Microsoft
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Business
U.K. Blocks Microsoft’s $69 Billion Bid for Activision, a Blow for Tech Deals
The decision barring the takeover of a big video game publisher is a major loss for Microsoft, which also faces…
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News
Microsoft Is Sacrificing Its Ethical Principles to Win the A.I. Race
The celebration that greeted Microsoft’s release of its A.I.-boosted search engine, Bing to testers two weeks ago has lurched to…
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Technology
Microsoft to Limit Length of Bing Chatbot Conversations
The new technology has gone down unusual, sometimes unnerving paths in lengthy conversations with some early users.
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Business
Microsoft Considers More Limits for Its New A.I. Chatbot
The company knew the new technology had issues like occasional accuracy problems. But users have prodded surprising and unnerving interactions.
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Business
Bing (Yes, Bing) Just Made Search Interesting Again
Google has stiff competition now, after Microsoft integrated powerful A.I. technology into its search engine.
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Business
Microsoft Revenue Up 2 Percent, but Profit Drops 12 Percent
The company, which announced plans to lay off 10,000 workers last week, had warned that is was facing a significant…
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Technology
Microsoft Bets Big on the Creator of ChatGPT in Race to Dominate A.I.
When a chatbot called ChatGPT hit the internet late last year, executives at a number of Silicon Valley companies worried…
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Business
Video Game Workers Get a Union Foothold at Microsoft
The outcome, involving about 300 employees, is one of organized labor’s biggest victories at a major U.S. tech company.
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Business
Microsoft Gambles on ‘Nice Guy’ Strategy to Close Activision Megadeal
Federal regulators have sued to block the $69 billion acquisition, but the company has settled on a path forward and…
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Business
Pentagon Divides Big Cloud-Computing Deal Among 4 Firms
Contracts that could total $9 billion were awarded to Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle. An earlier effort, won by Microsoft,…