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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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ChatGPT Likely Helped Student Cheat in Ethics Course About Artificial Intelligence
The NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit surveyed the largest school districts and universities in Silicon Valley, home to nearly half a million students, to learn how educators are navigating developments in artificial intelligence that have been criticized for enabling cheating and spreading false information.
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ChatGPT Likely Helped Student Cheat in Ethics Course About Artificial Intelligence
The NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit surveyed the largest school districts and universities in Silicon Valley, home to nearly half a million students, to learn how educators are navigating new advances in artificial intelligence that have been criticized for enabling cheating and spreading false information. Senior Investigative Reporter Bigad Shaban reports.
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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 Network Outage Impacts Teams, Outlook, XBox for Users Worldwide
Microsoft says it’s investigating problems with its online services including its Teams messaging platform and Outlook email system after users around the world reported outages.
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Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen's Art Collection Sells for Record $1.6 Billion
Works by artists including Cézanne, Seurat, and van Gogh sold for a record-breaking $1.6 billion
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Netflix Inches Closer to Ad-Backed Video Service With Microsoft Deal
Netflix has picked Microsoft to help deliver the commercials in a cheaper version of its video streaming service expected to launch later this year with a pledge to minimize the intrusions into personal privacy that often accompany digital ads.
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So Long, Internet Explorer. The Browser Retires Today
As of Wednesday, June 15, 2022, Microsoft will no longer support the once-dominant browser that legions of web surfers loved to hate and a few still claim to adore
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10 P.M. Is the New Hottest Time To Get Work Done
Microsoft’s Work Trend Index shows that people are in 252% more meetings per week compared to pre-pandemic, and there’s less time in the workday to get things done. Between that and flexible workdays to allow for childcare, many remote workers sign on late at night to get things done, says Dr. Shamsi Iqbal, principal researcher at Microsoft.
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These Corporations Have Pledged to Help Employees Obtain Abortions When States Restrict Them
Here’s where companies stand in helping employees navigate abortion restrictions.
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Russian Hacks Often Accompany Ukraine Attacks, Microsoft Says
Microsoft says cyberattacks by state-backed Russian hackers have destroyed data across dozens of organizations in Ukraine and produced a “chaotic information environment.”