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Microsoft Shares Jump on Earnings Beat

The value of Microsoft shares last Wednesday, April 30, during extended trading showed an increase of approximately 9%, which is an upward dynamic supported by the fact that this company published the financial results of its operations for the last fiscal quarter, which exceeded preliminary expectations, including regarding the performance of the Azure cloud business, […]

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Mastercard and Visa Usher New Era of Agentic AI Commerce

Both payment network providers, Visa and Mastercard, have almost simultaneously unveiled their initiatives to enable the future of AI-driven agentic commerce.

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Microsoft to Contract Out More Software Selling

Microsoft Corp. plans to use third-party companies to handle more sales of software for small and medium-sized customers.

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Dubai’s Du Announces Hyperscale Data Center Deal With Microsoft

The Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company PJSC (du) on Tuesday, April 22, announced a 2 billion dirhams ($544.54 million) hyperscale data center deal with Microsoft.

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S&P Global Makes Commodities Data AI-Ready with Microsoft 365 Copilot

The S&P Global AI tool on Microsoft 365 Copilot uses knowledge from S&P Global Commodity Insights, a top source for information and prices in the commodities and energy markets.

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Microsoft AI Chief Sees Advantage in Building Models 3 or 6 Months Behind

Microsoft owns a large number of graphics processing units from Nvidia but does not use these products to develop state-of-the-art artificial intelligence models.

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Microsoft Reportedly Develops AI Reasoning Models

The media published information according to which Microsoft is currently developing in-house artificial intelligence reasoning models to compete with OpenAI.

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Microsoft Plans $297 Million AI Investment in South Africa

Microsoft will invest an additional 5.4 billion rand ($297 million) in South Africa by the end of 2027 to expand its cloud and artificial intelligence capacities in the country.

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Microsoft Reports Earnings

On Wednesday, January 29, during the extended trading, the value of Microsoft shares fell by as much as 5% after the technology giant released its results for the second fiscal quarter, which showed the growth of Azure cloud computing services below preliminary expectations.

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Donald Trump Says Microsoft Looks to Take Control of TikTok

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, said last Monday, January 27, that Microsoft is on the list of US companies that are considering taking control of TikTok to help this app avoid being banned from further operation in the country.

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SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle Launch $500B AI Infrastructure Project

Stargate Project, a new company supported by SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle, and MGX, aims to invest $500 billion over the next four years to build robust AI infrastructure in the United States.

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Microsoft to Invest $3 Billion in India

Microsoft chief executive officer Satya Nadella announced last Tuesday, January 7, that the company would spend $3 billion to expand its Azure cloud and artificial intelligence capacity in India.

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Microsoft Plans to Invest $80 Billion on AI-Enabled Data Centers

Microsoft plans to invest about $80 billion in the development of data centers for training artificial intelligence models and deployment of AI and cloud-based apps in fiscal 2025.

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OpenAI Reportedly to Give Microsoft Access to Its AGI

The media reported that OpenAI may provide Microsoft with access to its as-yet-unrealized artificial general intelligence (AGI).

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FTC Reportedly Opens Antitrust Probe Into Microsoft

In the United States, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has launched an antitrust investigation into Microsoft, which drilled all aspects of the technology giant’s activities, including, among others, business related to cloud computing, software licensing, functional solutions in the cybersecurity area and artificial intelligence products.

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Elon Musk Expands Lawsuit Against OpenAI

It has become known that Elon Musk has expanded his lawsuit against OpenAI, the developer of the world’s most popular artificial intelligence-based chatbot called ChatGPT.