In America, the Washington D.C., uniparty types like to make you think they are all for reining in big corporations in favor of the “little guy.” But in practice, it seems that across many industries, the practice of squeezing out competition via government subsidy or legislative or bureaucratic intervention is often carried out by legislators with a vested interest in the long-term success of their “donating constituency.”
Security researchers have identified a vulnerability in GitHub’s comment file upload system that malicious actors are exploiting to spread malware. Here’s how it works: When a user uploads a file to a GitHub comment (even if the comment itself is never posted), a download link is automatically generated. This link includes the name of the repository and its owner, […]
In this week's Microsoft 365 Roadmap recap, we look at Word on most platforms getting integration with Microsoft Designer, copy-and-paste improvements for Outlook, more AI for Teams, and more.
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India-West News Desk SAN FRANCISCO, CA — In an alarming note, Microsoft on April 17 said Russian online campaigns to influence the U.S. presidential election has kicked into gear. This has been going on over the past 45 days, but at a slower pace than in […]
Microsoft has banned police departments from using its Azure OpenAI Service for facial recognition purposes. The company added language to its code of conduct Thursday (May 2) saying that this artificial intelligence (AI) service may not “be used for facial recognition purposes by or for police departments in the United States,” a Microsoft spokesperson told PYMNTS Thursday in an email. […]
We’re getting closer every day to a password-free future. Less than two years after Apple launched passkeys with iOS 16 and macOS 13, more and more companies continue adding support. Following in the footsteps of Amazon and Nintendo, among others, today Microsoft announced that passkey support is rolling out for all its consumer accounts across Apple platforms, Windows, and Google products. Users of Word, Excel, and the host of other popular products requiring Microsoft sign-in will be able...
Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith and wife Kathy Surace-Smith have purchased a stake in the Mariners, becoming just the third additions to the team's ownership group since 1992.
Microsoft, it seems, is hedging its bets when it comes to general-purpose robotics AI. At the end of February, the Windows maker spearheaded a massive $675 million Series B in Bay Area-based Figure. Today, the tech giant announced a collaboration with Figure competitor Sanctuary AI, best known for its humanoid robot, Phoenix. The Sanctuary partnership […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Eight US news publishers on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against software firm Microsoft and ChatGPT maker OpenAI for copyright infringement in training their generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) models using proprietary material. It comes months after The New York Times took the companies to court for similar reasons. ET explains the case and the trend globally.Who are the plaintiffs this time?The newspapers involved in the suit are the New York Daily News, the Chicago Tribune, the Orlando...
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