid HMRC £136m for back taxes as part of a deal reached with authorities regarding how the company shifts its revenues…

Regulators around the globe are faced with a tough choice as they try to deal with the unfair competition in cloud computing. To open the cloud market, more detailed intervention will be required than in other tech markets. This includes…

Ofcom, the UK's communications regulator, has referred the $500bn industry of cloud computing to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for an antitrust probe after finding that Microsoft and Amazon dominate the market. In the UK,…

The red tape could keep the country out of the forefront of the AI revolution Rishi Sunak, a British scientist and technologist, announced his plans less than six months earlier to turn Britain into a global superpower in…