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Nasscom, Microsoft announce 2nd 'AI Gamechangers' to boost AI adoption

In a bid to accelerate AI (artificial intelligence) adoption in India, Nasscom and Microsoft on Wednesday announced the second edition of the 'AI Gamechangers' awards

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's son Zain Nadella passes away

Zain was 26 and had been born with cerebral palsy

Satya Nadella's son, Zain, passes away at age 26: Microsoft

Zain Nadella had been born with cerebral palsy

World may see another pandemic, likely due to respiratory virus: Bill Gates

Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates on Thursday said the world may see another pandemic, likely a respiratory virus, even as he emphasised on strengthening diagnostics, therapeutics, vaccines and R &D. The last gigantic pandemic was almost 100 years ago but it won't be that long into the next one strikes, he said, in a virtual fireside chat with Telangana Industries Minister K T Rama Rao as part of 'BioAsisa-2022', the state government's flagship annual life sciences convention. "It won't necessarily be a coronavirus or even the flu. It is likely to be a respiratory virus. Because, with all the human travel we have now, that's the one that can spread in such a rapid way," he said. Gates talked about his upcoming book on the subject, the lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic and the significance of funding the private sector and academia to build better diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines. He emphasised that there is a need for the world to spend more on ...

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates praises India's commitment to global health

Gates said that India's 3 vaccines -- Covaxin, Corbavex and Covishield -- were the products of partnerships that bridged sectors as well as borders.

LinkedIn launches Creator Accelerator Program in India; aids 200 creators

ndia is the second market to roll out the program, after its successful launch in the US in September 2021

Microsoft Edge may overtake Safari as second most popular desktop browser

Google Chrome still holds the top spot at 65.38 per cent, with fellow challenger Mozilla Firefox now trailing with 9.18 per cent.

Microsoft Surface Pro X: Solid as a Windows 11 tablet, but so as a laptop

Microsoft Surface Pro X 2021 is a small step forward from the 2020 edition. It makes a good supplementary device to get basic work done on the go, but is that enough to justify its hefty price tag?

Bill Gates to address BioAsia in fireside chat with Telangana IT Minister

Microsoft co-founder and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Bill Gates will speak about the road ahead for life science and healthcare industries at BioAsia 2022, beginning from February 24.

Warren Buffett says Berkshire's Activision purchase was 'no bonanza'

Buffett also said Berkshire had 'no prior knowledge' that Microsoft was working on a $68.7 billion takeover of Activision, whose franchises include 'Call of Duty' and 'Candy Crush'

'Ice phishing' attacks can risk secure Blockchain and Web3, warns Microsoft

As the adoption of Blockchain and Web3 technologies rise, Microsoft warns of new cyber threats including 'ice phishing' campaigns that can put the secure decentralised, De-Fi world of finance at risk.

Bill Gates visits Pak for first time; discusses health issues with PM Khan

Gates attended a session of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), the top anti-coronavirus body and also met Planning Minister and NCOC Chief Asad Umar

Microsoft takes Surface Laptop Studio pre-order in India, sale begins Mar 8

Priced Rs 1,56,999 onwards, the Surface Laptop Studio is touted by the company as its most powerful Surface-series device ever

Microsoft to fully reopen its headquarters on February 28 as Covid subsides

The company said that based on improving local health metrics, its Washington state work sites will move to the sixth and final stage of the hybrid workplace model, effective February 28

Buffett's Berkshire bought Activision shares before Microsoft takeover

Microsoft announced its plan to buy Activision Blizzard on January 18, in its largest ever acquisition

Microsoft to let Sony PS fans play CoD for years: Brad Smith

An obvious concern was that Microsoft could make CoD available exclusively on the Xbox console, undermining opportunities for Sony PlayStation users

L&T, Microsoft sign pact to develop regulated sector-focused cloud offering

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Microsoft India on Monday announced signing of a pact to develop a regulated sector-focused cloud offering to empower customers with the best-of-breed cloud computing and infrastructure services. In line with emerging regulations, L&T and Microsoft will co-engage with a defined set of large customers in regulated sectors to develop architectures and road maps to modernise their traditional data centres to potentially hybrid models and advance their digital transformation goals. Under the memorandum of understanding (MoU), the two industry leaders will set up a joint governance group to define future platform designs, investments, and commercial/business models to service the regulated sectors' emerging technology requirements, according to a statement. Senior leadership teams of both the organisations will be engaged collectively on this as the association evolves. "India is at the cusp of enormous cloud adoption, as innovation, scale and agility .

High attrition, employee cost casts spell on IT stks; buy on dips: Analysts

The nervousness in the IT stocks, analysts believe, is on account of rising employee costs at a time the business growth has been modest year-on-year in the December 2021 quarter (Q3FY22)

Windows 11 adoption happening twice as fast as Windows 10, says data

In October, 2021, Microsoft released Windows 11 to the masses and now a new data has revealed that more people are upgrading to Windows 11

35 US states, Microsoft back Epic Games in its fight against Apple

A coalition of 35 US state Attorneys General, Microsoft and the Electronic Frontier Foundation have come forward to support Fortnite maker Epic Games's ongoing court battle with Apple.