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Microsoft 365's new consumer tier to get 100GB of storage at $1.99: Report

Microsoft 365 Basic will be available with an ad-free Outlook web and mobile experience and enhanced security features

Microsoft to move some 'Teams' features to Premium edition: Report

The Premium offers artificial intelligence (AI)-powered smart features such as live translations, custom meeting branding and advanced meeting protections

Best of BS Opinion: Cut down on sugar, next level in AI, and more

Here is the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for today

Next level in AI

New tools will require careful navigation

Microsoft's next Surface Duo smartphone may feature foldable screen

Microsoft's upcoming Surface Duo will reportedly feature a "true" foldable design instead of a dual-screen

Microsoft to no longer provide security updates for Windows 7, 8.1

Tech giant Microsoft will no longer provide security updates to Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, leaving the users with the option to upgrade to a newer OS or remain vulnerable to security threats

Microsoft betting $10 billion on viral AI bot ChatGPT, says report

ChatGPT has lit up the internet since launching at the end of November, gathering its first million users in less than a week

Microsoft's new AI tool 'VALL-E' can replicate any voice in just 3 seconds

The tool was trained on 60,000 hours of English speech data, reports Gizmochina

Microsoft acquires tech firm Fungible to boost data centre infrastructure

Microsoft has announced the acquisition of the US-based technology company, Fungible, a provider of composable infrastructure aimed at accelerating networking and storage performance in data centres

Microsoft in talks to invest $10 bn in ChatGPT owner, says report

The funding includes other venture firms and will value San Francisco-based OpenAI at $29 billion

TMS Ep342: Tech giants wooing India, women's IPL, markets, licensing norms

Why are Microsoft and Google wooing India? Can women's IPL the success of IPL? Which factors will decide street action this week? What do new licensing norms mean for Delhi's nightlife? Answers here

Microsoft may add OpenAI writing technology to Office, other apps

Tech giant Microsoft will reportedly add OpenAI writing tech to Office, providing users with a way to compose the text for projects by incorporating AI technology into its apps

Microsoft drops aggressive claim against US FTC in Activision Blizzard case

Microsoft removed an aggressive argument against U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) it made last month, as agency sued the tech giant for acquiring leading video game developer Activision Blizzard

India-built public goods infra globally applicable: Satya Nadella

Microsoft chief praises country's digital public good infrastructure as 'great, important'

Age of celebration of tech for tech's sake is over, says MS CEO Nadella

Suggesting that the age of celebration of technology for technology's sake is over, Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella on Thursday said it is now about technology and its use for everyone in the world, where India can contribute immensely. Speaking at the 'Microsoft Future Ready Technology Summit' here, he also highlighted the "magic" of government programmes and India Stack "co-evolving" in the country. "I had a chance to have a brief conversation with the Prime Minister yesterday, his vision and all the programmes, the yojanas and the India Stack. In fact the thing I'm realising is the magic of India Stack, because everything needs feedback. The yojanas or the policy and the technology stack co-evolving, that's just like a virtuous cycle that is unlike anything I have seen and it's just tremendous," Nadella said. He said, "I absolutely think both of these are perhaps the greatest contributions that India can make to the world quite frankly. The idea that there is digital ...

India's tech spend becoming normalised with developing world: Satya Nadella

India could probably be among the top 10 countries in the world going by its GDP to tech-spend ratio, according to Microsoft's data, the company's Executive Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella said on Thursday. Responding to a question on Microsoft's future in helping the Indian economy, Nadella said "there is overall economy, economic growth and there is tech spend. That gap is bridging. India's tech spend as a percentage of GDP is now becoming normalised with the developing world." "India (In GDP to tech spend) is sort of definitely in the top ten in the world at least in our data. If that is the case, then the question is what is next. What is the output of that tech spend. Is it the same," he said while briefing the media after the Future Ready Tech Summit here. Delving into Microsoft's role in India's growing tech spend, he said "...if India has a GDP of X and a percentage of that is what is the productivity gain from that (tech spend), that then the world can benefit from...is the

Age of celebration of technology for technology's sake is over: Nadella

Suggesting that the age of celebration of technology for technology's sake is over, Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella on Thursday said it is now about technology and its use for everyone in the world, where India can contribute immensely. Speaking at the 'Microsoft Future Ready Technology Summit' here, he also highlighted the "magic" of government programmes and India Stack co-evolving in the country. "I had a chance to have a brief conversation with the Prime Minister yesterday, his vision and all the programmes, the yojanas and the India Stack. In fact the thing I'm realising is the magic of India Stack, because everything needs feedback. The yojanas or the policy and the technology stack co-evolving, that's just like a virtuous cycle that is unlike anything I have seen and it's just tremendous," Nadella said. He said, "I absolutely think both of these are perhaps the greatest contributions that India can make to the world quite frankly. When I think about it, the idea that

We want to push India's $1 trillion digital economy dream: Satya Nadella

Nadella said that India's tax spend as a percentage of its GDP is becoming normalised when compared to the developed world, and is now among the top 10 countries

Satya Nadella checks right boxes talking about G20, Make in India and AI

Looking to help in "amplifying" the India story, Microsoft Executive Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella on Thursday said the country's technology story and the policies that helped it reach here is a tale that needs to be told to the world. Briefing the media after the Future Ready Technology summit in Bengaluru, Nadella said "India is taking the leap to contribute both in the digital technology as well as the soft side of it--the policy side of it, as to how this came about." "That story needs to be written about, talked about so that everyone else in the world can also benefit from it. I think India's leadership of the G20 is obviously a great moment for that. And we at Microsoft want to be as helpful as possible in amplifying what is essentially the output of India," he said. Emphasising often on the growth of digital public goods in India, Nadella said India has created a "virtuous cycle of digital public goods that raises the bar on private enterprises, increases competition, reduc

ISRO, Microsoft join hands to empower spacetech startups in India

The space tech startups identified by ISRO will be on-boarded onto the aMicrosoft for Startups Founders Hub' platform, that supports startups at every stage of their journey-from idea to unicorn