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Microsoft executive emails hacked by Russian intelligence group, company says
The same group that carried out the SolarWinds attack that hit Microsoft and U.S. government agencies in 2020 infiltrated Microsoft leaders’ email accounts.
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Microsoft's new AI key is first big change to keyboards in decades
Starting this month, some new personal computers that run Microsoft’s Windows 11 operating system will have a special “Copilot key” that launches the software giant’s AI chatbot.
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Activision Blizzard agrees to settle California case alleging discrimination against women
A proposed discrimination settlement would lead to a $46 million fund for female Activision Blizzard employees and contractors from 2015 to 2020.
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Russian hacker with Kremlin ties gets 9 years in US jail for $100M stock market scheme
A federal judge in Boston has sentenced a wealthy Russian businessman with ties to the Kremlin to nine years in prison for his role in a nearly $100 million insider trading scheme that relied on stolen company earnings information hacked through U.S. computer networks.
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Microsoft says early June disruptions to Outlook, Cloud Platform, were cyberattacks
Microsoft says the early June disruptions to its Microsoft’s flagship office suite — including the Outlook email apps — were attacks by a shadowy new hacktivist group.
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Mercedes-Benz and Microsoft to test ChatGPT in vehicles
Similar to other industries, the potential applications of ChatGPT in the automotive industry have emerged as a growing discussion.
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Microsoft stakes Xbox video game sales on long-awaited space adventure Starfield
One small step for an intrepid crew of 24th century space explorers could be a giant leap — or flop — for Microsoft when the Xbox-maker launches its long-awaited video game Starfield.
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Is Outlook down? Thousands of users report problems with Microsoft's email platform
Thousands of Microsoft Outlook users reported issues with accessing and using the email platform Monday morning.
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Congress Eyes New Rules for Tech: Here's What's Under Consideration
Most Democrats and Republicans agree that the federal government should better regulate the biggest technology companies, but there is very little consensus on how.
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From Word to Excel: Microsoft Unleashes AI Copilot in Office Software
The company said Thursday the new feature, named Copilot, is a processing engine that will allow users to do things like summarize long emails, draft stories in Word and animate slides in PowerPoint.
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School Districts Are Talking About Blocking ChatGPT. Here's Why
ChatGPT is an impressive but controversial writing tool that can generate paragraphs of human-like text.
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Bing's AI Chatbot Has Insulted People's Looks and Compared Them to Hitler. Microsoft Promises to Make It Stop
Some early adopters of the new Bing have shared screenshots on social media of its hostile or bizarre answers, in which it claims it is human, voices strong feelings and is quick to defend itself.
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Microsoft's Bing A.I. Is Producing Creepy Conversations With Users
Artificial intelligence experts warned that large language models have issues including “hallucination,” which means that the software can make stuff up.
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Microsoft to Lay Off 10,000 Employees
The maker of Windows and Office is letting go thousands of employees on Wednesday following a slower revenue growth.
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Microsoft Will Fight US Over $68.7B Activision Blizzard Deal
At the center of the dispute is Microsoft’s rivalry with PlayStation-maker Sony to secure popular Activision Blizzard franchises like the military shooter game Call of Duty.