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Apple antitrust suit mirrors strategy that beat Microsoft, but tech industry has changed

24Mar

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Apple antitrust suit mirrors strategy that beat Microsoft, but tech industry has changed

[ad_1] The U.S. government's antitrust lawsuit against Apple draws on the watershed 1998 case that broke Microsoft's stranglehold on desktop software, but that may prove to be an imperfect blueprint for addressing smartphone competition.The market for the iPhone today looks very different from the near-monopoly enjoyed by Microsoft's Windows operating system two decades ago, and the government as a result may face a tougher time in taking on Apple, legal experts said. The Department of Justice, along with 15 state governments, accused Apple of unlawfully monopolizing the smartphone market through restrictions on app developers that curb choice and innovation, which it said forces consumers to pay higher prices. Apple said the government is wrong on the facts and law.The government has t...

Google steps up Microsoft criticism, warns of rival’s monopoly in cloud

28Feb

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Google steps up Microsoft criticism, warns of rival’s monopoly in cloud

[ad_1] eAlphabet's Google Cloud on Monday ramped up its criticism of Microsoft's cloud computing practices, saying its rival is seeking a monopoly that would harm the development of emerging technologies such as generative artificial intelligence.Microsoft and Amazon have recently attracted scrutiny in Britain, the European Union and the United States over their market power in cloud computing. Google trails a distant third behind the two leaders. Microsoft's collaboration with ChatGPT creator OpenAI has also ratcheted up the concerns. "We worry about Microsoft wanting to flex their decade-long practices where they had a lot of monopoly on the on-premise software before and now they are trying to push that into cloud now," Google Cloud Vice President Amit Zavery said in an interview."So...

5 things about AI you may have missed today: AI-powered crypto wallet, Deloitte unveils AI chatbot, and more

16Oct

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5 things about AI you may have missed today: AI-powered crypto wallet, Deloitte unveils AI chatbot, and more

[ad_1] AI Roundup: The US will close loopholes on exporting AI chips to China, building on previous restrictions implemented last October. In a separate development, Bloomberg Tax & Accounting launched its AI Lab, offering AI-driven tools like an LLM combined with Bloomberg Tax Research for question-and-answer services. Deloitte also unveiled its AI chatbot internally which can assist professionals with responses and insights.All this, and more in today's AI roundup. 1. US to close loopholes, curbing AI chip exports to ChinaThe US will attempt to close loopholes that circumvent government restrictions and allow American chipmakers to export AI chips to China, Reuters reported on Monday. “The new rules will block some AI chips that fall just under current technical parameters while d...

Intel CEO Says the Chipmaker’s Technology Is Central to AI Boom

20Sep

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Intel CEO Says the Chipmaker’s Technology Is Central to AI Boom

[ad_1] Intel Corp. Chief Executive Officer Pat Gelsinger, plotting a comeback for the once-dominant chipmaker, made the case that the company's technology will be vital to an industrywide boom in artificial intelligence computing.Speaking at Intel's annual Innovation conference, Gelsinger pointed to advances that his company is making in production technology and software developer tools for AI. The opportunity will only grow as more artificial intelligence capabilities are powered by personal computers, he said. “AI represents a generational shift, giving rise to a new era of global expansion where computing is even more foundational to a better future for all,” Gelsinger said. “For developers, this creates massive societal and business opportunities to push the boundaries of what's po...

Microsoft AI researchers accidentally leaked 38TB data online; Includes passwords, secret keys, more

19Sep

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Microsoft AI researchers accidentally leaked 38TB data online; Includes passwords, secret keys, more

[ad_1] Cybersecurity is a big concern in 2023 for both individuals and enterprises, and it seems even big technology companies aren't safe from the prying eyes of hackers and cybercriminals. In a shocking development, almost 38TB of data was leaked online, albeit accidentally. While companies these days have several data protection policies and safeguards against data leaks from external threat actors in place, this data leak allegedly involved Microsoft employees. Here's what happened.In a blog post, Microsoft announced that researchers at cloud security firm Wiz discovered that Microsoft's AI division researchers accidentally leaked 38TB of data while contributing to a GitHub repository involving the development of open-source AI models. Microsoft has emphasized that no customer data ...

