Microsoft's mini-me
Published in News
Thursday, 25 January 2024 09:45

Microsoft's mini-me


Tech whizzes shrink Windows 11 to the size of a biscuit

NTDEV has made a version of Microsoft's bulky OS that's just 100MB to 20 times smaller.

Vodafone signs AI deal with Microsoft
Published in AI
Wednesday, 17 January 2024 10:09

Vodafone signs AI deal with Microsoft


Phone giant teams up with Microsoft for AI and cloud

Vodafone has signed a 10-year deal with Microsoft to use the tech monster's artificial intelligence and cloud technology.

Apple crumbles as Microsoft rises
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Monday, 08 January 2024 09:33

Apple crumbles as Microsoft rises


Can’t complain, must not grumble

The Tame Apple Press are terrified as arch-enemy Microsoft overtakes its favourite company as the world’s most valuable.

Microsoft jacks AI under the bonnet of new laptops
Published in AI


Ready in 2024

Microsoft is gearing up to launch its new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop lines, which it claims will be its first true next-gen AI PCs.

TomTom teams up with Microsoft
Published in AI
Wednesday, 20 December 2023 11:27

TomTom teams up with Microsoft


AI for cars

Digital mapping specialist TomTom has partnered with tech giant Microsoft to create an artificial intelligence (AI)--powered conversational assistant for vehicles.

Microsoft releases Phi-2 small language model
Published in AI


Better than a Llama

Microsoft Research has announced the release of its Phi-2 small language model (SML), a text-to-text AI programme that is "small enough to run on a laptop or mobile device."

Google plans to roll out Gemini across all its products
Published in AI


Even Bing is outclassing it, so it has to do something

With the arrival of AI, the search engine Google has found itself in the embarrassing situation of being beaten by Microsoft’s Bing, and now the company says it will roll out its own AI Gemini across nearly its entire line of products.

Meta, OpenAI, and Microsoft snub Nvidia
Published in AI
Thursday, 07 December 2023 10:16

Meta, OpenAI, and Microsoft snub Nvidia


Moving to AMD's Instinct MI300X

Meta, OpenAI, and Microsoft told an AMD investor event today that they will use AMD's newest AI chip, the Instinct MI300X, as an alternative to Nvidia's expensive graphic processors.

Microsoft rebrands Bing Chat to Copilot
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Thursday, 16 November 2023 11:26

Microsoft rebrands Bing Chat to Copilot


He will be back by Christmas

The marketing voles working for Microsoft have been trying to earn their cash by rebranding Bing Chat to Copilot so that it shares the same brand name as multiple other Microsoft AI products.

Windows CE is no more
Published in News
Tuesday, 31 October 2023 11:51

Windows CE is no more


And we never knew what CE ever stood for

Microsoft's dedicated OS for embedded and pocket devices, Windows CE, has reached the end of its support lifetime and is no more.