A U.S. federal court has rejected the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) request to block the deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard. It is a victory for Microsoft in the U.S. lawsuit, although the FTC still has the option to appeal the ruling.
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Microsoft will use a new unified cloud.microsoft domain for its online apps and services
Microsoft is beginning to reduce their service fragmentation by bringing authenticated, user-facing Microsoft 365 apps and services onto a single domain cloud.microsoft. Consolidating Microsoft 365's user-facing authenticated experiences onto a single domain has several benefits for customers.
Microsoft has published a report for the third quarter of fiscal year 2023
The earnings report for Microsoft's third quarter of fiscal year 2023 is now available. During this period, the company generated $52.9 billion in revenue and $18.3 billion in net profit. To compare, in the same quarter of the previous year, the revenue was $49.4 billion and the net profit was $16.7 billion.
Microsoft is highlighting their efforts to save energy and resources
In anticipation of Earth Day 2023, Microsoft is highlighting their efforts to save energy and resources, while simultaneously promoting their partners' efforts in this regard. One such example is the Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher (MAR) program, which accepts older computers, refurbishes them, and installs new Microsoft software.
The session list for Microsoft Build 2023 is now available
Although there is still slightly over a month until the commencement of the annual Microsoft Build 2023 developer conference, the list of scheduled sessions has already been revealed. As expected, Microsoft will place a significant emphasis on artificial intelligence, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Graph services, and will talk more about application development, including apps for Windows on ARM.
Windows 11 insiders can get a free USB flash drive from Microsoft
After revising the Insider Program for Windows 11, Microsoft made it harder for Dev channel users to stay in the channel. The company has added one more channel, Canary, and automatically transferred there existing Dev channel insiders. To go back to the Dev channel, the user has to reinstall Windows 11 to lower down the build number branch. The company now offers users a free USB stick that one can use to build a bootable media.
Official Microsoft support agent activated Windows 10 with an illegal tool in front of the customer
A Microsoft support employee activated Windows 10 on a customer's PC using a crack. The operating system failed to activate normally using a genuine serial number the user has bought in advance, so he had to contact the support for help. Much to the surprise of the user, the second line support engineer solved the problem with a crack tool.
Microsoft Build 2023 will be held from May 23 to 25
Microsoft has announced the Build 2023 annual developer conference that will be held May 23-25 in Seattle, Washington. This year, everyone can join the event in person by paying $1,525 for an entrance ticket. Participation in the pre-seminars on May 22 requires an additional $225.
Microsoft to host a special event on integrating ChatGPT into Bing
Microsoft has announced a special press event to be held at the company's headquarters in Redmond. The event will be in-person, at starts February 7, at 10AM PT / 1PM ET / 21:00 UTC+3. It is assumed that they will talk about the rumored ChatGPT integration into Bing and its broader partnership with OpenAI, although there is no official confirmation yet.
Microsoft announces multibillion dollar investment in OpenAI to accelerate AI breakthroughs
Microsoft has announced an expansion of its partnership with OpenAI. Company's machine learning-based solutions will be exclusively available via Azure. Microsoft will increase its investment in super computing, so OpenAI will be able to improve its ML models. The Redmond firm is also going to integrate OpenAI closer with its consumer and corporate products.
