Microsoft is shedding its empathetic chatbot Xiaoice into a separate entity, the U.S. application behemoth said( in Chinese) Monday, corroborating an earlier report by the Chinese news area Chuhaipost in June. The announcement came several months after Microsoft announced it would close down its tone aide app Cortana in China among other countries late last […]

A court has awarded a attempt by Microsoft to clutch and take control of malicious web provinces used in a large-scale cyberattack targeting victims in 62 countries around spoofed emails in an effort to defraud unsuspecting businesses. The technology giant announced the takedown of the business email compromise operation in a Tuesday blog post. Tom […]

Video cross. While the move to remote work during the COVID-1 9 pandemic are likely to have obliged them mainstream, they are not without issues and more and more people are now opting out. For good reason. As it is about to change, it’s really hard for our mentalities to sustain concentration while we’re trying […]

As we thrive increasingly connected to the internet, insurance is becoming more important than ever. Firewalls on our computers have existed for a long time, but sometimes, it can actually be more problematic than helpful, which is why turning it off can actually be a good thing. But before we decide to turn it off, […]

Dresden, Germany-based Wandelbots– a startup dedicated to make it easier for non-programmers to’ school’ industrial robots how to do specific tasks- had given rise to a $30 million Series B funding round led by 83 North, an with participation from Next4 7 and Microsoft’s M12 venture fund arm. Wandelbots will use the funding to help […]

Quantum computing hardware continues to improve to the point where we may actually see real-world use instances in the next few years and so it’s probably no startle that we are also seeing a steady increase in research projects that focus on how to best program these machines. One of the newest efforts in this […]

Microsoft and SAS, the privately held enterprise data management and analytics corporation( and not the airline ), today announced a far-reaching partnership that will see Microsoft’s Azure become SAS’s promoted vapour, and deep incorporations of SAS’s many makes into Microsoft’s vapour portfolio, ranging from Azure to Dynamics 365 and PowerBI. The two companies also plan […]

The coronavirus pandemic is, without doubt, the greatest challenge the world has faced in a generation. But the rotations of the world hinder turning, albeit slower than during normal times. But where the world has faced challenges, the cybersecurity industry remains largely unscathed. In reality, some cybersecurity transactions are doing better than ever because cybersecurity […]

Congress will allow remote voting for the first time in its history, after the U.S. House approved Resolution 965 late Friday in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The measure — sponsored by Massachusetts Representative Jim McGovern — grants proxy voting by members for renewable a time period of 45 periods and allows for remote participation […]

Just weeks after announcing a batch to acquire 5G professional Affirmed Networks, Microsoft is making another acquisition to strengthen its cloud-based telecoms offering. It’s acquiring Metaswitch Networks, a U.K.-based provider of cloud-based communications products used by carriers and structure providers( customers include the likes of BT in the U.K ., Sprint and virtual system consortium […]