Microsoft hits $4 Trillion market cap
Redmond rides GenAI gold rush
Software King of the world, Microsoft's share price briefly cracked the $4 trillion mark on Thursday, making it only the second outfit in history to do so, before it promptly slid back to $3.96 trillion.
Opera sings to Brazilian watchdog over Edge’s browser bullying
Microsoft accused of kicking rivals out of Windows with dodgy tactics
Browser minnow Opera has lodged an antitrust complaint in Brazil claiming Microsoft’s Edge is being unfairly shoved down users' throats.
AI search traffic jumps as brands scramble to keep up
Chatbots chip away at Google’s dominance
AI-powered chatbots are fast becoming a go-to for online answers, eating into the long-standing grip of traditional search engines and giving marketers another headache.
Vole's AI boss says chasing the AI frontier is for mugs
Microsoft plays it slow and strategic
The Software King of the World, Microsoft, maybe sitting on mountains of Nvidia GPUs, but it’s not exactly in a hurry to fire them up on bleeding-edge AI projects.
Apple misses court date
Might miss $20 billion too
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has taken a legal punch to the wallet after a US appeals court told it to sit down and shut up during the juicy remedy phase of Google's ongoing antitrust saga.
Vole rebrands its Copilot for businesses
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat
Software King of the World, Microsoft is relaunching its free Copilot for businesses as Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, complete with the ability to use AI agents.
Microsoft rolls back Bing Image Generation update
Users croon in complaint
Software King of the World, Microsoft has had to roll back its latest update to its Bing Image Generation system, which installed the latest iteration of OpenAI’s Dall-E model after Bing users vociferously complained about a decline in image quality.
Vole seems to have cloned Google
A sneaky move to retain Bing users
Software King of the World, Microsoft appears to have implemented a new and somewhat controversial tactic aimed at keeping users on Bing rather than losing them to Google.
Surge in Internet traffic in 2024
Cloudflare sees 17.2 per cent growth
Cloudflare’s 2024 Internet Traffic Report reveals a notable 17.2 per cent global surge in internet traffic, underscoring the continued expansion of the digital world.
AI will replace web browsers says Microsoft
Microsoft's AI CEO predicts
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman predicts that conversational AI will become the primary way people interact with technology, effectively replacing traditional web browsers and search engines within the next few years.