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Microsoft Partners On New Billing Premium: ‘The Price Increase Definitely Hurts’
Microsoft will put a 5 percent premium on certain sales of popular offerings such as Copilot, Microsoft 365, Office 365, Enterprise Mobiltiy+Security and Windows 365.
Yahoo
Xbox gaming handheld is years away, Microsoft exec says
Microsoft gaming head Phil Spencer has made no secret of his ... In the meantime, Spencer told Bloomberg that the Xbox business is doing well despite its third-place status behind the Nintendo Switch ...
Yahoo
Microsoft Is Set to Rebrand AI Features in Windows 11 as 'Windows Intelligence'
It looks like Microsoft is preparing to introduce a new suite of AI features for Windows 11 under the name "Windows Intelligence." We've heard this before somewhere, right? Something similar. In ...
VentureBeat
Microsoft-backed startup debuts task optimized enterprise AI models that run on CPUs
Small Language Models (SLM), such as Microsoft’s Phi-2 and vendors like Arcee AI have been advocating the approach for a while. Hurn-Maloney said that Fastino is calling its models task optimized ...
Yahoo
Microsoft Delays Windows 11 AI 'Recall' Feature to December
Processors can handle Recall if they have neural processing units (NPUs) and can hit 40 TOPS (trillion operations per second). Meteor Lake CPUs have NPUs but don’t qualify for Recall. Since June, many ...
ARPU
Microsoft-Backed Startup Fastino Debuts Task-Optimized Enterprise AI Models That Run on CPUs

Fastino, a San Francisco-based startup, has emerged from stealth mode with a $7 million pre-seed funding round led by Insight Partners and M12, Microsoft’s Venture Fund, reports VentureBeat. The company is developing task-optimized enterprise AI models that offer improved performance at a lower cost, running efficiently on CPUs

Bloomberg
Microsoft’s Gaming Chief Is Still Looking for Acquisitions, Sees Future Growth
We definitely want to be in the market, and when we can find teams and technology and capability that add to what we’re trying to do in gaming at Microsoft, absolutely we wil ...
Bloomberg
Microsoft’s Gaming Chief Is Still Open to Acquisitions After Activision Deal
We definitely want to be in the market, and when we can find teams and technology and capability that add to what we’re trying to do in gaming at Microsoft, absolutely we wil ...
VentureBeat
Microsoft brings AI to the farm and factory floor, partnering with industry giants
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Microsoft has launched a new suite of specialized AI models designed to ...
Yahoo
1 AI Stock May Be Worth More Than Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and Tesla Combined by 2030, According to a Wall Street Analyst
Beth Kindig, technology analyst at the I/O Fund, thinks Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) will ride the artificial intelligence (AI) boom to a $10 trillion valuation by 2030. Should that forecast prove correct, ...
CRN
Microsoft’s Dezen: Cloud Solution Providers Building ‘High-Value Value-Added Solutions, Services’
And with that, it's very clear to us that CSP is the hero motion for our partners in the SMC business because they’re just such a critical pillar in delivering on these customer needs. What do you ...
Business Insider
Microsoft’s Strategic Focus on AI and Azure Drives Positive Outlook
Microsoft (MSFT – Research Report), the Technology sector company, was revisited by a Wall Street analyst yesterday. Analyst Tyler Radke ...
CRN
Microsoft Licensing, Billing Changes Hit Copilot, Enterprise Agreements
Microsoft revealed some license and billing changes, including some Enterprise Agreements moving to CSP and MCA-E, a new Copilot AI billing option, E5 promo and new maximum resale price (MRP) formula.
Yahoo Finance
Microsoft's $13 billion AI Bet Called "Best Money Ever Spent" by Wall Street
Microsoft ( MSFT, Financial) spends a record $13 billion on artificial intelligence (AI), and Wall Street, including JP Morgan, has hailed it as possibly one of the best investments ever made.
Associated Press
Vatican, Microsoft Create AI-Generated St. Peter's Basilica to Allow Virtual Visits, Log Damage
A digital twin of St. Peter’s Basilica has been created using artificial intelligence to explore one of the world’s most important monument’s ...
Associated Press
Vatican, Microsoft create AI-generated St. Peter’s Basilica to allow virtual visits, log damage
A digital twin of St. Peter’s Basilica has been created using artificial intelligence to explore one of the world’s most important monument’s.
Yahoo
Bundle Microsoft Office with Windows 11 for life for just $53
TL;DR: Get Microsoft Office 2021 Professional and Windows 11 Pro in one lifetime bundle for just $52.97 (reg. $438). You get all the essential tools for your work with no recurring fees. The Ultimate ...
Financial Times
Microsoft Cloud revenue rises on AI boom but softer outlook weighs on shares
Microsoft reported double-digit gains in quarterly revenue and profit driven by strong demand for cloud computing, but its shares slipped...
Reuters
Microsoft forecasts slower cloud business growth in second quarter
Microsoft predicted increased spending on artificial intelligence this quarter but slower growth in its cloud business Azure, signaling that...
Fortune
Microsoft and Alphabet’s latest earnings show once again that it’s all about the cloud
Microsoft's cloud helped to lift its fiscal first-quarter results after Google's parent reported similarly strong cloud growth a day...
Reuters
Microsoft's AI demand under scrutiny as investors seek payday
Microsoft is expected to report its slowest quarterly revenue growth in a year on Wednesday, while investors await signs of AI demand amid growing worries...
Semafor
Microsoft Azure CTO: US data centers will soon hit size limits
The data centers that make generative AI products like ChatGPT possible will soon reach size limits, according to Microsoft Azure Chief...