Microsoft Product Chief Panos Panay Quits, in Blow to Hardware Unit

18Sep

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Microsoft Product Chief Panos Panay Quits, in Blow to Hardware Unit

[ad_1] Microsoft Corp. said its chief product officer is leaving, a significant departure for the company's hardware and Windows divisions. Panos Panay will stay long enough to help his replacements transition into the role, Rajesh Jha, executive vice president of the experiences and devices group, announced in an email to employees on Monday. According to some reports, he is heading to Amazon.Panay, who had been with Microsoft since 2004, was central to the company's hardware efforts in his role leading the Surface computer division and most recently heading the Windows unit. Pavan Davuluri is being tapped to oversee operating systems, devices and chips related to desktop clients, cloud and artificial intelligence. Yusuf Mehdi will work with computer-maker and retail partnerships, Jha ...

Dropbox Ends Unlimited Cloud Storage Following Google Change

25Aug

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Dropbox Ends Unlimited Cloud Storage Following Google Change

[ad_1] Dropbox Inc., a provider of online data storage, is ending its unlimited option, saying a small handful of customers were using massive amounts of resources that had the potential to degrade the cloud service for the rest of its clients.The company's highest-tier “all the space you need” storage plan will be capped at about 5 terabytes per user for new customers, the company said in a blog post shared with Bloomberg to be released Thursday. That's enough space to save about 33 million documents, Dropbox said. While the plan was designed for businesses, some clients were instead using it for cryptocurrency mining, pooling storage with strangers, or re-selling the cloud service, Dropbox said. These uses “frequently consume thousands of times more storage than our genuine business c...

Microsoft announces Python integration in Excel; Know what’s coming

24Aug

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Microsoft announces Python integration in Excel; Know what’s coming

[ad_1] Launched in 1985, Microsoft Excel has been a powerful tool for businesses and individuals for almost 4 decades, and Microsoft has capitalized on this advantage by offering new features that attract and retain more users. It allows users to organize, analyze, and visualize their data in a better way. In June, Microsoft announced several major updates to its spreadsheet editor such as improvements in visualization, leveraging Office Scripts, recommended formulae, and more.Now, Microsoft has announced more features that are coming to Excel with the integration of high-level programming language Python. Providing a major boost to its analytical capabilities, Microsoft on August 22 announced that it is bringing Python to Excel through a Public Preview. It will be natively integrated i...

Stability AI launches Stable Diffusion XL 1.0, its latest image generator; Know all about it

27Jul

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Stability AI launches Stable Diffusion XL 1.0, its latest image generator; Know all about it

[ad_1] With each day passing, we are seeing more generative AI platforms being introduced. As these tools are made easily accessible the competition within the market has grown with competitors like Midjourney and Adobe. Keeping the ever-growing user demand in mind, Stability AI has launched its improved version of the image generation model, Stable Diffusion XL 1.0. The company claims that the current model is its most advanced offering in the segment. However, there are some ethical issues still persistent in the model.According to a Tech Crunch report, Stability AI launched a text-to-image model called Stable Diffusion XL 1.0, which it claimed to be the “most advanced” tool released now. The platform is available in open source in GitHub alongside Stability's API and consumer apps, C...

NASA celebrates Webb telescope anniversary with close-up of stellar birth

13Jul

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NASA celebrates Webb telescope anniversary with close-up of stellar birth

[ad_1] Jets of red gas bursting into the cosmos, and a glowing cave of dust: NASA marked a year of discovery by the James Webb Space Telescope Wednesday with a spectacular new image of Sun-like stars being born.The picture is of the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, the nearest stellar nursery to Earth, whose proximity at 390 light-years allows for a crisp close-up by the most powerful orbital observatory ever built. "In just one year, the James Webb Space Telescope has transformed humanity's view of the cosmos, peering into dust clouds and seeing light from faraway corners of the universe for the very first time," said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. "Every new image is a new discovery, empowering scientists around the globe to ask and answer questions they once could never dream of."Webb's ...