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IT firms tighten employee scrutiny amid high costs, thin margins: Report

The senior employees who have been hired at a premium over the past two years will also face a greater degree of scrutiny

Google hopes its chatbot 'Bard' will outsmart ChatGPT, Microsoft in AI

Google is girding for a battle of wits in the field of artificial intelligence with Bard," a conversational service apparently aimed at countering the popularity of the ChatGPT tool backed by Microsoft. Bard initially will be available exclusively to a group of trusted testers" before being widely released later this year, according to a Monday blog post from Google CEO Sundar Pichai. Google's chatbot is supposed to be able to explain complex subjects such as outer space discoveries in terms simple enough for a child to understand. It also claims the service will also perform other more mundane tasks, such as providing tips for planning a party, or lunch ideas based on what food is left in a refrigerator. Pichai didn't say in his post whether Bard will be able to write prose in the vein of William Shakespeare, the playwright who apparently inspired the service's name. Bard can be an outlet for creativity, and a launchpad for curiosity," Pichai wrote Google announced Bard's existen

Samsung's password manager 'Samsung Pass' now supports Windows 11, 10

At present, the application only supports Windows 11 and Windows 10, and the older versions of Windows will not be compatible

EU sends formal warning to Microsoft over $69 bn Activision Blizzard deal

Microsoft has formally received an antitrust warning from the European Union over its $68.7 billion bid to acquire gaming giant Activision Blizzard, the media reported.

Microsoft's new Bing powered by ChatGPT-4 AI may encourage natural language

According to the screenshots, the new Bing describes itself as a "research assistant, personal planner, and creative partner at your side"

Microsoft Teams Premium gets new features powered by OpenAI's GPT-3.5

Tech giant Microsoft has introduced new features powered by OpenAI's GPT-3.5, to its Teams Premium, to make meeting artificial intelligence (AI)-powered

OpenAI launches new tool 'AI Text Classifier' to detect AI-generated text

It requires a minimum of 1,000 characters, which is approximately 150 - 250 words and its result is not always accurate

Microsoft to automatically upgrade Windows 11 old version to new version

Meanwhile, Microsoft announced that it is beginning to roll out the tabs feature in Notepad for Windows 11

Microsoft-owned GitHub crosses 100 mn developers, over 10 mn in India alone

Microsoft-owned open source developer platform GitHub has reached 100 million members globally, and is growing fast in India too where it has crossed 10 million developers on the platform

Microsoft to reveal network issue that caused major outage across services

A network issue caused the mega outage at Microsoft services like Teams, Xbox Live, Outlook and Microsoft 365 suite as millions of users globally, including in India, were left in the lurch

Microsoft working on File Explorer update with UI improvement on Windows 11

Microsoft is reportedly working on a significant update to File Explorer on Windows 11 that will improve its UI and features

Thousands in India impacted as network outage hits Microsoft products

According to Downdetector.com, 3,900 people reported outages for Teams alone; services were impacted in US, Europe, APAC, Middle East and Africa

Microsoft logs slowest quarter growth in 6 years, PC sales nosedive

Recently, Microsoft has made a "multiyear, multibillion dollar" investment in ChatGPT developer OpenAI

Teams, Outlook down for thousands in India; Microsoft says probe underway

There were more than 3,700 incidents of people reporting issues with Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Edge may soon allow users to split two tabs in single window

Microsoft is reportedly testing a new split-screen feature for Edge that will let users compare two tabs side-by-side

Top headlines: Google to start unbundling apps, Microsoft profit decline

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Microsoft, amid layoffs, says quarterly profit declined 12% to $16.43 bn

Microsoft on Tuesday reported a 12% drop in profit for the October-December quarter, reflecting the economic uncertainty it said led to its decision to cut 10,000 workers. The company reported quarterly profit of $16.43 billion, or $2.20 per share. Excluding one-time items, the company based in Redmond, Washington, said it earned $2.32 a share, which topped Wall Street expectation for adjusted earnings of $2.29 a share. The software maker posted revenue of $52.75 billion in the October-December period, its second fiscal quarter, up 2% from the same period a year ago. Analysts polled by FactSet expected Microsoft to post revenue of $52.99 billion for the October-December quarter. Microsoft last week blamed macroeconomic conditions and changing customer priorities for its decision to cut nearly 5% of its global workforce. It's one of a number of tech companies, including Google, Amazon, Salesforce and Facebook parent Meta, to announce mass layoffs. Microsoft's personal computing .

Microsoft Edge Insiders in Dev channel can now personalise sidebar

The company has also fixed browser crash when removing apps from the sidebar and crash related to memory errors

Microsoft to stop selling Windows 10 Home, Pro downloads later this month

The company will also stop officially supporting Windows 10 on October 14, 2025

Microsoft Teams introduces new feature to allow real-time editing in chat

The new feature comes available in both Teams meeting chat and Teams chat, the company mentioned